Chapter 171: From A Discussion to A Monologue (2/2)

“Gluttony giving me food? Will there be a storm tomorrow?”

Loren couldn’t link the title ‘Evil God of Gluttony’ with food-sharing, not in the least. Having said God offered him a piece of food brought a wry smile to his face.

“This is not just a sausage, you know?”

“It looks like any sausage to me?”

“The fork that stabbed it has been used by me.”

She meant an indirect kiss. Gula was smiling, but immediately stiffened by the icy cold aura Lapis was emitting.

“What are you doing? We’re in the middle of a discussion.”

“Ah, my bad. I’ve just had a lil’ escape from reality.”

Loren had enough with going to the demon country AND being introduced to Lapis’ parents, but now they would have to get involved with the kingdom’s intelligence agency… He also wanted a ‘lil’ escape from reality’.

Lapis turned the corners of her mouth down and struck at her own chest:

“Just leave all the troublesome things to me. I won’t do anything bad.”

“Can I trust you? I have no other choices though.”

Loren could choose to go there without taking on an intelligence-related job, but he did want to make the most of this situation. If taking a job could give him more backup, he would.

“I know you’re worried, Loren, but leave it to me. I’ll choose the safest job for you.”

Lapis declared with confidence. Loren had no other choices but to leave everything to her. If something were to happen to him, there were still Lapis, a demon and Gula, an Evil God with him. There was also the highest-ranked undead sleeping inside him, Shayna (she lost her body in a previous job and was now sharing a body with him). It wouldn’t be difficult to physically eliminate almost all obstacles with them.

Having gotten Loren’s consent, Lapis immediately went to check out the notice board at the Adventurer Guild, where job requests were posted. Meanwhile, Loren and Gula stayed in the dining hall and waited for her.

“How are Lapis-chan’s parents like, I wonder?”

In contrast to Gula’s very apparent interest, Loren’s tone when answering lacked any curiosity:

“Well, I have a feeling that they’re not very easy going. After all, they’re the ones who took Lapis’ limbs and eyes while telling her to go experience the world, right? Don’t seem to be decent at all.”

“Seeing that Lapis doesn’t make a big fuss about it, maybe things are different for them over there?”

“I’ll be even more horrified if that’s the case. We’re going to a place full of such characters.”

While answering, Loren noticed something in Gula’s words. He wondered if he should ask about it while watching Gula drink milk directly from the pitcher.

“Gula, so you’re not the same as the demons.”

“Hm? What now? I’m an evil God.”

“Well, I know, but your eyes. But just now, you called the demons ‘they’, right? It seems like you’re different from them.”

Having purple eyes was the only, and the most distinctive characteristic that set demons apart from other races. As Gula had purple eyes, Loren used to wonder if she was one of them. But from her choice of words just now, he concluded that Gula and demons must be two different races.

“Ah, right. Well, if there’s a chance, I’ll tell you about it.”

“Is it some kind of pretentious story? Or maybe it’s something you don’t want to talk about?”

Loren believed that poking into someone else’s past wasn’t a nice thing to do. If it was something that could be easily talked about, no doubt he would want to hear it. But if it wasn’t, then he had no intention to force it out of her.

“No, it’s not. Well, I’ll tell you sooner or later.”

Gula stopped eating and replied. Somehow, Loren sensed loneliness from her tone. He decided that it wasn’t something to hear out of curiosity, so he shut his mouth and let the topic end.