Chapter 12 (1/2)
”Anyway, that about suet all that?”
”Y-Yes I suppose reality can be stranger than fiction…”
Well, at least it looks like Rina's buying into what I told her And here I'd thought that she wouldn't believe a word out of my mouth
”…You sure? So you don't think that I' you with some made-up story?”
”Huh?! Is that what you were doing?!”
”Wh- No, no! I was just being hypothetical!”
Rina's got to be one of those pure-hearted types
”But… You get that I' to destroy huht? I'm a former human; there's no way I could do that to anyone”
”O-Of course I coree”
”Well… Anri and the others are still really set on wiping humanity off the map Kind of worries me, you know?”
A deep sigh gets mixed into my words
”But I don't quite follow… Why would you choose to share your life story with me?”
”…”
I give myself some time to mull over that She has a point; there really isn't ht on my personal history Sure, it helped o out of my way to tell her all that?
”… Just felt like it”
I guess I'd just been a little giddy This does mark the first time ever since my reincarnation that I had an actual, decent conversation with an actual, decent hu soet to know me as well as she could
Sords and deep ruh This doesn't do anything to help est issue at hand: what do we do now? Convincing Anri and her hu posse feels like a borderline impossible task
”Oh, that reminds me”
That's when I get an idea, and this one's not half-bad If I recall, the last tih the incantations I had in my arsenal a certain spell called Demon Contract had popped up If I just use that to turn Rina into a demon, then there really isn't much room for the others to coo through with the idea
I undoform
”Listen well, Rina You must pay close attention to what I am about to say… hm?”
I can't help but notice that, upon speaking, Rina had pressed her hand to her lips and broken out into tiny peals of laughter
”What is it? Is there so?”
”Oh, I-I'm sorry It's just that the way you express yourself seee when you do, so I just couldn't help it… Fuhuh”
”…Of course I see”
I hadn't even picked up on that until now, so I can't help but smile a littleIt makes me feel all warm and fuzzy inside
”Now then, I ain I would like you to fore you into a demon, and you would become one of my subordinates”
”…! I'd turn into… a demon?!”
Rina's expression becomes taut and stiff I'd expected that she'd have that kind of reaction After all, just how many humans would be ecstatic when they were told to become demons?
”But please, don't fret This happens to be a relatively simple contract Should you desire to break the contract and be a huain, you can do so anyti you'd have to offer as compensation”
”…”
Rina casts her eyes to the floor at her feet, not uttering a single word
”In any case, becoht Nevertheless, I truly believe that this contract would be essential to keeping you in this castle”
”D-Do you mind if I'm the one to make that choice?”
”Of course not”
”…”