Just as Tier had said, since Laisha had claimed to have fled to Lamigium when they first met, the question of why she had fled was rather concerning.
If she needed to flee, that meant someone was pursuing her.
With that in mind, and recalling how members of the Old Demon Faction had come to him carrying Laisha's portrait and asking whether he had seen her or where she was, it was clear enough that the ones chasing Laisha were the Old Demon Faction.
The question was, why were the Old Demon Faction pursuing Laisha?
"Don't tell me they're after you because you stole the residence the Demon King left behind?"
Shien voiced his suspicion.
"How could that be?" Laisha said with both amusement and disdain. "Those people keep claiming they want demonkind to Return to Origin, to follow the Demon King's will, and that they should not sell their dignity merely to survive by coexisting with the God Race and humanity. But in the end, they are nothing more than a group of ambitious people and those filled with wicked intentions, using that name to act as they please and satisfy their selfish desires. They would never go to such lengths over a mere residence with no real use."
"That assumes this residence really is useless, doesn't it?" Shien bluntly struck at the heart of the matter. "What if this residence actually has some function the Old Demon Faction can't afford to ignore?"
Then they would have a reason to act in order to seize it.
Naturally, Laisha understood that.
But—
"Don't worry. Just as I said earlier, I merely stole this residence along the way. It has some unusual effects, but not enough to provoke a struggle among people with ulterior motives." Laisha leisurely took a sip of