Mutterings

"Brrr~~~"

On a street in Central City, Shien, who had been walking along while eagerly taking in the sights around him, suddenly shuddered.

"Hmm?"

Lilith, whom Shien held in his arms and who had been happily looking around since earlier, immediately tilted her head.

"It's nothing." Shien naturally understood the little Goddess's question. He stroked her head and murmured as if talking to himself, "I suddenly felt an inexplicable chill. Why?"

Shien fell into a long contemplation.

"Hehe."

Lilith seemed to find Shien like this amusing and beamed.

Shien immediately pinched her cute little nose as though venting his frustration, then finally shook off that inexplicable chill.

"Some troublemaker must be thinking of harming me again. Whatever, I'm used to it."

As the saying went, when you had enough lice, you stopped worrying about the itch. Shien remained incredibly calm.

Of course, whether he truly was unafraid or had simply given up was something only he knew.

Glancing at the sky, Shien grew thoughtful.

"It's already dark. Those Demonkind should be done with their meeting by now, right?"

Then it was time for him to head back as well.

"Alright, let's go back, Lilith."

Shien spoke to the little Goddess in his arms.

"Mhm, mhm!"

Naturally, Lilith had no objections.

Anywhere Shien was was her playground.

So Lilith felt no attachment at all to the street scenery.

Thus, the two of them set off together for Supreme Castle.

Along the way, Demonkind after Demonkind knelt on the ground, facing the round moon in the sky with their eyes closed as they silently muttered something.

The sight of them was like devout believers sincerely praying, giving Shien a strange sense of déjà vu.

"Don't I stand out a little too much like this?"

As Shien walked while holding Lilith, all the