"Lasha?"
Just as Lasha fell silent, thinking about Laisha, Shien's puzzled voice reached her ears.
Only then did Lasha snap back to her senses. Seeing Shien looking at her in surprise, she immediately suppressed the longing in her heart.
"I'm fine."
Lasha shook her head at Shien, putting him at ease.
Shien could only look at Lasha in confusion, but he did not press the matter.
More than that, he cared about what Lasha had said at the beginning.
"You said the jewel won't do anything to me, right?" Shien asked. "Is that because you sensed something too?"
"More or less." Lasha seemed to have expected Shien to ask that, replying expressionlessly, "Although the Demon Lord has not been resurrected, it seems that the jewel contains her will from when she was alive."
As she spoke, Lasha looked at Shien.
"I can vaguely sense that it not only doesn't want to hurt you, but wants to protect you as well."
That was why Lasha had said that the jewel probably did not intend to do anything to Shien.
In other words, Shien's worries were unnecessary.
"Is that so?"
Shien was still somewhat doubtful, but he was no longer as worried as before.
He had never been someone who dwelled endlessly on a single matter.
Even if two things that might or might not be ticking bombs had appeared inside his body, what had happened had happened. If he could not find a solution, there was no point obsessing over it.
"If the Demon Lord is resurrected, she should call this jewel back, right?"
Thinking about that, Shien had no idea whether he should be happy or depressed.
Having the ticking bomb lodged inside his body removed was certainly something worth celebrating.
But once it was removed, that would mean the