"----"
At that moment, the hand extended by the black shadow behind Lasha froze in midair, along with the dense malice surrounding it.
Pandemonium fell silent. She looked at Lasha, who was still facing away from her without moving in the slightest, then at the delighted look on Lilith's face as she turned around, clearly ready to strike. Only after a long while did Pandemonium withdraw her hand.
She turned around and looked behind her.
At some point, a figure had appeared there.
"Are you the evil god Lasha and Lilith mentioned last time?"
Shien looked into the distance at Pandemonium, whose body outline was the only thing visible, gave her a brief once-over, then covered his nose.
"What a stench."
Naturally, he was not referring to an actual smell, but to the malice emanating from Pandemonium.
Pandemonium ignored the disgusted expression on Shien's face. She merely looked at the Hero who had appeared without a sound, at some unknown moment, and sighed.
"Why did you come back so quickly?" Pandemonium muttered irritably as though speaking to herself. "According to the intelligence, once this Hero enters the royal palace, doesn't he usually stay there for at least half a day, if not an entire day?"
It seemed Pandemonium had come prepared rather than simply barging in at random.
And she was not wrong.
In the past, whenever Shien left House Poztut and went to the royal palace, he really would not return for at least half a day.
His fiancée, the Princess, was there. Since he had already gone to the royal palace, would it make sense not to spend half a day with her?
Unfortunately, Roxie was not in her chambers today, leaving Shien with no choice but to head home.
Thus, rather unfortunately for Pandemonium, she had chosen