"Huh?"
The sudden response startled not only Shien, but also brought looks of surprise to Aiyi and Lasha.
But at that moment, the girl calling herself Emerald fell silent again. She merely blinked her large eyes and quietly looked at everyone once more.
Shien and the other two exchanged looks.
This little girl named Emerald seemed rather unbelievable.
Shien tried to communicate with her again, but aside from when asked her name, when she would struggle to say, "Emerald, my name," the girl gave no response to anything else.
She looked just like a newborn baby, which was utterly baffling.
Shien stopped trying to communicate with her.
"Well, that's great. Other than her name, we have no idea what's going on now."
Shien looked helpless.
Aiyi and Lasha naturally had no solution either.
Anyone would be at a loss if a little girl were suddenly shoved into their home, all the people responsible committed suicide, and the girl could neither say nor respond to anything besides her own name.
Aiyi did make one suggestion.
"Why not throw her out?"
Her utterly indifferent tone made Shien feel for the first time that she truly was a Demon, ruthless beyond compare.
"If we abandon her now, the chances of her surviving outside are low. Even if she can survive, she will most likely encounter misfortune."
Lasha, meanwhile, stated the most worrying outcome in the calmest tone.
Shien had no way to refute that.
Never mind a girl who could not even speak—if it were an ordinary, healthy person of this age, surviving alone in the outside world would not be easy either, would it?
And this little girl named Emerald was so adorable. One could tell at a glance that she would grow into a beauty. If they left her alone, or