"Graaah!"
"Uwaaah!"
Amid low growls, Barry and the rest of the Streim Family all transformed into frenzied monsters, their eyes blood-red and their faces twisted in savagery.
Yet, these monsters did not begin fighting on the spot. Instead, like insignificant ants gazing upon a deity, they lowered their heads toward Lilith.
But Lilith ignored the monsters entirely and threw herself into Shien's arms, her amethyst-like eyes filled with worry.
Shien caught Lilith and laughed.
"Don't worry. I'm fine."
Shien stroked Lilith's head, comforting the little girl, who looked as though she had been badly frightened.
Though he felt Lilith had overreacted somewhat—he would not have been unable to handle the situation even if she had not appeared, making both her intervention and concern somewhat unnecessary—she was simply showing how much she cared about him. Shien was not about to hold that against her.
Aiyi, on the other hand, had stood there from beginning to end without moving, not even showing the slightest change in expression.
"What were you playing at here?" Aiyi rebuked Shien. "You shouldn't have fallen for an ambush of this level, right?"
Clearly, Aiyi also believed that a threat of this level was beneath Shien's notice.
"I just wanted to see what this guy would become after being pushed into a corner." Shien shrugged. "You two didn't need to come out."
Having a Demon and an Evil God who could rival a Demon deal with such small fry really was making a mountain out of a molehill.
Originally, Shien had intended to handle things himself. But after he was attacked, the two little girls had both instantly awakened and come out without hesitation to stand up for him.
Lilith was understandable. After all, he and this tiny Goddess were already bound by fate. If anything happened to