At that moment, the inexplicable irritation in Aiyi's heart vanished without a trace.
In its place came three words—What now!?
The appearance of those three words made Aiyi clutch the pillow in her arms tighter, her gaze toward Shien becoming incomparably wary.
But Shien merely answered with a smile.
"There was such an agreement, right?"
The smile on Shien's face was especially radiant.
Yet that radiant smile only gave Aiyi the urge to punch it hard.
Under such circumstances, Aiyi really wanted to say no.
But wouldn't that be going back on her word?
What was going back on one's word?
That was something only children did!
So Aiyi could not do something like that.
".There was indeed such an agreement."
Aiyi answered, extremely unwillingly.
At once, Shien's smile became even more radiant.
"Then you should honor your promise, right?" Shien said meaningfully. "That's right, you're a Dragon Demon, an existence standing at the very pinnacle of the Demon Race. How could you possibly go back on your word?"
Aiyi's eye twitched violently.
This guy really deserved a beating.
".Of course I won't go back on my word, but it seems you haven't completed the agreement yet, have you?" After a moment of silence, Aiyi said expressionlessly, "Don't forget that Mirage's leader still hasn't been captured."
In other words, until all the Old Demon Race members of Mirage had been eliminated, Shien had not completed the agreement.
Unfortunately, if that were enough to dismiss Shien, she would be underestimating him too much.
"The agreement we made was that as long as I went with you to Duke Streim's Territory and helped you wipe out the Old Demon Faction there, that would be enough, right?" Shien said with a smile. "Now, I've taken you to Duke Streim's Territory, and the Old