"Over the past month, you were the second person to make this request of me."
After a brief moment of astonishment, Angel murmured.
Before her eyes appeared the writhing Flesh Chunk that had once been Pierce Turner, a sincere plea, and a conspiracy that had nearly succeeded.
If I hadn't had the Hidden Holy Emblem back then, he might really have deceived me... Angel pondered, struggling to pull her gaze away from Anne's expectant face.
Her first reaction was that there was some sort of conspiracy behind this as well.
A Ghost Warship powered by a Demigod's Beyonder Characteristic, an ancient warship that had existed for over two thousand years and spanned two epochs, was actually asking her to "kill it"?
Could this be similar to Pierce's case? The moment I act in the Spirit World, will I fall into some inescapable negative state and then be taken by this Queen Anne's Revenge...
But she had already subdued me effortlessly in the earlier battle. If she needed to kill me, it would probably take no more than a flick of her finger. There really was no need for such roundabout methods... Angel looked at Anne before her, unable to make up her mind.
And if she wanted to force me, she should be able to use some of the Arbiter's abilities instead of communicating through words like this. Perhaps that meant Queen Anne's Revenge—or rather, Anne standing before me—didn't harbor any ill intent?
But perhaps this impression was caused by her Beyonder Ability as well... Wait, would an Arbiter make others feel close to them rather than willingly submit?
"Why did Emperor Roselle give you such an order?"
To buy herself time amid her hesitation, Angel asked.
"I thought about that for three years without understanding it, until a message