Time rewound to yesterday morning.
It happened when Fang Li was preparing to head to Sigishvara and strike directly at the Red Faction's headquarters.
"Ahh! He actually ran off and left me behind!"
Watching Fang Li vanish into the distance, Astolfo could not help throwing a tantrum in one of Mirenia Castle's corridors.
Though calling it a tantrum, to others, it probably looked more like sulking.
The knight in adorable attire puffed out his cheeks and swung his arms, as though throwing tiny punches at some invisible person. No matter how one looked at it, he seemed to be sulking.
If some normal men had been here, they might even have had their hearts skip a beat at the sight.
Unfortunately, that adorable girl who looked like she was sulking was actually a man.
"Sigh..."
After venting for a while, Astolfo drooped his shoulders and spoke listlessly.
"I should go back..."
Though he said that, Astolfo did not want to return to his Master.
Sereine Aescol Yggdmillennia.
Astolfo did not particularly like this Master of his.
That was only natural, wasn't it?
"She did so many strange things to me right after summoning me."
His Master was a sadistic psychopath.
Even Astolfo, whose sanity had evaporated, could understand that much.
After all, when Astolfo had followed his Master back to her room yesterday, she had immediately ordered him—
"Lie down over there."
As she spoke, Selenike pointed at a wooden rack meant for punishment, her eyes gleaming with cruelty as she looked at Astolfo.
This psychotic Master seemed exceedingly fond of Astolfo's cute face, or perhaps even his cheerful personality.
Because it stimulated Selenike's sadistic urges, making her impatient to see this cute and cheerful girl(?) let out screams of despair.
Thus, Astolfo had been cuffed up, whipped, scraped with