"Reiji Maigo! Reiji Maigo!"
Dantalion cheered in a frenzy with a piercing, grating voice.
We've finally seen the Treasure Tool called the secret among secrets of the Crimson World! It's so exciting and accidental!
Watching her master's ecstatic state, Domino spoke up with some trepidation.
"Professor, you wouldn't happen to be interested in the Reiji Maigo and want to take it apart, would you? I'd advise you not to do that, you know? Otherwise, no matter how good you are at running away, Professor, you're going to die!"
At those words, the Professor's grating laughter stopped dead.
"Do~mi~no~!"
Immediately, the hand pinching Domino began to apply force.
"Ow ow ow ow ow! So painful!"
"Do I look like such a reckless person!?"
"It's not that you look like one, it's that you totally are... Ow ow ow! I was wrong, Professor!"
The master and servant began scuffling once again, causing Belphegor to let out a sigh.
"Let's get back to the point, Professor," Belphegor said, looking somewhat headache-ridden. "How are the decoding and analysis of the final Inherent Formula coming along?"
"There's no pro~blem at all~!" The Professor giggled, her tone still strange, chattering away as if her mouth were completely out of control. "We started ana~lyzing it as soon as the Starry Sky Palace was sunk! The final deco~ding was completed two months ago already!"
Before Belphegor could react to this statement, Domino looked perplexed.
"Two months ago? Wasn't it completed just three days ago? Given the Professor's standards, you shouldn't have been able to finish the decoding two months ago..."
"Do~mi~no~!"
"Ahahahaha! It hurts! It hurts! I was wrong, Professor!"
The Professor angrily pinched Domino's cheek once again, eliciting a series of shrill screams from Domino.
But Belphegor could no longer afford to care about that.
"The decoding