Retainer—a rather terrible term.
Anna was the Doll Princess's Retainer, possessing a portion of the Doll Princess's power. However, the Doll Princess seemingly had yet to awaken, and Qingyi had forcibly suppressed those stirrings using the legacy of the Shadow World.
Tong was Eden's Retainer and had nearly fallen into Eden herself, but Eden had voluntarily abandoned her as a Retainer.
But when it came to Qingyi, the situation was completely reversed. Without any of them knowing, she had developed a Retainer of her own...
Although Bai Zhi was not certain whether the Spotted Puppy before him was truly something like a Retainer, the traits it displayed were undeniably those of a Retainer.
Retainers were not exclusive to Evil God Special Cases. Those Lords of Anomaly born by using everything in an entire world as nutrients—such as the Lord of Flesh and Blood—could likewise develop Retainers. It had even competed with the Doll Princess for Anna before.
Rather than being an Evil God Special Case, a Retainer was more like a necessary condition for those Lords of Anomaly to advance toward the level of an Evil God.
"This thing..."
Looking at the dog that was suspected to be Qingyi's Retainer, Bai Zhi inexplicably felt a toothache coming on.
Logically speaking, Qingyi's condition should have already eased, yet something like this had happened again. It was hard to say whether her condition was improving or worsening.
"Behave yourself. If you mess around like you did just now, I'll roast you."
After saying this to the puppy, which was looking at him pitifully, Bai Zhi once again spread out his Ghost Domain and enveloped the villa within it.
"Hiss... Strange. Why did the temperature suddenly drop?"
In a room on the second floor whose door was tightly locked and braced with