"You—you are..." Kiana stared at the young man before her in surprise.
"As you can see, I'm that bastardly, smoke-belching Stigmata Will inside the stigmata on your back." The young man curled his lips slightly, looking at Kiana with amusement.
Kiana lowered her head awkwardly under his gaze. Usually, she only cursed the guy as a joke, and he never cared anyway. But now that he was standing before her in human form, saying it himself...
She secretly raised her head to study the young man's appearance. Well, she had to admit, he was pretty handsome. Except... black hair? Kiana immediately found her confidence again. She narrowed her eyes at him. "Now you can't fool me into believing you're that legendary ancestor of the Shaniyat family, Lord Lucifer Shaniyat, can you? I remember that in our history textbooks, Lord Lucifer had silver hair and silver eyes."
The young man tilted his head, neither confirming nor denying it. Instead, he said, "Looks like you really respect that Lucifer."
"Hey, he's still an ancestor of the Shaniyat family. I grew up listening to stories about him, okay?" Kiana said helplessly. "You've been with me for so long. I read plenty of legends about Lord Lucifer when I was little, and you even told me some yourself."
The young man did not answer. Instead, he looked toward Yae Village and said, "Back to the question I asked you at the beginning. How did it feel to face that single strike from the Blade of Severance?"
Kiana froze for a moment, then pursed her lips and said weakly, "At least, there's no way I could beat her right now. She's like one of those bosses in games that you simply can't fight... To clear it, you'd have to find some key item or get