Why was she here too?
At that moment, the two whose gazes met had the same thought involuntarily surface in their minds.
Very quickly, Hinako Akuta's almond eyes flew wide open. She raised the longsword wreathed in bloody flames in her hand and pointed it at Samael and the First Emperor in the hall, taking the lead in attacking.
"Ah, so you two are in this together!"
Hearing that blunt conclusion, Samael slapped his forehead, almost unable to look.
As expected of hot-tempered old Akuta;
As expected of the bottom-tier student who had to plagiarize essays;
As expected of Chaldea's worst Master, capable of putting debuffs on her own Servants...
Meeting again, she had not changed one bit.
She had clearly read so many books, yet there was a beauty in those eyes untouched by knowledge.
Commonly known as—clear-eyed stupidity.
With that intelligence, she could basically forget about political scheming in the future.
Seeing Hinako Akuta enter the hall with two swords, ready to take him and the First Emperor down without a word, the ancient serpent rolled his eyes and could not help sighing inwardly.
Fortunately, this Kunlun Heavenly Maiden was not hopelessly stupid after all.
"Ying Zheng, I don't care what Ushi-Oni and Serpent Gods you've brought in as reinforcements. I'm warning you, hand over what belongs to Kunlun right now, or don't blame me for getting rough!"
Hinako Akuta decisively aimed her spearhead at the First Emperor of Great Qin, completely ignoring Samael, her "accomplice," standing to the side.
Of course, the reason she did not pursue the matter might simply have been because she could not beat him.
After all, their two encounters at the mall and 10 Downing Street had given Samael a little "shock" to Hinako Akuta.
Even so, Samael could still hear the