The girl turned around, pretending to be calm, her face blank with innocence.
"What did you say?"
"Stop pretending, Third Prince. You've already given yourself away."
At that moment, Tamamo no Mae, who had vanished without a trace along the way, crawled out from who knew where again. She brushed grass clippings off herself, rolled her eyes, and snorted.
"Demon fox! Even you are here!"
At the sight of that peerlessly beautiful face capable of toppling kingdoms, the girl's heart skipped a beat. Her expression froze as she leaped backward and assumed a defensive stance, looking as though she had seen through everything.
"Hmph, I knew you were up to no good!"
Back when they had run into each other at the market, she had realized that the guy who had bumped into her was no ordinary person.
They definitely had not been looking for Nalanda Temple just to sightsee. They were most likely after something else.
She had intended to lure them somewhere deserted and interrogate them thoroughly. Yet the other side had exposed themselves first and revealed their true faces outright.
Now that both witnesses and evidence were in hand, she could not let them go!
Flames surged around the girl. A long spear appeared in her fair palm, its spearhead shaped like fire, its tassel flickering with violet flames, and its shaft more than eighteen feet long. She frowned and snorted coldly.
"Evil heretics, your time has come!"
Having already stirred the pot, the Fox Spirit sneakily retreated to the rear, leaving Samael at the very front to bear the pressure.
Facing the girl charging at him with a Fire-Tipped Spear in hand and fury in her eyes, Samael rubbed his forehead and shook his head, while casting a sinister look at the Enchantress Consort "Daji," who