The Look of Someone Who Wants to Kill Can't Be Hidden

"Mm-mm-mm, my ears were ringing. So you two were secretly hiding here on a date! Even if the gods allow this sort of thing, I won't! Repent! You must repent!"

"Umu, you were sneaking food without inviting me? Samael, you're far too biased!"

Just then, rustling came from the dense forest. Tamamo no Mae and Nero, who usually bickered out of habit, were unusually united as they denounced Samael and Attila.

"Why are you two here?"

Samael turned to look at the two unexpected troublemakers, rather helpless.

"Hmph, no one trying to cheat can escape my nose!"

"Attila is so easy to fool, yet you still took advantage of her and lured her in! Teacher, this is blatant seduction!"

Tamamo no Mae smugly sniffed at the faint yet seemingly unmistakable sour stench of romance, her eyes gleaming with certainty, while Nero chimed in from the side.

"Is that so..."

Under the hazy moonlight, Samael murmured as he cast them a glance, his gaze dark and profound.

A cold wind swept by. Tamamo no Mae's heart thumped wildly, and she could not help shivering, as though she had sensed a trace of chill in the air.

"Fine. I'll leave her to you two. I have something to do, so I'm leaving first."

Samael smiled, released Attila's hand, passed Tamamo no Mae and Nero, and headed down the mountain.

"Remember everything you said..."

Just as the ancient serpent was about to vanish at the end of the mountain path, he stopped. His serpent eyes looked back as he murmured softly.

"Don't lose to that version of yourself who has nothing but strength!"

Attila nodded instinctively, standing there in a daze as she watched his figure grow farther and farther away, until it finally disappeared into the darkness.

However, before Attila could recover