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An indescribably oppressive atmosphere immediately spread through the space around Leticia and Pest.
The oppressive atmosphere made each passerby nearby reveal surprised expressions, but they promptly and tactfully withdrew.
Before long, Leticia and Pest were the only two left in the entire corridor.
Then, an equally indescribable silence spread through the space.
Leticia merely stared fixedly at Pest without saying a word.
However, Pest felt even her heartbeat speeding up, leaving her unable to speak as her entire body froze in place.
No one knew how much time had passed before Leticia finally spoke, breaking the surrounding silence and oppression.
"I thought that, like me, after silently watching Master as one of his subordinates, you would have already been won over by his brilliance and astonishing activity. I thought you were no longer as resistant as you were at first to becoming Master's subordinate."
Leticia's words gradually erased the stiffness from Pest's face, replacing it with silence.
Looking at the silent Pest, Leticia asked bluntly.
"Was I wrong?"
"...You weren't wrong." Pest remained silent for a while before finally speaking expressionlessly.
"Indeed, after seeing that guy's brilliance, I no longer feel as resistant as I did at the beginning to becoming his subordinate."
"You simply don't resent it anymore, right?" Leticia struck directly at the heart of the matter.
"But there's no loyalty involved either, is there?"
"Loyalty?" Pest glanced at Leticia and spoke mockingly.
"I only want to ask: why should I show loyalty to that guy?"
Without waiting for Leticia's answer, Pest countered her with a single sentence.
"If, back when you were Demon Lord