"..."
For a moment, the atmosphere became rather awkward.
Seeing White Night look over, Elysia tapped her little head, trying to muddle through by acting cute. "Ehehe~?"
Then Elysia was "invited" off to the side. If this were an anime, they might have even slapped a seal over her.
"Alright, the troublemaker is quiet now."
White Night let out a long breath and leisurely took a sip of tea. "Let me tell you a story." (Let me spin you a tale.)
"Once upon a time..."
"...White Night, I'm not a child anymore." Hearing that clichéd opening, Seele couldn't help rolling her eyes.
"Alright, alright~"
White Night chuckled and waved a hand. "I was just joking. Anyway, it was roughly like that. An evil god fell, and Its power scattered throughout the world."
"And you, Seele! You probably possess a portion of it, though that power hasn't awakened yet."
Um...
A silence fell.
"White Night, do you think I'm that easy to fool? Would anyone really believe such an absurd story?"
Seele crossed her arms, her tone turning cold. White Night was handsome, sure~ but trying to fool her like this was way too much! She wasn't some child!
Her favorable impression of White Night plummeted, and Seele no longer wanted to talk. "That's enough. If you called me here just to say this..."
"I wasn't lying to you~"
White Night raised an index finger, and a cluster of blazing white Thunderlight flickered at his fingertip. "Look, this power really exists."
"...Isn't that some kind of magic trick?" As she spoke, Seele reached toward the cluster of Thunderlight...
!!!
A sharp sting ran through her.
Thanks to White Night's control, Seele wasn't hurt. Even so, her worldview had taken a blow, and she couldn't recover for a while.
White Night said