At first, Lily was somewhat puzzled.
Why did Miss Shadow Demon act as though she had never seen him before? Yet he was absolutely certain that this was Miss Shadow Demon...
Iver had once used the Shepherding Method to divide part of the Shadow Demon's power and give it to him, as if he had transplanted an organ for sensing shadows into Lily. Because of the difference in proportions, the Shadow Demon might not feel anything special toward Lily, but Lily could clearly sense the existence of her "mother body."
Even if he encountered other Shadow Demons because of his level-three Shadow Affinity, he could still easily tell whether they were the one contracted to Iver.
Fortunately, the sentence Lily instinctively responded with made Miss Shadow Demon hesitate. She followed Lily's words and continued speaking, but directly exposed her identity.
"When did you come here?" sounded vague enough. On one hand, it assumed that she knew the person the other party was talking about. On the other, it could also express that she knew nothing about the situation.
To come up with such a response in an instant while remaining calm and composed was already enough to show Miss Shadow Demon's intelligence.
—but she still wasn't good at lying.
Because that sentence had already exposed her identity.
The Shadow Demon couldn't possibly not know how they had arrived. During the ritual, and even while they were waiting in the hall, she had been lying on Iver. Lily had deliberately said, "We were captured and brought here," but the Shadow Demon had not immediately denied or mocked him. That showed that she truly did not know this was a Promotion Ritual.
Thus, her identity was obvious.
She was indeed the Shadow Demon contracted to Iver—but this was an era before she