Looking into Ryougi Shiki's eyes as she stared straight at him and listening to her words, Luo Zhen understood.
"So you've always wanted me to help that goddess?"
That was why Ryougi Shiki had accepted the mission of breaking Merlin's barrier and helping the necromantic army attack Uruk. It wasn't, as she had claimed before, because she wanted to kill Luo Zhen. She wanted to lure him into the underworld so that he could meet Ereshkigal.
It had been the same in the underworld. Although Ryougi Shiki had been helping Ereshkigal fight, she had only held Mashu back and hadn't stopped Luo Zhen from dealing with Ereshkigal. Otherwise, when Attila appeared and Ereshkigal was in trouble, she would have come to support her long ago.
With the power of Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes, perhaps even Attila couldn't afford to ignore the threat she posed.
If Ryougi Shiki had come to support Ereshkigal then, that battle probably wouldn't have ended so easily, would it?
In other words, Ryougi Shiki had been gambling.
She had been betting on whether Luo Zhen could save Ereshkigal and pull her out of the bottomless abyss.
In the end, Ryougi Shiki had bet correctly.
Perhaps that was why this girl had been willing to form a temporary contract with Luo Zhen and follow him back to Uruk.
At first glance, this girl seemed cold and unwilling to interact much with others. She also looked like someone who feared neither heaven nor earth. Yet toward those she took a liking to, she seemed to fuss over them and care for them to the very end.
"I never would've guessed that you were actually the type to worry so much about other people."
Luo Zhen said it almost unconsciously.
"...Are you making fun of me?"
Ryougi Shiki frowned