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As if realizing he had scared Eren and Jean, Lian Ye smiled gently and kindly, appearing tender (and chilling) and captivating (terrifying). "Don't worry, I'm not targeting just the two of you."

So, you mean you're targeting everyone here? This made not only Eren and Jean, but everyone present, shiver in fear. They mentally cursed Eren and Jean countless times for dragging them into this. "Go cause trouble if you want, but why did you have to anger this great demon king?"

Lian Ye pursed his lips and offered no further explanation. With two sharp blades in his hands, anything he said, no matter how pleasant, would only make people cry more from fear.

If Lian Ye had directly gotten angry and disciplined Jean and Eren, they might not have been as scared. At most, they would have just gotten beaten up and it would be over. But the inscrutable smile on Lian Ye's face left them wondering what this great demon king was planning and how he intended to deal with them, which was even more terrifying.

End of this chapter

Chapter 30: Correction (Discipline)

The roaring bonfire had gradually died down, and as time crept into the dead of night, the members of the expeditionary team had taken their sleeping bags from their horses and were sleeping around the campfire.

Aside from the slightly irritating snoring, the forest, filled with the rustling of insects, was not an unpleasant place to find peace.

However, once this veil of tranquility was lifted, the forest, which adhered to the law of the jungle, would reveal its most brutal side to everyone.

... That being said, this was an extremely unlikely event. The Wall of Rose wasn't a region occupied by Giants, so no matter how dark and brutal the forest was, there wouldn't be any Giants appearing. As for ordinary wild beasts, they were simply weak living beings that were no match for the weapons and ODM Gear of the well-trained soldiers of the Training Corps.

The main theme of this world, "Attack on Titan," was surprisingly simple: it was nothing more than the conflicts between people within the walls and the conflict between humanity and the killing weapon known as Giants that appeared at some unknown time. Beyond that, other living beings were insignificant.

That's how it should have been, but Lian Ye knew very well that a sinister and cunning Void monster had entered this world along with him. With its potential for infinite evolution, it would be a formidable prey, far more difficult to deal with than even special Giants. Therefore, Lian Ye did not let his guard down just because the region within the Wall of Rose was unlikely to have Giants.

"Plop... plop... plop... plop..."

Stones skipping across the water's surface bounced several times, performing a beautiful and exquisite quartet that was clearly audible in the quiet dense forest.

Lian Ye closed his eyes, feeling this tremor, beating as powerfully as a prey's heart. Then, as if strangled... the throbbing stopped.

The next second, he opened his eyes. Even without turning around, his powerful senses allowed Lian Ye to easily detect the faint footsteps behind him.

The steps were slow and the strides were short, the sound extremely subtle. It was likely a petite girl.

"Is something wrong? Krista?"

Lian Ye turned around, looking helplessly at Krista, who was still awake deep into the night. Although, in that regard, Lian Ye himself wasn't asleep either.

"Eh...!" Krista's footsteps faltered, and she let out a flustered sound, seemingly not expecting to be discovered so quickly. However, she quickly regained her composure and asked softly, "Are you keeping watch? The forest really is a dangerous place, isn't it."

"..." Lian Ye frowned. He was about to retort that he wasn't keeping watch for these expeditionary team members, but was merely waiting for the aura of a certain monster to reappear from the Void. In other words, he had his own business to attend to, which was why he wasn't asleep at the moment. Of course, he would absolutely not reveal any information about that monster from the Void, the "Void Predator, Kha'Zix," to Krista.

However, before Lian Ye could retort, Krista made her own conclusion, "Lian Ye, you really are a good person. What you're doing now is for everyone's sake."

"Idiot, do you think everyone wants to be a do-gooder like you?" Lian Ye said crisply, his tone mocking Krista.

He had decided to correct (discipline) Krista, whose writing was 'Goddess' and 'Saint,' but whose reading was 'do-gooder' and 'dies quickly,' ever since he first met her a year ago.

Come to think of it, if Krista wasn't an important figure, with her saintly personality, she probably wouldn't have survived three episodes (years) in this dangerous world.

"If you say that, even I would get angry," Krista retorted indignantly. Although the night was very dark, her blushing cheeks hidden by the darkness must have been incredibly captivating.

After all, she was a girl known as the 'Goddess.' If she didn't have extremely high face value to back it up, even the kindest and gentlest person would likely be useless.

Incidentally, this high face value was also the main reason Lian Ye intended to correct (discipline) Krista's saintly personality.

However, Krista had already endured Lian Ye's sharp tongue and mockery more than once or twice over the past year. Given her personality as a maiden, she wouldn't truly get angry about it.

"You also did a good thing by stopping Jean and Eren's argument earlier," Krista added with a light laugh, subtly giving him a "good person" card, which was the most fatal blow.