"...I wouldn't call it a preference either." Yakumo Yukari paused here. "Little Shopkeeper, you may have a poor impression of her, but eating people is also an instinctive need for her, just as humans need to eat regularly. Don't humans also have all kinds of cravings for delicious food?"
"Sigh, even if you put it that way, it still feels hard to accept." Jiu Ming shook his head. After all, he had been human in his previous life.
"If you can fill the share of darkness she needs, Little Shopkeeper, perhaps she won't need to eat people anymore." Yakumo Yukari said with a smile, her words hinting at something.
"Darkness...?"
"The darkness hidden in human hearts. All the endless ** that fill humanity fuel the growth of this power. That is why Rumia is so keen on eating people. In essence, it is merely her need for the power of darkness."
"Fine, fine. Even if that has changed my impression of her quite a bit, there's nothing I can do." Jiu Ming shook his head. From his perspective, Rumia eating people was evil. But from her own perspective, it had nothing to do with right or wrong—it was simply a normal need for survival. Humans hunted animals too; from the animals' perspective, wasn't that evil as well?
Ah... the reasonable contradictions between living beings. No one could take every side into account. "First, if you want to date her, you need to be capable of taking down a super Exotic Beast. Then... then come talk to me once you can do that!"
Before the elegantly dressed handsome young man walking over could even speak, Jiu Ming snapped at him irritably. If it had been Yakumo Yukari, she might have teased him for the fun of it. But Jiu Ming was