All in all, it was quite a display of confidence. Jiu Ming did not dare say anything from the sidelines, afraid that Evangeline might fly into a rage and come beat him to death. After recovering some magic power, her long-lost confidence had returned... though she had always possessed that confidence to begin with.
But this sort of thing grew along with one's strength, didn't it? So he very wisely chose not to spout any nonsense and simply stood there quietly, watching her act all high and mighty.
That said, as he watched Evangeline throw her head back in wild laughter and leave with Chachamaru, Jiu Ming had a powerful premonition: she was absolutely going to screw this up. Uh, perhaps he should not put it so definitively. Let's say she might screw this up instead...
No matter what, Jiu Ming could not possibly have any confidence in Evangeline after she had revealed such a classic villainous face!
Then, not long after leaving, Chachamaru suddenly returned. Seeing Jiu Ming still standing where he was, she gave a slight nod. "Master said that if, when I returned, you were still idling lazily in the same spot, I was to give you a slap and convey Master's order: 'Get to work properly.'"
Having said that blandly, Chachamaru was already rushing toward Jiu Ming. She raised a hand vastly different from a human palm and swung it at his cheek. Though it differed greatly from an ordinary person's hand, the material it was made of was certainly no worse than a human palm!
If you did not believe it, try smashing your flesh-and-blood hand against someone else's mechanical hand! See whose bones broke first.
And there was also what Chachamaru had said. Before Evangeline left, Jiu Ming had given a very clear response