Jiu Ming shrugged. "It's not a matter of whether there are benefits or no drawbacks. It should be said that no matter what it is, it has little to do with us~."
"That's a rather cold thing to say." Kaguya chuckled softly.
"Outsiders ought to know their place. What's wrong with putting it that way?"
"Well, I never expected you to say something so 'rational.' It's a little surprising!"
"Then keep being surprised." Jiu Ming couldn't help rolling his eyes, tugging at the corner of his mouth as he replied. The teasing in Kaguya's words was so thick that anyone could hear it without trying!
"Hehe, I won't interrupt your little exchange." After another couple of laughs, Kaguya glanced at the observing spirit and shifted her attention back to the screen.
That smile was really... never mind.
Shaking his head, Jiu Ming turned his attention to 'Silver,' who stood atop the water. "Is there something you want to say?"
"I... don't know." Her expression was troubled. When facing her contractor, she possessed the absolute ability to suppress them, even easily take their life—and that was while she had yet to fully awaken. Yet even so, when facing Jiu Ming, that sense of powerlessness remained.
It was as though she were facing a higher being, innately suppressed by her.
"Don't know what?"
"..." 'Silver' fell silent, then shook her head. "Ever since I awakened, I've known that I had to do certain things. As for what exactly... before, I wouldn't think about it, nor would I want to. But because of you..."
Jiu Ming understood. Because they were two destroyers of prophecy, 'Silver' had developed considerable doubts about her own existence. Especially after his recollections had described matters related to her existence as some kind of trigger mechanism, it had given