The soundproofing array activated smoothly, glowing with a hazy, faint light.
Lu Li rubbed the ear Evelina had yanked and teased her with a smile.
"Just as expected of a God's Chosen One who's received the Lust Demon God's blessings so many times. You're getting stronger by the day—just now, you nearly tore my ear off..."
"Eh? Really?" Evelina shrank her neck, her face filled with surprise and worry, utterly devoid of her earlier fierceness and arrogance.
"Wasn't it you who said we had to treat the fake as real when acting, so others would believe it...?"
"True." Lu Li nodded to himself and casually continued.
"Then you should've been harsher just now and torn my ear off outright."
"That would've looked more convincing."
"And if Varimathras spread it around, it'd probably cause a small uproar among those monsters waiting to enjoy the show. It would fit the image I crafted for you even better."
"That would be too bloody..." Evelina frowned slightly, her face full of reluctance.
"I don't want to do that."
"You used to be a general of the Overlord Army!" Lu Li looked at Evelina in feigned surprise, a grin unique to someone who had found something amusing appearing on his face.
"Don't tell me you've never seen blood?"
"I used to be a battle mage. I always used elemental power to deal with my targets." Evelina argued somewhat anxiously.
"When was it ever this bloody and barbaric?"
"Besides, if you asked me to tear someone else's ear off, that would be one thing. But yours... I really can't bring myself to do it..."
Lu Li grinned and stopped teasing the Succubus Lady, whose mind had become somewhat muddled ever since she got pregnant. His tone turned serious.
"Let's set aside the ear-tearing and talk business."