"I didn't mean anything else, I was just a little curious... Are you human, or some kind of oni?"
The girl looked at the oni horns on Herrscher Mei's head and continued asking. She was probably worried that Herrscher Mei would misunderstand her intentions and get angry, so she clarified in advance.
"What do you think?"
Herrscher Mei stared at her calmly and spoke two words.
"Huh?"
"You're probably still human, right?"
She had not expected Herrscher Mei to answer like that, but after thinking about it, she still made a guess. Oni and gods were too far removed from reality. As for why she had horns, it was probably related to Honkai.
They only knew that animals underwent physical mutations after being infected by Honkai. They had never seen it happen to humans.
There was no mention of it in the textbooks either.
"I suppose so."
Human... Herrscher Mei herself did not know whether a Herrscher still counted as human.
"I suppose..."
That answer was undoubtedly hard for the girl to understand. If she was human, then she was human... Why answer with "I suppose"?
But then another thought came to her, and she looked at Herrscher Mei expectantly again. "Can I... can I touch the horns on your head?"
"No!"
Before Herrscher Mei could answer, Sky stepped directly in front of Mei. Was this a joke? Could just anyone touch Mei's body? Even her horns were off-limits!
"Sorry, I was being presumptuous!"
Seeing Sky's firm attitude, the girl hurriedly apologized.
She knew her request had been a little excessive, so after exchanging a few more words, she turned and left with her friend.
"Feeling better now?"
Herrscher Mei crossed her arms and calmly stared at Sky.
"Hmph! Do they think they can just touch Mei's horns? What a