Abner could fully understand his dissatisfaction with and wariness toward Miss D. After all, no one would be in a good mood after being abducted for research without reason, then locked in a "world" only half the size of a city for several months.
So he said quite amiably, "I'd like to ask you to help complete a ritual. Afterward, I'll give you back your freedom."
"Do I have a choice?" Lophia asked with a snort.
"No... if you refuse, I'll directly 'dominate' you... you should have experienced what that felt like before." Remembering something, Abner added with a smile, "You can also try asking the True Creator for help, but I should remind you that the two of us have an understanding on this matter."
Miss D, Lophia, fell silent at once. Only after quite a while did she speak again. "I can probably guess what you want my help with, and I'm willing to perform that ritual again... but I have one condition... no, one request... If you can agree to it, there'll be no need to waste your energy 'dominating' me.
"I suppose that because of the 'characteristics' within me, dominating me isn't actually easy, is it?"
If it had been easy, why would he have released her so quickly?
Abner neither confirmed nor denied Lophia's words, merely smiling as he asked, "What request? Let's hear it."
"It's very simple. After the ritual, I want to escape the True Creator's 'gaze' and break free from the Aurora Order's control." Miss D, Lophia's tone carried a trace of resentment as she spoke.
I remembered that when Vice Admiral Deep Sea, Howl Constantine, had introduced this lady, he had said that her faith in the True Creator was not particularly devout... Looking at it now, she probably hadn't had