Ⅱ
After several cold laughs, Arthur fell silent, his words turning grim-
"I was negotiating with you in earnest, and you were joking with me?
Separating it from yourselves was something you urgently needed to do.
Yet you offered it to me as part of a deal.
You haven't shown the slightest sincerity."
After those grim words, the fingers Arthur had been rubbing over the Pipe trembled slightly, then quickly stilled. The young Medium carefully placed the Pipe on the nearby table, then picked up [Spider's Blood Claw]. Impatience filled his otherwise calm face, as though he wanted to end this vexing matter with a single thrust.
Seeing this, Miha cried out repeatedly.
"Wait!
You've misunderstood!
Your vampire insect needs it, and we'll pour some power into it so that, once your vampire insect eats it, it will become fully complete."
Miha spoke extremely quickly.
The elder twin had realized it.
The Medium before them was probably in a state similar to theirs.
He simply hadn't split off an 'it' yet.
*Had he come into contact with the 'shadow'?
Or...
Was he forced into it?*
The elder twin couldn't be certain.
But she was certain of one thing: they absolutely must not provoke Arthur in this state. He really might cut them down without a second thought.
"Not enough!
Killing you would do just as well!
It might even make that fellow complete and let it advance once more."
Arthur shook his head, the irritation on his face growing stronger.
This frightened the elder twin even more.
Without hesitation, she said-
"Yilo and I can become your servants!
We'll serve you for ten years!"
"What kind of joke is that?
You're this weak, and you want to serve me?
Ten years?
You'd probably only just have recovered after ten years,