[How could it be that simple?!]
The Feather Pen furiously scratched away on the paper in front of him.
[The Feather Pen's existence is different from yours. Every word the Feather Pen says, every promise she makes, sets strings in the domain of fate vibrating. If I really made that decision and failed to honor it, the slightest consequence would be a massive backlash from my authority. At worst, it would awaken the curse outright, and even my will would not survive.]
[That is the price of authority!]
Lynn froze.
The Feather Pen wrote furiously.
[That's why I don't casually promise anyone anything, or write down things I can't accomplish, because the consequences really are terrifying! Someone of your rank wouldn't understand!]
Lynn was stunned.
An unexpected bonus?!
Didn't that make things much easier?
Lynn solemnly held the Monocle and leaned closer. "Then just agree. You won't lose anything anyway. You've forgotten so much, so why gamble on suffering a backlash? You wouldn't want to pay a huge price over something as tiny as breaking a promise, would you? Hmm?"
[But no matter how I think about it, I would never agree to something that absurd?!]
The Feather Pen grew furious.
Lynn said, (ノ￣▽￣), "Perfectly normal. You could've agreed in the heat of the moment, couldn't you? Compared with completing those two chapters, isn't this pretty acceptable when you think about it?"
The Feather Pen slumped backward, lying flat on the paper like a loli who had lost the will to live.
Clearly, she couldn't muster any enthusiasm anymore.
Although she strongly suspected that this wicked Cat-Eared Girl had tricked her, gambling on it would come at an enormous cost. The only way to resolve this was to recover the memories she had just lost, but she absolutely would not