"But someone has to do it! As long as... as long as bad people dare to do something like this again, we'll keep killing them until they don't dare anymore."
Mr. Harry felt the murderous aura pouring off her and shrank back. "Perhaps... that counts as a method too?"
Lilith suddenly stopped and pouted. "I miss Edward!"
"Phoenix, I want to go back and find Edward!"
Phoenix did not respond.
Mr. Harry was a little bewildered. Is... she talking to me? But my name is Mr. Harry.
"Huh?"
Lilith found this a little strange. "Could Edward have happened to call Phoenix away to deliver a letter?"
"Hello!"
Just then, a gentle voice rang out. "Did you take my necklace?"
Mr. Harry the owl immediately fluffed up his feathers and flew into the sky, shouting, "Danger! Danger! Danger! Run! Hurry and run!"
I knew it! I knew it! Why would that die suddenly become so "friendly"? It was saving up for something big! I bet it's rolled a one right now!
Under the crimson moonlight, a girl in a house dress slowly approached. It was none other than Amyrius's mistress, Cynthia.
Her eyes held some confusion, mixed with anger. "Did you take my necklace?!"
Although Lilith did not know what this woman meant, she immediately tensed.
"Was it you?! Did you take my necklace?!"
Her voice suddenly rose. "Give me back my necklace!!"
She thrust out a hand. Her fair, white palm abruptly transformed into a brown branch, tipped with a flower that dripped mucus. The flower opened, revealing a mouth full of sharp teeth.
Lilith immediately fired a string of black-flame bullets at the branch. The black flames began burning fiercely the instant they touched it.
"Aah!!"
The girl let out a piercing scream. She hurriedly severed the section burning