Of course, lightning this weak could not possibly hurt her, but her hair still stood on end.
She took a deep breath. "Mr. Arrodes, sorry for the trouble, but from now on... please give Mom as much help as you can."
"Of course."
The faint light on the mirror faded, leaving an ordinary dressing mirror.
"Arrodes... does he really know nothing about that person, or is he deliberately avoiding the subject?"
Krismona sank into thought. "If it's the latter, why?"
Perhaps she should go ask that Snake of Mercury?
Meanwhile, Edward went for a look around 7 Rose Street as planned before ending the summoning and returning to Sefirah Castle.
"Did she see through me or not?"
Sitting on the Bronze Chair, Edward frowned in thought. "If she didn't, what was that charm all about? But if she did, it makes no sense that she attacked without hesitation last time, only to play house with me this time."
He had given some thought to his decision to take Little Snake's appearance.
To avoid arousing her suspicions, he naturally could not "create a person out of thin air," which would be easy to expose. But if he turned into one of the neighbors' children, who knew whether that Demoness would take her anger out on others if something went wrong?
Little Snake was different. He was both a "person" who actually existed and someone who had no fear of the Demoness's retaliation. After considering it from every angle, Edward could think of no better choice-provided, of course, that he obtained his consent.
After muttering to himself for a while, Edward suddenly realized that Sefirah Castle was unusually quiet today-Amon had not launched into his usual stream of chatter the moment he saw him.
He turned to look and met Amon's