After killing the Roadblock Devil, the Dragon Fiend licked the blood on her hand, then frowned and immediately spat it out. "Ptoo-"
It seemed that after tasting Asaba Kotone's blood, she found devil blood, which she had never been interested in anyway, even more repulsive.
"Well? These two fiend girls don't show devils the slightest mercy. Besides, they couldn't be Devil Hunters in China otherwise."
Himeno said this to Aki Hayakawa.
"...I know."
Aki Hayakawa replied expressionlessly.
Having seen Pingcui and Long's attitude toward devils firsthand, his opinion of them had improved somewhat, though he didn't show it on his face.
They left the Roadblock Devil's corpse for someone else to handle, and Asaba Kotone and the others continued patrolling.
"That stone-faced guy still seems a little prejudiced against Long and me. Speaking of which, doesn't spending time with us bother you?"
Pingcui suddenly spoke up.
Back in Germany, when she had first invited Asaba Kotone to join them, she had thought he only accepted because of the mission. But gradually, she discovered that he really did seem capable of getting along amicably with her and Long.
He had brought them to Japan to buy doughnuts and eat sushi, and was even willing to let them drink his blood.
The exquisite taste of his blood wasn't actually the point. Back in China, who would willingly let them drink their blood? People couldn't avoid them fast enough. Usually, they only had blood bags of unknown origin supplied by the authorities.
Discrimination against fiends was inevitable. Pingcui had studied humans. Humans displayed a degree of hostility even toward their own kind if they were of a different race or even from a different region, let alone toward a devil like her, who was essentially humanity's natural enemy.
At first, she hadn't cared