"We're just ordinary friends."
As Mu You spoke, he quietly moved a little farther away from Fuya.
As those words left his mouth, the burning sensation inside him finally began to ease, and his Health loss soon returned to a negligible level.
Mu You breathed a sigh of relief, a light sheen of sweat on his forehead.
A side effect that acted directly on the mind really was rather frightening. Ordinary "yanderes" only talked about burning things, but his could actually ignore armor and inflict real burns with a single thought.
Meanwhile, Fairy Girl noticed Mu You's unnatural expression, and her own expression quickly changed. Her smile vanished, replaced by a hint of panic. "I'm sorry. Lan didn't mean to hurt you. Lan just can't control it..."
As Fairy Girl spoke in a fluster, faint wisps of black smoke began rising from her again.
Fortunately, she immediately noticed the change in herself and hurriedly adjusted her emotions. She soon calmed down, the black aura around her vanished completely, and she returned to normal. Lowering her head with a guilt-ridden expression, she said, "I was simply so happy to see you that those filthy desires I usually keep suppressed slipped out..."
"You saved me and even gave me a name, giving my life meaning, yet I'm still burning away your life every day. I truly deserve to die..."
"It's nothing. Don't worry about it..."
Mu You waved a hand. Her emotions were clearly very unstable right now. To prevent her from going on some strange rampage again, he hastily changed the subject.
"Where are the people in this city?" Mu You asked.
"They've all been eliminated," Fairy Girl said.
"Eliminated... you mean killed?" Mu You asked uncertainly.
"Yes."
"All of them?"
"Of course!"
Fairy Girl nodded as though it were only