Perhaps having guessed what Black Seele was thinking, Kanou did not hide anything.
"After I escaped Takama-ga-hara, I originally wanted to find some old friends, but... I suddenly thought of you."
"A girl named Seele had a demon hidden inside her that even the gods feared. If I called that demon out... then those gods in the heavens..."
Kanou did not finish her words. She stopped halfway through and looked at Black Seele with a smile. There was no need to say the rest.
Black Seele instantly understood the cat demon's intentions and actions.
Her purpose in attacking Seele and relentlessly assaulting her had been simple: she merely wanted to force Black Seele out...
And once Black Seele appeared, even if Black Seele captured her, she had still achieved her goal. So, in her eyes, she was the victor.
However...
This cat demon had overthought things. Black Seele was nothing like what she imagined.
Kanou would never have expected that Seele's situation was completely different from what she had guessed. The two personalities had reached an agreement—something Kanou could not have imagined.
"So... this was why you attacked me? How very..."
Black Seele stared at Kanou with a faintly mocking smile. Even if she were the demon Kanou imagined, why should she make enemies of all the gods for her?
Had this cat demon been sealed away for so long that something had gone wrong with her brain? Considering how she had attacked Seele earlier, even if Black Seele dragged her completely into the liquid of the Source of Filth and corroded her away, Black Seele would not feel the slightest bit of remorse.
"Aren't you afraid... that I'll really kill you?"
Black Seele suddenly slipped her hand into Kanou's clothes, seeming to tease her as she watched her with