29. Where are you now?
“By the way, Evelyn-chan, if I remember correctly, aren’t you demons supposed to be good at close combat? Why do I feel like every time I see you fight… you’re using summoning magic?”
Emilia suddenly seemed to remember something, raising a finger to her chin and tilting her head as she asked Evelyn.
‘Oh no! She’s noticed!’
Evelyn felt a bit awkward. Indeed, just as Emilia said, she had never faced enemies head-on in battle. She always used her simple summoning circle to quickly summon creatures and commanded them to fight.
And this was the “flaw” of Evelyn as a demon.
“Ahem… Actually… my situation is similar to yours…”
“Uh? What do you mean?”
“Just like you can’t use blessing spells… my body is too weak, and I can only use summoning magic…”
There was a noticeable hint of regret in Evelyn’s voice. As a former boy, Evelyn had always longed for battles with swords and magic like Emilia, but the problem was… her physical condition was simply too weak! Compared to other demons, her frail body probably couldn’t even stand up to elves…
“Uh… that really is quite coincidental… haha… haha…”
Emilia awkwardly chuckled a couple of times. It was quite coincidental that an angel who couldn’t use blessing spells and a demon who could only use summoning magic found each other; this sort of pairing probably couldn’t be found in both angelic and demonic races. It’s just fate, or rather, ‘destiny’ is sometimes so mysterious.
Moreover, this couldn’t even be considered a heartfelt revelation; it was almost digging into someone’s past…
“Why did you come to Earth, Evelyn? Shouldn’t it be more comfortable in Hell?”
After a brief silence, Emilia changed the subject once again. There was no way they could continue the previous topics, as they had already hit all the sensitive points.
Of course, this was also one of the questions that Emilia was curious about.
A demon not even two years old… cough, such a young demon shouldn’t be obediently staying in Hell, but instead has come to Earth to ‘execute justice.’ That thought was quite odd, wasn’t it?
“Life in Hell is very comfortable, but perhaps too easy, which can cause one to lose their fighting spirit.”
“Does Evelyn-chan have friends in Hell? To be honest, I’m quite lonely; at least in Heaven, I don’t have a single friend.”
“Um… I basically don’t have any…”
“Huh? A cute girl like Evelyn-chan can’t make friends? Are you isolated?”
As she spoke, Emilia secretly glanced at the small wings on Evelyn’s head; those were definitely not things a demon should possess. If one were to reason from that angle and then think about Evelyn’s weak physical constitution and the dazzling wings on her waist, her identity was practically revealed—she must be a half-blood between a demon and some other race.
In most races, the purity of bloodlines is almost equivalent to innate power. Therefore, a half-blood is generally not well-regarded in any race, making them prone to isolation and bullying.
“Uh… me? Isolated?”
Evelyn asked in confusion, not expecting Emilia to think along those lines. Putting everything else aside, wasn’t she the daughter of Satan, the Hell Princess? Who in Hell would dare isolate her?
Wouldn’t that be asking for trouble!
And the reason Evelyn had no friends in Hell was quite simple. It was solely because she spent nearly 24 hours a day under the protection of Lucifer and others, and ordinary people simply did not have the opportunity to approach her.
The only chance she had to interact with other nobles in Hell was during the occasional Hell celebrations.
However, she never liked making friends at such party-like celebrations because most people approached her with ulterior motives; they were eager to leverage Evelyn’s identity for their own benefit. Such insincere interactions were something Evelyn always looked down upon.
“Looks like I misunderstood? I thought Evelyn-chan’s social life in Hell was similar to mine…”
From what Emilia said, she was likely ostracized by other angels in Heaven. Thinking of this, Evelyn felt a bit sympathetic towards Emilia. However, sympathy aside, Evelyn had reasons to suspect: Emilia probably had trouble making friends in Heaven because she was too scheming.
All the other angels were so pure that they couldn’t possibly gain an advantage over this black-bellied angel lady! She probably tricked several people before, and now others were scared of her and wouldn’t dare play with her.
“So, did Emilia-chan come to Earth to study because no one wanted to play with you in Heaven?”
“That is indeed part of the reason… but not all of it. I really enjoy living on Earth, whether it’s the people… or the things on Earth… I really like them.”
In that moment, Emilia unconsciously recalled her “brother,” and her eyes misted over.
Oh, the person I think about day and night—where are you now?
“So, how did you feel on your first day of school, Emilia-chan?”
“Um… the classmates are very friendly, and Teacher Jiang is really nice to me. I like this environment very much.”
That statement was heartfelt.
“Teacher Jiang is indeed very responsible… But I’m quite confused; normally, on your first day transferring in, Teacher Jiang shouldn’t let you go back at night. She should encourage you to spend more time getting to know your classmates… it’s strange…”
Evelyn seemed to think of something, slowly turning over to lie in her part of the “area,” hugging a soft whale plushie, and mumbled to herself in confusion.
“Ahem… it really is… like that…”
Emilia’s reaction seemed a bit odd; she coughed a couple of times, her tone clearly flustered, as if she were a child caught doing something wrong.
In fact, that responsible Teacher Jiang originally didn’t intend to let her leave.
Until Emilia had told her a little white lie… then she blushed and wrote a false slip for Emilia.
As for the excuse for Emilia’s leave… she would never tell Evelyn.
It had taken a while for their atmosphere to improve a bit; she didn’t want to get kicked off the bed by an angry Evelyn.
