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Raphael was the Demon of Jewels. To him, jewels were proof of perfection and beauty. Because of that creed, he was obsessed with beauty. He wanted to be perfect, and he never doubted that he was more beautiful than anyone in the world.
However, that certainty wavered now. Before him stood a body with not a shred of excess, trained to flawless, efficient lines.
Perfect, he thought. And beautiful. Perhaps even more beautiful than me.
The thought slipped out before he realized it, and he snapped back to himself with a start.
“No. No…” Raphael shook his head in a panic. To admit that another’s beauty ranked above his own would break him. That could not be allowed. He had to be, beyond thought and question, the most beautiful.
“Aaah!” He clutched his head and writhed.
“What is wrong with him?” Ketal watched, faintly put off.
“I think he looked at your body,” Ignisia said.
“My body? Hm.”
“He is practically the embodiment of narcissism. He just decided your body might be more perfect than his, and this is the result.”
Even to Ignisia’s eye, Ketal’s physique was perfect, without a single flaw to catch on. The shock hammering Raphael had to be tremendous.
“What an unusual one,” Ketal murmured, his expression turning curious.
“An infuriating one. He would not stop talking to me. I was ready to burn my ears...
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