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Although the figure’s voice was as quiet as a whisper, it was still clear and sonorous. It was just her voice without any magic being used to amplify it, but the figure’s voice sounded strangely deep. It was as if her voice was somehow bypassing their ears and resounding through their very bodies.
“My Mary?” Eugene muttered with a blank expression.
Such obvious words could only mean one thing.
“Scheming, you say,” the pupil of the eye curved in a smile. In the distant royal palace within Babel, the Demon King of Incarceration was smiling with genuine pleasure as he said, “Can something like this really be called scheming?”
[Now you’re just quibbling, oh Ancient Demon. You are still just as obnoxious and offensive as ever. If you had really wanted to, you could have either destroyed my Mary or taken it away from them before now, isn’t that right?] the figure of light accused.
“Didn’t you already say it yourself?” the smiling eye turned to look at Sienna. “I might have been able to do so if I were acting in person. But the remnants of dark power I left in Mary aren’t enough to resist her magic. In that case, I would ultimately need to take action personally in order to do either of those things… but unfortunately, I have made a promise that I will be patiently waiting in Babel for a certain someone.”
After saying this, the Demon King of Incarceration once again turned to look at the figure. The figure was still standing there at a flat angle, facing Eugene and the others.
“I’m surprised to see that you’re still lingering around in this form,” the Demon King commented.
[I’ve paid a high price to do so,] the figure replied with a loud laugh. [It doesn’t bring me any joy to reunite with you like this, oh Ancient Demon. Why have you set your eyes on this place? Could it be that you wish to laugh...



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