At this moment, the atmosphere at the bottom of the pit was more than a little awkward.
Red looked at Satania, who was sobbing in front of him, and for a moment, he really didn’t know what to say.
He honestly didn’t understand—
Why was Satania in a place like this?
But since she was from the Black Church, he couldn’t afford to drop his guard just yet.
With that in mind, Red spoke up.
“Was that Demon your doing?”
He already knew beforehand that the Black Church had entered the twenty-seventh level underground.
Even though he had no idea why he hadn’t seen a trace of them now, since Satania was here, it meant those two Priestesses from the Black Church must also be here.
Yet, faced with Red’s question, Satania just kept crying.
“Wuwuwu……”
Seeing her like this, Red only felt his headache growing worse.
If he tried to catch her now, it wouldn’t feel like arresting a criminal at all…
It would feel more like trafficking a runaway girl.
There was nothing he could do.
Although she was an enemy in name, seeing her so pitiful, Red decided to try comforting her a bit.
Still, he couldn’t let down his guard.
That was why Red chose to keep a distance and face her head-on, rather than standing shoulder-to-shoulder with her.
“All right, all right,” Red sighed, “I won’t ask why you’re here for now. Are you… hurt? Why are you crying here?”
But when Satania heard this, she only cried harder, her tears and snot flowing as she lunged at him, scaring Red into quickly shielding his face with his hand.
“You’re right… Everything you said is right… wuwuwu!!”
Satania sobbed even louder.
Red thought she might try to attack him, but it turned out all she wanted was to cry in his arms.
But why did she want to cry in his arms!?
Red couldn’t understand.
He just couldn’t figure it out at all.
Satania continued.
“Didn’t you tell me before? They… they really did want to use me, to turn me into a sacrifice for Demonization…”
Red quietly drew a question mark in his mind.
He felt his brain couldn’t keep up, but after taking a closer look, he seemed to understand something.
Satania’s Nightstalker Costume was exactly the same as the thief’s Nightstalker Costume he’d seen back during that round of Roleplay!
The only difference was that this time she’d gotten smarter, wearing black stockings instead of white ones.
A bit of a shame, really.
He’d thought it was just Roleplay before, but Satania had actually believed his words, and to make matters worse, the people around her really were selling her out.
According to Kujitiya, this was truly as ruthless as it got.
“All right, all right, I get it. Wipe away your snot and tears first, can you tell me exactly what happened, from start to finish?”
“Wu… Actually, it’s like this…”
Satania gave a rough account of what she’d been through.
She’d discovered that the Priestess was carrying a Sacrificial Dagger.
Then she’d run away, hiding in the shadows and seeing, because the intended sacrifice had fled, the Priestess used the other one as a substitute.
She’d witnessed the birth of the Demon and ran off without looking back.
Right after that, she’d run into the Monster Tide and hid in this unexplored area.
She’d tried to go out to look for food, but slipped and fell here, and no matter how she tried, she couldn’t climb out.
That was the gist of it, though the actual situation was probably much more dangerous and urgent.
This unlucky girl really was terribly unlucky.
But in another sense, she was also very lucky.
She’d survived the impact of the Monster Tide, after all.
After pouring out her frustrations and pain, her mood improved a lot.
She stopped crying and making a fuss, simply looking at Red with red-rimmed eyes, saying nothing.
“Uh… staring at me like that won’t change anything, you know.”
Red scratched his head.
Back then, he’d really just been treating it as Roleplay.
Who could have guessed things would turn out so dramatically?
He had to explain things clearly.
Otherwise, just having that monkey Letia pestering him was headache enough—if another idiot got attached now, life really would become unbearable!
“Ahem!”
Red cleared his throat and said to Satania, “When I warned you, I didn’t mean anything else by it. Please don’t get the wrong idea…”
Before Red could finish, Satania nodded deeply, as if she understood everything.
“I know!”
“…As long as you know.”
Seeing that he didn’t need to explain any further, Red was about to relax when Satania continued.
“Compared to me, you seem to care more about Letia, don’t you?”
“Pfft!!”
Hearing this, Red nearly spat out a mouthful of old blood.
“You can say whatever you want about food, but don’t make baseless claims like that!”
“But when you came down, you must have thought I was Letia, right?”
Satania straightened her back proudly.
“Everyone says I’m stupid, but I’m actually not stupid at all.”
“No…”
Red covered his face in exasperation.
“I agree with everyone’s opinion—you really are an idiot.”
“Neh, ptooey ptooey~ Still trying to hide it even now?”
Maybe for idiots, pain comes and goes quickly.
Right now, Satania was taking the upper hand, wearing an expression like “I’ve seen through everything.”
“When you jumped down without hesitation just now, anyone would think you mistook me for Letia, right?”
“If it wasn’t someone especially important to you, how could you act so decisively?”
Satania stood up, leaned in close to Red, and grinned mischievously.
“Just admit it. You really care about Letia, don’t you? Don’t you? Don’t you? Don’t you?”
Hearing that barrage of questions, Red’s lips twitched.
He suddenly wanted to smack this idiot on the head.
Satania’s smile only grew more impudent, and she even patted Red on the shoulder.
“With someone as angelic as Letia, what’s so shameful about liking her?”
But at those words, Red showed an expression of pity and sympathy.
He put his hand on Satania’s shoulder and spoke sincerely.
“Sometimes, not knowing the truth is actually a kind of happiness.”
“What are you even talking about?”
Satania obviously didn’t get Red’s meaning, but she still wouldn’t let the matter drop.
“So just now, you really did mistake me for Letia, right? As soon as you thought Letia was hurt, you rushed down without hesitation, didn’t you?”
Red couldn’t help but retort.
“Is that my fault?”
He pointed upward, imitating Satania’s movements as he spoke.
“There were clear sliding marks above, and someone below clutching their leg, looking like they’d twisted their ankle. My mind went blank, and I just wanted to help… Ow!!”
Heh,so obvious even Satanic can see it.
CAUGHT!
It’s pretty ironic that Red is saying that she’s better off not knowing Letia’s true nature when he is also deceived by her into thinking she’s an angle (Litt).