After the girl saw Emily’s face, just as Emily had feared, the girl immediately panicked.
She frantically looked for something to throw at Emily.
Then she set her sights on the pillow on the bed, so she grabbed it and threw it hard at Emily.
Of course, since it was just a pillow, Emily didn’t need to dodge.
Emily was also glad that she had chosen a room with little clutter when arranging the room for her.
Otherwise, her current situation would have been dangerous.
“Don’t come any closer!”
After throwing the pillow, the girl curled up in the corner, shivering.
“Calm down. I won’t hurt you.”
Of course, the girl naturally didn’t believe Emily’s words at all.
The psychological trauma humans had inflicted on the girl was truly immense, making it impossible for her to believe Emily’s words.
And Emily herself, who said this, was actually also quite scared.
After all, Emily had no idea about the extent to which that deity cared about the demon race.
If even saying “I won’t hurt you” counted as caring for the girl and would bring divine punishment upon herself,
Emily really had nothing to say to that petty god.
So after saying that, Emily kept alert for any changes around her, and only relaxed when she saw no supernatural phenomena occur.
But it was really troublesome to calm down this girl under such restrictions…
Emily couldn’t show too much concern, but if she didn’t show concern, she wouldn’t gain the girl’s trust.
Without trust, the girl wouldn’t reveal her situation.
“You really are as meddlesome as ever. Can’t you just leave this girl here and feed her?”
Just as Emily was wondering how to soothe the girl, Natalie’s helpless voice came from beside her.
Natalie really didn’t want Emily, that idiot saintess, to suffer divine punishment again because of caring for this girl.
So as soon as she sensed her magic had failed, she came over.
“Lady Natalie…”
“Hey, you stupid kid over there!”
Natalie’s tone carried the overwhelming dominance of the Demon King.
Under this pressure, the girl who had wanted to resist Emily was instantly frozen stiff, completely unable to move.
No, wouldn’t scaring a child like this leave her with psychological trauma…?
After all, even Emily, who was nearby, got goosebumps from the terrifying pressure, let alone the girl who was facing it directly.
“If you don’t want to die, answer whatever I ask.”
Natalie didn’t care about the girl’s feelings at all.
In her view, she was only taking her in for Emily’s sake.
Although as the Demon King, Natalie did have a bit of responsibility, it was only a little.
Seeing the girl making unreasonable fuss out of fear, Natalie found it extremely annoying.
Faced with Natalie’s threat, the girl quickly nodded to show she understood.
Of course, the reason Natalie asked the girl questions was because of Emily.
She herself had no interest at all in who the girl was or what had happened to leave her on the streets.
Natalie was asking entirely for Emily’s sake.
Natalie knew very well that if she didn’t ask, Emily, that idiot saintess, would risk divine punishment to care for the girl again.
Sigh, really, why does the person I like have to be an idiot who doesn’t care about her own safety!
“What’s your name?”
Natalie asked this while complaining inwardly.
“Xilina…”
“Xilina? Are you misunderstanding something? This idiot wouldn’t hurt you.”
‘Um… Miss Natalie, you’re not calling me an idiot, are you? I clearly have nothing to do with the word ‘idiot’!’
“Instead of worrying about this do-gooder hurting you, you should worry about whether I’ll hurt you!”
After saying that, Natalie gave a somewhat frightening smile.
Seeing that smile, the already frightened girl naturally became even more scared.
Of course, Emily could tell that Natalie was playing good cop, bad cop.
She was playing the bad guy to highlight Emily’s gentleness toward the girl.
Could it be that this Demon King was actually gentler than she had imagined?
Emily thought that if Natalie truly didn’t care about the girl, she wouldn’t have to do this at all.
Emily naturally couldn’t imagine that all of Natalie’s actions were just to earn her favor.
“To put it bluntly, if she really intended to hurt you, you would have been torn to pieces while you were unconscious! Look at yourself now!”
After hearing Natalie’s words, the girl looked down to check her current state.
After all, she had just woken up to see a human she feared greatly, so she hadn’t had the spare effort to check her own condition.
After looking at her body, the girl realized she was wearing a clean robe.
And the places that had been hurting no longer hurt.
Wounds and such had completely disappeared.
This made the girl realize that Emily really wasn’t the kind of bad person she had imagined.
Seeing that the girl had realized her situation, Natalie suddenly said softly, “Hey, Emily!”
“Yes, Lady Natalie…”
“I order you to find out her situation, got it! Of course, be gentle. If you scare her too much, she won’t confess honestly.”
Because she knew very well that Emily wouldn’t give up until she found out why the girl had ended up on the streets, Natalie directly issued this order.
That way, Emily could ask the girl what happened with a caring tone without being struck by divine punishment.
“…I understand.”
And because she understood Natalie’s thoughts, Natalie’s favorability in Emily’s mind was slowly increasing.
If it had been negative before, now it had increased to nearly zero.
Of course, Emily hated Natalie so much, but that couldn’t be blamed on her.
It was because Emily’s first impression of Natalie was really too bad.
And she had even turned her into a slave and liked to sexually harass her.
If Emily had any favorability toward Natalie, she would suspect herself of being a masochist.
After saying this, Natalie, who had no interest in the girl at all, turned around and left the room.
Leaving only Emily and the girl.
And with Natalie’s departure, the fear that had been suppressing the girl and preventing her from moving also disappeared.
“Um… are you okay?”
Emily, who said this caring phrase, was still on guard for divine punishment.
But since Emily was acting under Natalie’s orders, divine punishment naturally did not appear.