"Are you the one responsible for demonifying the plants in the forest—and Jāld as well?
Then could you tell why you've made a move against No Na?
Or… are you one of the so-called Demon Lords?"
The figure standing atop the rooftop, bathed in pale moonlight, was a golden-haired girl clad in a long skirt and a red leather jacket.
Her features were exquisitely delicate—skin as flawless as porcelain, beauty so refined she looked like a living doll. Yet her expression was utterly blank, devoid of emotion, radiating a clear keep your distance aura.
At the sudden appearance of Yūto, Leticia showed the faintest trace of surprise. But rembering her purpose for coming here, she quickly raised a crimson spear in her small hand.
"Allow to gauge your strength," she said flatly. "As you've guessed… I am indeed one of the forr Demon Lords."
Her voice carried no rise or fall in tone. With that, she hurled the black-and-red spear straight at Yūto.
The blood-red weapon, once clasped in her slender fingers, swelled explosively the instant it left her grip. In the blink of an eye, it tore through the air, arriving directly before Yūto.
Seeing the spear nearly upon him, Yūto judged its force in an instant. It wasn't strong enough to warrant dodging.
He extended his right hand.
Barehanded, he caught the blood spear mid-flight.
A terrifying grip strength exploded outward. With a thunderous blast, the spear—so imposing only monts before—was crushed in his hand!
The instant it detonated, the ground beneath Yūto caved into a concave crater, sand and dust erupting into the air in a violent surge.
At the sa ti, Leticia—who had been on the rooftop only monts ago—spread a pair of black-and-red wings from her back. She shot through the cloud of dust at incredible speed, diving downward and thrusting another spear toward Yūto.
Clang—!
The oncoming spear struck against the blade of a divinely blessed katana. The shockwave from their clash blew away every grain of sand in the vicinity.
And for the first ti, they saw each other's faces at close range.
Crimson eyes. Impeccably refined features.
There was no denying it—this girl nad Leticia was an extraordinary beauty.
But what Yūto really wanted to complain about was this:
Whether it was Shiroyasha or Leticia, why were all these forr Demon Lords adorable lolis?
Was "loli Demon Lord" so kind of default setting in Little Garden? Did becoming a Demon Lord require possessing the loli attribute?
While his mind wandered into utterly unhelpful territory regarding Little Garden's Demon Lord standards, his hands never paused.
After blocking Leticia's thrust, Yūto flexed his arm and effortlessly knocked her back into the air once more.
Feeling the force transmitted through his blade, Yūto looked up at Leticia as she hovered above—and his expression showed faint dissatisfaction.
"You say you're a forr Demon Lord. But I don't see power to match the title.
I once faced another forr Demon Lord—the White Night Demon Lord. The pressure from her was overwhelming.
Yet you, who claim the sa title, don't give that feeling at all. In fact, you're not even on par with my current companions.
Are you deliberately suppressing your strength? Or… is this truly all you've got?"
At his words, a flicker of displeasure surfaced on Leticia's otherwise blank face.
But as she calmly processed the information hidden within his statent, shock overtook her.
No one living in Little Garden could be unaware of who the "White Night Demon Lord" was.
And from what he had said, this man had either directly or indirectly clashed with her—and survived?
Even among forr Demon Lords, Leticia understood clearly that their strengths varied enormously.
Not to ntion that she had lost her Divinity. What remained was only the power of a "pure-blood vampire," leaving her with less than a tenth of her forr might.
Even at her peak—Divinity intact—she would have been utterly outmatched by Shiroyasha. They were existences on completely different dinsions.
Yet the man before her had faced such a being and lived.
That alone proved his strength was anything but ordinary.
And during their brief exchange just now, she had already confird it. He wasn't boasting. He had t her full-powered attacks head-on—without even bothering to evade—and dismantled them effortlessly.
The realization left her both astonished… and faintly helpless.
Leticia's true identity was, in fact, a mber of No Na.
After No Na was attacked by a Demon Lord and fell into ruin, she lost a Gift Ga and was seized by another community—reduced even to slavery.
The only reason she could stand here now was because she had offered up her Divinity in exchange for temporary freedom, allowing her to visit the Outer Gates and see the community she had long worried over.
When she discovered that today's No Na had declined to the point where Black Rabbit alone was holding everything together—where the once-strongest community in the East District had fallen so low that even small fry like Jāld could toy with them—her anger had burned fiercely.
Later, when she learned that several new mbers had joined No Na, she felt both joy… and concern.
So she ca alone to Fores Garo.
She eliminated every mber of the community—except Jāld.
Then, using the power of a pure-blood vampire, she demonified him.
Her actions were never ant to destroy No Na.
On the contrary—she loved No Na deeply.
This was her test.
She wanted to asure the strength of these new mbers.
If they were capable of protecting No Na, then even if she were sold beyond the boundaries of Little Garden, she could finally rest easy.
After observing them, she was fairly satisfied with Asuka and Yō. Though still sowhat immature, both possessed trendous potential.
What she hadn't expected… was that Yūto—also one of her intended test subjects—would not only track her down within Fores Garo, but also display strength that so thoroughly suppressed her.
Her purpose had been to test them.
Asuka and Yō had already proven themselves worthy.
But this new companion standing before her—
If she wanted to gauge the full extent of his power…
In her current state, it seed utterly impossible.
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