It was dark inside my room, except for the crimson glow that was emitting from Lilith's eyes as they were following around. In the silence of the night, my room was filled with the repeating sound of my footsteps.
I was pacing back and forth as it was already half an hour past, but there were no signs of capturing the target. I asked Lilith, and she said that there was still no sign of her falling in love with .
Lilith could still trace mana from her, which ant that the soul that was inside her didn't leave her body. At that mont, many things were going on inside my mind, but I was having second thoughts as to whether falling in love was actually the key to capture these so-called targets.
Now this wouldn't have been a problem if I was in the process of capturing her, but my predicant was completely different considering the fact that it's already been more than an entire day since I started dating her.
I rember it went sothing like this with Saki too. I asked her out, and the next day she agreed to date . And later that day, it ended up in completing her liberation. But this wasn't the case with Naoto.
Lilith clicked her tongue in irritation and said in an annoyed tone, "Would you sit down for a bit?"
I stopped midway and my eyes shifted towards her, who was sitting up on her futon as I replied in a calm tone, "Walking helps with my thinking."
As I was walking in the dark for quite so ti, my eyes adjusted to the dim light as I could see Lilith shaking her head vaguely and sighing, "Just calm down for a mont."
My eyes were still locked on her as I ran my hands through my hair and replied, "I'm calm. What do you an?"
"You definitely aren't!" It's great that she has bright crimson eyes because I could tell that she rolled her eyes as she said that.
I again started pacing back and forth in my room, and her eyes kept following . I was in utter disbelief, as I expressed my concern, "You don't understand… this is the first ti..."
Lilith sighed and said in a sleepy voice, "See, this isn't under your control…"
Of course she would be sleepy. What a la devil.
I ca to an abrupt stop in front of her and crouched down on my knees to match her eye level. Staring at her for a few monts, I said, "I know, but I'm curious about why it didn't happen…"
Lilith adjusted herself on the futon to sit in a more comfortable way. As she raised her index finger, pointing it towards , she asked, "She asked you out, right?"
"Yeah… but still she hasn't fallen for yet… so it's weird…" I replied to her in a hesitant tone as there were many possibilities running in my mind. My eyes were wandering around the room, as I added, "From this I can deduce one thing…"
Lilith tilted her head as her silver hairs fell over shoulders, and asked, "What? That she asked you out but doesn't actually love you?"
I knew my train of thoughts were leading towards the correct direction as Lilith seed rather curious and surprised when I said, "You're partially correct."
"Huh?" Taking a seat in front of her futon which felt awfully warm compared to the cold floor, I smiled at her and asked, "Devil-chan, what do you think of this contract and the whole ordeal about making the targets quote in quote fall for ?"
As I emphasised on the 'quote in quote' part, her face clearly illustrated that she was enjoying this conversation. But in a rather alien tone, she looked at and asked, "Eh? What do you an?"
Resting my arm on my knee, I turned towards her, and said in a rather vague tone, "Since you never answer any questions I ask about the contract, I decided to do a bit of research on my side."
"Eh?" She tilted her head and gestured for to continue.
At that mont, I actually felt quite nervous since all what was going inside my head for the past few months was now on my tongue. So part of was also a bit excited to see Lilith's reaction to my hypothesis. There was a half by half probability of being wrong as well as right.
Taking a deep breath, I shifted my gaze towards her and started talking in a rather low tone since it was the middle of the night, "When you first told about the contract's criteria about making them fall for , I didn't give it much of a thought."
Lilith nodded, as I continued, "But as I kept interacting with the targets, I ca to a realisation…"
I ca to a slight pause to observe her reaction as a frown ford on her face and she asked, "And what realisation?"
"When you said make them fall for , you used that phrase rather vaguely. It's not that I'm actually making them fall for , is it?" Narrowing my eyes at her, I continued as I noticed her lips curved into a smile and she leaned towards while saying, "Hoo… Interesting. You're correct about this part."
"So what am I actually doing?" I said in a tone what appeared as if I was asking her a question. She tilted her head in confusion without saying a word as I added, "Is the question I asked myself several tis before finally arriving at a conclusion."
Resting her chin on her palm, her crimson eyes narrowed at as she asked in an indifferent tone, "And what that conclusion might be?"
"I'm not making them fall in love with , rather, what I'm doing is helping them to detach an impurity from their emotions.." As those words left my mouth, Lilith's eyes grew wide in shock as a mont of awkward silence continued between us.
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