Silica stood in place, watching silently as Hina turned her back on her and walked away with Nagisa at her side. Their next destination was the domain of the Imp Queen.
Imps—trickster demons, mischievous by nature—were small in stature but held an ancient power.
This land, shared by both the seductive succubi and the unpredictable imps, was ruled by two queens.
Hina, ever composed yet radiating authority, was now heading to the imp territory to meet their queen, hoping to persuade her to align with Kouhei in the coming war against Souichiro.
As she watched their figures shrink in the distance, Silica couldn't shake the feeling rising in her chest.
There was something different about Hina.
So much so that the woman she was looking at didn't even feel like the Hina she once knew.
Back then, Hina had always been someone who stood apart.
She was isolated, emotionally distant, and surrounded by an air of lethal restraint.
