Chapter 110: It's Not Like That

"All right, Miss Black Rose. Are you ready to come with me?"

"B-but what if the strange thing inside my arm tries to hurt someone?"

"That's why I'm taking you with me. If something strange in Miss Black Rose's arm starts to awaken, I can cut it off immediately. You'll need additional examinations, too."

'...She talks as if she sealed an actual demon inside her.'

Still, I agreed that it would be best for Black Rose to go with Kariel.

Unless Black Rose had circumstances that made it impossible for her to live with someone else... but unless her situation was as extremely serious as mine, it seemed she didn't need to insist on having her own way. After all, she was currently carrying the Abyss's magic inside her body—an unprecedented situation.

'It's better than dying or becoming an Abyssal One.'

I, on the other hand... My secret was the kind that would be better off ending in death or becoming an Abyssal One than being discovered. I didn't think Black Rose's circumstances were anywhere near that serious.

And...

"Th-then is there no way to control this? Like, maybe it could come out to help me when I'm in danger? If I'm its host, wouldn't it be in trouble if I died, too?"...