In the previous battle, Benedicta, seemingly uncomfortable with humans around, consistently raised her energy throughout the operation.
If it had happened once or twice, I could have ignored it. However, Benedicta displayed threatening movements five times during the dozens of minutes it took for the enemy High Elf to arrive and the Imperial Army to retreat.
Fortunately, she stopped each time at my command, but I constantly worried about how she would interpret my orders. I even tried using a command to command her, but I still haven't seen the result.
In that sense,
-Thud. Thud. Thud.
“…”
I'm not sure what it means that Benedicta, with an unreadable smile, asked me to walk to the center of her Territory.
If she had asked me to bring a bucket, I could have easily understood her intentions. But when we tried to retrieve a bucket, she stopped us.
I could only trust my judgment that she was still displayed in gray on the Minimap and that if she intended to attack, she wouldn't need to wait for my slow approach.
“…Do only I feel like that’s the expression of someone who’s about to ask why you made them angry?”...
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