The Blatant Temptation

It was a blatant and low-level temptation.

It was a crude temptation, on the level of, 'Want to come with Uncle? I'll give you candy.'

Balam, who was exceptionally quick-witted, immediately deduced several things from the Unicorn Necklace's words.

This Unicorn still hadn't given up hope and intended to save the Saint.

It was trying to create internal strife between itself and Lucifer, hoping to escape amidst the ensuing chaos.

And from that, he inferred that the Saint's mind was still perfectly sound, and the *Mental Torture* just now was nothing more than a show.

He understood all of it.

If he truly wished to serve Lucifer.

If he followed his will.

It would have been normal to wake Lucifer and expose what the ego of the *Unicorn Horn Fragment*, held in his hand, had done...