Special Chapter

Surprised, Innis stared at the demon who had appeared in her pentagram. He wasn’t quite what she had expected. Visually, he seemed a proper demon: claws, scales, and a tail.

But should he really be all bloody and unconscious?

Grandpa’s diary never said anything like that. Too bad I couldn’t find any other notes.

But...what am I to do with it? Try to call him? Shake him awake?

No, reaching inside the pentagram was forbidden.

What if I poke him with a stick? He can’t just lie there in my tower, can he?

I have enough problems on my plate without a dead demon!

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I was in agony. Every bit of my body that was still there was emanating with pain, even my tail.

“Demon, are you alive? Demon! Damn you, you’re a rascal, not a demon!”

It was clearly a girl’s voice. She seemed young and quite upset. She had a throaty contralto, clear and singsong, like hot chocolate.

I definitely wasn’t in a temple.

Where then?

I focused and tried to prop myself on my elbows, then open my eyes.

Yeah, they had gi