Frilian: This Demon Isn't So Cold

"You think I don't get along with you guys?" Frillie retorted after hearing Carlos's words. "What's wrong with you?! I became friends with you after I found out you were a demon!"

"Frilian, please understand this fact," Carlos said calmly, "that I, she, and Volame from the village are all related to Celie through the same sect. And what about you?"

On her back, Sylvia winked at Frillie, indicating that part of her was already showing.

However, for Frilian, the situation was already quite clear.

"You mean, if I become Celia's apprentice, you'll help me?" Frilian asked tentatively.

"You're right," Carlos nodded. "As fellow disciples, it's only natural to help our junior sister solve her difficulties, isn't it?"

"But do you think I want to leave here?" Frillie said with some regret. "It seems there's no way around it."

"Don't forget that if you can't keep your promises, you'll still owe me something." Carlos had given up on Frilian altogether.

"I still hate you, don't I?" Frillie pouted.

"You just said you wanted to be friends with me... Okay, okay, I won't say anything more, alright?" Carlos's cheeks were once again subjected to Sylvia's rough treatment.

"Honestly, stop bullying Ms. Frillie. I already told you to come and bully me instead." She muttered from behind.

The reason I don't tease you is because I'm afraid that teasing will turn into flirting...

—Carlos, of course, wouldn't say that out loud.

"Besides what you just mentioned, there must be some other reason, right?" Sylvia hadn't yet gotten the information she wanted from the previous answers.

Carlos sighed inwardly; he knew exactly what Sylvia Ka actually wanted to ask.

Aside from the reasons mentioned earlier and those related to Vlamé, there is actually another crucial point.

"I feel that extending a helping hand to everyone in the same way is a bad thing for me."

"Why?" Sylvia didn't miss the chance to press for an answer.

Carlos decided to be a little more honest. He never intended to completely hide anything, otherwise he wouldn't have intentionally or unintentionally revealed that information before.

Whether he said he had no feelings for the village, or wanted to find that feeling of reluctance, or the words he answered earlier, it was all Carlos's deliberate act.

It seems that Sylvia has completely fallen for their trap.

Of course, Carlos wasn't sure who ultimately fell into whose trap.

"Because I am ultimately a demon. Demons shouldn't possess the emotions I have. In order to maintain this state, I need to try my best to be kind to people, but I can't be a complete pushover, because that doesn't conform to what ordinary people would do, and it would also make the emotions I can feel thin."

Using enormous amounts of magic to help others is not something that should be done frequently.

If one tries their best to treat everyone, they will be unable to perceive the differences and thus unable to generate corresponding emotions.

This is certainly a bad thing.

"..."

Sylvie fell silent.

Frillie also realized that she seemed to have heard something quite extraordinary.

"So you're now moving closer to becoming a true demon?" she asked bluntly, ignoring the atmosphere in the room.

"...Elves are really scary." Carlos felt a little uncomfortable with her words, which completely disregarded the atmosphere, but he still replied, "Maybe a little, but it's gotten much better recently, so I'm not so sure anymore."

"What exactly? What's the specifics?" Sylvia asked hurriedly, appearing even more nervous than Carlos himself.

"Take this situation as an example." Carlos glanced at Frilian, because if it weren't for her, they probably would have had to struggle a bit more. "I know you still like me, and I can feel that feeling. At the same time, I can also feel that Frilian's interruption just now was very rude."

"Was what I just said really rude?" Frilian didn't quite understand.

"That's true, but it's a question that shouldn't be asked by Ms. Frilian." Sylvia was slightly relieved and patted Carlos's head. "But now that you mention it, aren't you quite healthy?"

"Do you think a normal human being needs to manage their inner emotions?" Carlos asked helplessly. "What I just said is only for now. If it goes on for a while, even I don't know what I'll become."

"Could this be the reason you've been rejecting me all this time?" Sylvia suddenly realized.

"Why aren't you saying anything?"

"Hey, say something!"

She pulled and tugged at Carlos's face, kneading it into various shapes, but he showed no intention of speaking.

"Running away won't solve anything," Sylvia said earnestly after massaging him for a while.

Unfortunately, she's still on Carlos's back, so her persuasiveness isn't very strong.

"I've been trying to find a solution, but you all probably know that my problem is quite niche, maybe even an isolated case," Carlos finally answered her, his tone calm. "On the contrary, why are you so fixated on me? Maybe you'll meet someone better than me on your journey ahead."

"We'll see when the time comes." Sylvia didn't say whether she refused or agreed, but Carlos knew that she hadn't changed her mind at all and was just trying to fool him.

"Ultimately, the fact that you like me is a problem in itself." Carlos strolled leisurely towards the village. "I don't understand what I did to make you like me."

"Do you want to hear it?" Sylvia whispered. "If you want to hear it, I would tell you even if Ms. Frillian were still here."

"Am I in the way?" Suddenly mentioned in the conversation, Frillie raised her index finger and pointed at herself, her face full of innocence.

"Even if she hears it, it won't matter, right?"

Carlos smiled, but Sylvia grabbed his cheek and said, "Don't change the subject. Just tell me if you want to hear it or not."

"Don't you think it's...tacky to need a reason to like someone?" Carlos bluntly stated his thoughts. "I always thought it was a nobler emotion."

"There's no such thing as so much nobility or baseness..." Sylvia muttered. "If you're an unambitious and cowardly person, I won't like you. Although I really want to agree with what you just said, ask yourself honestly, is that really realistic?"

Even she had long since given up those fantasies and understood that she needed to use methods to make the other person fall in love with her.

"But I really didn't expect you to have such a naive side." Sylvia's lips curled up slightly, her smile quite radiant.