As soon as Reysha and Falikh returned to Mousseux together with Ivy Hellbeing, the Demon Lord, they are met with an almost deafening silence. The only person they met at the entrance is Amadeo who is watering his plants despite the weather.

“Oh? Welcome back, Leader, Miss Reysha. Who might this be beautiful lady with you two?” Amadeo obviously asked that question with a smile upon laying his eyes upon the unworldly beauty of Ivy.

“Kneel down peasant, for it is I, Ivy Hellbeing, the Demon Lord, the Half Blooded True Ancestor and the Manipulator of Space and Time!” Ivy declared while she looks down on Amadeo. It seems that like Reysha, Ivy is unaffected by the bandit's handsomeness and charm.

Amadeo broke out in a gentle smile as she treats Ivy’s declaration as something adorable like what a child would say.

“Such a cute girl, are you lost? Are you hungry? Teth is cooking inside and it will take for a while so, in the meantime, do you want some sweets?” Amadeo said as he readies to go inside to retrieve some snacks.

“Sweet?! Snacks?! Give me! Ah, please some tomato juice if you will, peasant!” Ivy said as she becomes jumpy and follows Amadeo inside the mansion.

Reysha and Falikh are left with hanging jaws on the gate from the conversation.

“She was easily lured with snacks and that’s the first she was offered upon arriving here.” Reysha said as she stares at the front door of Mousseux with a flabbergasted face. She never knew someone like Ivy exists.

“Aren’t you going to mention about how Amadeo just treated her like a kid? Damn that guy, smooth as ever.” Falikh said as he rubs his chin.

“You do feel that there’s something wrong with her, right? I feel like she is smart enough to be a demon lord but childish enough for the world.” Reysha mentions the discrepancy between Ivy’s reputation as the Demon Lord and her behavior that she shows in front of them.

“Now that you mentioned it, it seems that is the way she grew up. I can theorize two things. One, she is extremely sheltered but educated by her parents. Two, there must be something wrong with her previous life. In worst case scenario, it might be both.” Falikh deducted as his eyes sharpen like a hawk.

“Reincarnator huh…” Reysha could only mutter.

She also wanted to give her own insight of Ivy Hellbeing’s mentality and verification of any possible motives of why she wants to get rid of the hero, however, she couldn’t do so. If she said anything that could relate to being a reincarnator such knowledge from her previous life, Falikh may immediately notice.

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She is not afraid if Falikh knew such truth, in fact, she wouldn’t mind, but she thinks that the current situation is better.

“Well, we won’t know anything unless we ask her ourselves! Let’s go! I want to eat some of those sweets too!” Falikh cheerfully said as she pulls on Reysha’s hand.

“You--!” Reysha was about to say something when Falikh pulled her hand, however, she sees nothing wrong about it. She just shut her lips as she let Falikh do as he pleased for now. She could only pull an inaudible sigh.

Before Reysha could notice it, they are already sitting in the guest room where Amadeo and Ivy started talking with each other.

“I am the genius that has a grasp of magic that is unrivaled in this land!” Ivy boasted as she puffs her chest.

“Oh? That’s great! Miss Ivy must be a real adept in magic. I couldn’t get the hang of that.” Amadeo said to flatter Ivy.

As Reysha made her own self comfortable on the couch, she started to interject in the story.

“Hey, you, I’d like to know something about your time stop power. Since you already revealed that it is your POWER.” Reysha said as her eyes directed to Ivy.

“Eh?! EH?! That’s fine for me. In return tell me something about your power too. If you don’t I won’t say a single word.” Ivy said like she is negotiating.

“That’s fine.” Reysha simply as her evaluation of Ivy went up a little. She is no fool to just simply reveal more of her power but she is just too trustful. She kept in mind to watch out for Ivy not because of the threat she brings, but for another reason.

“Time stop is not an omnipotent power of mine. Like what happened earlier, I can’t use it consecutively not because I can’t but because of the side effect. Because the time is suspended, my sensitivity of my surrounding lags as well. If the time stop wears off, those lags will come rushing to me and will make my body overall extremely sensitive.” Ivy explained with no abandon. Unlike her stupid demeanor earlier, Ivy explains it with a seriousness befitting of a leader.

“I see. The reason you bawled like crazy earlier when I hit you with my--!” Reysha was about to say something when Ivy caught up to it and immediately shouted.

“I DIDN’T BAWLED, IT WAS AN ACT!” Ivy shouted at the top of her lungs with an extremely embarrassed face.

“T-Then, the reason the…damage was more effective was that of the effect of your time stop, correct?” Reysha hesitantly tried to ask again. “For my World Lapse, it is an unnoticeable change in this world that reverts every action back in certain seconds but let me move in the reversion of time. It is not omnipotent as a headache attacks me with intensity. That’s all I can say for now as I don’t have much idea about it.” She explained as an addition.

“I see. It is also that kind of power. You, I can only narrow it down to these options but, to gain such power that defies the natural law of physics, to twist facts, and to overrule truths, one must be a summoned hero.” Ivy said as she stares at Reysha in the eyes.

“And…?” Reysha urges her to speak further.

“Back in our land, there are people we call Arcana Magician. They are extremely rare that I can count them on my one hand. They are those who harness magic through their natural disposition or core values. You might not be one of them. There are also those who are blessed by divines and lastly, reincarnators who are given power by the gods and goddesses.” Ivy’s eye becomes even more focused on Reysha as she stares at her intently.

“This girl! She is far more clever than I thought! She is trying to corner me.” Reysha thought as she didn’t break her staring competition with Ivy. “You, what do you want?” Reysha could only mutter.

Falikh, the only one understands that conversation unlike Amadeo, also has his eyes on Reysha.