บท 87: Prefer different things

Ruri, who was on the ground just listening and sensing the movement very close to them, couldn't quite grasp what was happening. 'A pet? The Master was obese and... maybe a bit perverted... although he changed a lot.'

Then, Ruri remembered the first day she was summoned by the patriarch of Divinestone, right after they returned from the forest training. She had to take care of the unconscious and poisoned Innoa, and the patriarch appeared in the morning, looking pale and distraught about something.

She was on a spying mission for her Master and managed to gather information she couldn't hear perfectly, so she didn't report it to her Master at the time. But the words' Denil,' 'No more interest in the Maids' she understood. Now, Ruri's mind suddenly made a connection to this situation, and instinctively, her body seemed to freeze.

'M-Master... could it be that you...?' Ruri asked through the array, astonished.