"That place? Isn't it a bit unsafe?" Melanie didn't agree with Leticia's idea. Although that place was sparsely populated, it was still a public area after all.
Doing a transaction there just didn't seem right, no matter how you thought about it.
"What we're doing isn't some shady business. I'm just wearing a white dress to meet my sister. What's the problem?" Leticia, on the other hand, thought her choice was quite excellent; it was practically the best location for the transaction.
"I disagree." Melanie shook her head.
What if an innocent passerby got caught up in it? A conflict between a demon and a hero could easily cause collateral damage.
Melanie's bottom line was that no human should suffer serious injury during Leticia's operation this time. Minor injuries were unavoidable, and Melanie wouldn't nitpick about those.
"Then just have your good friends clear the area, keep ordinary people out. Problem solved, right?" Leticia stated that she just liked that place. After all, the people behind Melanie were incredibly capable. Sealing off a street should be a simple matter, no?
Regarding Leticia's willfulness, Melanie believed she couldn't indulge it. Otherwise, given this girl's temperament, she would absolutely take a mile if given an inch.
Therefore, she needed to nip it in the bud, resolutely preventing Leticia from thinking she had the leverage to bargain with Melanie.
"No." Melanie pressed down on Leticia's shoulders, pushing the somewhat agitated girl back into her chair. "This reason isn't valid. I still think the place the Cyclops suggested is better."
"What's wrong with it? Handing over the item at the very beginning to the person who should rightfully have it, isn't that full of a sense of ceremony?" Leticia waved her small fists indignantly.
A sense of ceremony? Melanie was shocked by Leticia's ghostly logic. You're setting a trap to trick your own sister, and you're still concerned about ceremony?
"Ahem, let's not argue for now, you two. How about we give the choice to Her Highness Kira?" Seeing that the two were about to come to blows in the living room over their disagreement, Luna hurriedly proposed a compromise.
"Huh?"
"?"
Stared at by the two girls with identical looks of confusion, Luna blinked. "I said, let Her Highness Kira choose the transaction location."
"Why? The book is in my hands right now. Even if I chose the front door of the Hero Association for the transaction, Kira would have to obediently come, right?" Leticia stated that she was currently the one in the dominant position.
Luna looked at Leticia with a half-smile. Her Majesty seemed to have a clogged thought process due to anger.
Being looked at by Luna with that kind of gaze, Leticia immediately realized the nonsense she was spouting.
"Right, actually, Kira is the one with the decision-making power. If she thinks the risk outweighs the gain, she definitely won't come."
"Hey, York, let's do as Luna says, alright?"
Seeing Leticia agree to Luna's suggestion so quickly, Melanie pouted with a hint of displeasure. "Fine."
She didn't know what kind of mood she was in right now, but she felt a bit sour in her heart, as if she was jealous.
But what she was jealous of, she herself didn't know.
Perhaps she was jealous that Luna's proposal could be accepted by Leticia, while her own suggestions would be rejected by Leticia with all sorts of unreasonable excuses.
"I feel like your tone is a bit sour. What's wrong, jealous?" Luna went to make a phone call, while Leticia looked at Melanie, starting a new round of mockery.
Whether Melanie was jealous or not, she didn't know, but she could tell Melanie's voice just now was off.
"What if I said I was?"
"Then I can only reply, if you want to eat vinegar, go ahead and eat it." Leticia smiled disdainfully. What did this person's jealousy have to do with her? "Take my advice, go home and give your brain a good wash, rinse out all those strange thoughts."
This Melanie guy had become increasingly weird since retiring. This was Leticia's personal experience.
The Melanie at the beginning was similar to the one in her memory, but today, after some time had passed, Melanie was quite different from the initial image of the icy Sword Saint.
The most obvious point was that the Melanie at the start was a complete 'three-noes' girl—few words, few emotions.
But now, Melanie's words had gradually increased, and her emotions were even richer than her words. It was just that this expressionless face hadn't changed much from before.
"There's nothing wrong with my brain." Melanie pointed at her own head and replied quite seriously.
She was just gradually searching for a new life after shedding her responsibilities.
The Stellar Sword Saint was invincible. She couldn't have emotions; having emotions meant having weaknesses. And a Sword Saint could not have weaknesses.
That's why the Melanie at the beginning was like that. Not because she was originally a 'three-noes,' but because she needed to be a 'three-noes,' so she was a 'three-noes.'
And now, she didn't need to suppress her emotions anymore. She could have her own feelings, her own life.
Years of suppression had made her personality somewhat twisted, but fortunately, it wasn't severe. With the help of her sister and 'friends,' she was recovering quite well.
With emotions returning, her words naturally increased as well.
"Being able to do that kind of thing to me, your words aren't very convincing." Leticia rolled her eyes. Melanie still had the nerve to say her brain was fine.
If it was fine, would this person just hug someone out of the blue?
You're the Sword Saint, Melanie! Hugging and clinging with your former mortal enemy, the Demon King Leticia—what kind of behavior is that!
"I don't think I did anything wrong."
"That's why I think your brain is waterlogged." Leticia gave a scornful laugh. Anyone could claim their brain wasn't waterlogged, except for you, the retired Sword Saint. "If you're that desperate, why not just go to a bar and find a pretty girl?"
No matter how you looked at it, those people would be more suitable than Leticia, right?
"I'm a demon, and a Demon King." Leticia reiterated the identity chasm between her and Melanie. "You're a human, a Sword Saint."
Regarding this point, Melanie could actually rebut. "According to expert research, there's essentially no difference between humans and demons. It's just that demons can use magic, and humans can use superpowers."
Leticia was stumped by Melanie's words because this conclusion had also been reached by demon scholars.
The gap between humans and demons actually isn't that big. The two races can even intermarry.
It's just that the race of the child born is random; it could be a demon or a human.
Unlike a child born from a human and an elf, who would definitely be a Half-Elf, or from a human and a Beastman, who would definitely be a Half-Beastman.
"So what? What does that have to do with your waterlogged brain?"
"I just wanted to say, the difference between you and me isn't that great. If others can, why can't we?"