“In exchange, I expect absolute obedience, you know?”
“Eh…?”
It was almost as though Doug couldn’t understand Fii’s words.
“Absolute obedience,” she repeated, slowly and carefully.
“Eh-, eh…? Why…?”
It wasn’t that he didn’t understand the words, but rather that he couldn’t believe what was happening to him.
“You still don’t get it? Doug, whether or not you can continue living here as an apprentice knight depends entirely on my mood, you know? If I ever felt like it―――”
The cookie she had been eating rested on the palm before his eyes.
“―――Your life here…?”
And as though hinting at Doug’s future, Fii crushed the cookie with a sickly crunch.
“That’s why if I tell you to do something… you’d better not disobey me. Okay?”
With that, the boy who was known as having an angel’s smile―――actually a girl though―――smiled at Doug with the face of a devil.
Given that he lacked the negotiation skills to deal with Fii to begin with, now that he had been driven into the wall psychologically, all Doug could do was nod.
“Yes…”