The answer was obvious.
Isabella was worrying about what exactly had happened in the Evil Tree Era, that is, the things that occurred after she “died.”
Gabriella had always been paying attention to the Evil God’s movements.
Two months ago, the Evil God had already shown a very strong desire for knowledge.
She even cared a great deal about who had saved and revived her.
After learning the truth, she had indeed become different from before.
From then on, the Evil God’s attitude toward her underwent a 180-degree change.
Her impression of Gabriella changed from “enemy” into a more complicated person.
She must have noticed it too.
The deeper she understood all of this, the more dissonant she felt.
For example, Gabriella had no reason at all to raise a hand against the Evil God.
Even if Olivia really had been killed by the Evil God, Gabriella could not have easily believed it.
She had not even managed to verify it before running a sharp sword through Isabella’s chest.
What’s more, “Olivia was killed by the Evil God” was itself a false proposition.
Olivia’s death was very complicated.
She was not killed by the Evil God, nor was she harmed by the Celestial God.
But no matter what, Gabriella could not find a reason to betray the Evil God.
The idiot Evil God must be hiding things about the Evil Tree Era.
It was even possible she had discovered that the Holy Feather God was Gabriella.
However, regarding the matter of the Evil God hiding the truth from her, Gabriella was not worried.
She was only concerned about Isabella’s mental state.
It was as if being influenced by the shadow caused her to completely submit to the Evil God’s will.
As for the reason, Gabriella could not say clearly either.
It was like she was certain Isabella would absolutely never harm her.
The Church, humans, Monastar.
These should all belong to Isabella.
All existences harmful to the Demon King should be turned into the Evil God’s possessions.
This was the problem she, as the Evil God, ought to consider.
So the word “idiot” really had not been used wrongly.
When she thought of this, Gabriella opened her eyes and looked at the clock on the opposite side of the room, discovering it was already afternoon.
Isabella radiated warmth, pressed against Gabriella’s side like a big heater.
Gabriella did not dare lift the covers and leave.
Doing so would let all the precious warmth inside the quilt slip away.
Gabriella stroked Isabella’s head, and the latter also opened her eyes.
Isabella clung to her hand and poked her head out.
The two of them were very close, so this sentence was almost spoken right against her ear.
“Lady Gabriella… what time is it now?”
“Three o’clock.”
“?”
Only then did Isabella crawl out of the covers.
She seemed to feel it was still a bit of a pity.
The hand looping Gabriella’s arm still reluctantly refused to let go.
Only this nap had caused the disguise on her body to fade quite a bit, and the cross-shaped pupils also flashed by.
Then those cross-shaped pupils turned into normal demon pupils, and after that quietly faded, restoring the human disguise.
This seemed to represent the switching of her personality.
After the personality switched over, Isabella would have a few seconds to process what had just happened, such as her interactions with Gabriella.
Then she rubbed against Gabriella’s body again, murmuring “wife,” but this time the tangle and pain hidden in her words had vanished without a trace.
This made Gabriella believe the previous situation even more.
“Now, can I go out?”
Gabriella looked at the idiot maid beside her with a teasing gaze.
“No.” Isabella pinched her nose. “What she said is all true. The child is very important, and besides, your physical condition is also very complicated.”
“～”
Knock knock. Suddenly the door was knocked.
After Isabella answered, the door opened, and the one who walked in was precisely Hertitz.
As Isa’s assistant, Hertitz usually had to follow behind Isabella at all times.
It looked like she had just finished dealing with the kitchen waste.
Her work efficiency was also much faster than a few days ago.
“Isa, Miss Gabriella! You two are…”
Hertitz’s face flushed crimson.
Isabella did not get off the bed at all.
She kept looping Gabriella’s arm with no intention of letting go, looking as if to say “is there any need to make a fuss?”
“Good afternoon, Miss Hertitz. You look quite energetic today～”
“I’ve completed all of your work.”
Hertitz trotted over to Isabella’s side in small steps.
She had now almost become Isabella’s “little follower.”
After simply narrating the tasks, Hertitz took the initiative to admit today’s abnormal behavior.
Hertitz’s voice carried quite obvious dejection.
This seemed to be the reason she had been so restless and uneasy all along.
“I… actually, I’ve been hiding from Roselyn.”
“Why? Aren’t you companions?”
“We originally should have been…”
She did not continue explaining, but began to gather power.
That’s right, the magic array binding her mana seemed to have lost its effect at this moment.
A beautiful black stripe appeared spreading from her neck onto Hertitz’s pretty right cheek.
That was the symbol of a demon.
“I… have been eroded by the shadow…”
“Miss Hertitz, when did you discover it?”
“I don’t know when. It should be a recent thing, right? But I can’t find it. It shouldn’t be like this.”
Gabriella comforted her. “It’s fine, Miss Hertitz. After I came back from the Demon King’s residential palace, I was also eroded by the shadow～”
“Thanks to Miss Isa, she helped me deal with the shadow inside my body.”
Isabella glanced at Gabriella, and she quickly understood what had happened.
After hearing this, Hertitz also looked at Isabella with a pleading gaze.
Isabella nodded. “I’m curious, why not let Roselyn help you? Her stone tablet can contact Letitia, right?”
“No, I can’t…”
Hertitz shook her head hard.
“Actually, ever since we started following Miss Letitia, a similar situation has also happened once.”
“What?”
The more Hertitz spoke, the worse her mood became.
“There was a Heavenly Oracle Envoy who was also infected by the shadow. She, she was locked up. Even Lady Letitia couldn’t find a way. Just like Miss Liya… she could only be locked up… Miss Roselyn has a very good relationship with Letitia. She will definitely send me back to Monastar… I don’t want to be locked up, and I don’t want to be eroded bit by bit in a lonely corner, losing my reason like her…”
“Then I’ll take it that you trust us.” Gabriella smiled.
“I suppose so, because I feel Miss Isa and Miss Gabriella are both friends worth relying on.”
Isabella got off the bed and walked in front of Hertitz.
The latter understood and knelt on one knee.
When Isabella placed her finger on her forehead, Hertitz’s body trembled slightly as if she had sensed something, but this abnormal reaction quickly disappeared.
She opened her eyes and said gratefully, “Thank you.”