"Hmm???"
Upon hearing this incredibly blunt question, Herbert felt a chill in his heart, and the alarm in his mind instantly escalated to the highest level.
Here it comes!
After all those phony statements earlier, it finally looped back to this topic!
This woman surely... no, this Sun Goddess is truly a master at feigning ignorance!
Those so-called "guidance" earlier were clearly just setups, and now the "reward" is the actual deal?
I got it!
The flow of this dialogue must go like this:
"What reward do you want? Don't want to say?"
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"What were you doing earlier? Do you enjoy that kind of thing?"
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"If that's the case, should I just be your reward myself?"
Exactly, I am a master of hidden corners, and the dialogue's direction must be like this!
He swiftly moved his brain, pondering how to respond to this "overly straightforward" ambiguous inquiry.
How should I answer?
If I answer directly—"Earlier? Oh, I was deeply interacting with your former subordinate!"
