Nobody knows how to be a villain better than me.

"We're still missing one thing: dog food."

"Dog...dog food?"

Upon hearing the nonchalant reply from someone who had nothing to show for it, Chloe's forehead veins bulged, and she nearly threw the miscellaneous items in her arms at the other person's face.

"do you have any opinion?"

"No! I love shopping!"

However, as a pair of eerie vertical pupils glanced over, Chloe, awakened by fear, changed her expression, quickly lowered her head, and forced out a fake smile.

Samael stared at Chloe for a moment, until the smile on her face became stiff and distorted, before waving his hand and speaking leisurely.

"Alright, if you're getting impatient, go back to the car first. I'll buy the last thing myself."

"Really?"

"You want to wait for me?"

"I'm leaving now!"

Chloe felt as if she had been granted a pardon, and immediately picked up the odds and ends and left.

However, as soon as the brown-skinned girl took a step, the nightmarish murmur came from behind her once again.

"and many more."

"What, what's wrong?"

"The car is over there..."

Samael turned his head slightly, his vertical pupils opening and closing, staring intently, and pointed to the other side of the road.

"Ah, I got so nervous just now, I forgot, I forgot..."

Chloe, standing still, gave a dry laugh and explained. She hurriedly picked up the pile of odds and ends, turned around obediently, and walked to the private car parked by the roadside. She carefully placed the items one by one into the back seat, and occasionally glanced behind her.

That's about it, that's all.

After a moment, Samael selected the last item, paid the remaining balance, turned around, crossed the road, and got into the car.

"do not move!"

However, just as the ancient serpent sat in the driver's seat and prepared to start the engine, a purple light from the back seat unexpectedly pressed against Samael's throat, the sharp blade close to his skin bringing a chilling touch.

"Hmph! I've caught you now, Dad."

At this moment, Chloe, who was leaning against the back of the front seat, brandished the dagger in her hand and sneered triumphantly.

"Don't move around, otherwise, I can't guarantee that my hands won't shake."

"The Rule that Breaks All Laws"

(eaker)?

Samael looked down at the crooked purple dagger held against his throat, and at the smear of blood still wet on its tip, his eyes thoughtful.

"You just used it on yourself?"

【The Talisman That Can Break All Laws】Although named a talisman, it is actually a beautifully designed dagger. It has almost no weapon performance, but it is the ultimate anti-magic treasure. It can break all magic that pierces an object, including magic contracts and life forms born from magic. However, it has no effect on even the lowest-level treasures.

In short, this ultimate anti-magic artifact can restore objects enhanced by magic to their "pre-transformation" state through contractual relationships, as well as life forms created by magic.

In other words, it is the nemesis of all kinds of contract spells and magical life forms.

In theory, the blood mark that Chloe had previously implanted on her body is one such example.

"You actually know that? You have good taste."

Chloe was slightly taken aback when her secret weapon for escaping control was recognized at a glance. She quickly recovered and changed the subject, giving a defiant snort.

"But now that you know, you'd better behave and tell me what you did to Mommy?!"

"She's probably... dead..."

After a moment's thought, Samael offered a rational conclusion.

what!

The unexpected answer struck Chloe like a thunderbolt, her face filled with disbelief. Then, her sorrow turned into grief and anger, and she plunged the curved dagger in her hand into the chest of the culprit who was turning around.

"You killed your mother! Die!"

"Stab!"

The blade pierced through, tearing the clothes to shreds.

However, the moment the blade touched the skin, it could no longer penetrate even a fraction further.

At this moment, Chloe was shocked to find that her arm seemed to have lost control and was frozen in mid-air again.

"How could this be! I clearly..."

"Even though I've already broken the master-servant contract using the [Character of All Laws], why can't I control myself?"

Samael, sitting in the driver's seat, pondered leisurely, casually raising his right hand and moving the curved blade that was close to his chest away inch by inch with his fingertips. He turned his head to look back at the little girl whose eyes were full of resentment and unwillingness, and spoke lightly.

"Because what I'm giving you isn't just constraints, but also blessings, and theoretically, no one can refuse my blessings..."

Snapped!

As the snap echoed in the car, the familiar burning sensation surged and gathered again from his lower abdomen, and a new human blood imprint solidified anew.

The blood of the lamb is a necessary cause for cleansing humanity of its sins and bringing new life to the world. It has long been an integral part of the concept of the human body and is difficult to separate from it.

Samael took the curved dagger from Chloe's stiff hand, casually tossed it into the storage box, and glanced at Chloe, who was standing frozen in place, in the rearview mirror with a mocking look.

"In addition, before you can use the projection magic costume, you need to know not only its material, but also its history."

The [Symbol of All Laws] was originally intended to be the embodiment of the goddess's nature as a demon of betrayal; in a sense, it can be said to be a Noble Phantasm that embodied her life.

However, due to Samael's intervention back then, Medea did not embark on that tragic path filled with betrayal and lies. Therefore, this uncurse-breaking dagger is just an ordinary uncurse-breaking dagger, far less powerful than imagined.

"Kill me! Otherwise, I'll kill you!"

Realizing that all her actions had been thoroughly investigated, and knowing that revenge was hopeless, the little girl, filled with frustration, pursed her cherry lips, closed her eyes, and let out a resolute snort.

After a brief silence, Samael slowly spoke.

"Well, she's either dead or still alive."

"Don't even think about lying to me!"

Chloe gritted her teeth; naturally, she had no trust in the enemy who had killed her mother.

Samael looked at the silvery mirror, his mind reflecting the mercury lake beneath Einberlenburg. He paused, then lowered his voice.

“You are her creation, and you seem to be her follower as well. If she really died, you should be the first to sense it.”

"That's right! How could I forget! Mom is so amazing, she must still be alive! She must be!"

Instantly, Chloe's face lit up, her tense nerves relaxed, and her expression became even more cheerful.

"Absolutely right! How could a scoundrel like you possibly win against Mom!"

However, Samael remained unmoved by the gloating of the little devil behind him. He picked up the curved dagger that originally symbolized "betrayal," twirled it casually, and gave it a meaningful reminder.

"If she's alive, it means you've been abandoned. All your previous sacrifices and everything you've given are nothing more than pawns to be used in her eyes. Are you happy now, Chloe...?"

"..."

In an instant, Chloe's smile froze on her face, and the smugness she had felt at having won a round vanished.

However, after a moment of silence, a glimmer of light appeared in the girl's eyes, and she shook her head repeatedly to convince herself.

"No, Mom just... just left in a hurry. She was just... just waiting for an opportunity. She never gave up on me!"

Samael closed his eyes and pondered for a moment, then opened them again and spoke, shattering the hope in those eyes.

“Chloe, you should know that the essence of that woman is calamity, destruction. She will not love anyone. The reason she chose you in the Einzbern underground is only because you can bring her some pleasure. That is not love, understand?”

The brown-skinned girl pursed her cherry lips, then glared angrily at the rumor-monger like an enraged kitten.

"Nonsense! Don't try to fool me! You don't know Mom at all; she's not that kind of person!"

"No, I understand her, or rather, probably no one understands her better than me..."

Seeing Chloe behind him still desperately trying to maintain a woman's perfect "mother" image, Samael sighed a few times and gave Chloe a very impactful answer.

"Because, in a sense, I am her... foster father..."

This light, hesitant murmur echoed in Chloe's mind like a bolt from the blue; she instinctively refused to believe it.

However, as Samael briefly mentioned the secrets of the Greek pantheon and described the general outline of Pandora's Box, Chloe's mind was instantly filled with the image of the black cube that had once hung above Ainsworth.

"Now you know why she always wanted to cause me trouble, but then she ran away whenever she saw me, right?"

Then, the ancient serpent, no longer wanting to hide it, simply revealed all of Chloe's doubts.

"Furthermore, broadly speaking, you are individuals recreated based on the perfect doll of the Age of Gods, Pandora, also known as the Winter Saintess, Justessa. So, I suppose I could also be considered a common... [father] of your kind? Perhaps..."

Anyway, Pandora made you call me that, right?

So, Pandora is Lady Justessa, the ancestor of all the homunculi of the Einzbern family, her mother, and also our sister?

[Dad] is Mom's [Dad], our [Dad], and also our [Grandpa]?

What is this all about!

Overwhelmed by a deluge of confusing information, Chloe's thoughts became a jumbled mess, and her once bright eyes shrunk into the shape of mosquito coils amidst the unsolvable chaos.

She's numb.

However, Chloe, who was bewildered by the wind, soon found a breakthrough in her chaotic thoughts, and her eyes lit up with hope.

"Since it's Dad, then Mom..."

“Impossible!”

However, before Chloe could finish speaking, Samael shook his head slightly, extinguishing the girl's fantasy.

"She is a disaster and a terror to this world, especially with the calamity factor that has accumulated in the Pandora's Box for thousands of years. The malice towards this world is almost overflowing. A thousand years ago, I prevented the Pandora's Box from being fully opened. A thousand years later, she has returned. There will inevitably be a battle between us."

Then, the ancient snake paused, glanced at Chloe's disappointed look in the rearview mirror, and added lightly.

"Moreover, she started it this time, so even if I'm willing to stop, she probably won't let it go."

"..."

Chloe's lips moved, but she ultimately remained silent.

"Alright, enough of this small talk, let's make a deal."

Samael, in the driver's seat, snapped his fingers, showing a slight act of goodwill and temporarily releasing Chloe from her restraints.

Now freed from that puppet-like state, Chloe slumped back into the soft chair, slightly moved her stiff limbs, and frowned slightly.

"What deal?"

Although the girl remained aloof, the hostility in her bones had diminished considerably.

"If she's still alive, help me find her, and I'll take you to see that woman."

Samuel paused, turned and glanced at Chloe behind him, and spoke meaningfully.

"When the time comes, whether she truly treats you like a daughter or not, you can confront her face to face with any questions you may have."

"You want me to betray my mother?"

Chloe looked hesitant upon hearing this.

"You've already died for her once, you've paid your dues. Now you're just asking for an answer, how can that be called betrayal?"

Samael retorted lightly, then raised an eyebrow, a hint of mockery in his eyes.

"Or is it all just your wishful thinking, and you're afraid to know the truth?"

Spurred on by this revelation, Chloe immediately accepted the deal, her neck stiff with reluctance.

"Okay! I promise you, I'll make sure you're completely convinced!"

Anyway, it was just about taking him to find his mother; it didn't say he couldn't turn back and side with his mother again.

So, it doesn't count as betrayal, right?

The brown-skinned girl muttered to herself, finding the perfect reason for her actions.

However, as Chloe reviewed the agreement and pondered her previous words, her thoughts touched upon a certain keyword, and she couldn't help but pause slightly.