Lee Ji-Hye’s comment made me suspicious of Kasugano Yuno.

“I don’t really know the relationship you have with her, but think carefully about whether you can really trust her or not. No matter how much you think about it, she had made a bad move by helping the other side in a critical situation, and she didn’t help just about anyone—it was even the demon summoner, Jin Cheong. I’m not saying this so that I will have one less rival. I’m genuinely worried. People good at backstabbing others end up being backstabbed in the strangest situation. It’s a typical cliche.”

Lee Ji-Hye said that after I told her that Kasugano Yuno was the one who let Jin Cheong escape. There wasn’t anything wrong with what she said. I couldn’t agree with her more about how people who backstab others would easily get backstabbed, but since the matter involved Kasugano Yuno, I had to reconsider her loyalty. Our meeting was quite unnatural, and even though I had a method to ensure my safety from her, I still didn’t want to let my guard down. The actual saying was kind of different, but the famous line went something like this: ‘if you don’t trust them from the start, you won’t get backstabbed.’[1]

Kasugano Yuno felt anxious because she knew I was being suspicious of her and as someone who was sensitive about the atmosphere...