There stood a lady wearing an ash-colored robe with a pressed-down hood and a balance in one hand. There was an indescribable sense of power behind her words and actions, and she gave off an air of a great giant whose feet stretched over the earth and head looked beyond the sky and space.

—Authority and power come with great responsibility.

La Bella walked toward Hawa. Although it was just a single step, Hawa felt immense pressure, as if her whole body was shrinking.

—If you covet power that isn’t permitted to you, you would have to pay the appropriate price.

Hers was a powerful voice that Hawa couldn’t dare disobey.

—But all you do is covet, and you have no intention of paying the rightful price for the power.

La Bella came to a stop before Hawa. Hawa didn’t even dare raise her head, but she looked up when she heard La Bella’s last sentence.

“I…!” Hawa was about to say something but closed her mouth again. Hidden by the hood, the lady’s eyes couldn’t be seen, yet Hawa felt a gaze that seemed to see through her completely; it made her feel transparent as if her insides were revealed to all.

—What changed?

La Bella asked.

—Why did you try to block the demon’s attack?

The revived demon had tried to shoot a bullet at Chi-Woo, but what was done had been done. Hawa could’ve turned back and run. Since she was told to not get involved, she could’ve watched from afar or even aimed for Zepar’s life at the risk...