The Devil Does Not Need to Be Defeated Chapter 104: “So Let’s Call It Even.”

When it cos to an elf's flower crown, it's not like Shien was completely disinterested.

Although it's true that this flower crown doesn't have any real abilities. However, for those who have them, if they end up eting other elves in the future, the aning behind the flower crown would end up being quite useful.

After all, no one understands the aning of the existence of the flower crowns better than elves. Nor were there any beings who knew better than the elves just what kind of person would have such a flower crown.

Having such a flower crown ans that the person in question had won the recognition of a fellow elf.

Then, even for the elves who were all guarded against others, when they see such a flower crown, they would at least relax their guard sowhat, and thus be more willing to accept that person, right?

Thus, an elf's flower crown is a proof of friendship and acceptance. Having it basically ans having the friendship of the elven race. Thus, it's quite obvious very aningful.

Shien watched lika as she made the crown. He was quite surprised.

"It that really fine?"

The aning behind those words were simple. He was basically asking lika if it was really alright to give such an important flower crown to him so easily.

Putting everything else aside, lika had already said that this was the first elven flower crown that she had ever made. That ant that even Vivian, Diere, and Lumia haven't gotten such a gift.

With that already established, he himself was soone that she was guarded against. Plus, they weren't particularly close at all. And yet she would give such an important flower crown to him just like that. Shien couldn't help but be suspicious.

lika naturally understood Shien's confusion and surprise.

Thus, lika's own hand slowed sowhat in their work. Her head stayed down, and in that position she was silent for a while before she finally spoke.

"Actually, there was another aning for giving this to you beyond just as a token of thanks."

lika spoke such words.

"Another aning?"

Shien blinked.

lika didn't answer.

It wasn't that she didn't want to answer, but that she was too embarrassed.

Really, what lika thought was that if she were to give him this flower crown, then when Shien ets other elves in the future, they might be able to avoid her own mistakes.

Since she herself felt an abnormal closeness to Shien, then it wasn't unlikely for that to happen with other elves too.

And when other elves felt the sa thing as she did toward Shien, they would definitely end up reacting just like lika and be disturbed by this strange sensation, right?

If that happened, then they would naturally repeat lika's own actions, beco guarded against Shien, and from that, conflict may arise.

For the sake of preventing such a thing, lika thought of giving him a flower crown.

For one, it could act as a gift as thanks and an apology. Secondly, if Shien ets another elf, and that other elf sees this flower crown, they'd know that Shien had gained the recognition of a fellow elf, and thus won't be so guarded anymore.

Plus…

"I can tell. Big sis Vivian and Diere both actually trust you a lot. Even guildmaster Leili believes in you a great deal, so you're definitely worthy of such trust."

lika still hasn't raised her head, but she did quietly speak up.

"For … It had already beco like this, but I was still helped by you. So, be it as thanks or as an apology, I hope that this flower crown would have that much value."

Shien basically understood lika's words.

Simply put, the elf girl already knew full well that he was soone worthy of her trust, but she still just could not truly trust him, emotionally speaking. She herself was ashad by that, and she even loathed herself sowhat for it. Then, adding that other aning, finally, she resolved to give the first elven flower crown she made to Shien.

In other words, this flower crown didn't represent trust or closeness, but rather was given out of lika's own goals.

"Sorry. My motives weren't very pure."

lika thus dropped her head even lower.

Shien ended up scratching his own head at that. He had no real response to that.

Given the current atmosphere, what Shien should do is to comfort lika with kind and gentle words and do his best to better her mood. That's the normal developnt.

With that, lika's own relationship ter would rise a ton and let Shien leave a strong impression in her heart.

In the future, that impression will slowly beco love, and Shien would thus win a beautiful love interest.

Don't ask why Shien knew all that. Practically all books were written this way.

If it was the normal Shien, he would definitely have done sothing to completely ss up such a cliched developnt.

And yet, as he watch lika's depressed figure, Shien couldn't help but curse in his mind.

(How the hell am I supposed to just ignore this?)

Shien finally understood why was it that whenever the protagonist of so novel encounters such an event, they'd always charge in and act without a though.

So long as it's a normal man, there's no way that they'd be able to ignore the depressed figure of a beautiful girl.

Thus…

"Eh?"

A surprised voice rang out within those woods.

That voice was lika's

"You?"

lika looked at Shien with a shocked expression on her face.

It was because Shien had sat down in front of lika without a word, reached out, and just like lika, started picking the nearby flowers and crafting a flower crown.

"I don't know if you know this?" Shien spoke in a very casual tone without so much as raising his head as he constructed the flower crown, "Among human boys, making a flower crown and giving it to a mber of the opposite gender is one of the common thods for picking up girls, you know?"

"Picking… Up…?" lika was completely uncomprehending. She didn't understood what those words ant at all.

"Basically flirting." Shien let out a laugh, "If a boy were to personally make a flower crown and give it to you, then as a girl, you will generally feel like it's at least sowhat romantic, right?"

"That…" lika didn't deny that.

Obviously, lika basically agreed with him.

As elves who were close to nature, that particular thod would indeed work against all elves, including lika.

If it was in his previous life, Shien would probably not care about such a thing.

After all, rather than a flower crown, the woman of his previous life were more likely to want stuff like brand na purses or the keys to a Ferrari…

Of course, at this mont, Shien wouldn't go so far as to break the current atmosphere.

Thus, Shien instead spoke up.

"If a man were to make a flower crown, then chances are that he has impure motives you know?"

Shien showed lika a mischievous grin before taking the flower crown that he finished at so point and placing it on lika's head.

Then, Shien took the flower crown that lika had made.

"Both sides had impure motives, so let's call it even."

When he finished, Shien took the flower crown, got up, turned about, and left.

"Wai…"

Only then did lika finally manage to react. She tried to call out to Shien, but it was already too late.

Thus, lika could only watch as Shien's figure disappeared into the woods. Only after so ti did she finally touch the flower crown set on her head.

"I never imagined that an elf could receive soone else's flower crown."

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