"Tsk! You're very weak, you know?"
Silence!!!!
An embarrassed smile appeared on Evelyn's face.
She had expected praise or at least encouragement. She was therefore not at all prepared for such a direct critique. She didn't know how to respond.
At that moment, Tiamat continued the conversation, ignoring her interlocutor's silence.
"But you succeeded, Evelyn. I am now bound to you by a summoning contract, and since I am much stronger than you, one could say that you have also become much stronger, as my strength is now yours."
A small tear once again appeared at the corner of Evelyn's eye. She had been wondering for some time how she would support Adall in the battles for the survival of the world that were about to break out, and now she had an answer to her concern, at least part of the answer.