"You are Lord Nehemiah's messenger, and she is the one beloved by Our Highest Lord. So why did you obstruct me? Why do you treat me as an adversary?"

Noirciel's manner of speaking had always been indifferent, but this time, it was easy to tell that she was very upset. Her voice rose into a wail. "Aren't we on the same side?! Why then did you beat me up?!" [1]

'For someone who's supposed to be apathetic, you're quite emotional, aren't you?' Baiyi could not help feeling amused.

The current situation was nothing to laugh about, though. Baiyi could not stop the angel from wresting control of Lulu's body, even if this fragment of his spirit cooperated with Lulu's. The golden barrier around Lulu was frail; Noirciel could easily crush it, along with Lulu's spirit, if she wished to. For some reason, however, Noirciel considered the brittle barrier a line she absolutely could not cross. 

There was no chance that the shield would scare her off. After all, it was the product of someone that w