Chapter 20 - 11
"Ryoma, do you know what my favorite scene in The Black Goat's Egg is?"
Rize's voice was laced with amusement as she took slow, deliberate steps toward him.
"It's the part where the black goat rips out the man's organs as he tries to flee. No matter how many times I watch that scene... it excites me!"
She let out a strange giggle, a sound that carried both playfulness and menace.
With a swift motion, she pulled out the hairpin that held her long purple hair in place. Loose strands cascaded around her shoulders, framing her face.
Despite the eerie veins bulging around her eyes, making her expression more twisted, the messy hair somehow made her look even more beautiful.
But Ryoma, having already received his system reward, was done pretending.
Facing Rize's predatory gaze, he dropped the act as well.
Just as she prepared to toy with him before the kill, he spoke.
"You know," he said casually, "you look even more beautiful with your hair down."
Rize blinked.