Diary of Guarding Monster Girls-Chapter 559 - 329 Mirror Elf (6.2K, first update)_3

But this actually has nothing to do with hard power; it’s about attitude.

More often, the way others treat you is determined by the attitude you display.

Humility is indeed a great virtue, but it shouldn’t be displayed to those who despise you.

Constantly showing weakness will only encourage others to press you down completely in the end.

If the opponent is aggressive, then choose an attitude more aggressive than theirs.

If the opponent is gentle, then appropriately show your softness.

Herbert currently can’t match up with the opponent in terms of hard power, but his position itself is not at a disadvantage.

The other party is a prisoner, while he is the Prison Warden.

To emphasize again, in this cage, Herbert is the one in charge.

"Tasteless? Haha."

After hearing Herbert’s evaluation, Lukalia blinked, not angry; instead, she laughed.

"It’s really been a long time since I’ve heard such an evaluation~ yes, yes! You’re right, we really are tasteless."

She grinned at Herbert, saying, "Herbert, I know, you’re disguising yourself like this to try to make me angry~"

She’d seen such reactions many times, just ways to hide their fear, trying to find her flaws.

I understand~

"But, this is not enough, far from enough!"

Smiling brightly at him, Lukalia encouraged, "Try harder! Come on, try to anger me!"

"See what venomous words you can come up with! Try to make me uncomfortable!"

As a result, Herbert looked at her like she was an idiot, frowning, "Lukalia, what are you talking about?"

"Who do you think you are? Why would I pretend to anger you?"

With a cold and arrogant demeanor, he dismissively said, "Prisoner, don’t forget your identity."

"You’re not even worth my pretending."

The Paladin’s attitude was cold, with no signs of acting, only the purest disdain.

Just you?

I have to deliberately act?

Ha, you’re not even worth it.

"..."

Hearing this, Lukalia squinted her eyes, carefully observing Herbert—finding no trace of lies.

She’d seen many, many people.

With just one look, she could often guess their personalities.

But now, she couldn’t quite figure out the young Paladin in front of her with his rare hair color.

This really is... exciting.

"Oh?"

Lukalia, far from angry, instead developed an interest, scrutinizing Herbert, and asked, "So you’re saying the previous assessment was your true feeling?"

She stared closely at Herbert, trying to find his flaw.

But Miss Mirror Demon failed again.

The boy in front of her was as purely cold as a sharp sword, his unapologetic arrogance mercilessly striking his enemies.

"Yes, you clearly have the ability to do more interesting things, yet you choose the most boring way to use it... truly a waste of talent."

Herbert chuckled, shaking his head:

"These tricks that can be seen through at a glance, not even worthy of the stage, don’t bring them out to embarrass yourself, it just makes me want to laugh."

"Feeling smug with such boring methods, it’s truly ridiculous."

Facing genuine disdain, the Mirror Demon’s smile gradually faded, her brow slightly furrowed. 𝘧𝓇ℯ𝑒𝓌𝑒𝑏𝓃𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘭.𝒸ℴ𝓂

"..."

Instinctively, Lukalia wanted to ignore it and continue asking.

But eventually, she found she couldn’t do it.

If others said such things, she would just think they were bragging.

But Herbert really had done it, just as he said, seeing through her disguise at a glance.

Could it be that my disguise really has some fatal flaw?

But it shouldn’t be!

The Mirror Demon, who had seen countless people, had never been so curious as she was now.

She wanted to know the reason behind his insight.

"...heh."

Herbert made a sharp critique, noticing Lukalia’s slight change in emotion, and inwardly chuckled.

Sure enough, she took the bait.

After a brief engagement, Herbert successfully took the lead in the conversation with his unexpected offensive.

Facing such a powerful being, it’s not enough to rely solely on a tough attitude.

What’s most needed is to stir their emotions, making them take you seriously.

Any interest is fine, be it positive or negative.

Anger is fine, affection is also okay, even dislike barely works.

As long as you can alter the other’s emotions, that’s success.

No strong person pays attention to the ants beneath them, unless that ant is somehow special—like one rolling a dung ball rapidly across the ground, that counts.

Since the Mirror Demon is proud of her mischief, Herbert degrades her behavior.

If there’s no rebuttal, he has even more irritating strategies lined up.

If there’s a rebuttal, then she took the bait.

Now, Lukalia clearly bit the bait, already beginning to truly consider Herbert’s viewpoint.

But Herbert didn’t immediately strike, instead pressing down his thoughts, acting as if nothing happened, continuing, "Alright, let’s stop talking about these boring matters."

"I’ve answered your question, now it’s your turn to tell me, where is Valentina?"

This is also part of the plan.

The strategy of first capturing, then releasing.

The more he ignores and doesn’t mention it, the more curious the opponent will become.

Sure enough, Lukalia was visibly dissatisfied with Herbert’s attitude, frowning, "Wait a minute, explain yourself, where exactly did I slip up?"