'What? This really is a smartphone... Devil Emperor and his team have made a smartphone but only for sending messages? Humanity is losing in this kind of field...' Elysia muttered in her mind as she received a silver device, just like a touch screen smartphone.
"Um, thanks. But why is it called Swype, and how do I use it?"
"It's easy, but we shouldn't discuss it here. Come on, let's go to the room first. I'll teach you. Um, father, you can come with us." Sylvia smiled then turned to look at her father, who was quite surprised.
How could he not? His daughter simply gave a device from his research team's result to her new friend just like that. It was her spare Swype that he gave, just in case. Not to mention, that tool was a secret and hidden communication tool, only owned by devils in certain circles!
"Okay."
After Elysia nodded gently, she and Sylvia continued up the stairs to the reserved room on the second floor while Dylan followed closely behind. He seemed to want to say something but was held in silence. Maybe it would be a different matter when they got to the room.
The way to enter the room was the same as reserved rooms in various middle and upper-class inns or hotels on the Human Continent. By swiping the access card on the particular tool on the door, the room door was opened. After entering the room, the access card was inserted into a specific device near the door. Then, the lighting was on, and all the magic tools were ready to use.
Dylan closed the double room's door that was initially intended for his daughter and her new friend. Then, he silently put up a particular barrier throughout the room.
They were in a closed room, and now it was time for him to pour out what had been on his mind for the past three hours. He gave an evil smirk on his cold face as if he was about to catch a rabbit in a trap.
"Now then, we're in a safe place now. Let me teach you how to use Swype." Unfortunately, Sylvia didn't look back and only pulled her friend's hand towards the bed to sit there.
"At first, when you send a message, you have to press this symbol which looks like a letter. You have to choose who will receive the message and fill in the content you want to send. Wait a moment, yes, like this. Look there, you receive a message from me."
Sylvia was happy to teach her friend how to use Swype, the two of them with their exact same messaging device.
*bzzt*
The smartphone called Swype in Elysia's hand vibrated, and she saw an incoming message. After the notification was pressed, a letter from someone immediately appeared with a description of the unknown sender and content containing a short greeting from Sylvia.
"It's from me, save that special contact code with my name. To do this, press the plus symbol and type my name."
"Um, okay." Elysia nodded slightly, then did what Sylvia told her. This device was very much like a smartphone, so it was easy for her to use it.
She smiled a little after saving contact with the name Aivlys because apart from her, there was only Dylan, the Devil Emperor with the contact name 'father', Sylvia's father. So, Elysia also found a way to send a message to the Devil Emperor.
"Great, you learned fast, Ais. Now, send a message to me, and we're done learning how to use Swype." Sylvia was amazed.
She had seen several devils with their difficulty learning this device the first time they used it. Her friend quickly became proficient only in the first lesson.
Elysia immediately returned to the home screen. Several different icons were easy to understand for her. The round icon with a small image might be a camera, the square image icon that might be the gallery, the paper icon that might be the note, and a few more.
Even so, she immediately pressed the letter icon and chose the message from Aivlys to reply to a greeting message earlier.
*bzzt*
Sylvia's Swype shook, and there was a message from her friend. Even though there was only a reply message regarding the greeting, she was happy. She finally had a contact other than her father!
"Hehe... That's great. Now for another feature of Swype, this one is for..." Sylvia was happy to teach someone how to use Swype and its features for the first time.
Even though Elysia could guess all these icons' function, she listened and practiced them according to some teachings from Sylvia.
"Wow, you really learn fast. I just need time to learn Swype's functions. You're so good at one try, Ais. Have you used Swype before?" Sylvia couldn't help but praise her friend.
"Unfortunately, this is my first time using Swype. Maybe because I am a fast learner, and it's all thanks to your clever explanation, Lys. But why is this device called Swype?" Elysia smiled slightly, then sent back the words of praise that Sylvia threw at her.
"Hehe... It comes from an easy and wise thing. My father named it." Sylvia just answered carelessly. She didn't actually know why this device's name was like that.
"Huh? Isn't this device named because we only need to press, slide, and swipe? Swipe to Swype?" Elysia desperately wanted to laugh, but she didn't really do it.
"..."
Not only was Sylvia silent and didn't know what to answer, but Dylan also felt like that plus a little awkward. This human girl could guess the reason he named this multifunctional messaging device correctly!
But it didn't last long. Dylan immediately stepped closer to do the thing that was already bothering him. Regarding this girl's identity, there was no way for a being at the Apprentice level to inflict such an impact on him... He was at Emperor level, for the devil's sake! He had to find out by taking advantage of the golden opportunity in this limited space!
"It's great you got it right. It's also great you can beat me even though I'm not in a serious state and don't go all out. Now tell me, who the hell are you? What's your mission in the Human Continent? What are you trying to achieve by getting close to my daughter?" Dylan was standing right in front of Elysia. Yet, the latter looked up as if she didn't really understand the current situation.
"Why do you ask questions like that, Mr. Nalyd?"
"Just answer my questions. You don't seem to know about your current position, huh?" Dylan no longer folded his arms in front of his chest. He was preparing something.
The girl in front of him was no ordinary girl. He had to be prepared for a counterattack. He thought, his previous defeat was sheer negligence, and now he would pay this girl many times over.
Sylvia didn't understand the situation that had suddenly become tense and urgent. She just remained silent and planned to protect her friend if something untoward happened. Sometimes her father would be arbitrary and reckless. She didn't want that to happen to her new friend.
"I am only a human girl. My mission in the Human Continent? To broaden my horizons and knowledge, I presume. I have no ill intentions for your daughter, and I guarantee it. I am here because your daughter invited me, and I accept it on condition." Elysia put on a firm face and answered eloquently.
"Who can believe that! You beat me with your dirty tricks! I am a Devil Emperor, you little girl! Do you think I can be defeated with all your strength at the Apprentice level, huh!" Dylan snapped with an annoyed face, then he violently choked Elysia and pushed her on the bed.
"Ack!" Elysia choked and lay on the bed. She didn't expect things to go straight to the worst.
"Father!" Sylvia shouted loudly and then held the hand that was choking her friend. She was trying to free her friend from her father. She really didn't expect this, her father would reveal his identity!
"Rawr!" Vanessa jumped and bit Dylan's hand to help her master.
Now Sylvia was starting to regret going on an adventure with her father. Maybe she just had to escape from the castle a while ago. Her father was so stupid, and usually, everything was resolved by force.
Unfortunately, Sylvia and Vanessa's efforts were in vain even though the former used her power at the Saint-level. Her father didn't move an inch, and he was too strong for her to fight back.
"Let go of me now." Elysia suddenly turned cold, and her facial expression became distant and indifferent.
"Answer me now!" Dylan didn't care about that. He had to get what he wanted to know. He even ignored his daughter's futile efforts.
"I said, let me go! Get away from me! Is that difficult to understand?" Elysia immediately used her magic to push Dylan away so she could release the strangulation and lock from him.
"Guh!" Dylan bounced and crashed into the wall covered with his particular barrier. A glass-like crack appeared, which was quickly restored.
After that, Elysia quickly got up from the bed and looked at the current situation with her advanced perception. She was locked in a particular barrier that seemed to prevent sound or magic energy from escaping from this confined space.
"You're a Devil Emperor, I know that. And Lys is a Devil Saint, I know that too. Do you think I'm here for some ulterior motive? I look down on your intelligence. Do you think I came from somewhere that might oppose you? Who are you to me?" Elysia conveyed her anger, but her expression didn't really suit an angry girl.