You just thought of me as a royal pain. 痛い子, literally, "pain child", someone who lacks common sense or social awareness.

No, I didn't! I wasn't thinking that!

.... Well, truth be told...

...it's the job of the novelist to lie to the reader.

I guess there may be a fair number of points in common...

...between a satori youkai, who's an expert at seeing through lies, and a novelist.

I don't like being praised this way...

To be sure, calling them "lies" gives a bad impression...

...but at the same time, they both have an eye for reading the subtleties in the minds of others.

Thanks to such white lies, they are able to encourage and inspire people...

...and depending on the situation, it may be possible they can even cause miracles.