The following are quotes said by or relating to Arbatel. Quotes may vary slightly depending on whether readers use the official or fan-based translations.
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Volume 18[]
- "What a pain...honestly, you harem rom-com protagonists are the worst."
- —Arbatel to Kimihito before she reveals her true form to him, Chapter 80
- "I'm surprised you figured it out...It's as you said. I am Arbatel. I suppose bringing you here without brainwashing you was a tad prideful of me..."
- —Arbatel reveals to Kimihito that she didn't brainwash him on purpose when she absorbed his consciousness, Chapter 80
- "...Wh...Why was I the only one to not be brainwashed...?"
- —Kimihito
- "Hnn...as if you don't know. It's because you're a harem rom-com protagonist! The kind of person I hate most!"
- —Arbatel
- "Uh...ah...What...?!"
- —Kimihito (blankly)
- "What do you mean what?! How many girls are waiting on you hand and foot!! You some kind of polygamist?! That's just pathetic indecision because you can't pick a girl, isn't it!! I can't abide that kind of rom-com!!"
- —Arbatel reveals to Kimihito that she dislikes him and thinks he is a "harem rom-com protagonist", Chapter 80
- "How foolish of you...Don't you know I'm the one who created this world? As if a single man like you could do anything, quite brazen of you. And where is your harem now? Well...not that I expected anyone to figure me out like this..."
- —Arbatel taunts Kimihito as she prepares to cast a spell to brainwash him as well, Chapter 80
- "I can't be someone to...!! Fall in love at first sight...!!"
- —Arbatel (sad)
- "What?"
- —Kimihito (confused)
- "To think I'd go from watching...to actually participating...!! I have no right to look over this perfect world anymore...!!"
- —Arbatel
- "What?"
- —Kimihito (confused)
- "I'll...let everyone go...!"
- —Arbatel decides to release the consciousnesses of the absorbed people after experiencing a rom-com experience herself, while Kimihito doesn't understand the reasons for her sudden change of heart, Chapter 80
- "Not to mention that since it's not the first time we've met, isn't it sort of pointless?"
- —Arbatel's boyfriend
- "No, because it's an actual experience in the real world. It's so much more meaningful than anything I orchestrated in that sham world."
- —Arbatel to her boyfriend while they walk through Tokyo together, Volume 18, Short Story