Outaishihi ni Nante Naritakunai!!

I lost so much, I reached the old castle. I entered from the corner where the outer wall collapsed and proceeded to the back as I peered around.

Liddy is definitely in this castle. I mean, there's a good chance the black assassin who grabbed her is here, too. We needed to be vigilant.

"Weird, no sign...?

Inside the ancient castle was desolate. The conditioning in the hallway is broken and there's debris all over it. I took a peek inside the room where the door broke, but the beds and closets were blurry. I guess people haven't visited in a long time, there was dust on the carpet as well, and the painting hanging on the wall looked blurry.

From the window where the glass was broken, the light was plugged in, but it invites more misery.

The curtains were torn apart and the glass fragments falling on the floor sparkled.

Correctly ruined. When I wonder if Liddy is trapped in a place like this, I'm just rushed that I need to help her quickly.

I generally know where Liddy is. I have been prepared to assume that there will naturally be watches and such near where she is confined, but for some reason I could not feel the assassin's killing or signs.

What came instead was a man I never wanted to see again.

"Andre -"

"Freed. It's been a celebration."

Andre, who showed up with a winning face, had a terrible neighborhood under his eyes.

At a glance. A state where uncontrolled magic is still likely to break and overflow.

I saw that and understood how there was no other sign.

Even if you don't know the truth about Wang Hua, you can see that Andre's current state is unusual.

If you don't want to get involved, you'll be evacuating somewhere until the increased magic settles down.

"That was a lot faster. I thought it would take longer. Could he have come all this way, letting the Admiral go? If so, that's a lot of obsession."

"You're the one who caught Liddy."

Andre laughed, ignoring the derisive words and asking briefly.

"That's right. I can't forgive you for not being here. So I decided to take it. That's all."

I glanced at Andre, who had made a slight affirmation.

"That's all you sold the country for."

Connecting Andre, he clasped his shoulders and said unwieldily.

"That's a big deal you sold. I just took it because the other side has offered to cooperate in each other's interests. I wanted your fiancée over there. I wanted to take the connection from you. There's no reason not to cooperate because we have a common interest."

"Get Liddy? The king of Sahaja?

"... where do I need to tell you that"

I saw Andre laughing with his nose confidently and I had a prediction that maybe he wouldn't know.

Andre has always been. I often acted as if I knew something I didn't know. That's more of an arrogant thing to say.

I realized it was useless to say it, and I got to the point.

"What are you going to do with Liddy?"

I know Liddy is nearby. I haven't grabbed it to its exact position, but I definitely feel close.

I wanted to leave a guy like this alone and pick up Liddy quickly, but I can't ignore him. He's the one who grabbed Liddy. I have a lot to ask. We need to finish Andre's interrogation as briefly and as quickly as possible, and go back to Liddy.

Andre grinned slightly and unpleasantly when he perceived my impatience like that.

"Come on. Just give it to me because you want it. Instead, I got my hands and feet to listen to my orders. I wanted to kill you for your connection, but it's not a bad idea if you can use it for that kind of deal. And by now, she's gonna be fucked by slime and crazy."

"What!?"

I open my eyes wide to Andre's utterance.

Andre said pleasantly.

"I summoned about three slimes for discipline to a cell with that woman. Not by now, it'll be fun. Ha, it feels good. I wanted to see your face!

"Andre!"

I couldn't tolerate Andre's words laughing loudly, and I reflexively laid my hands on my lower back sword.

I couldn't stay calm when I heard that you had Liddy attacked slime or something.

We have to go now. Not if you're stuck here.

Kill Andre, get Liddy now...

"Become!?"

I tried to pull the sword out. Exactly at that time, right in the middle where me and Andre were confronted, around the ceiling, making a rattling noise.

Parallax and dust and things like pieces of debris fall.

"No way......"

- The ceiling collapses.

Andre, who sensibly guessed, flew in a hurry.

It is a castle long abandoned and ageing. I guess it's common for the ceiling to collapse. I also tried to back off, but for some reason my body didn't back down and instead I was moving forward.

There is no reason. I just thought I had to.

"Hiaaaaahhh......!

I put it down for a beat, and with the sound of massive debris falling, I heard a terribly dumb voice.

Signs of something big falling off. I took that falling thing with both hands before I understood what it was.

The sound and comforting weight of Dothari. Then I raised my coughing face with a kehoke-ho, and to the presence of seeing this one, I turned my surprise very round eyes.

"Liddy!?"

"Hih!? Fried?

It was Liddy who fell. The familiar purple eyes open wide.

Beautiful straight hair was always brilliantly dusty.

Why, Liddy from the ceiling. I wasn't sure, but I still got my scorched presence back in my arms, and I put my strength into my arms holding Liddy.

"Liddy...... Liddy, good!

"Huh? Why... er..."

You don't quite understand your situation. Liddy is trying to grate you.

But soon those eyes will moisten. He grabbed my clothes and held them tight.

"Freed...... eh"

"I'm sorry, Liddy. It's late."

"Yeah...... I'm fine"

Liddy's dress and skin that she hugs was somewhat dirty, but that's the same as hair dirt, which seems to be the right reason because she was in the ceiling. The loving man, turning his arms around my neck and clinging to me, raised his face and made me laugh in tears.

"I'm sure Fried would come, so I was fine."

"Liddy."

"It's a fried... it's a real fried... glad"

Liddy touches my cheeks and throat to make sure it's peppery. I was heartbroken when I saw Liddy laughing at me for a second and I was sure Liddy hadn't been in terrible shape.

"Liddy. Didn't you get scared?

"Mm, it's okay."

I checked once, but I don't see a lie in Liddy's expression that snorts. I realized I could get my loved one back before something happened, and the less appeasement, the more terrible sense of disillusionment struck me.

"Good...... I was wondering what I would do if something happened to Liddy"

Liddy burying her face in my neck was even loving.

I don't need you here anymore. Looking to get back to where everyone was waiting, I guess I finally opened my sight.

Me and Andre, who saw Liddy in my arms, had a startling look on their face.

"You... why...? What happened to Slime..."