084, Coming for Me?!

"So... because of your greed, Fane developed murderous intentions toward you?"

"You were forced to fight back, ended up in a desperate situation, and then somehow broke through to Sequence 7... before turning the tables and killing him?"

As Rimuru listened to Black Cat Dixi's account, the other party made no attempt to hide how he had tested Fane's limits, nor how greedily he had swallowed up thirteen of Fane's strongholds... Yet because Dixi was being so honest, Rimuru's expression grew increasingly strange.

Are you sure you're not the protagonist of some third-rate novel?

"Yes... Please punish me, Your Excellency."

"There's no need for punishment..." It was still that same Sichuan restaurant from before, but the owner had been completely replaced... This time, Rimuru sat directly in the busy first-floor dining hall. After taking a bite of the food, his eyes lit up. Although it was a pity that both the owner and chef had changed, Rimuru was not the sentimental sort. Besides, the food here was even better than before...

"To be honest, Fane was worthless aside from being easy to control. But what about you? Don't you harbor any resentment?" Rimuru sensed the surroundings. Because of Dixi's earlier moves, nearly two-thirds of the watchers in the area had already disappeared. Rimuru was fairly satisfied with that. Clearly, Dixi had matured quite a bit—or perhaps he had always been good at making those above him feel comfortable through such details.

"As your protector, I didn't help you when you fell into a desperate situation. Don't you resent me for that?" Rimuru looked at him curiously.

Dixi, transformed into a black cat, fell silent for a moment before finally saying, "At first, I did."

"However, Fane and I were both under Your Excellency's protection. From that perspective, Your Excellency must