"So, do you think I could join your team too?"
Oh no.
What did it mean to lift a rock only to smash your own foot? What did it mean to make things more confusing the more you explained?
Rimuru tilted his head. Hearing that, he fell into confusion, his little face scrunching up as he looked toward Nine Tails for help. But she had long since stopped caring about this matter and was curiously pinching Lina's cheeks.
Lina seemed somewhat resistant, but she did not want to leave her position behind Rimuru, so she could only reluctantly let Nine Tails do as she pleased.
Lina's arrival meant that the youngest girl in Rimuru's team was finally no longer Nine Tails, who had only just come of age and looked sixteen, still carrying a trace of childishness. Fourteen-year-old Lina, coupled with her expressionless face, was practically a natural loli. Even Nine Tails could not help getting excited. She had been promoted to big sister!!
Rimuru's mouth twitched. Nine Tails was no help, so he looked at Ye Xiaoqian instead—only to see her decisively and naturally turn around and start whistling.
Damn it, what a pack of ungrateful traitors?!
Ling Ling's request was more like a test, but even if it was just a test, Rimuru should have clearly refused. Ling Ling's personality and beliefs were far too distinct. In everyone's eyes, including Rimuru's, she was unquestionably destined to become the next Long Ruoqing.
But who was Long Ruoqing?!
The guardian deity of Xia Country, a descendant of the Divine Dragon, someone who had dedicated everything to the land and nation of Xia Country—a god with an extremely cold personality.
Um... someone like that could never leave the Light Chasers. Even if she dared to leave, Rimuru would not dare take