Ten minutes later.
A noisy commotion was underway in Fang Li's house.
"This is too much! It's really too much! You clearly said you'd tell me as soon as you got back! But then...! Then...!"
"Didn't I just forget? I already apologized! How long are you planning to stay mad!? This is why petty people deserve to be lonely!"
"I-I'm not petty! Megumin is just too careless! Every day, I prayed to the Goddess that Megumin would return safely without causing any trouble! Do you know how worried I was that I'd suddenly hear the terrible news that the Royal Capital had been blown away by Explosion Magic!?"
"Are you treating me like some kind of Explosion Magic maniac!? Even I couldn't possibly blow up the entire Royal Capital, could I!?"
"Really? Is that so? Then can Megumin promise me that she's never cast Explosion Magic inside the Royal Capital? Can you promise me that!?"
"...Guilty."
"You looked away just now! You looked away!"
In the living room, Youyou had Megumin by the shoulders, tears welling in her eyes as she shook her relentlessly, nearly shaking Megumin senseless.
"...So noisy..."
"...Disturbing a Goddess's sleep will bring divine punishment..."
"...Ugh, I still feel awful..."
Kazuma, Aqua, and Darkness were all slumped over the table, looking utterly lifeless and pale. They had probably been hung up all night yesterday, and their brains still had not started functioning properly.
As for Fang Li, he held Dounosuke, who had somehow lazily fallen asleep, and watched the scene before him with drooping eyes.
"Seeing these guys always makes me feel tired..."
And evidently, Youyou was even more exhausted than Fang Li.
After all, having a troublesome rival like Megumin was enough to make anyone want to cry without tears.
Under those circumstances, Fang Li honestly