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"Darkness?"

"What's wrong?"

Aqua and Megumin spoke in surprised voices.

"Don't tell me you're having some weird fantasy again?"

Even Kazuma turned his gaze toward Darkness.

Yet Darkness was completely unaware of the situation. She merely stared fixedly at the pendant Fang Li had tucked inside his clothes, gazing at the glittering ring with a shaken expression.

"N-No... there's no mistake... That ring... that ring is...!"

Just as Darkness, overwhelmed by shock, could not help but try to say something, Fang Li had already put away both the Adventurer Card and the ring pendant.

Then, Fang Li placed one hand on Darkness's shoulder and spoke with a smile.

"What are you talking about? What ring?"

Though he spoke with a smile, there was not the slightest hint of amusement in Fang Li's eyes.

"Urgh...!"

Darkness trembled all over.

This time, however, it was not because her hopeless fetish had excited her, but because she was trembling in fear.

Clearly, this Cross Knight had finally realized the danger.

Darkness's instincts told her—

If she exposed this incredibly important matter, this classless adventurer before her, whose eyes held no amusement at all, definitely would not let her off.

And Darkness's instincts were correct.

As mentioned before, there were two extremely famous great noble families in the Belzerg Kingdom.

One was the Symphonia Family, regarded as the Sword of the Kingdom. The eldest daughter of that family now served the kingdom's first princess as a confidante and guard.

The other was the Dustiness Family, regarded as the Shield of the Kingdom. Its current head was the kingdom's Chief of Staff, and the family had been called the Dagger of the Kingdom for generations, holding an exceptionally high status.

The Dustiness Family also had an eldest daughter.

Like Kureia, this eldest daughter had once