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The sudden voice made Fang Li and Megumin, who had been fooling around, stop at the same time.

"This voice..."

Fang Li felt as though he had heard that voice somewhere before. He immediately turned toward its source.

"Could it be..."

Megumin seemed to know who had arrived. She half-narrowed her eyes and turned to look to the side along with Fang Li.

What entered their view was a girl dressed in robes like Megumin, with red eyes, jet-black hair, and a black cat in her arms.

At that moment, the girl holding the black cat pointed at Megumin and started shouting, both delighted and angry.

"It really is Megumin! I knew it! In a deserted place like this, if a huge explosion suddenly happens, it can only mean that brain-damaged Megumin is nearby! I knew I was right!"

Fang Li had met this girl before as well.

She was none other than Youyou, the Crimson Demon Clan girl who had once tried to recruit companions at the Adventurer's Guild in a rather peculiar manner.

"What..." Megumin said listlessly from Fang Li's back. "I wondered who it was. So it's Youyou?"

"W-What kind of reaction is that?!" Youyou seemed hurt by Megumin's response and protested with tears in the corners of her eyes. "You don't feel even a little surprised to see your friend... rival after so long? And I even helped take care of Dounosuke for you!"

Perhaps hearing Youyou call its name, the black cat in her arms slowly lifted its head.

"Meow~~~"

It let out a lazy cry, as though it could not be bothered with anything.

"Oh." Only then did Megumin perk up a little. She greeted the black cat in Youyou's arms. "Long time no see, Dounosuke. Looking at you, Youyou must have taken good