The Easily Taken In Crimson Demon Clan?

In that instant, both Megumin and Youyou stared at Fang Li with utterly incredulous expressions.

Youyou in particular looked as though one of her delusions from a dream had suddenly come true, completely unable to believe it.

After a long while, Youyou timidly spoke up.

"Um... could you please... no, could you repeat what you just said?"

She had suddenly switched to honorific speech.

That alone showed just how unbelievable Fang Li's words were to this Crimson Demon Clan girl who lacked friends.

But no matter how many times he had to say it, Fang Li would patiently repeat himself.

"Do you want to come with me?" Fang Li asked bluntly. "Our party already has five people, but adding you wouldn't make it overcrowded at all, you know?"

It truly would not be overcrowded.

Although Fang Li's party already had members covering every role—vanguard, rear guard, support, healing, and skirmishing—and three of them even had advanced classes, adding Youyou would not be a problem at all.

After all, the Great Mage who usually served as their rear guard was like that.

"I... I..." Youyou seemed to panic as she turned to Megumin, looking as though she might cry with joy. "Me... Megumin! I got invited! I was invited to join a party! This isn't a dream, is it? Or is this some prank Megumin arranged to mess with me? If it is, I'll never forgive you!"

"Who... who has time for something like that?!" Megumin seemed a little flustered too. Her hand around Fang Li's neck kept tightening as she shouted, "Hey, Fang Li, what are you playing at?"

"Who's playing?" Ignoring the ever-tightening grip around his neck, Fang Li replied calmly, "I'm serious."

"N-No, being serious is the joke here, right?" Cold sweat began trickling down Megumin's forehead as