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"Mayuna, you hit her too hard."

Ruben hadn't smelled any blood, which meant Tinasha's body was already much sturdier than the walls. Even so, he still felt that Mayuna hadn't needed to go that far.

"It was a kick. She won't die."

Mayuna sat down where Tinasha had just been, fuming as she spoke. She took out a milkshake Ruben had made from her spatial ring and drank it to replenish her MP.

"I didn't expect you to have a friend like that."

Ruben was curious about how the two got along. They felt like friends who traded insults, but because of their levels of strength, their bickering seemed rather dangerous.

"She's not my friend! She's my number one enemy! That woman's brain is packed full of muscles!"

From Mayuna's account, Ruben learned another story. Back when Mayuna's teacher had first brought her to the imperial capital, she had met Tinasha, who was the same age as her.

It had been the little imperial princess's first time meeting someone her own age. Seeing how cute Mayuna was, Tinasha had naturally wanted to be her friend. But she had gotten too excited while greeting her, failed to control her strength, tripped over her own feet, and crashed into Mayuna, knocking her unconscious on the spot.

It had only been an accident, and a brief explanation would have cleared it up. But what would young Mayuna, who had been ostracized by others, have thought? She had surely assumed Tinasha was a bad person attacking her because of her appearance. From then on, they had become irreconcilable enemies, and Mayuna had worked hard to improve her strength solely to deal with this bad person who came to bother her every few days.

"But from her tone, I can tell she truly sees you as a friend. Treasure that."

"No. She's just trouble."

Mayuna could be very kind to those close to her, but she could also casually say hurtful things to people she did not care about. After she said that, Ruben noticed that Tinasha, who had been trying to pull herself out, had stopped moving. She was probably very hurt.

"Tsk, tsk. Now I understand why Pride chose you as her master."

Before Ruben could say anything, Dragon spoke first. He knew exactly what Pride had been like in the past. Only a fool would believe there was nothing about Mayuna that attracted her.

"Are you saying I'm arrogant?"

"Disregarding the sincere feelings of others, taking them for granted, and turning a blind eye to them—that is arrogance."

In response to Mayuna's angry question, Dragon calmly explained what arrogance was, then closed his eyes and stopped moving.

"But you still thought of her before you died, didn't you? That proves you don't not care about her at all."

Ruben picked up the conversation again. The two partners worked together seamlessly: Dragon first crushed the arrogant attitude of the young female God of Magic, then Ruben gently touched upon her feelings. He understood Mayuna's personality and did not want her to lose a sincere friend because of a careless remark.

"Th-that was..."

Mayuna now regretted having the Pope pass along a message for her. She absolutely refused to admit that she acknowledged Tinasha. Her mind must have been muddled by the fever back then. That was right—it had been because of that illness.

"Nana, do you really care about me, just like Mr. Ruben said?"

Before Mayuna could feel pleased with her own cleverness, she saw Tinasha tear down part of her own wall and stand before her, asking uneasily.

"Don't call me Nana! Why do you keep coming near me again and again? Normally, after being treated like that, you wouldn't come back, would you?!"

Mayuna asked frantically. When they were young, she had often used magic to torment this foolish imperial princess, whose talent points had all gone into strength, until she was a complete mess. Yet Tinasha kept coming back every time, which had troubled her greatly.

"Because seeing you look lonely makes me sad. I can tell that we're alike. My mother died before I was old enough to understand anything, and my father was busy with state affairs every day, so he had no time for me. Is it so wrong for two lonely people to be together? Most importantly, both our names have 'na' in them, don't they? We're definitely friends destined to be together."

Tinasha revealed a gentle smile. Mayuna also recalled what had happened after her teacher died. She had locked herself in her room for three whole days without eating or drinking. Outside her door, someone had stayed with her without eating or drinking as well. That person had never said a word to comfort her and had never shown herself, but wasn't it obvious who it was?

"Are you a child?! Just because of our names... Pfft!"

Mayuna wanted to struggle a little longer, but as she tried to refute her, she saw Ruben behind Tinasha pulling his cheeks apart with both hands and making a ridiculous face. Caught completely off guard, Mayuna could not help laughing at the sight.

"You smiled at me! That was the first time you smiled at me, wasn't it? You really do care about me."

It was the first time Tinasha had seen Mayuna smile so happily, and she could not help hugging her. This time, of course, she controlled her strength. Unable to break free, Mayuna could only endure the coldness of Tinasha's armor and pat her on the back. The air around the two seemed to turn pink.

"Dragon, what's wrong with you?"

Ruben suddenly noticed that the top of his head had become much greener. For some reason, Dragon was glowing green like a neon sign.

"Oh dear, it just happened somehow. Maybe I'm about to sprout?"

Dragon's voice was clearly full of mischievous delight and schadenfreude. Occasionally messing with his partner gave him great satisfaction.

"Then I'll make you some fertilizer later."

"Tinasha, why has part of your wall collapsed? Were you training in your room again?"

While the two were bickering, a deep middle-aged man's voice came from near the collapsed wall. Before long, a man wearing a dark gray mage's robe walked in. Ruben had learned Earth's physiognomy in his spare time. This green-haired man had a stern face and an imposing air even without anger; he walked with the bearing of a dragon and tiger. He possessed what was known as the visage of an emperor. There was probably only one person like that in the palace.

"?"

Keske XIII was dumbfounded once he saw the situation in the room. His daughter, who had never had any friends, suddenly had two people in her room. One of them was even a man—a man with green light above his head—and the other was being held in his daughter's arms. It was an extremely bizarre sight no matter how he looked at it.

"Father, why are you here?"

After hearing her father's voice, Tinasha released Mayuna and turned around to ask in confusion.

"You're Mayuna?!"

His Majesty the Emperor had seen plenty of upheaval, but he still took several steps back upon seeing Mayuna. What he thought of was not the God of Magic returning from the dead, but what Mayuna standing here once again meant for the Empire.

PS: Ruben: Of course I choose to forgive her!