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"Mayona, you hit too hard."

Ruby didn't smell any blood, which meant Tinasha's body was already much tougher than the walls, but he still felt Mayona didn't need to go that far.

"It was a kick, she's not going to die."

Mayona sat in Tinasha's previous spot and said indignantly, pulling a milkshake Ruby made from her Space Ring and drinking it to replenish her MP.

"I didn't expect you to have friends like this."

Ruby was curious about how the two interacted, feeling like friends who constantly insulted each other. However, because of their power levels, their insults felt incredibly dangerous.

"Not friends! This woman is my arch-nemesis, her brain is completely filled with muscle!"

Under Mayona's narration, Ruby learned another story. When Mayona was first brought to the Imperial Capital by her Teacher, she met Tinasha, who was around her age.

It was the little Princess's first time meeting someone her age. Seeing how cute Mayona was, she naturally wanted to be friends with her. However, when she tried to greet Mayona, she got too excited and couldn't control her strength. She tripped over her own feet and crashed into Mayona, knocking her unconscious.

It was just an accident and a simple explanation would have sufficed. But how would young Mayona, who had been ostracized, have thought about it? She must have thought Tinasha was a bad person who attacked her because of her appearance. From then on, they became sworn enemies, and Mayona dedicated herself to improving her strength to deal with this "bad person" who harassed her every few days.

"But I can tell from her tone that she genuinely considers you a friend. Cherish it."

"No, she's just trouble."

Mayona could be very friendly to those close to her, and casually say hurtful things to those she didn't care about. After she said this, Ruby noticed that Tinasha, who had been struggling to get herself out, stopped moving. She was probably very hurt.

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

Ruby didn't say anything, but Dragon spoke up first. He knew exactly what Pride was like before. It would be a lie to say that Mayona didn't have any qualities that attracted it.

"Are you saying I'm arrogant?"

"To disregard the genuine feelings of others, to take them for granted and turn a blind eye to them, that is arrogance."

In response to Mayona's annoyed question, Dragon calmly explained what arrogance was before closing his eyes and remaining still.

"But you remembered her before you died, didn't you? That proves you don't completely disregard her."

Ruby picked up the conversation again. The two partners worked in perfect sync. Dragon would first suppress the Archmage girl's arrogant demeanor, and then Ruby would use gentle words to touch her heart. He understood Mayona's personality and didn't want her to lose a true friend because of a moment of recklessness.

"Th-that's..."

Mayona regretted asking the Pope to deliver a message for her back then. She absolutely refused to admit that she acknowledged Tinasha. She must have been delirious at the time, yes, it was because of that illness.

"Nana, do you really care about me as much as Mr. Ruby said?"

Before Mayona could be happy about her cleverness, she saw Tinasha tear a piece of the wall out of her room. Tinasha stood before her, asking anxiously.

"Don't call me Nana! I asked why you kept approaching me again and again. Normally, people wouldn't come back after being treated like that!"

Mayona asked frantically. When she was young, she often used magic to torment this clumsy Princess, who had poured all her talent into strength, leaving her in a sorry state. But the other party would still approach her again and again, which annoyed her greatly.

"Because I felt sad seeing you so lonely. I can feel that we are very similar. My mother passed away before I could understand anything, and my father was always busy with state affairs and didn't have time to look after me. Is it too much for two lonely people to be together? Most importantly, don't both our names have 'Na' in them? We must be destined friends."

Tinasha gave a gentle smile. Mayona also remembered what happened after her Teacher died. She locked herself in her room for three whole days without eating or drinking. Outside her door, someone stayed with her, also not eating or drinking. Although that person never spoke a word of comfort or even showed their face, it was obvious who it was, wasn't it?

"Are you a child? Because of our names... puff!"

Mayona tried to resist a little longer. As she was about to retort, she saw Ruby behind Tinasha making a ridiculous face, pulling on her own cheeks with both hands. Caught off guard by the expression, Mayona couldn't help but laugh.

"You're smiling at me! This is the first time you've smiled at me, right? You really do care about me."

Tinasha saw Mayona's joyful smile for the first time and couldn't help but hug her. Of course, this time she controlled her strength. Mayona, unable to break free, could only endure the coldness of the armor and pat Tinasha's back. The air between the two seemed to turn pink.

"Dragon, what's wrong with you?"

Ruby suddenly noticed that his head was turning a bit green. Dragon, for some unknown reason, was emitting green light like a neon sign.

"Oh dear, I don't know why, but it just happened. Maybe I'm about to sprout?"

Dragon's voice was clearly filled with mischief and schadenfreude. Occasionally pranking his partner brought him great satisfaction.

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

"Tinasha, why is there a hole in your wall? Were you exercising in your room again?"

As the two were bickering, a deep, middle-aged male voice came from near the collapsed wall. Soon after, a man in a dark gray robe walked in. Ruby, having nothing better to do, had studied physiognomy from Earth. This green-haired man had a resolute face and an imposing presence that didn't need anger. He walked with the bearing of a dragon, a true sign of royalty. Such a person could only be found in the palace.

"?"

Kaiske XIII was dumbfounded when he saw the situation in the room. His daughter, who never had friends, suddenly had two more people in her room, one of whom was a man. A man with green light emanating from his head. And another being hugged by his daughter. It was a very strange sight, no matter how you looked at it.

"Father, why are you here?"

Upon hearing her father's voice, Tinasha let go of Mayona and turned around, asking in surprise.

"You're Mayona!?"

His Majesty the Emperor had seen his fair share of storms, but upon seeing Mayona, he still took a few steps back. He wasn't thinking about the Archmage coming back to life, but rather what the reappearance of Mayona meant for the Empire.