Wood, Who Punched Through Several Floors!

"Was it not justice that abandoned you, but you who abandoned justice?"

Hearing Wood's words, Ryu felt as though she had been struck by lightning. Because of what he'd said, she seemed to understand what the goddess Astraea had meant.

"Abandon justice!" It hadn't meant that the goddess of justice had abandoned her. It meant she should abandon her rigid, black-and-white ideas of justice, stay true to herself, and do what was truly right!

"Since you're awake, you should be out of danger.

When my foolish son carried you back, he was running all over the place."

Ryu had been about to say something to Wood, but as another figure walked into the room, she immediately became fully alert.

For the past few years, she had lived entirely for revenge and had been hunted constantly, making her extremely sensitive to people's presence. She could clearly feel that the middle-aged woman who'd just entered was quite dangerous!

Not only was the woman an Adventurer, but her level was probably far higher than Ryu's!

"Wood, go outside for a bit. I have something to discuss with this injured elf lady."

Wood, being the rebellious boy he was, had wanted to refuse Mia. He was very curious about what kind of Adventurer Ryu was and wanted to hear some stories about her adventures.

Before he could get a word out, however, Mia easily lifted him up and kicked him out the door.

"If I'm not mistaken, you're Swift Gale Leon, who's been making quite a name for herself in Orario lately.

My foolish son probably thinks he brought back an ordinary Adventurer. I doubt he has any idea that the 'elf lady' he mentioned is a big shot with an 80-million-Fali bounty on her head."

Hearing Mia's words, the gravely injured Ryu forced