Chapter Eleven: A Chance Encounter in Another World / Chapter Twelve: Boss Lady, Who Are We Beating Up Today?

Yuxian thought about it and decided not to say anything more. The little ones' combat strength was anything but ordinary, so he was not worried about them running into trouble. It would be good enough if they did not go looking for trouble with someone else.

Kanna had always loved having fun, and Gretel's suggestion greatly interested her. She revealed her true form: a massive dragon of chaos.

Gretel and the other three climbed onto her back, noisily urging Kanna to set off quickly.

After the little ones flew away on Kanna, Yuxian suddenly found things rather boring. He did not want to stay here any longer and felt it would be more comfortable to go home and lie down.

He shouted at Siegfried and Fafnir, "We're heading back first! You can go home yourselves once you're done fighting!"

The two in the distance were busy fighting. Though they both heard Yuxian's shout, neither responded.

Yuxian shook his head, stopped paying attention to them, and had Tohru open a door to take them home first.

After returning home, Mash diligently cleaned up the mess in the living room and carefully tidied the house.

Yuxian, meanwhile, lounged lazily on the sofa. This had truly been a fulfilling day, from delivering packages with Brother Fei in the morning, to the surprise birthday party, and then the after-show in another world.

He had not felt like this in a long time. This was not bad either.

After Mash finished cleaning the living room, she sat with him on the sofa, and the two began chatting.

Mash asked, "What are you thinking about, Senpai?"

"I was thinking how nice it would be if we could live like this every day," Yuxian said wistfully.

Mash smiled and teased, "Do you want it to be your birthday every day, Senpai?"

"That's true. A birthday only comes once a year, which is why it feels so special. If it were my birthday every day, it would definitely become boring too."

Mash did not continue that line of conversation. After a brief pause, she softly said:

"Happy birthday, Senpai!"

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An Encounter in Another World

Kanna took everyone flying all over the other world. The unpolluted sky, the vast open land, and the endless mountains and rivers made for truly beautiful scenery.

Looking down at the ground, the mountains, rivers, forests, and fields all came into view, making them feel refreshed and at ease.

The fierce wind blowing against them could not affect their mood. Everyone was happy, chattering nonstop. This special experience left them excited.

"There's a castle ahead! Kanna, hurry and fly over to take a look!"

A castle appeared in the distance. In this other world, where they had not seen a single town along the way, they had finally encountered signs of humans.

Naturally, they all wanted to get closer and examine the castle carefully.

However, they had forgotten that Kanna was currently in the form of a giant dragon. Her appearance was not exactly a pleasant experience for the people in the castle.

"Oh! There's a town below the castle too! How about we go play in town?"

At the foot of the castle was a small town. Scattered throughout it were quite a few homes, while outside the town lay fields planted with crops.

The townspeople had been peacefully working when Kanna and the others arrived, shattering that tranquility. They fled in all directions with their heads covered, each hiding inside their homes and not daring to show themselves, terrified of attracting the dragon's attention and bringing disaster upon themselves.

The little ones did not notice this. They were still arguing over whether to visit the castle first or wander around the town first.

Kanna was extremely fast. In the blink of an eye, she arrived above the town.

Just as they were about to urge Kanna to land, a volley of arrows shot out from the castle and attacked her.

"Ah! Bad guys!"

Cries rang out from Kanna's back. Everyone was angry that the people in the castle had attacked them for no reason.

Kanna easily dodged the attack, and they decided to teach those bad people a lesson, all turning their attention toward the castle.

Seeing Kanna turn around and fix her gaze on them, the humans in the castle huddled in corners and trembled.

Facing a giant dragon, shooting arrows like they had just done had already exhausted the last of their courage.

"Kanna—"

Before anyone could act, a shout came from far away.

Then a dragon appeared before them, blocking their path and preventing them from attacking the castle.

"Lord Elma!"

Kanna recognized the dragon before her. It was Elma of the Order faction, Tohru's sworn rival.

With Elma stopping them, Kanna and the others had no choice but to abandon their original plan. They flew away from the town with Elma and landed on an empty plain in the distance.

The moment she landed and transformed into human form, Kanna assumed a guarded stance and warily said, "Don't think you can get Lord Tohru's whereabouts out of me, Lord Elma!"

"Huh?" Elma revealed a surprised expression. "Kanna, do you know where Tohru is?"

"I don't!" Kanna realized she seemed to have let something slip and hurriedly shook her head in denial.

At that moment, the others behind Kanna got a good look at Elma and stepped forward to ask, "Kanna, is she an enemy?"

Elma saw Jack and the others behind Kanna and realized they were humans rather than dragons. She hurriedly asked, "Are you humans kidnapped by Kanna?"

"They're my friends!" Kanna quickly explained.

"Friends?" Elma became even more curious. In her impression, Kanna did not seem to have many friends, let alone human friends.

For a while, the situation reached an impasse. Kanna seriously explained everything, and only then did Elma believe that they really were Kanna's friends.

However, she also picked up another piece of information from Kanna's words. With a righteous expression, she said, "Tohru actually went to the human world! I have to bring her back. I absolutely cannot let her disrupt the order of the human world!"

"But Lord Elma can't open dimensional portals, right?" Kanna tilted her head and bluntly struck at Elma's weak point.

Although Elma was evenly matched with Tohru in strength, there were things she was not good at. Opening dimensional portals was something she happened to be unable to do.

She immediately wilted, dejectedly curling into a ball.

Kanna declared righteously, "I absolutely will not take Lord Elma to Lord Tohru!"

"Huh?" Elma seemed to have heard something incredible. Her eyes lit up as she rushed forward, grabbed Kanna, and stared straight at her. "Kanna, please take me to Tohru!"

"No! You'll definitely fight Lord Tohru if you meet her!" Kanna loudly refused. She absolutely did not want to take Elma to see Tohru. The two were like fire and water; they would certainly start fighting the moment they met. Kobayashi would definitely have a headache over it, and Kanna could not bring trouble to Kobayashi.

"If you don't agree, I won't let go! I won't let you go back either. I'll keep following you!" Elma began acting shamelessly. Other than this, she had no better way to find Tohru in the human world.

She had to bring Tohru back. She could not let Tohru freely disrupt the order of the human world. It was her responsibility.

Kanna had a headache. She did not know what to do and stood there helplessly wriggling around, trying to break free from Elma.

Jack and the others did not understand the specifics and had been left utterly confused by what they heard. They asked Kanna, "Is she a bad person?"

Kanna shook her head and explained, "Lord Elma is a dragon of the Order faction, while Lord Tohru is a dragon of the Chaos faction. They'll fight whenever they meet, and Kobayashi will definitely get angry then."

"Then don't take her there. Kanna, do you want us to help chase her away?" The little ones feared no one. As long as Kanna nodded, they would really drive Elma away. They had the strength to do it too.

Kanna hesitated. Although she liked pranks, she was fundamentally a peace-loving dragon. She did not like fighting, and she did not want to fight Elma either.

The situation once again reached a stalemate.

"Ah! What a hassle. How about we have a tea party instead?" Seeing this, Gretel began to grow impatient and suggested that everyone drink tea together.

"This isn't the time for tea!"

Little Jeanne was seriously trying to think of a solution. Though she had not thought of one, she felt that having tea now was definitely wrong.

"But this is really boring!" Gretel said dissatisfiedly. "Kanna, hurry up and deal with her. We still need to continue exploring. Otherwise, if it gets too late, we'll get scolded when we go back!"

Just as everyone was at a loss over what to do, a voice suddenly appeared beside all their ears.

"Are you the two dragons from earlier? Let me beat... stop your evil deeds!"

Who Are We Beating Today, Boss?

The sudden voice drew everyone's attention. Someone had managed to approach so closely without anyone noticing, which greatly surprised them.

As for the word that had abruptly changed in that sentence, everyone decided to ignore it.

"Huh?"

"Wow!"

When they saw who had come, the little ones immediately widened their eyes. It was an acquaintance, a very familiar one.

Before the newcomer could speak, a voice came from behind her. "Boss, who are we beating today?!"

It had originally been a perfectly normal sentence, but the newcomer became furious at once. She immediately turned around and threw a vicious punch behind her.

"You!"

Being seen by someone she knew in such an unflattering state made her extremely embarrassed, like angry humiliation after her true nature had been exposed.

After throwing the punch, she turned toward Jack and the others, and her face instantly returned to a kind and gentle expression, as if the person who had just punched someone was not her.

"So it's you! Long time no see!"

"Do you know her?" Kanna and Elma did not recognize the newcomer, so they asked.

"It's Sister Martha!" Gretel introduced her to them. "She's a very powerful... boxer!"

"Not a boxer! A Saintess! A Saintess! A Saintess!" Martha protested loudly. She was a quiet, elegant woman, not some violent maniac. It had to be Tarasque's fault that her image had been damaged.

Yes! That had to be it! It was all Tarasque's fault!

"Huh? Is that so? But everyone says you're an amazing boxer!" Gretel continued provoking Martha with her words, showing no intention of stopping despite the expression on Martha's face.

"Mm-hm. An iron fist flashes and shatters steel; a steel fist strikes and pierces dragons! Chaldea really does have such rumors," Illya nodded, indicating that she had heard those claims as well.

Martha was on the verge of collapse. She felt that her luck today had to be terrible. If she had known, she would have pretended not to see the giant dragon flying through the sky earlier and not followed them.

"Boss is obviously amazing! Hmph, Jacob's follower isn't just bragging. She can even beat up angels!" Tarasque recovered from the beating it had received earlier. Hearing someone mention its boss's achievements, it quickly began boasting along with them.

Bang!

Martha had no way to deal with the little ones, but did that mean she had no way to deal with Tarasque?

Thus, Tarasque went flying again...

Martha wore a red jacket and a long red dress, her long hair flowing down her back. She looked quite stylish, a fashionable woman at the forefront of trends.

She walked over and asked, "I saw a giant dragon flying above the town earlier, so I followed it over. Why are you here too?"

"That was Kanna! We were riding on Kanna's back!"

"Kanna?" Martha looked at Kanna beside them, then nodded at the little dragon girl. She really did look like the kind of little girl who could play with them.

"Then how did you get to this world? How is Chaldea?" Martha continued asking. She had lived here alone for a long time, and after encountering familiar people, she had many questions in her heart. Naturally, she asked a little more.

"We came with Kanna! Kanna can open dimensional portals."

"No, that's not what Sister Martha was asking. We came with Master."

"Yes, yes. There's no one left in Chaldea now. Everyone ran away. Master is so pitiful; everyone abandoned him."

"Mom isn't pitiful at all!"

The little ones spoke one after another, saying things that were all over the place, leaving Martha unable to distinguish the actual situation for the moment.

Still, she could understand one thing: Master was in this world too.

So she hurriedly said, "Take me to Master, quickly!"

"But..." Everyone explained Elma's situation to Martha.

Martha waved her hand, indicating that it was no big deal. She grabbed Elma and confidently promised, "Leave this to me. I guarantee they won't fight!"

With Martha's assurance, everyone felt relieved. Although Kanna was a little worried, she was still willing to trust everyone. She opened a dimensional portal and had everyone return together.

Tarasque's voice came from far behind them. "Boss, do you have another dragon now? Are you abandoning me?"

Its words were filled with grievance, like a resentful wife cast aside by a fickle lover who had found someone new.

Martha ignored it completely and urged everyone to hurry. She had truly had enough of this world, and now that she could see Master, she was so excited that she did not want to waste a single moment.

Seeing this, Tarasque immediately flew after them. "Boss, even if you have another dragon, Tarasque is still willing to follow you and be your underling!"