"What the hell? You're going to marry him?"
Having come back to his senses, Emperor pointed at Mizuki in utter disbelief. Exusiai nodded, indicating that she really wasn't joking.
"You're going to marry him without even knowing who he is? Are you sure?"
"He's my boyfriend. Other than that, why should I care what his identity is?"
Exusiai did not care in the slightest, and Emperor could not be bothered to say anything more. He merely covered his head helplessly.
"Um... Boss, you should know about me, right? Do you know why I went north?"
"No." Emperor waved a hand. "How would I know why you showed up in a place like that and caused such a mess?"
"A mess?"
"Yeah. Thanks to you, Sami and Ursus—no, Terra itself—is practically done for."
Emperor casually spoke of something terrifying, with not the slightest hint of tension on his face.
Without giving Mizuki a chance to ask anything, he pulled out his gun—a gun made from cardboard—and fired directly at Mizuki.
Almost no one had time to react. Yet the rubber bullet, powerful enough to pierce a car windshield, was forcibly caught by some unseen force before Mizuki and dropped to the floor.
"Stop."
As soon as Mizuki spoke, the tentacles that had been ready to make Emperor their dinner all withdrew into the corner. They had instinctively protected Mizuki just now.
"Boss, what are you doing?"
Exusiai frowned deeply. Emperor had shown her much kindness, care, and tolerance, like an elder, but Mizuki was her boyfriend. She could not understand why Emperor would do something like this.
"Don't be so tense. Even if I emptied the whole magazine from this toy, it wouldn't be able to scratch him."
"What if it hit his eye?"
"Heh. Even if his head got blown