"How pathetic. Even with equal experience, she still got beaten this badly. Hopefully Touko will behave herself after this."
A deep voice rang out amid the sea of flowers, more than half of which had been reduced to ruins.
Glancing at Touko Aozaki, who slowly emerged from the shadow behind him, drawing more breath in than she let out, Roland mercilessly snapped his fingers and sank her back into the shadows.
"All right, focus on recovering after this. Prepare to spend your entire life repaying my kindness. There's no need for losers here for now."
As he spoke, Aoko Aozaki used the power of Mana Burst to stand on the ground again, though as far as her current bodily sensations went, it was no different from standing upside down on the ceiling.
"You found the trick to adapting so quickly even with your frame of reference completely reversed. Should I first congratulate you on finally becoming a real True Magic User?"
"Who cares about that stuff?! You, on the other hand-even after coming back to the past, you still chose to save Touko. She really must mean a lot to you."
Aoko Aozaki snorted, but instead of making a fuss over Roland's true identity as she had before, she conversed with him quite calmly.
"Of course. She's my precious property. From this moment on, Touko Aozaki will create value for me for all eternity. That won't change even when the universe meets its end. I couldn't possibly let such a fortune slip away."
"Tch... I thought you cared more about that so-called Ascension and Heaven than wealth. You're that kind of stubborn bastard."
Aoko Aozaki spoke without the slightest courtesy.
Despite her rude words, Aoko's tone carried the familiarity of someone talking to an acquaintance.
Not that anyone could have