You all went off to Durandal's territory without even telling me. It would have been fine if you'd rescued her, but if you hadn't, and something happened to you... what was I supposed to do?
"Why didn't you tell me about something like this? Do you see me as someone so cold and heartless, someone who doesn't care about her companions?" By this point, Nacitanie was clearly a little angry. They had directly treated her like an outsider—how could that possibly make her happy?
If Nacitanie hadn't noticed that they had all disappeared and arrived here in time under Guan Xing's guidance, she might have lost several more capable subordinates.
There were only so many people in Night Raid to begin with, and half of them were here.
"No, Boss, you've misunderstood. We didn't mean that. We were just worried..."
Hearing Nacitanie's words, Leone hurried to explain, only to realize... she couldn't explain herself at all.
"I'm sorry, Boss! It's all because of me. Because of my selfishness..." Myouji stepped forward of her own accord, lowering her head as she took all the blame upon herself in a guilty voice.
"...Forget it!"
Nacitanie opened her mouth, but in the end, she merely sighed and gave up on saying anything.
It wasn't that she didn't know Chelsea's situation. On the contrary, she knew it very well, which was why she hadn't been worried at all. She had gone to see Durandal before.
After all, even if everyone in the Empire was evil, there was one person who definitely wasn't.
That person was Durandal...
She was a true knight, with countless shining virtues, though she could be a little willful at times because of her hobbies.
For example... forcing Chelsea to become a cat.
There had been two reasons for her visit