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h the castle, it might enter the city, but that has nothing to do with me.

It’s true that I heard Lilixira’s request and came to defend the capital.
But then she was the one who betrayed me.
There’s no way I’m going to uphold an agreement with someone who, not only tried to kill me, but even was about to kill Aro who was doing nothing but trying to run away.
The adventurers who came in without knowing anything and tried to kill me for fame and glory disgust me too.

…In truth, I half-doubted whether it would even be possible for Lilixira to create a world where I could fit into a town.
I knew deep down that such a thing would never go so well.
Even still, when I heard that the world was in danger, I put my life on the line to come and defeat the Demon Lord.
Even now, had Lilixira not betrayed me, I would probably be putting my life on the line to stop the ruin.

『…Aro, partner, I’m seriously sorry for bringing you to such a horrible place.
We’ll pick up the nightmare and the others, then get away from here.』

As I send my [Telepathy], I glare at the adventurers to check that none of them have the will to fight.
It looks like most of them still can’t move.
They scream as they look at me, trying desperately to move away.
Some of the others desperately bow down to me, covered in blood.

There’s just one of them who, even when I glare at him, only howls madly.
He’s the archer who shot at my belly in the battle.
It looks like the wounds sustained in the wake of the ruin are more important to him than the dragon in front of him.
If I think about his actions up to now, I get the impression he might actually be an important figure.

“Tina, this can’t be true! This… Hey, open your eyes! Hey!”

…If I look closely, I can see the limp figure of a female adventurer in his arms.
She must be an acquaintance of his.
It doesn’t look like he’s at all aware of his own injuries or my gaze on him.

…All of these guys are living people.
It feels like I had lost sight of that in my hate for Lilixira.

I shake my head.
What am I thinking? It’s not as though that’s something I’m able to fight.
I also have things I need to do.

Now that the slime has become like that, as long as I can survive this, there’s no possibility of it evolving and coming after me.
The agreement with Lilixira is long since scrapped.
Even if I tried my best here, I doubt her faction would try and ally with me again, and even if they did, I wouldn’t accept it.

Besides, it’s not like it’s only my life on the line.
If I fought, my partner would die too.
If I took my eyes off them, the adventurers could kill Aro and the others.
With only thirty minutes, the ruin’s destruction will be limited to just this city.
If its focus doesn’t move from the castle, the damage won’t be that large either.

That’s why, whatever happens from here on, it has nothing to do with me.
There’s no reason for me to stake my life.
Right, this is fine.

My partner stares at my face.
I think for a moment she’s about to say something, but she just stares.

“OOOoO, OOOOOOOO!”

Suddenly, I hear the ruin’s voice from far above.
An iridescent light blooms in the city.

It should be too high up.
That [Ruin] skill can affect places so far away? A second, and then a third bloom of iridescent light follows the first.
I scowl at the lights while clenching my teeth.
I can’t see it from here, but no doubt the city is in a terrible state.

『…Hey, partner, we’re going to do it, right?』

My partner sends me her thoughts.
But, we have no reason to play along with the slime’s suicide…

『For a while now, you’ve had a more pained expression than when you fought that.
You’re just making excuses, but running away isn’t like you.
We’re going to settle it with that, right?』

B-but…

『It’s not like you to say that people are getting what they deserve, or that they should drop dead.
Let’s show that shrewd traitor our pride and stubornness.
If she knows we defeated that thing, it’ll break her nerves.
That’s the best way to get revenge.』

…『We』, huh.
Now that you’ve said that much, I can’t exactly back down.
Thank you, partner.

『…I thought I was fed up with your softness.
I wonder when it rubbed off on me.』

A deliberate exasperated expression plays across her face.