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"Hello... If you need something, please contact Kagaya. If you don't need anything, please contact Kagaya anyway."
"For diplomatic matters, please contact Testarossa."
"For everything else, please contact Rigurd."
"If you have no business, please hang up directly. Thank you."
"..."
Rob Lucci listened to the voice coming from the receiver with a dark expression on his face.
"Um... Kaito-sama, this is Rob Lucci. I have something important I need to report to you personally."
Hearing Rob Lucci's voice, Kaito sounded somewhat puzzled.
"What is it?"
Rob Lucci immediately answered respectfully:
"We found the missing Ramiris-sama."
"Ramiris? You're not messing with me, right? Wasn't she just..."
Kaito was halfway through saying she was still in the car when he suddenly realized something.
"Oh crap, where's Ramiris?!"
"Eh?! Kai-chan, Ramiris is gone!"
"Wah, you're right! She disappeared!"
Rimuru and Milim also finally realized Ramiris was missing after hearing Kaito shout.
"Sakuya, Grayfia, why didn't either of you remind me?!"
"Hehe, at first I assumed Ramiris-sama would simply fly back on her own."
"But after she didn't return for a long time, I thought she must've gone off to play somewhere and would eventually come back herself."
"I just didn't expect her to get lost all the way to the Imperial Capital."
Sakuya calmly explained.
"..."
"Kaito-sama? Are you still there?"
"I'm listening."
"Alright, take care of Ramiris for now. I'll head over immediately."
"Finding Ramiris is a huge achievement. I'll have Souei give you a raise later."
The moment he heard the report, Kaito instantly transformed into the perfect boss and began motivating his employees with salary increases.
"Yes, Kaito-sama."
"Alright, I'm hanging up."
After ending the call, Kaito turned toward Rimuru and the others.
"Ramiris is currently with Ace and the others. I'm going over there first. You guys can continue heading toward the Imperial Capital at your own pace."
"Master, allow me to accompany you. I'm very familiar with the Imperial Capital."
Esdeath, who sat in the passenger seat, immediately asked expectantly.
"No need. You still have to oversee the army on the way there."
"Besides, we're only two or three days away from the Imperial Capital anyway. There's no rush."
"Understood. Since it's your order."
Seeing Esdeath act so obediently, Kaito nodded in satisfaction before instantly disappearing from the driver's seat.
"Hehe, Kai-chan's gone! This car belongs to Milim now!"
Milim's eyes immediately lit up as she excitedly jumped into the driver's seat.
"Milim... can you even drive?"
"Hehe, I'm a Demon Lord!"
The moment she finished speaking, she slammed down on the accelerator.
ROOOAR!!!
The Humvee instantly shot forward.
Meanwhile, Ace and the others nervously stared at Ramiris, who was happily licking a lollipop nearby.
At this point, nobody cared about what was happening below anymore.
Nothing was more important than this little ancestor.
Whoosh!
The moment a figure suddenly appeared, everyone immediately placed a hand over their chest and shouted:
"Kaito-sama!"
"Mm. Hahahaha! Ramiris, serves you right this time!"
Kaito first smiled and nodded toward everyone before spotting Ramiris sitting on a picnic blanket happily licking her lollipop.
His expression instantly turned smug.
"Ahhh! You horrible Kai-chan! If it weren't for you, I would've never gotten lost!"
The moment she saw Kaito, Ramiris immediately transformed into a tiny tyrant.
She tossed aside her precious lollipop, flew straight onto Kaito's head, grabbed his hair with both hands, and started yanking upward furiously.
"Ow ow ow! You hateful dragonfly, let go of me!"
Hearing that nickname, Ramiris instantly puffed up angrily.
Not only did she refuse to let go, she even stomped repeatedly on Kaito's head with her tiny feet.
"Hmph! I'm the Spirit Queen! Yet you actually called me a dragonfly?! I-I-I'll stomp you to death!"
Feeling the tiny kicks on his head, Kaito unconsciously revealed a doting smile.
Even Rob Lucci and the others couldn't help smiling after watching the two fool around.
Even Katakuri rarely showed expressions like this.
Truthfully, every single one of them felt grateful toward Kaito and the upper ranks of the Jura Tempest Federation.
Ace was grateful because Kaito had resurrected her mother.
Katakuri thought about his younger siblings peacefully studying in Academy City.
Rob Lucci was satisfied with his current peaceful life. His companions no longer needed to constantly risk their lives in fear.
Everyone could finally live however they wanted.
As for Drake and the others, they each had their own reasons as well.
"Alright, alright, I was wrong, okay? Who would've thought you'd actually get blown away by the wind?"
In the end, Kaito was the first to surrender.
After all, he really was the one who accidentally lost Ramiris.
"Here. Sakuya asked me to bring this cake for you."
As he spoke, a small plate holding an exquisite little cake appeared in Kaito's hand.
"Hmph! That's more like it. Make sure to thank Sakuya for me, hehe."
Ramiris first let out a proud little hmph before immediately grabbing the cake and flying back to the picnic blanket to enjoy it.
Kaito could only shake his head helplessly.
"What did I even do wrong?! Aren't you all just useless country bumpkins from the countryside?!"
"You're basically livestock! How I treat you is my freedom!"
A sharp scream suddenly drew everyone's attention downward.
Below them, the blonde girl Aria was hysterically shouting with a twisted expression on her face.
While everyone had been focused on Ramiris, Tatsumi had still ended up opening the warehouse just like in the original story.
The only difference was that Ieyasu and Sayo weren't inside.
But looking at the warehouse packed with horribly tortured corpses, Tatsumi still felt a chill run through his entire body.
If Night Raid hadn't attacked tonight...
He probably would've ended up becoming one of those corpses himself.
"A family of sadists pretending to be good people..."
Leone muttered darkly while staring at Aria.
"Bury."
Slash!
Akame instantly appeared beside the screaming Aria and cut off her head in one clean strike.
This time, Tatsumi didn't stop her.
He merely stood there silently watching with cold eyes.
"Ieyasu! Sayo! Where are you two?!"
Seeing all of this only made Tatsumi even more worried about his missing friends.
"AAAAAHHHH!!!"
"Tatsumi! Catch us!!!"
"Eh?... EH?! Sayo?! Ieyasu?!"
Tatsumi hurriedly looked upward after hearing the voices.
Then he saw Sayo and Ieyasu falling directly out of the sky toward him.
"Uwaaaah?!"
Tatsumi barely managed to catch both of them under his arms before getting dragged onto the ground by the impact.
"Phew... we're alive..."
"Tatsumi! Thank god you're okay!"
The two tearfully hugged Tatsumi tightly after finally reuniting with him.
"Where did those two suddenly come from? Something's wrong. Everyone, stay alert."
Leone immediately warned Akame and the others with a serious expression.
"Lubbock, protect Mine."
"Bulat, Akame, if things go bad, you two retreat first. I'll cover the rear."
"No. I'll stay behind."
Bulat's deep voice echoed from inside his armor.
"How can a real man let a woman cover his retreat?"
"Hey, hey, hey... you're making it sound like we're the bad guys here."
A gentle breeze swept through the area as several figures suddenly appeared without warning.
At the front stood a young man looking at everyone with an amused smile on his face...