Chapter 491: E-rank promotion test (3)
Thanks to the fact that the idiot had calmed down after taking a beating, the advance from that point onward was surprisingly smooth.
The formation remained the same as when we first entered: Baum as the vanguard, with Mirif and me taking the middle and rear positions. He shot me a look as if to say, “Shouldn’t the strongest one be leading?” but after almost dying once, he didn’t dare voice any complaints.
‘...He’s probably going to cause trouble at least once more before we get out of here.’
At that point, even Mirif wouldn’t be able to stop me if I decided to kill him. She had clearly heard me say that I’d kill him if he started acting up again.
“Sister Lily...”
“...What?”
“Oh, I just wanted to thank you for earlier. If not for you, I might have been seriously hurt.”
“...Right.”
“Yes...”
Despite my cold tone, Mirif couldn’t seem to find the words to continue.
Priests always have this problem. They’re so gentle and soft-spoken that they can’t express their emotions directly. If Agnes had been here instead, she probably would have roasted that idiot with fire magic long before I lost my patience.
And if it had been Ethan, he would have drawn his sword the moment the idiot tried to touch my mask...