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“Master…” Preta cautiously looked up at me. “112 deaths are too much. You’ve already grown thin in just a few days. I almost didn’t recognize you—”
“Why? Have you become so loyal that you’re suddenly worried about my health?”
Preta hesitated, unsure if she should flatter me or be honest.
“…If you disappear, so will I,” she said, “Which means I won’t get to live in my little paradise. My life, my memories, and my values—everything will disappear. I am completely dependent on you, Master. Since I worry about myself, I’m also concerned about your health.”
“I like your honesty.” The corners of my mouth rose. “How is your life nowadays?”
“Pardon…?”
“You’re living in Estelle’s village, and the people you value more than your life have returned. How’s that going?”
After gaining the exclusive rights to the twentieth floor, I had set Preta loose in the village. I planned to let her stay in the village from now on, except for when I had a job for her like now.
“I’m… doing well,” she nervously answered.
“Is everything okay?”
“… Ah.” Preta blinked. “People calling themselves Hunters barged in one time. They said that the secret to how the Death King suddenly got strong must be here, and the Five Guilds must have hidden a treasure here… But the woman you brought—the Witch—and the Hunters under her command stopped them, so it didn’t turn into a big fight.”
The Black Dragon Guild’s service was as reliable as promised.
“None of the lords from the neighboring kingdoms come bother us anymore. They’re having a problem with the nomads that they brought in to attack us… Aside from them, both the empire and the temple declared my village a holy land. Lizardfolk and elves come and give us gifts from time to time.”
It seemed that things in the other world were going smoothly.
“Uhm… But…I lost my abilities,” Preta hesitantly continued.
I nodded.
“Sick people hear rumors about me so they come to the village…and, since the village has been declared a holy land,...
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