Soon, all the lizardmen have fallen.
Not only did they fall to Diere’s blades, they also fell to Lumia’s fists and Melika’s magic.
Those three girls displayed superhuman abilities. Especially Diere, who made Shien change the way he saw her to a certain degree.
Even Lumia and Melika gave worshipful looks at Diere.
“As expected, Diere’s still so strong.”
“No, she should have become even stronger than before, right?”
Lumia and Melika came over to Diere’s side and continuously chattered about like that.
It looks like those two girls were Diere’s fans.
Only, did they actually forget that Diere is actually younger than them?
Mah, there’s no rule that you can’t idolize someone younger. Wasn’t there a bunch of ladies madly following fresh meat far younger than themselves?
Got used to it is all.
“You’ve worked hard.”
While Shien was imagining random stuff, Vivian came up and checked over her friends. Her expression turned back to being gentle and friendly, completely different from the strong and confident showing she just had.
Naturally though, Diere didn’t particularly take everyone’s praise to heart.
“That much wasn’t really anything.” Diere’s voice was unshaken, “At least, I still can’t compare to her highness the princess.”
Those words attracted Shien’s attention.
Highness the princess?
Who’s that?
Without minding Shien’s thoughts, Vivian spoke again with a laugh.
“It’s a bit far-fetched to be comparing you to that one. Never mind within Mitra, no one in the world could compare to her. To find someone who could definitely win against her, even within all three worlds, you’re probably still limited to someone on the same level as the three great goddesses and the six great demon lords.”
What Vivain’s words received back was merely Diere’s silence.
However, that isn’t a voiceless rebuttal, but rather an agreement.
Obviously, Diere showed that she also agreed with Vivian’s words.
However…
“Hm?”
Shien suddenly gave a start.
Because, for some reason, Diere suddenly turned her head and looked towards him.
Although he had no way of seeing the expression or gaze underneath that hood, Shien could still feel that the gaze Diere gave him was filled with some considering meanings.
It was like she was giving Shien an appraisal, as if he’s being used as a comparison to something.
That action was something Shien really didn’t understand.
However, compared to that matter, Shien was more interested in a different subject.
“That [Magic Sword] just now was really amazing.”
With those words as a lead in, Shien tried to give a signal to Diere.
“… Hn.”
Diere was silent for a moment and nodded. It was a response at least.
“… If someone could learn it, no matter who it is, it would definitely be something to be proud of.”
Seeing that Diere’s response was so weak, Shien grimaced and continued trying to signal to her.
“Hn.”
This time, Diere gave Shien a strange look, followed by another cold nod, and again gave out a most basic level response.
“… Even though you’re so young, but as the saying goes, the first achievers lead, so even if it was something like being a teacher, you should be able to do it, right?”
Shien maintained a stiff smile and continue to furiously signal.
“…”
Diere went silent and no longer gave any more responses.
“…”
Shien too had ran out of words.
That girl is really hard to deal with.
“… What are they doing?”
“I… I don’t know…”
“Is that some kind of signal?”
Over by the side, Vivian, Lumia, and Melika looked at each other in non-understanding.