Despite having become a little displeased, Eris had come to the gates of Milishion.
Though she was the type to change gears quickly, she was still unhappy.
As for why...
"Wait! Please wait!"
The youth who had been revived after fainting had come running after her.
"I'm sorry about before. I was a bit confused from the shock..."
The youth had said this and politely bowed his head.
It was because of this that Eris's mood could still be called "a little" displeased.
The boy had just barely managed to escape from death.
However, had it not been for fainting after one hit, then he probably wouldn't have been capable of doing something as vigorous as running after Eris.
"I'm Cliff. Cliff Grimoire!"
"...I'm Eris."
Eris had decided to give up on giving the name 『Dead End』.
She couldn't give Ruijerd's name to a person she had beaten up in impatience.
"Eris-san! That's a wonderful name! That outfit means you're a swordswoman, right!? By all means, please form a party with me!"
Dead centre in the middle of the road was Cliff, who was talking on and on.
Eris had been thinking to just go with the flow and knock him out, but for now she was enduring.
"Don't want to."
Eris turned away in a huff and walked away.
Honestly speaking, she wasn't used to this kind of person.
To continue to approach her even after being beaten up...
Of the people she knew, there was basically only Rudeus.
"Is that so? Then please, at least let me cover you from behind! People have been saying that I'm a sage in the making. I'll definitely be useful!"
Had Rudeus been here...
'Just who exactly is a sage in the making(lit. sage's egg)? At best you're an unfertilized egg, you virgin asshole!'[4]
He probably would have spat out such insults towards the boy.
In his mind, at least.
Eris didn't say such vulgar insults.
'If you're an egg, then how about I break you to pieces and fry you sunny side up?' was all she had been thinking.
"I don't think even you've met a magician as strong as me, Eris-san. At any rate, I'm stronger than your average A ranked magician after all."
Being told this, Eris became annoyed.
To her, the "strongest magician" was none other than Rudeus.
Rudeus was such a skilled magician that even Ruijerd had acknowledged him.
Though he was certainly A ranked, you couldn't lump him together with any run-of-the-mill A rankers.
"By all means, please confirm this with your own eyes!"
'Then I will have a look!' Eris had ended up thinking.
"Fine. Come along, then."
"Yes!