"Hello... if you have something, please contact Kagaya Ubuyashiki; if you have nothing, please also contact Kagaya Ubuyashiki."
"For diplomatic issues, please contact Testarossa."
"For all other issues, please contact Rigurd."
"If you have no issues, please hang up directly. Thank you."
"..."
Rob Lucci, on the other end of the phone, listened to the voice coming from the receiver with a dark expression.
"Um... Lord Zhong Chen, I am Rob Lucci, and I have something to report directly to you!"
Zhong Chen was surprised to hear Rob Lucci on the phone.
"What is it?"
Rob Lucci said respectfully:
"We found the missing Lady Ramiris."
"Ramiris? You're not kidding me, are you? She wasn't just..."
"Oh my god, where is Ramiris?!"
Zhong Chen was about to say that she was just in the car, but upon closer inspection, he realized Ramiris was indeed gone.
"Huh?! A Chen, Ramiris is gone!"
"Wow, it's true, she disappeared."
Rimuru and Milim, alerted by Zhong Chen's exclamation, also noticed Ramiris had vanished.
"Sakuya, Grayfia, why didn't you two remind me?"
"Hehe, at the time, I thought Lady Ramiris would be fine and could fly back on her own."
"But she didn't return for a long time, and I thought she had gone to play and would find her way back once she had fun."
"I just didn't expect her to get lost all the way to the Imperial Capital."
Sakuya explained calmly.
"Uh..."
"Lord Zhong Chen, are you still listening?"
"I am. Alright, you guys take care of Ramiris for now. I'll be right there."
"Finding Ramiris is a great achievement, and I'll have Souei raise your salaries."
Hearing Lucci's words, Zhong Chen instantly became a good boss, using salary raises to motivate his employees.
"Yes, Lord Zhong Chen."
"Okay, I'll hang up now."
After speaking, Zhong Chen hung up the phone, then turned to Rimuru and the others and said:
"Ramiris is with Esdeath and the others. I'll go ahead, and you can slowly make your way to the Imperial Capital."
"Master, let me come too. After all, I'm very familiar with the Imperial Capital."
Hearing Zhong Chen's words, Esdeath, in the passenger seat, asked with an expectant look.
"No, you still have to be in charge of the army on this journey. Anyway, we'll reach the Imperial Capital in two or three days; there's no rush."
"Alright, if it's your command."
Seeing Esdeath's obedience, Zhong Chen nodded in satisfaction, then his figure instantly vanished from the driver's seat.
"Hehe, A Chen is gone, this car is Mine!"
Seeing the vanished Zhong Chen, Milim's eyes lit up, and she eagerly jumped into the driver's seat, shouting.
"Milim, can you really do it?"
"Hehe, I'm a Demon Lord!"
With that, she stepped on the accelerator, the car engine roared, and the vehicle instantly shot forward.
At this moment, Esdeath and the others nervously watched Ramiris, who was holding a lollipop and happily licking it.
As for what happened below, they no longer cared at all; nothing was as important as this ancestor.
Swish... Seeing the suddenly appearing figures, several people quickly placed their right hands on their chests and shouted loudly:
"Lord Zhong Chen!"
"Hmm, hahaha, Ramiris, you have your day too!!!"
Zhong Chen first smiled and nodded at Esdeath and the others, then saw Ramiris sitting on a picnic cloth, licking a lollipop.
His expression instantly changed, full of mockery.
"Ahh, you hateful A Chen, if it weren't for you, how could I get lost?!"
Seeing Zhong Chen, Ramiris instantly transformed into a tyrant, throwing away her favorite lollipop and flying onto Zhong Chen's head.
She gripped his hair tightly with both hands and pulled upwards.
"Ahhh, you hateful dragonfly, let go!"
Hearing Zhong Chen's address, Ramiris pouted angrily.
Not only did she not let go, but her two small feet also kept stomping on Zhong Chen's head.
"Hmph, I am the Queen of Spirits, and you call me a dragonfly, I... I... I'll stomp you to death!"
Feeling the small movements on his head, Zhong Chen couldn't help but show a doting smile.
Their playful antics also infected Rob Lucci and the others; even Katakuri rarely showed a smile.
Each of them was actually very grateful to Zhong Chen and the other top brass of the Monster Country Federation.
Esdeath was grateful that Zhong Chen had resurrected his mother.
Katakuri thought of his younger siblings, who were currently studying peacefully in Academy City.
Rob Lucci was very satisfied with his current stable life; his companions no longer had to live in fear and risk their lives.
Everyone could live the life they wanted.
As for Drake and the others, they also had their own reasons.
"Alright, alright, I was wrong, isn't that enough? Who knew you could be blown away by a gust of wind!"
In the end, Zhong Chen was the first to concede, as it was indeed he who had lost Ramiris.
"Here, Sakuya asked me to bring you this small cake."
With that, a small plate containing an exquisite pastry appeared in Zhong Chen's hand.
"Hmph, that's more like it. Help me thank Sakuya, hehe."
Ramiris first gave a small, proud huff, then eagerly took the small cake and flew to the picnic cloth to enjoy it.
Zhong Chen could only shake his head helplessly at the sight.
"What did I do wrong! Aren't you just a bunch of useless country bumpkins from out of town?!"
"Like livestock! How I treat you is my freedom!"
A loud shout attracted the attention of Zhong Chen and the others, only to see the blonde girl Aria below shouting with a deranged expression.
It turned out that while they were watching Ramiris, Tatsumi, just like in the original story, was led to open the warehouse.
However, this time, Ieyasu and Sayo were not inside, but seeing the warehouse full of bodies that had been tortured to death,
Tatsumi still couldn't help but feel a chill down his spine. If Night Raid and the others hadn't come to assassinate this family,
he probably would have been one of them.
"A family of sadists disguised as good people..."
Leone looked at Aria with a gloomy expression and whispered.
"Burial..."
Pfft!
Akame instantly appeared beside the screaming Aria and, with a swift slash, beheaded her.
This time, Tatsumi did not ask to do it himself but stood by, watching coldly.
"Ieyasu, Sayo, where exactly are you?"
Seeing this scene, Tatsumi couldn't help but feel immense worry for the safety of his two companions.
"Ah ah ah ah!!!"
"Tatsumi, catch me!"
"Eh?... Eh!!! Sayo! Ieyasu!"
Tatsumi looked up, following the sound.
He saw Sayo and Ieyasu, whom he had been thinking about, falling straight down from the sky towards him.
"Heave-ho, ouch!"
Tatsumi seized the opportunity, catching both of them, one in each hand. The weight transmitted to his hands caused him to be pulled down to the ground as well.
"Phew, we survived."
"Tatsumi, it's so good that you're okay!"
The two excitedly hugged Tatsumi, their faces wet with tears of joy from their long-awaited reunion.
"How did these two appear? This isn't good, something's wrong, everyone be on alert!"
Leone looked at the two who suddenly descended from the sky and sternly warned Akame and the others.
"Lubbock, protect Mine well."
"Bulat, Akame, if things go south, you two retreat first, I'll cover the rear."
"No, I'll cover the rear. How can a true man let a woman cover his rear?"
Bulat's voice came from inside his armor.
"Hey, hey, hey, this makes it sound like we're the villains. I consider myself a good person."
A gentle breeze blew, and several figures appeared on the scene without warning. The leading youth looked at them with a playful expression...