"Thank you for the hospitality."

The girl caressed her belly, looking satisfied.

"...You still have the nerve to say that you ate 70% of our food in one go."

Just as Caesar said, although this girl looked slender, she ate about 70% of the food shared by Lu, Roland and Caesar in one go, while Lu and the others were only half full.

.

"Now that you're full, can you introduce yourself to us?"

"Yes, you are right. My name is Izumi Soze Nanase, and I am one of the players of the Eternal Rising Sun, the representative team of the Empire of the Rising Sun."

Nanase Izumi introduced herself to them, and this girl didn't seem like she couldn't explain things, so Lu and the others decided to try communicating with her first.

"We are members of the Northfield team. My name is Lu Northfield and I am the captain of the Northfield team. These two are my adopted brothers, Caesar Clausel and Roland Randall.

.”

"I am Caesar Clausel."

"I'm Roland."

Both parties introduced themselves to each other, but after hearing Lu introduce herself, Nanase Izumi's expression changed instantly. Her eyes were suddenly full of aggression, and she clenched the knife in her hand.

He swung it at Lu, but because the knife was so sudden, Lu couldn't react at once, and even a trace of his hair was cut off.

"So you are that Lu! I have been looking for you for so long and finally found you! I am going to kill you!"

"Wait a minute, what kind of hatred do you and I have?"

Lu asked the other party while avoiding his attack, but now Nanase was full of anger towards him and didn't know what the situation was.

"It's absolutely true, Lu! It's you, you bastard! It's because of your existence... If you... if you hadn't left the Empire of the Rising Sun, Kotone wouldn't have been crying in tears all these years!"

Lu suddenly understood something when he heard this. He continued to dodge the opponent's attack and said to Roland and Caesar: "You two, don't take action. I have something to ask her."

Caesar and Roland nodded. After confirming that they would not take action, Lu suddenly stopped dodging. Seeing him suddenly stop, Nanase also stopped and asked.

Said: "Why did you stop?"

"I know I'm sorry for Qinyin, but I have to do this."

"Although I don't know why, you left Miss Kotone... How did Miss Kotone spend these five years? Miss Kotone shed tears every day... It's all your fault.

!dew!"

"I also know that all this is my fault, Miss Nanase, I don't expect to be forgiven by you, but...can I ask, what is the relationship between you and Kotone?"

"She is the person I swore allegiance to. I have been responsible for protecting Miss Qinyin's safety since I was 5 years old. Back then... when you were in the Empire of the Rising Sun, I temporarily left the Empire of the Rising Sun because of my training, but... when I returned

When I came to the Empire of the Rising Sun, I always felt lonely and dazed when I saw Miss Kotone... And when I understood the reason why she was always so lonely, I swore that if I met you one day, I would definitely kill you.

!As an apology for causing pain to Miss Kotone!"

"I know, if you want to take action, just do it."

"Okay, very good, since you said so, I will make it happen for you!"

Nanase held the knife tightly in his hand and stabbed it straight at Lu's heart, but even so, Lu still didn't move at all, and Roland and Caesar who were beside him also didn't move at all.

The straight thrust was already close to Lu's chest, but... this straight thrust only hit Lu's chest, leaving a small wound on his chest.

"...Why didn't you dodge? And why didn't your two sworn brothers help you?"

"It's very simple, because although there is indeed anger in your attack, there is no malice or murderous intention, so I know that you will not kill in pain."

"………………"

Nanase was silent for a while, then put the knife against his chest back into the sheath on his waist.

"Humph, I confirmed it in my own way. This way I can confirm that it is not unreasonable for Miss Qinyin to yearn for you so much. What I did just now can be regarded as paying off your debt to Miss Qinyin.

"

"Thank you, Miss Nanase."

"There is a rule in our Empire of the Rising Sun. If we are friends, we should address each other as equals. There is no need to add the title of Mr. or Miss."

"In that case, thank you Nanase."

"Well, by the way, three of you, now that our personal grudges have been resolved, can we form a temporary alliance?"

"alliance?"

Seeing that they seemed to have settled their personal grudges, Roland and Caesar walked up to Lu and Nanase and began to discuss the "alliance" proposal. Naturally, the person discussing with her was Lu as the captain.

"Yes, I want to form a temporary alliance with you."

"But why did you choose to form an alliance with us? There are many teams that are stronger than us."

"That's right, but I am also thinking about Miss Qinyin's safety. Miss Qinyin is very afraid of strangers, especially men. The only thing she believes in is you, and your strength is indeed undoubted.

The two people beside you are naturally very powerful, so this is the judgment I think is most appropriate."

Although Lu wanted to agree to this proposal, and she also cared about Kotone's safety, but... he was still very worried about Althea's current situation, so he also said to Nanase very apologetically: "Nanase

, I'm really sorry. Although I really want to agree to your proposal, but... I'm also very worried about the other partners in our team. Especially just now, one of our teammates' life response suddenly disappeared.

Yes, so..."

"So you want to reject this proposal, right?"

Lu could only nod helplessly.

"So...can I ask you a question?"

"what is the problem?"
Chapter completed!