As far as Li was concerned, making a contract with Amira was not something she disliked.

However, she regretted not confirming Amira’s own wishes.

But Amira herself had never been thinking about anything other than forming a contract with Li.

The reason was simple.

Li carried the same scent as the goddess who had created Amira.

Amira had long been curious about Li, who resembled the goddess she revered as her mother.

And regarding the dungeon’s conquest as well, she had quietly made several arrangements behind the scenes.

“Big Sister!”

The dungeon core Amira, whose light had now converged, had grown a little.

She had originally been a young girl just slightly older than Li’s little sister Sonia.

But now she appeared to be about the same age as Li’s younger brother Mertezio.

Seeing Amira in a dress that had become slightly too short, Li smiled.

It felt as though her own childhood self—when no one had helped her—had finally been saved as well.

“Amira, I want to confirm something. Are you truly happy forming a contract with me?”

“You’re the only one for me, Big Sister!”

“Thank you.”

Li stroked Amira’s head and hugged her.

“Ehehe,” Amira giggled shyly.

“Core, no... Amira. That is good.”

The remnant of the Founding King spoke with a gentle tone.

“Mm! It’s thanks to Richard!”

“Well then. Descendants of my bloodline. I apologize for the trouble, but I leave the rest to you.”

The trio—the King, the Chancellor and Li’s father—knelt together and lowered their heads.

“As His Majesty the Founding King wishes!”

“I told you there was no need to be so formal. You three already understand, do you not? Keep Li’s matter confidential.”

““Hai (yes)!””

The three voices overlapped.

“Big Sister, I’ll take you somewhere nice.”

‘Huh?’ Li thought, but the scenery had already changed.

“Where is this place?”

Looking around, Li asked the younger sister who was the dungeon core.

The place resembled the grasslands she had seen in the unexplored region.

“Big Sister, the black one was angry because it got its prey stolen.”

“The black one...”

Ah, the area boss.

Li remembered the incident where Trismegistus had acted ahead of her.

“So here. Here you can use magic as much as you want.”

“Is that so?”

The young girl nodded firmly.

“There’s a barrier that absorbs mana.”

Li felt as if scales had fallen from her eyes.

That was right.

She had been struggling between strengthening the barrier’s resistance or reducing the power of her own magic.

However, detuning her spells had not been going very well.

Instead of resisting power with power, she could simply absorb it.

For Li, that realization had been a blind spot caused by her assumptions.

Perhaps she really could use magic at full strength here.

However, she could not judge that on her own.

So she decided to summon her advisor, Trismegistus.

“Tori-chan!”

“Indeed, it is I, Trismegistus. So that young girl is the dungeon core.”

“Amira!”

“My apologies. You have been granted a name by my master. I am Trismegistus. I look forward to working with you.”

The girl crossed her arms and nodded proudly.

“My master, this has turned into quite a situation again.”

“What do you mean?”

“I am referring to the armor of the Light God Lufarsla.”

Come to think of it, the armor she had been wearing had disappeared at some point.

Li only noticed that now.

“That armor can wait! Magic is more important!”

“So magic is more important to you, master. As for the mana absorption here, it is quite excellent.”

At those words, Amira nodded vigorously.

“Well, if it becomes dangerous, I will stop you. Go ahead and try whatever you wish.”

“Ahem.”

Li cleared her throat.

She closed her eyes and focused.

What she imagined was a grand spell she had always wanted to use at least once in her life.

She slowly inhaled and opened her eyes.

“Kaiserdo Alzard Ki Suku Hanse Gross Silk!”

Mana gathered around Li.

Moreover, it crackled loudly and even scattered sparks.

It was Trismegistus who was shocked by this.

“W-wait! Master! What kind of chant is that?!”

Even the being who governed the wisdom of all creation had never heard such a spell.

That was only natural.

After all, it was a spell Li had admired in her previous life.

Arrogant and tyrannical.

A being who pushed forward on their own path no matter how unreasonable the world became.

Li had admired that kind of presence.

Lightning-like mana became visible around Li’s outstretched right hand.

“I’m firing it!”

“Waittttttt! Master, stop! That’s bad. That’s bad in many ways!”

Amira’s face turned pale.

Li’s mana—no, the magic itself—was surging far beyond expectations.

“Master!”

Although Li’s excitement had reached its peak, that voice brought her back to her senses.

With a clearly reluctant expression, she dispersed the mana.

“Master, that was cruel.”

“I really thought I could fire it.”

“If you had actually cast that spell, the dungeon would have collapsed.”

“That’s unfortunate.”

Li drooped in disappointment.