Then it suddenly came to me. Had it really been necessary to return my hair and eye color back to normal?
I had gotten a little carried away, but it was nothing short of an act that would accelerate the exposing of my identity.
[[Do not worry. You looked very cool.]]
Uh, is that a good reason?
…Well, alright then.
It wasn’t the most convincing argument, but it can’t be bad if Ciel says it’s fine.
Now, before I quickly defeat Bernaclad, I should think about the students, just in case.
“Laplace! Protect the students here!”
“Sure thing!”
Faithfully, Laplace obeyed my order and constructed a defense barrier over the barrier that was already there.
In fact, it would be rather difficult for me in my current state to hold off the shockwaves of Laplace and Bernaclad, should they battle.
And of course, neither could the students.
And so I could not leave the fighting to Laplace.
Tear was not likely able to beat Bernaclad, so the best option was to fight him myself.
In any case, now the students’ safety was assured.
No matter how strong a demon Bernaclad was, Laplace was an awakened demon lord. If he created a defense barrier, no attack would break through it.
The only thing left to do was for me to defeat Bernaclad.
“Hahaha. You think one little insect is going to be enough to entertain me?”
Bernaclad said confidently as he looked at me.
“…Well, he’s dead.”
“But, if the others find out later that he talked to Rimuru like that, and that we didn’t do anything… Won’t they be furious?”
“…Tear. Don’t say such ominous things. If Souei and Diablo found out about this… I don’t want to even imagine what they might do to us. They won’t stop, regardless of Lord Rimuru’s forgiveness.”
“Right? Right?”
“Well, thankfully, we’re the only ones here now. So let’s keep it a secret.”
“Okay! I won’t tell anyone.”
“Good. Otherwise, we’ll end up in the worst kind of danger.”
I could hear their hushed voices whispering to each other, but it was me who said that I would fight, so they were not responsible.
Besides, in a way, it couldn’t be helped that people would underestimate me now.
After all, I was no different than any other human.
So Bernaclad’s estimation of me wasn’t particularly wrong.
“Sorry, but I don’t think it will be that fun for you. It’s nothing personal, but I don’t like to hold back. If you want to be angry about it, don’t hate me, hate yourself for having the wrong amount of strength.”
I said to Bernaclad, without much interest.
Really, there wasn’t any deeper meaning to my words.
If he had been just a little weaker, just enough so that the Rock Elephant and the others could have stopped him…I would not have had to annihilate him.
