The Fastest Evolution of the Unrivaled Slime: My Rejected Skill was a Cheat for Super Efficient Leveling, So I Trained 100 Times Faster to Become the World’s Strongest

120. Laura’s Unexpected Side

Speaking of which, Eleanor said she was planning to come here with a friend. Could that friend be…?

“Laura, you got lost again, didn’t you? I told you I’d send someone from the inn!”

“No, the departure time from the inn was correct. We were supposed to head north from the inn, right? West is left. East is right. So I kept running straight ahead towards the north.”

“That’s only on the map! I told you we’d get lost like this!!”

I couldn’t believe the scene unfolding before my eyes.

Laura was saying something ridiculous. And Eleanor was scolding her.

It wasn’t a joke…this must be her true nature.

Laura had no sense of direction. In fact, she was terribly bad at it.

“By the way, that man said he dealt with the dragon species…Eleanor, what does that mean?”

Laura’s gaze turned towards me.

“It means just that! Arx’s friend defeated the dragon species, and Arx himself defeated the King Basilisk! And he even saved my life…”

“Saved your life? What does that mean?”

Eleanor explained the events up to now. Her story had some exaggerations about my feats, but the main points were accurate.

After listening to Eleanor’s story, Laura stood in front of me and said, “I see.”

“What, what is it…?”

Did I do something to upset her? I don’t think so, but…

While I was thinking that, unexpectedly, Laura bowed her head to me.

“Thank you for saving my friend.”

“N-no problem! I just happened to have the materials to neutralize the cockatrice poison!”

“But you still saved Eleanor. And I didn’t make it in time. …I’m not strong enough.”

Laura bowed her head again and expressed her gratitude with a sincere attitude.

She seemed completely different from when we faced each other yesterday. Yesterday, she was so terrifying, but now I even felt a sense of humanity from her.

“…What’s wrong?”

“Nothing, I was just surprised. I thought you hated me, Laura.”

“Hate you? Why would I?”

“Huh? You don’t?”

I thought Laura beat me up yesterday because she was mad that a D-rank adventurer like me wanted to join the strategy team.

But that wasn’t the case. Laura frowned slightly and looked at me with a puzzled expression.

“After fighting yesterday, I acknowledged both of your skills. Especially the move. It’s been a while since a human attack even grazed me.”

I was astonished by her unexpectedly high praise.

“Really!? Then why won’t you let me join the strategy team!?”

“Didn’t we agree that you could join if you beat me? I was just following that condition. And besides—”

At that moment, Laura’s expression darkened for a brief second, and she said,

“—there’s no need for a talented person to waste their potential.”

“That means…”

Before I could ask the true meaning of her words, Laura turned her back on me.

“Well then, Eleanor. If your quest is finished, let’s go back. You’ll take me to that ‘delicious restaurant’ once it’s done, right?”

“Y-yes! Got it!”

Laura grabbed Gerda by the scruff of the neck and started dragging him away from the town like a mother cat.

“Sorry, Arx! I’ll thank you properly another time! See you!”

Eleanor bowed deeply, then guided Laura in the right direction towards town, and they left.

As I stood there dumbfounded until their figures disappeared, Ilza tugged at my sleeve.

“Shall we go home too?”

Ilza’s direction was different from mine. I intended to summon a Warp Slime to escort her.

“…I’d prefer to walk back.”

To my surprise, Ilza suggested.

Since I didn’t have any particular plans, I agreed and started walking towards the forest.