The Iudex's day off

Chapter 97 - Splash

 He looked at me somewhat surprised, dropping the last guy he had been choking, as he held him in the air with one hand.

 God, that's hot!

 ... 

 Wriothesely you idiot!

 This isn't the time for that!

 "Neuv! Neuvillette! You need to go back! You need to go, right now! The girls are in danger! They rigged their meeting room with Primordial Seawater! I'll take care of this place so just go!"

 His eyes widened, filling with worry and unrestrained fury.

 "If you need me just shout." He said before disappearing.

 Okay, I've informed Neuvillette and he went back to the girls.

 The first half is done.

 Now...

 I couldn't help but kick the person closest to me.

 Tsk!

 You damn bastards!

 Surprisingly enough, there was no reaction. Not even a flinch.

 They are either out cold or...

 Suspicious rose within me as I crouched down, feeling his pulse.

 Huh?

 Wait...

 !!!

 He's dead.

 Shock filled me for a moment.

 I had never seen Neuvilette kill before.

 Not with the bombing incident.

 Not even when Mallory broke into my office.

 Even that harbinger was left alive.

 All of them were simply knocked out and restrained.

 But...

 To think I of all people would be thinking so much about this?

 Hah!

 The irony.

 And it isn't as if I lived my life thinking that Neuvillette was this innocent and helpless person.

 He's a dragon, for archons' sake.

 A dragon whose bottom line had been touched over and over.

 Now someone even dared to break in and try to destroy a place I told him he could call his own.

 Tsk!

 "If Neuvillette hadn't killed you, I sure would have."

 After throwing this bunch of useless trash onto the elevator, I went to inspect the damages that the explosion had caused.

 Hmm...

 Luckily, there isn't much damage. The walls are slightly burned, but that's all.

 Looking at how there was evidence of the fires being put out with water, Neuvillette probably arrived pretty soon after the explosion.

 Phew.

 That's good.

 My little dragon is the best in the end.

 I can just leave everything to him. In the meantime, I'll finish clearing out the trash.

 I won't be of much help even if I start running towards the Opera Epiclese now.

 I walked back to the levator grumbling about my lack of ability to teleport.

 I never thought about it before, but after getting teleported around Fontaine by Neuvillette, walking suddenly feels incredibly inconvenient.

 I was just about to start the elevator when-

 Huh?

 Isn't one missing?

 The one Neuvillette was choking when I found him.

 I swear I threw that one on here as well...

 A sense of dread suddenly filled me.

 No way!

 A shiver ran down my spine as I whipped my head around.

 But it was already too late.

 I had been so preoccupied with the explosion, the girls, and Neuvillette that I completely forgot to pay attention to my own surroundings.

 By the time I turned around the only thing I could see was a splash of vibrant colored water flying towards me.

 I can't dodge it!

 I can't stop it either!

 "Neu-"

 Splash!

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 Okay, listen...

 This cliffhanger...

 ...

 *Runs for dear life!

 "I have no regrets!" The author shouted, running from the angry mob.