"I know, I came here because I heard that Brother Roa defeated the Headless Knight," Iris said, her pure eyes looking at Roa.
Roa happened to look down and met the girl's clear, innocent gaze. They locked eyes for a moment before quickly looking away.
Roa maintained his indifferent expression, but the girl seemed a bit flustered.
Roa spoke, "Iris, why did you come here? You didn't even write to tell me. Is everything alright in the capital?"
Iris blinked, pretending to be angry, and said, "Brother Roa, is that the first thing you ask when you see me? We haven't seen each other for three months!"
Roa sighed, feeling a bit helpless.
He reached out to touch the girl's forehead; her hair was as smooth as silk, and the texture was excellent.
Watching their interaction, Kazuma Satou, who had been silent, finally couldn't hold back. He looked at Roa and Iris and blurted out, "Are you siblings?"
Before Roa could shake his head, Iris quickly interjected, "No, he's my knight."
After a brief pause, Iris's gaze swept over the three people behind Roa.
Megumin, Darkness, and Aqua, the girl added, "My very own knight."
This statement revealed a lot.
Kazuma Satou naturally sensed the possessiveness in the girl's words. Perhaps she didn't know what kind of emotion that was, but as an observer, it was clear.
Roa shrugged and didn't refute the girl's words.
In fact, it was true; in some ways, he was indeed Iris's exclusive knight.
"However, most of the time, I call Brother Roa 'brother,' right, Big Brother?" The girl sweetly called out, a tone that every brother complex would dream of.
Kazuma Satou felt as if he had been struck by lightning upon hearing her call out "Big Brother," freezing in place.
The brother complex within him awakened, and a strange XP awakened.
However, the girl was not calling him but rather the blonde Roa in front of her.
Kazuma Satou looked at Roa, then at Iris's doll-like delicate face, and hearing her call out "brother" repeatedly, he felt utterly defeated.
"Is that so? I didn't expect you to have such a cute princess sister, Roa. I really didn't see that coming."
Kazuma Satou seemed to lose his dreams in that moment, his eyes dimming. The otaku standing aside muttered, "I thought we were on the same path, just ordinary people, but why did you become a chad in another world? Bastard, that's not fair!"
Kazuma Satou had already extracted all the information from Aqua.
Roa, like Kazuma Satou, was also a traveler from another world.
Although he didn't know how the other had died, his background was quite mysterious.
Moreover, the requests he made were very strange, asking for abilities that were quite useless, like that ring.
The Traveler's Fantasy.
Its function was to break through barriers as long as there was enough magic power, and these barriers could even connect two worlds.
Of course, reaching that level required very harsh conditions.
This led Aqua to think that Roa was an idiot for choosing such a superpower instead of something better.
But who would have thought that Roa could achieve such a level in this world? Even after Kazuma Satou brought Aqua to this world, Roa had become Aqua's support.
One could only say that karma is real; heaven spares no one.
Roa ignored Kazuma Satou's grumbling; such things were normal.
Some people rise, while others fall; it's just how it is.
Roa's gaze returned to Iris, his eyes flickering slightly as he asked again, "Iris, did you come here alone?"
Iris had no guards around her; at least, Roa didn't see any.
Iris nodded, admitting that she had sneakily run away.
The girl's decisive admission left the two in the room feeling a headache again.
As for why there were two, it was because Darkness was also troubled.
Roa rubbed his forehead, feeling somewhat helpless, and said, "So, Iris, did you come here to find me for something? Don't tell me you came just because you missed me; I won't believe that."
Iris put on a hurt expression, lowering her head and sadly saying to Roa, "Brother Roa, saying such things makes me feel very sad."
Roa shifted his gaze away from the girl's face, feeling that something was off; she didn't seem as easy to fool as before.
Iris lightly coughed, drawing the attention of the four with her habitual manner of speaking.
The girl softly said, "This time I came not only to see my long-lost brother but also to join your team."
Roa raised an eyebrow, looking intently at the girl in front of him.
With typical European features, the girl had a dignified aura, a small, delicate nose, and a cherry-like mouth that revealed her white teeth when slightly parted.
She was undoubtedly an extremely cute girl, but that didn't affect Roa's judgment. He quickly weighed the pros and cons in his mind.
Aside from being a princess of the kingdom, Iris was also a descendant of the hero.
In a world where the hero had already died, Iris's ability to wield the holy sword and use its power made her a formidable ally.
Of course, the so-called strength was relative; for Roa, it wasn't essential to have Iris.
Roa's mind raced as he continuously pondered the advantages and disadvantages.
Iris seemed to notice that the young man was still hesitating and hadn't made a decision. She shrugged, mimicking Roa's earlier gesture, and said, "Actually, I just came to inform you. I won't go back until I've had enough fun this time."
Hearing Iris say this, Roa frowned and directly asked, "From the beginning, I felt something was off. Your father won't scold you for running out like this, right? Besides, isn't the Demon King's army still attacking every day?"
Iris replied, "I know about that, but Kyouya Mitsurugi has already returned. He was originally planning to go on vacation in the countryside, but I forced him to stay in the capital. With him there, it's like I'm there, so it doesn't really matter whether I'm in the capital or not."