Chapter 56 - 56: I'm Still Here!

"Ah?! Me? Me!"

Ren looked genuinely incredulous, pointing at himself. "Master, you can't be serious. I completed the mission perfectly this time, and the client gave rave reviews! How could I still be on the complaint list?! You must have made a mistake."

Makarov let out a long-suffering sigh and adjusted his hat. "You did indeed complete the mission perfectly this time, brat. Not only did you save the villagers, but you also eliminated the entirety of that Black Magic Cult cell. The client was overjoyed. However," he tapped the thick stack of papers, "you were too heavy-handed! The council report says everyone was either injured or maimed. It cost a fortune to treat those guys, and the report from the mental asylum says many of them were so scared that they went insane and had to be locked up!"

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