162 Who Are You Calling A Degen?

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After giving the girl the Snake, what was left to do was rather simple: go back to where my people were left. Using my clones, I was able to see that they were doing fine.

We swiftly moved through the night, waving my hands and saying farewells to Julia, I would meet her soon, and it was mostly out of good manners.

When we reached the outskirts of the forest surrounding Affnaria, I stored the carriages inside my inventory and the horses inside my shadow storage, and we swiftly moved back.

However, Partner and Emeraldine seemed to dislike what I had just done… for some reason.

"Maria-sama, what you did with that girl was… rather… well…" Emeraldine muttered.

"Hm? What is it? Do you have something against my decisions?" I asked.

"N-No! I would never…! However…."

"However?"

"That was way too risky! What if she recognized you as Maria?! You just did your debut as the evil ghost back in the other duchy!" She cried.