True History

"Nope." Joshua said quickly and coldly. "That is just a whole lot of nope."

The woman looked astonished that Joshua would turn down her request before even hearing her out. "But…" She protested.

"Look woman, I don't know how you got into my mansion, but I want nothing to do with your life-or-death mission." Joshua said. "I have a lot of my own stuff going on right now and I don't have time. Besides, I am currently still too weak to fight the first emperor. I need to power up before I even think about such a contest."

"But…" The dragon woman said again.

"You heard the demon lord." Gina said. "We don't care. Now leave."

"Don't ignore my plight!" Utaki yelled. "The demon lord is supposed to be the great hero! The savior of everyone!"

"The demon lord is?" Joshua asked. "Don't you mean the hero? Weren't you just spotting that nonsense about Neu being the great hero and traitor?"