Laras was sitting in the hotel garden, daydreaming alone. She was thinking about her friends who had gained strong powers, even after she had seen the men's real battle simulations. Since then, Laras felt that she was falling further and further behind them.
Every day, Hana and Amelia are getting better at using their powers, which makes Laras feel even more left behind. She felt that her powers were useless.
"Everyone else is getting stronger with their powers, while I can only make weird things that always fail," Laras said as she tried to make something but it always failed and sometimes even took strange shapes. "The training never works either... Hufft," Laras complained as she continued to sigh.
Then, by chance, Luna Valks, who was walking around the park, saw Laras sitting pensively alone and approached her.
"Just daydreaming, what are you thinking about?" Said Luna who immediately sat near Laras.
"Uh, Kak Luna. Nothing, just lazy. I don't know what to do." Laras said.
"You're not practicing? The others are practicing at the lower base." Luna said.
"Training, I think it's useless too. My training is different from theirs and there's no progress at all. Look at this." Said Laras who then tried to look at something that would be made but failed and ended up with a strange shape.
"Hm.... what is this? What are you making?" Luna said holding the strange object Laras had made.
"I wanted to make a sword. But it's weird." Laras said.
"Is this a sword? But how come it's short?" Luna said.
A silent Laras heard Luna's comment about the object she had formed.
"In that case, I think I should take it to the experts." Luna said.
"Expert?" Said Laras, who was a little curious.
"Yes, that's right, expert. Alchemy users mostly develop power through studying, but you seem to have a problem of your own. So let's go find the right person. Come on, follow me." Luna said then immediately got up.
"Where are we going, Sister Luna?" Laras said curiously.
"We're going to a place where he's an expert in making things." Luna said.
"Him?" Said a confused Laras.
Then the two of them headed to an area in an upper-middle-class neighborhood. Then they arrived in front of someone's house.
"Who are we meeting?" Said a curious Laras.
"My friend, who specializes in alchemy skills, and is a loner." Luna said.
Luna then tapped on the fence and a maid in the garden saw them and approached her.
"The house is quite spacious, there's a small garden too, but it's really quiet. Only one servant is visible." Laras said to herself.
The maid in the garden came up to the two of them and said, "Oh, Luna, you've come again." Said the maid who knew Luna.
"Uh, Kina. She's home, right?" Luna said.
"It's there, just come in." Said the servant named Kina, who then opened the fence and Kina escorted them into the house.
When she went inside, there was another maid sitting enjoying tea. The sight was a little strange to Laras as most waitresses would not be sitting on the sofa drinking tea.
"Kela, Luna is here." Kina said.
Kela immediately put down her teacup and then hugged Luna.
"Luna, you finally came. You rarely stop by here anymore." Kela said.
"I've been busy lately. So I always don't have time to come here." Luna said.
"What are you busy with, your position is not too low anymore." Kela said.
"Yes, even so, I still work as a mercenary serving a family." Luna said.
"Hm... in that case, what is the need for you to come here? And who is this child?" Kela said.
"Yeah, I wonder who she is, Luna?" said Kina.
"Oh, she's going to be his student. I heard he's been unemployed a lot lately," Luna said.
"Introducing myself, my name is Laras Leskar Mentari," said Laras, introducing herself.
"Oh, so she has the power of Alchemy too. Good opportunity, Madam has been lying down lately because she has nothing to do. This could be a good thing for her. Besides, I think Madame will like this kid," said Kela.
"Hahaha.... Well, he does have weird tastes," Luna said.
Hearing the conversation, Laras immediately felt goosebumps.
"Then come on, I'll take you to her room. Madam is having a massage with Nova," Kela said.
Then the four of them headed to a room in this residence.
The door to the room was opened, and a person was seen lying on the bed with no clothes on, on his stomach and being massaged by a servant.
"Madam, Luna is here," Kela said.
"Uh.... Kela, I told you not to call me Mrs. ..." The words of the woman who was lying on her stomach stopped when she looked at the door of the room.
"Oh, Luna, you came!" the woman said and immediately ran over to Luna and hugged her while topless.
Laras who saw the woman was a little surprised to see her running topless towards her. Laras also felt a sense of shame when she saw the woman who had quite large assets swaying while running.
"Hey-hey, put your clothes on first. After all, I haven't seen you for a few weeks," Luna said.
"Sunday? That's good! It's been almost a month. I thought you forgot about me," said the owner of the residence.
"Hehe, no. I'm just too busy. Besides, the region hasn't really recovered so there's a lot to do," Luna said.
"That's right... then I'm sorry. So, who is this kid? Your new boyfriend? .... hm.... pretty too, you have good taste too," said the woman, and hearing that made Laras startled because the woman was staring at her bare-chested.
"Hahaha... you're getting more and more absurd," Luna said, rubbing the head of the woman who owned the residence.
"Then who is he?" said the woman.
"He is a friend of my young master," Luna said.
"Then why is he here? Certainly not to give this girl to me, right?" said the woman.
"Give it? Hm... maybe?" said Luna.
Hearing that, Laras was shocked and scared and in her mind said, 'Eh? I'm going to be sold?"
"Uh, seriously!?" said the woman with sparkling eyes.
"Hm... not give. I think that's the wrong word," Luna said.
"Huh, so?" said the woman.
"So, she will be with you from now on because she will be your student," Luna said.
"Eh!? Student!?" said the shocked woman.
"That's right, she's an alchemy user. Her name is Laras. She has a little trouble using her abilities. Do you want to be her teacher?" Luna said.
The woman paused a little and looked at Laras as if she was assessing Laras' qualities and it made Laras' heart flutter a little.
Then shortly, the woman who was still topless hugged Laras.
"Yes, it's okay! You're cute, so it's okay. Besides, if you become my student, you'll be living here. Hehehe..." said the woman.
"Living here, it's like it's kind of hard," said Luna, surprised at her friend's behavior.
"Pasti suatu waktu dia akan di sini.... hehehe.... oh ya, perkenalkan, namaku Salena Raskah," ujar Selena sambil memeluk Laras dan seakan-akan meraba tubuh Laras walaupun masih telanjang dada.
"Selena... please stop. You're scaring the child," said Nova, who saw Laras' frightened face.
In her mind Laras said at this moment, 'Ah, will I be okay?'
Will Laras be okay and not go down a new path?