Thinking about many things to herself, Laura looks at the scene she has been looking for a while now, her own bedroom.
"....."
And the metallic device on her ankle.
It is a restraining item used to hold her and her accomplices in check while the authorities investigate into the matter.
For some reason, they couldn't find the leader who set up this operation despite the information given to them by everyone around her, including herself even if it was little.
Looking out the window which has the curtain closed, the light from the outside can be seen shining in through the darkness.
Laura looked at the curtain for a while, then turned back to reading her spellbook.
A new spell is forming in your mind
It was a spellbook she had been searching for a long time and put in an effort to track a copy of it in order to learn a spell for her brother's birthday.
But now that it arrived in her home, she felt a dreadful feeling in her heart.
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"You know, I was a bit scared back then....Right when Lau--Ms. Bernard attacked the classroom", Alexia stopped herself and then continued, addressing the figure lying on her lap nuzzling against her legs.
"I want to know what made her act like that, I really do. But the police are dealing with it now so....."
The figure then look up at her eyes, waiting for her to continue.
"...Let's investigate it ourselves, secretly of course" she added the last part in a whisper.
Alexia patted Tiger to move out and got up from the stone bench she was sitting on in the park and headed toward the city square, the journey of (self-proclaimed) detective Alexia starts now!
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Shin dropped a boulder onto the ground, breathing heavily as he had been lifting and carrying it around the city since morning, the towel turning wet in a few seconds of contact on his body.
(That's a good workout)
He even killed some monsters along the way while holding the boulder.
"Oh, hey Clara" Shin greeted his girlfriend who was heading towards the forest that he had just come out of.
"Hello, Shin, just finished your training?"
"Yeah, gonna get in a shower after this. Wanno join?"
"No. I have to train, the event from before is still on my mind after all"
Shin's attempt to make her blush failed and only receive a determined response instead.
"Well, do what you want. There are some monsters you can kill if you head off the road, that's how I found the good ones"
"Mhm, thank you"
"Catch ya later", he then slaps her butt causing Clara to jump in surprise and turned to scold him, only for him to disappear and appear behind her back to give the other side a slap as well.
"Shin!!"
"See you~"
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Hours later.
Clara finished off the last of the monster, pulling out her rifle with a knife at the tip.
(I'm close to leveling up)
Looking at her experience bar, Clara guessed that she had to kill a few more hordes for her to level up. She then headed in another direction leaving the broken trees and rocks where it is, as she went deeper she found the monsters to be quite formidable even more than the ones she just fought.
(So the deeper you go in the stronger they are. That's good, I need to catch up to Shin)
And with that, she dashes in to attack her next target.
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(Alexia's Log #1, I'm doomed)
Alexia winced upon hearing the sound of something heavy falling onto the ground.
Following the clue she has found by following Tiger, the two arrive at a dark alley unbeknownst to her, and without any plan or reconsideration, dives into the dark alley and now finds herself lost.
What made it worse was that Tiger had disappeared somewhere which made her even more scared due to the sound of someone being beaten up.
She hid herself near a pile of cardboard boxes in order to avoid whoever was beating the other while recalling Tiger to her location.
"I told you, I don't know!!", a heavy sound came the next moment causing the person to shut up.
Then it went quiet for a long while.
"...", Alexia sat there with her hands over her mouth and waited.
(Why did it stop?)
She then stopped.
Something is next to her.
A beast.
"..."
The beast then moves in toward her slowly.
"Wait!! I have nothing to do with this!! I just happened upon this by accident!!!" she turned with her arms up trying to prove her innocence.
Anyone who sees her acting like this can tell in an instant as her casual outfit of sleeveless shirt, short pants, and a bag filled with clothes and items slung over her arm.
"Oh, Tiger, it's just you...", Alexia breathed a sigh of relief upon seeing her summon.
"...."
"I thought you were someone who beat up someone just a moment ago!!!" she then scolded loudly at her summon, not bothering to keep her voice down anymore.
"?"
Then her eyes landed on a figure lying against the wall.
"Hey, are you alright?"
Tiger became attentive immediately upon sensing the situation and worry of his owner.
"..."
(Thank goodness, he's still breathing), Alexia then grabs her phone and began dialing an emergency number.
"Eh?"