"Hello?"
Rualan turned around in her chair to look at him upon opening the door.
"You're here"
"Yeah, I am"
"So, that means.."
"I got it"
Speedy screamed with all its might.
"Are you sure this is the right one?"
"...Oh, yeah, you're right"
Hearing that Rualan stumbled her steps.
"Woah, woah, woah, are you alright?"
"I will be when you get the right one"
"Oh, right, so....that was a joke, I got it here. This is the one you want, the mark thing is also there"
"Let me check just to be sure"
"...Okay"
As Rualan take the cage and look at it carefully, the guy couldn't help but feel his heart pound in anticipation.
(I didn't mess up right?)
He made sure to follow the plan as Serina taught him.
He searched for it for hours just to find the exact one that Rualan ask for; a marking of some kind on its body.
He checks it again when he chased after it and cornered it.
He even get bit a few times while fighting off against a pack of them while avoiding accidentally hitting the marked one.
And finally when he caught it he checks its body for the marking, put it in a cage, and head straight to the lab.
(Nonono, I did everything correctly so there's no problem. ...Right?!)
".....", Rualan placed the cage with Speedy down on the table and turn to look at him.
".....So.....is it the right one?"
"..."
She took a few steps towards him without saying a word while keeping eye contact.
"..."
Then, at arm's length she placed her hands on his shoulders.
"Yes"
"Oh, finally" he breathed a sigh of relief upon hearing that.
"Now I can finish my work"
"Yeah, that's great"
"All thanks to you"
"Well, you too"
"You really...save me..." she wanted to say more but trail off.
"Well, I'm sure you would have found a way anyway"
"...Geez..."
Rualan then leans forward, her arms now around his shoulders and back interlocking her hands together.
"Just let the head researcher praise an assistant here"
"...Okay"
Feeling awkward not doing the hug as well, the guy move his forearm to pat the side of Rualan's body awkwardly not daring to move the shoulder.
"....."
"....."
The two silently hug each other for some time.
___________
A distance far from the lab room.
"...Rargh!"
A monster's head is crushed by a powerful force causing it to crumble right away.
(Don't mess with me!!!)
Monsters.
Rocks.
Grounds are ridden with cracks caused by the attacks left and right everywhere that he went.
(I will show you how powerful I can be, Shin Morima!!!!!!)
"Hey, not in my room, what if I'm sick?!"
"Then, I'll take care of you"
"....Here, tissue"
"Oh, thanks"
Watching Alaine work on her magic circle papers, with piles of them on the table already finish Shin couldn't help but smile at her.
(The Great-Rank spell is going to finish soon huh?)
Alaine Gear is a heroine who excels in magic.
Love interest of the protagonist with a sharp tongue but becomes meek and cute once you conquer and learn more about her later on in the story.
What makes her a must-have is her spells, she has an arsenal of them that you can use for many situations against many different types of enemies, if you give a new spell for her to learn she can learn and master it fastest compared to the other mages in the game.
She is also blessed with amazing intellect, which made her a formidable opponent in battle and academics.
(Too bad, you can't go the twin route)
Aerina Gear on the other hand is what you can consider what a child born in a family that work in magic technology would become; a magic engineer.
Cute and polite unlike her twin sister, but doesn't excel in magic as much as hers which she made up with technology and such. Many players were troubled by this as they could not get a route for her no matter how many times they have submitted a survey to the developers.
'Twin Package!!!' someone commented once.
Not only is she the opposite to her twin sister in skills and personality, but also her role in the game as well.
"Hey, are you listening?"
"No"
"Geez....Anyway, I've completed it"
"Wait, really?"
"Yeah, duh"
"No way!"
"Wha?!"
Shin appears next to her and look at the paper in awe.
"Woah!"
"I know" she said proud of herself.
"Let's test it then"
"Huh?"
"What? Not going to test it?"
"Well, I will, just not now"
"Seriously? What if you need to change it?"
"I don't have to, not yet anyway"
"Are you sure?"
"Yes"
"Really?"
"Yes"
"....."
"..."
Shin look at the paper for a while and then look at her and nodded.
"Sure"
"..."
"....."
"Fine"
"Yes! Let's go!"