To make matters worse, two demon delinquents actually came up and started harassing her. If it was just words, she could have tolerated it. But they tried to get physical! Could she tolerate that?
They didn't even touch her before she slapped them to the ground. The matter should have ended there. But then they actually dared to summon their familiars to try and get revenge on her! How dare they? Didn't they know she was from the Lion King Agency?
The end result, naturally, was that these two demon delinquents got a severe beating from her. As for whether it would affect her, she wasn't worried. First, they started it. Second, the Lion King Agency was an official organization. Nothing bad could happen to her.
Beating up the two delinquents wasn't exactly a good thing, but it did let her vent some of the frustration she'd felt since arriving on Itogami Island. Until she felt her pocket... empty...
She seemed to have lost her wallet. And it contained all her operational funds, including her food money...
She calculated: it was six days until the Lion King Agency distributed the next batch of operational funds.
Hmm, decided. I won't report this to the Lion King Agency. It's too embarrassing. Anyway, with her physical abilities and spiritual power, lasting six days wouldn't be a problem.
Theoretically, never mind six days, even ten-plus days wouldn't be a big issue. And she didn't need to tail him personally anymore. With two schools between them, no matter how fast she was, she couldn't do close surveillance. She'd use shikigami instead. If they were discovered, she'd think of another way.
So, on Saturday and Sunday, she stayed home and used shikigami to monitor Akatsuki Kojou for two days. After two days of observation, how should she put it...
Is there something wrong with the Lion King Agency's intel?
Are you sure this is the Fourth Progenitor?
He didn't even notice the shikigami released by a Sword Shaman like her, who was completely unskilled in surveillance. Are you sure this is the ambitious man who wants to secretly establish the Dawn Empire?
On Monday, when she went to school, she realized something she had overlooked: the school she was attending seemed to be a magic school similar to the one that trained Sword Shamans in the Lion King Agency. Which meant there would be practical combat classes.
That evening, no matter how much she conserved it, the spiritual power she used to maintain her body's movement was completely depleted. Spiritual power that could last two weeks was, after a day of combat training, not even enough to maintain basic circulation.
Just as she was about to faint from hunger on the street, her luck might have finally turned a little better. She ran into a kind senpai who bought her dinner.
After eating, just as she was about to introduce herself to Cid-senpai, he directly called out her name. At that moment, she really suspected she had been discovered and was being targeted.
Fortunately, it was a misunderstanding. It was because Cid-senpai was the one who found her wallet. He had just been greedy and wanted to keep it. Later, when he saw her almost faint from hunger, his conscience bothered him, so he came to treat her to a meal, apologize, and return her wallet.
Well, even though Cid-senpai kept saying he was a bad person, she thought Cid-senpai was actually a good person.
After all, how could someone who takes out money they've already pocketed, just because their conscience bothers them, and says they'll pay any compensation, be a bad person?
Naturally, she became pretty good friends with Cid-senpai. This was probably one of the few good things that had happened to her since coming to Itogami Island.
Later, while chatting with Cid-senpai, she noticed a problem.
According to Cid, most, if not all, students at Saikai Academy were there to form a kind of marriage-like relationship called "King and Peerage." It was a semi-noble school.
That wasn't a problem in itself. Noble schools existed everywhere. The problem was, why did she have to attend this school?
She was a Sword Shaman from the Lion King Agency, sent to monitor the Fourth Progenitor. Why was the school arranged for her a noble school?
Since she was supposed to be monitoring, shouldn't she have been placed in Akatsuki Kojou's school?
What was the meaning of putting her in a noble school?
She had a bad feeling when she received this mission. After talking with Senpai, that feeling became even stronger.
When you think something is wrong, everything starts to look wrong.
She hadn't thought about it carefully before, but now, after Cid-senpai's reminder, questions flooded her mind.
Why send her, a Sword Shaman, to monitor? Shouldn't this job be given to a Mai-hime?
Sending her, a Sword Shaman, to monitor the Fourth Progenitor, but they weren't even in the same school. Was this really a surveillance mission?
She had never done surveillance work before and didn't know anything about it. But at the very least, they should have given her a file on Akatsuki Kojou, right?
Her current understanding of Akatsuki Kojou came entirely from the Three Saints of the Lion King Agency. Back then, the Three Saints only said Akatsuki Kojou was hiding his identity to secretly control Itogami Island and build an army. She knew nothing else.
The more she thought, the more problems she found. Sending her to monitor the Fourth Progenitor but putting her in a noble school, giving her no information, wrong job assignment... Suspicious, very suspicious.
Of course, these problems weren't important right now. Whether she could win against the enemy was what mattered.
CLANG—
In a sea of fire, a silver spear and a giant axe clashed in mid-air, making a harsh sound. After a brief standoff, they separated.
"Please stop fighting! You are violating the Sanctuary Treaty and international treaties!"
Clutching the "Demon-Breaking Holy Spear" tightly, Himeragi Yukina landed and focused her eyes intently on the Exorcist opposite her, not daring to relax for a moment.
"Astarte, finish him."
The Exorcist ignored Himeragi Yukina's call to surrender and instead gave an order.
"Command acknowledged. Executing. Rose's Fingertips."
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