"No."
"It's so that before I'm killed, I can swing my blade one more time."
"God."
"I really like this ability."
Even if it is an ability called [Sturdy Body] that sounds like a tortoise shell.
As long as it is in her hands.
It is the strongest spear.
As long as her body didn't break, she was a blade that would never dull.
"Since you like it, that's fine."
Heimdall shrugged.
He was just about to tease the world's newest record-holder for fastest level-up with a few more words.
Knock, knock, knock.
Three rhythmic knocks sounded at the door.
Immediately following that...
A youthful, emotionless voice came from outside the door.
"Lord God."
"Someone is here."
"And..."
Inaba Tsukiyo paused, her brow furrowing slightly as if she were organizing her words to describe two other voices.
"Besides Miss Elf..."
"Miss Shakti is also here, along with three other people."
"Others?"
Ryu coming to fulfill her promise was expected.
But this early in the morning...
Besides Ryu...
Who else would come here in a group to make their presence known?
...
At this moment.
Outside the gates of the Heimdall Familia manor.
The early morning air carried a hint of chill.
In this street belonging to Orario's high-end residential district, it was currently so quiet that only the chirping of early-rising birds in the distance could be heard.
However...
Right in front of those grand wrought-iron gates...
An extremely subtle pantomime was currently playing out.
Ryu was standing before the gate.
She was wearing the lace-trimmed maid outfit she had brought from the tavern.
Even the ornaments on her head were perfectly straight.
Although she was used to wearing these clothes in the tavern...
Standing here at this gate filled with an aristocratic aura...
Appearing in the capacity of a debt-repayment maid still made her feel a wave of shame.
Her back was ramrod straight, like a javelin.
Her hands gripped her skirt tightly.
Her face was serious.
But...
Compared to Ryu's side...
By the bushes on the other side of the gate, the atmosphere was somewhat comical.
"Meow..."
A heavily suppressed cry of distress.
The Black Cat, Chloe, was currently curled into a ball, pressed tightly against the shadow at the base of the wall.
That long tail, which usually perked up high to express her emotions, was now tucked between her legs.
Her ears were also in 'airplane mode,' flattened against her scalp.
Her vertical pupils were trembling wildly, staring fixedly at the blue figure that had suddenly appeared nearby.
Beside her...
The Black Fist, Lunova, wasn't faring much better.
Her body was as stiff as a piece of wood.
The two of them wanted to run.
But their legs were weak.
They didn't run.
They were suffocating.
There was no other reason...
Other than the woman standing before them, watching them with a scrutinizing gaze.
—The Captain of the Ganesha Familia.
—The staff of the elephant god.
—Shakti Varma.
This Level 5 big shot, who held the role of Captain of the Military Police in this city, was clearly here to discuss official business with Heimdall.
But fate is a curious thing.
Before she even saw the person she came for...
She first ran into these two.
In this world...
In a giant metropolis with a population of hundreds of thousands...
Two former assassins with massive bounties—who, despite being cleared, still appeared as red names in official files—
On an early morning outside of business hours...
In a residential area that was not a place of business...
Ran headlong into the most impartial military police chief in the city, the only one with the power of arrest.
The probability of this...
Was likely lower than finding a 100% pure magic stone on the first floor of the Dungeon.
But as Murphy's Law states:
"If anything can go wrong, it will, no matter how small the possibility."
For Chloe and Lunova...
Actually, their current identities were legal.
With Mama Mia covering for them, the protection of the tavern, and even the Guild turning a blind eye...
Logically speaking...
They could have stood tall and said, "Yo, morning, Captain."
But...
In an instant...
That biological instinct of a mouse seeing a cat, or a wanted criminal seeing a cop, instantly took over their brains.
Fleeing was the instinct.
Freezing was the reaction.
And this kind of reaction, in the eyes of a law enforcer, usually has only one explanation.
—These two must have been up to some shady business again.
"..."
Shakti narrowed her eyes slightly.
A professional, sharp light flickered in those blue eyes.
Her gaze lingered for a second on Chloe's puffed-up tail.
Then she looked at Lunova's slightly trembling calves.
"Staff from The Hostess of Fertility?"
Shakti's voice was cold, carrying a natural, commanding pressure.
"If I remember correctly..."
"This place is a long distance away from your tavern."
"Why are you two appearing here?"
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