Laurene and Arnold's Little Adventure I

"Can you keep watch for me while I absorb this? Should not take a few minutes."

"Your highness, I don't think you should do that here. It's not safe."

Despite hearing his words, Laurene ignored them and sat down before opening up the small pouch on her waist and pulling out about a dozen similarly sized stones.

"Why? I trust you would protect me from anything dangerous."

"You really should not place that much trust in me, your highness."

Laurene washed the stones with water magic and grabbed one in her palm before turning her gaze to Arnold and replying with a smile.

"You know, saying that only makes me wanna trust you more for some reason.

Don't let me down, would you?"

Immediately afterwards, she closed her eyes, all expressions fading from her face as the stone in her hand cracked.

Seeing the magic leaking out of the magic stone in Laurene's hands get absorbed into her body, Arnold heaved a sigh and spread out his aura to detect any presence within a hundred-metre radius.