Experimentation and Testing [1]

After the door clicked shut, Miyuki stood alone in the room, drifting her gaze toward the book she had been handed. A small squirt of frustration escaped her lips, barely audible.

Unlike the rest of the party, it seemed her path would veer in a different direction.

Reading.

The thought alone made her grimace.

Who would want to sit around reading when the world had already ended? Surely, venturing outside to hunt monsters felt far more practical, and infinitely more exciting. But deep down, she knew she lacked the theoretical aspect that was just as important as the physicial aspect.

Miyuki replayed the memory of her battle with Luxuria over and over in her mind.

Without Viola's support or Soo Jinyoung-nim's timely intervention at the critical moment, the outcome was inevitable.

She would have died.