Chapter 19: examination

Chapter 19: examination

　　"Ms. Reinette, do you need me to help you pick up your

daughter?" Yith asked casually while standing at the door.

　　"It's okay. I was actually just downstairs. I drove here.

That kid likes to touch people's tails for some reason, and I was afraid of

scaring Miss Texas."

　　Is nodded without any other questions. He was the one who

found out that Red was a werewolf hunter, and he also knew that the aura of a

werewolf hunter would scare the Luper tribe.

　　"Don't worry about such trivial matters. Remember to hold

back a little and don't drown my good girls." The emperor jumped down and

walked to the two of them in his office chair.

　　"Hmm? Do you need a combat test?"

　　"Otherwise, the necessary tests must be conducted. After

all, the purpose of Penguin Logistics is to transport life and death, so kid,

remember to hold back later."

　　"How can it be said that the purpose of a courier company

is to transport life and death? Shouldn't this description be attributed to a

killer group?"

　　Yith at the side explained: "Penguin Logistics' work is

not just about regular cargo transportation. Penguin Logistics also engages in

intelligence trafficking, armed escort, secret transportation, and other

underground work. For a serious logistics company, please go and see Logistics next door."

　　"Yith, don't advertise for other people's

companies!" The emperor patted Yith' waist.

　　Yi Si first smiled apologetically, and then continued:

"So the combat capability test is still necessary. Of course, I think

there should be no doubt about Miss Reinette's combat capability, but those

four girls need to know."

　　"I understand." Reinette nodded to show that she

understood.

　　"Okay, Yith, stop talking nonsense." The emperor

pushed open the door.

　　"Boss, would you like a piece of apple pie?"

Angelica heard the sound in the kitchen and poked her head out. There was a

constant buzzing sound coming from the kitchen. Combined with her words, it

seemed that Angelica was using the microwave to heat up the apple pie again.

　　"Leave one piece for me later, and besides..." The emperor patted Reinette's

leg behind him. If he went any higher, he might have to tiptoe, which would not

be in line with his status as the boss.

　　Although, I can only capture the height of my legs, which

doesn't seem to be much better.

　　Reinette didn't say it. After all, he was the boss in the

contract, and he had to save face.

　　"She will be your new colleague from now on. You must get along well

with her."

　　Reinette followed the emperor's words and said, "Hello

everyone, I am Tiamat, Reinette, and I should be your colleague in the

end."

　　"Eh, is it so sudden?" Croissant, who was still

watching TV, suddenly turned around after hearing what the Emperor and Reinette

said.

　　"Hey, our benefactor is going to be our colleague?"

Angelus came out of the kitchen holding an apple pie.

　　After putting down the apple pie, Angel walked to Reinette very familiarly

and even put his arm around her shoulder.

　　However, due to the cruel height issue, Reinette had to bend

down so that Exusiai would not have to stand on tiptoe in embarrassment.

　　"From now on, I will be your senior. From now on, I will

take care of you~"

　　"Really? Then, I'll leave the business matters to Exusiai."

　　Just then, a red shadow came from the door and hugged Reinette's waist.

　　"Use a little more force, Red." Reinette took Red

into her arms and touched her head.

　　Red's rocket headbutts are getting more powerful every day,

and her strength is also increasing. Is it because her body is gradually

transforming into Aegir?

　　Reinette touched Reds hair which was gradually turning into

gray-blue.

　　"I'm sorry, Mom~"

　　"It's okay, just be careful."

　　 Red rubbed Reinette and turned her eyes to the other people

in the room.

　　"Light bulb?(exusiai), wolves with strange smells? (Texas),

Meat bread (croissant), rabbit (Sora), people without smells (emperor), People

with horns on their heads.(yith) " Red used her own way to label everyone

with an initial label.

　　This is Red's unique way of remembering people. By slowly

adding impressions along this label, Red can remember anyone.

　　This was another room. Texas had changed into casual clothes and walked out.

Red's eyes followed the voice.

　　"Oh~~" Red's eyes swept across Texas's tail and were immediately attracted by

the wagging tail.

　　Just when Red was about to do something, a hand pressed down

on Red's head.

　　" Red~" Reinette's voice came from above her head.

Red immediately stood up and stopped moving.

　　"Hmm..." Texas frowned and stared at Red who was standing upright

with a frown. She just felt a feeling of fear.

　　"Excuse me, Texas, but this kid is very interested in the

Luper's tail. I'll do my best to keep an eye on her."

　　"No, this child..." Although Texas had doubts, he

didn't dare to ask directly.

　　Reinette also turned her gaze towards the Emperor and Yith.

The Emperor walked aside nonchalantly, while Yith shrugged, indicating that it

was okay.

　　"Miss Texas, did you just ask if this child's aura was to make you a

little creepy?"

　　"Yeah." Although Texas had just decided to wait

until the relationship got better before considering asking, but since the

other party brought it up, Texas naturally wanted to know the answer.

　　Reinette smiled and patted Red's head: "According to your

saying, this child is what you call a wolf hunter."

　　Texas was slightly startled when she heard this: "This kid is the wolf

hunter?"

　　Croissant on the side poked Sora next to him with his elbow:

"What is a wolf hunter?"

　　"How should I know? If you ask me, who should I

ask?"

　　"You and Texas are both Luper. Texas knows it, so

shouldn't you know it too?"

(T/n: sora is a rabbit. She is in disguise since she was idol)

　　"Are you looking for trouble, Croissant?" Sora

looked down and saw Croissant's mocking expression. It was obvious that

Croissant had never thought from the beginning that Sora could answer him.

　　Seeing Reinette nod, Texas also nodded: "No wonder."

　　Texas knew something about wolf hunters, so he also knew the

aura of wolf hunters that would scare the Luper tribe.

　　At this time, Is was holding a tablet in his hand and suddenly

asked, "Miss Reinette, do you have any other official evaluation reports?

If so, it would save a lot of time."

　　"Produced by the Messenger Association, is that

okay?"

　　"Of course." Is nodded.

　　Reinette reached out and took out the test report from that

time and casually handed it to Yith. Yith also took it and started to read it.

　　Of course, for any of the items on this test report except the

name, or even including the name, as long as one of them is true, he can eat

the tablet in his hand.

　　Yi Si asked the tablet to automatically scan all the words on

the report and set up a basic file for Reinette: "Most of the tests are

ready. The testing site is downstairs. Texas, can you help me?"

　　"Okay," Texas nodded, picking up the hilt of her

sword from the table beside her and putting it in her waist bag.

　　"Ms. Reinette, please."

　　————Training Ground——————

　　Texas was the first to step onto the ring: "Is, do you

want a real sword?"

　　"Use it." Is nodded to Texas while standing on the

stage.

　　"I hope Miss Reinette won't be too harsh. As a doctor,

you won't beat him too badly. If you use a real sword, you should be able to

give her some face by holding back."

　　Reinette patted Red's head and asked her to behave herself for

a while. Finally, she walked onto the stage and reached into her clothes to

take out a compound bow that she hadn't used for a while.

　　Seeing Reinette take out a very exquisite-looking compound

bow, Is breathed a sigh of relief.

　　After all, although the compound bow looked to be exquisitely

crafted and the Originium circuit on the bow was also extremely excellent,

compared to the other party's identity as a god, the bow made by mortals was

almost not worth mentioning.

　　The fact that the other party took out such a bow also shows

that she really wants to hold back. At least even if she uses her power, he

will not exceed the limit of this bow.

　　"Please, Miss Texas."

　　Texas took out the handle of the knife that he had put in his

waist bag earlier, swung it hard, and the shining blade shot out.

　　"Please be careful, Miss Reinette." Texas lowered

his body, and then rushed out like an arrow.

　　The 20-meter distance between the two seemed to be ignored by

Texas. He came in front of Reinette in a flash and slashed with his knife. At

this moment, Reinette seemed to have no reaction and just stood there with the

bow in her hand.

　　"Because you're a doctor, you're not good at

fighting?" Texas's swing of the sword suddenly slowed down. This was just

a test, not a way to kill the enemy. Although he seemed to be swinging the sword

with all her strength, she could actually stop at any time.

　　"Wait, that's not right!" Texas' eyes narrowed, and

the sword swing that had been slowing down suddenly sped up, slashing across Reinette's

body in an instant.

　　But the places on Reinette's body that were cut by the blade

turned a dark blue, and she was unharmed. The dark blue color spread all over Reinette's

body like ink dropped into water.

　　Then, just like the overlapping models in the game, another Reinette

with a smile emerged from behind Reinette whose whole body turned dark blue.

　　Then she quickly retreated, and every time she took a step, a

layer of water curtain was peeled off her body.

　　As Reinette retreated to the edge of the ring, the water

curtain left behind when she rolled over changed into the appearance of Reinette

in front of Texas.

　　"Water clone? An elemental Originium technique?"

　　Reinette, who was injured by Texas at the beginning, turned

into a stream of water and flowed onto Texas' body along the light blade.

　　"What!" Texas slapped the water that was constantly

flowing upwards from her body, but water is invincible, so how can it be

stopped?

　　When the water covered Texas' entire body, it did not move,

but was replaced by a thin curtain of water.

　　"This is?"

　　"Don't worry, there's no harm, it's just a layer of

protection. After all, we're all colleagues, and it would be bad if we got

hurt."

　　Texas moved her body slightly to make sure the water curtain

on her body would not affect her movements.

　　"Just like this." Reinette, who was standing at the

edge of the ring, had a red mark on her body from her shoulder to her abdomen.

"Just use this as a mark."

　　"..."Texas lowered his body, exerted force on his feet, and

moved like a ghost, bypassing the two water clones in front of her.

　　'Attacking water is useless. The only target to attack is...'

Texas's eyes were fixed on Reinette at the edge of the ring.

　　"It's so straightforward. Water sublimates into mist and

clouds." Thick water vapor instantly burst out from the five Reinettes'

bodies and almost covered half of the arena in an instant.

　　"Oops, I got fooled." Texas Fried's move was

interrupted by it.

　　Looking around, Texas stretched out his hand, seeing thick

mist everywhere.

　　"I can't see anything. Even my outstretched hand is

blurry. There's too much steam and I can't smell anything."

　　Texas held the sword in front of her and slowly retreated,

wanting to leave the range of the mist and fight in the opponent's home court.

Texas was not stupid.

　　In an instant, Texas' ears moved slightly and he pushed the

ground with her feet. The next second, five almost transparent feather arrows

pierced where Texas was originally.

　　Under the ring.

　　"There's too much moisture and we can't see anything. Is,

quickly use your invincible intelligence network and think of a solution."

Originally, Exusiai came to join in the fun, but when she saw the situation on

the stage, of course she refused and decisively pulled Is next to her.

　　Is first smiled softly, then answered in a ruthless voice:

"I can't do it. My intelligence network is not used for this kind of

thing. It's not professionally related. Miss Angel."

(T/n: some people call Exusiai as tenshi-chan/miss angel. And it's

canon. Just watch the anime, so I won't edit this nickname)

　　"Then there's no point in me following."

　　Compared to the heartless and optimistic Angel, Sora on the

side looked nervously at the thick mist on the stage.

　　"Senior, is it okay?"

　　"It's hard to say. This water mist was created by Miss Reinette,

which means she is very likely to be unaffected by it, but Texas can't do

that." Croissant looked at the situation on the stage and gave a fair

evaluation.

　　"Five archers are hiding in the thick fog, and Texas is

also inside. It's a situation where the enemy is in the dark and we are in the

light. Texas is still fighting in close combat, so the situation is worrying,

so it's hard to say."

　　"That's true." Sora nodded in agreement with

Croissant's statement.

　　At this moment, more than a dozen orange lights flashed in the

mist. On the other side, Texas stood out from the mist and continued to step

back a few steps to make sure that the mist had opened up a distance where he

could react.

　　"The fog condenses and frost blooms." Reinette's

voice came out from the mist. As the words fell, the mist that was still

surging suddenly stopped and turned into snowflakes that fell to the ground.

　　The feather arrows that day were originally translucent, but

because they were covered with snowflakes, they became visible. A quick count

showed that there were more than a hundred arrows. It is conceivable that in

such a short period of time, it was very difficult for Texas to break through.

　　"Hu...Hu...Hu..." Texas breathed slightly. She was

surrounded by dangers in the water mist just now. Like ghosts, there were

countless feather arrows flying through the water mist, and it was silent.

　　Texas could only judge the direction of the attack from the

sound made by the arrows cutting through the air.

　　"The other party, hold back..." Texas looked at the

ground covered with a layer of silver.

　　Miss Reinette, when she went out, she could turn the water

mist into snowflakes, so there was no reason why she couldn't do it while she

was still in the water mist. As long as there was a slight change in the

instantaneous temperature, Texas' movements would be distorted.

　　At that time, those feather arrows would be like poisonous

snakes that found the right opportunity and hit Texas' body.

　　"Okay, that's it!" Is's voice sounded at the right time. As

a test, it was enough to show this much