Swish!
The evil spirit, which would undoubtedly scare any normal person into freezing on the spot, let out a sharp shriek and dispersed with a bang after being backstabbed by a flash of a blade.
"Phew... this should be the last one in this area."
Kato Megumi wiped the sweat from her forehead.
It wasn't due to much physical exertion, but purely because her first close-range "assassination" was still not very practiced.
Because of the characteristics of her skill, even though she really wanted to complain, the girl still accepted her fate as an "assassin."
She stealthily moved through the darkness, which she didn't know if it would affect the spirits' vision.
Kato Megumi, who had reduced her presence to the lowest, backstabbed several spirits in this way.
It was her first time fighting ghosts, which she used to be very afraid of, at close range, so it was false to say she had no doubts.
However, thankfully, there were teammates cheering her on and Rosen escorting her, so there was no need to particularly worry about life-threatening dangers.
"That's amazing! You can even deceive the spirits' eyes, it's like they completely ignore you."
Yotsuya Miko exclaimed in admiration.
Now it seemed that only her own skill was a bit ordinary.
The physical quality that only increased when fighting spirits was too limited in its versatility.
"It's nothing, my skill is very ordinary, nothing special."
Kato Megumi was a bit slow in this regard.
The abnormality of her weak presence appeared on her also due to Kato Megumi's own personality.
Compared to many other girls who were very distinctive in certain aspects or fields, Kato Megumi's characteristic was having no characteristics.
Perhaps it was precisely because she also wanted to "blend in with the crowd" that she possessed the ability to adjust her presence.
"No, Xiao Hui, you're amazing! Unlike me, if I want to fight, I have to eat non-stop."
Yurikawa Hana said while taking another bite of a freshly bought crepe and a sip of milk tea.
Kato Megumi silently looked at Yurikawa Hana's two large mounds, comparable to Mount Fuji.
Is the reason for such a good figure just constantly eating?
"Xiao Hua, are you saying that to provoke hatred? Who doesn't know that the adventurer's class, Mage, is the most popular?"
Zhoufang Youxi retorted.
"Adventurer? Mage class? I don't really understand."
Yurikawa Hana tilted her head, her hobbies were different from Zhoufang Youxi's, and she didn't pay much attention to games.
Others played games to relax.
While she could relax by eating.
"Let's go eat."
As the sun set, Rosen suggested.
The girls readily agreed, though Kato Megumi, visiting a high-end restaurant for the first time, was a bit uncomfortable.
For her, coming from an average family background.
High-end places should have been out of her reach for her entire life.
And it was Rosen treating them.
However, as his subordinate, shouldn't she be the one treating?
Before long.
Satiated with food and drink.
The newly joined Kato Megumi was also shocked by Yurikawa Hana's appetite.
"Eat and rest for a while, then go hunt spirits and level up, and around nine o'clock, I'll send you all back home, should be fine, right?"
Rosen said.
"Okay."
The girls said in unison, accepting his command.
Two hours later.
After clearing all the spirits from an abandoned construction site building, today's training also ended.
"I always feel like the number of spirits hasn't decreased at all."
Standing on the unfenced edge of the building, Yurikawa Hana said in confusion.
"Even though we've tried so hard, except for near the school, the spirits in other places are still replenished very quickly."
"When people die, they turn into Undead. As long as people keep dying, new Undead will continue to appear."
As it stands.
Normal deaths from old age or illness usually don't result in Undead. Instead, it's often sudden deaths, like those not of one's own will, whose souls quickly transform into harmful Undead. As time passes and their reason is eroded, they can even become more ferocious Evil Spirits.
This is also why hospitals and cemeteries frequently experience supernatural occurrences.
"It would be great if people didn't die," Yurikawa Hana said with a sigh.
"That won't do. If people didn't die, this world would have fallen into chaos long ago, and there wouldn't be enough resources on Earth to sustain everyone."
"With insufficient resources, immortality would even be a punishment for most people. Who knows, it might even turn into a cyberpunk-like situation in the end."
Zhoufang Youxi explained.
However, her knowledge was basically all from manga, novels, and games, so the girls were all dumbfounded as they listened. Of course, this didn't stop them from thinking that Zhoufang Youxi was indeed worthy of being a young lady from a good family, truly knowledgeable and talented.
The moon was bright and the stars were sparse.
It was time to say goodbye.
At this moment, Yotsuya Miko suddenly said, "Rosen-sama, in the future... you don't really have to accompany us to train every day. It's too tiring for you."
The few of them had discussed it and felt they could try to become less reliant on Rosen and form their own teams for Undead-slaying training.
As for increasing their Ability Value, doing it in the clubroom during lunch break the next day would be enough.
However, Rosen rejected their kind offer, expressing an attitude that no matter what, they were his Dependents.
These words deeply touched all the girls.
At this moment, except for Kato Megumi and Yurikawa Hana, the other two girls couldn't wait to find a way to repay Rosen for his guidance and care.
If any one of them were alone with Rosen.
They would very likely take the initiative to sit on him and move themselves, without Rosen even having to suggest it.
However, they were still a bit shy right now. With their companions present, they didn't dare to express themselves in such a way. They could only suppress these thoughts and hope for an opportunity to be alone with him in the future.
The same routine continued for several days.
On the night before the weekend.
After seeing off the girls who had arranged to update their Ability Values together on the weekend, Rosen returned to the villa.
After washing up, he clicked into the chat group.
Although it was a bit late, no one should be asleep yet.
Hmm?
A new person again?
As soon as he entered the chat group, Rosen saw the new member notification that had refreshed in the chat group.
[Group Message: Group member "Ice Witch" has joined the chat group. Come say hello to everyone~~~].