Back in the quiet isolation of her inn room, Maddy pacing the floorboards, her hands clenched into tight fists as a tempest of frustration, confusion, and raw anger boiled inside her. The sheer volume of what she had discovered tonight was making her head feel like it was about to pop.
"Unbelievable," she hissed under her breath, throwing her hands up in exasperation. "The initial plan was simple. I managed to perfectly camouflage myself by registering as a lowly F rank adventurer. Because I'm partnered up with that idiot SSS rank hero, the entire capital just views me as some useless tag along who gets carried through every single quest. It was the perfect cover! But now?"
She pressed her palms against her temples, trying to process the absolute chaos descending on the city.
