At this mont, Chelsea had already t everyone in Night Raid.
"This is our new companion starting today. Her na is Chelsea. I hope you all get along with her."
Najenda introduced Chelsea to the others.
It was clear that Najenda already knew Chelsea, but the rest of Night Raid didn’t.
Chelsea smiled warmly, giving off a friendly impression.
Even when facing Aka, her forr enemy, she showed no signs of hostility.
"Looks like the new girl should be easy to get along with."
Mine’s first impression of Chelsea was quite positive.
But that opinion probably wouldn’t last long.
"Oh, oh! What a beautiful girl!"
Lubbock exclaid as he took in Chelsea’s appearance.
"Well? Are you already itching to make a move, Lubbock?"
Leone teased him in a hushed tone.
"Of course not. I already have soone I like."
Lubbock muttered back.
"Huh?! You already have a crush on soone?"
Hearing this, Leone's curiosity was imdiately piqued. "Who is it?"
"That’s a secret. I can’t tell you."
Lubbock refused to answer.
"Co on, just whisper it to . I won’t tell anyone."
Leone nudged Lubbock with her elbow. "Aka? Mine? Sheele? The girls in Night Raid are all pretty cute."
The only one she didn’t ntion was the Boss—because, well, Najenda had a more masculine look and deanor.
Besides, after being around Lubbock for so long, Leone knew that while he could be a bit of a pervert, he was always serious when it ca to Najenda.
"No comnt."
It was clear Lubbock didn’t trust Leone one bit.
If she let it slip and the girl he actually had feelings for found out, he’d be mortified.
"Alright, alright, so it’s a secret crush, huh? Well, good luck with that."
Leone had already figured out that Lubbock was keeping quiet because he was too embarrassed to admit who he liked.
The others, however, weren’t paying attention to their whispered conversation.
Chelsea had already started reporting information about Blayn to Najenda.
Just like she had back at the Revolutionary Army base, Chelsea recounted everything that had happened at the Assassination Unit’s base—except for the things she couldn’t reveal.
"In that case, Blayn is even more suitable than I originally thought," Najenda said, slightly surprised.
Based on Chelsea's description, Blayn was even more of a pacifist than she had imagined.
"We can see hints of that in how he’s changed the Imperial Assassination Unit. During his ti in charge, they haven't clashed with Night Raid or even the entire Revolutionary Army. Even in the two encounters we've had, there was no hostility."
Najenda speculated, "It must be intentional. Otherwise, under normal circumstances, the Imperial Assassination Unit would be targeting us at any ti."
"That guy’s attitude isn’t great, but he really hasn’t done anything to hurt us," Mine admitted.
"But when Sheele tried to recruit him today, he turned her down," Najenda added thoughtfully. "I wonder if he’s hesitating over sothing. We’ll have to wait until our next eting to find out."
"Huh? He already refused?" Chelsea was a little surprised.
From what she knew about Blayn, he wouldn’t reject an offer unless he had serious concerns.
And she could think of at least one thing he might be worried about—the people in the Assassination Unit. Given Blayn’s personality, he likely valued them deeply.
If he abandoned them to join the Revolutionary Army, the Empire would surely punish them harshly.
"Yeah, but he didn’t give us a reason," Sheele said.
"I think I know why. He probably can’t bear to leave the Assassination Unit behind," Chelsea guessed.
"If that’s the case, then we need to figure out how to address that concern and convince him," Najenda said. "Fortunately, thanks to Sheele’s agreent with Blayn, we’ll get a proper chance to talk to him in three days."
"Three days, huh..."
Chelsea nodded slowly at those words, a sly smile creeping onto her lips, as if she had already thought up a fun little prank.
"What’s up, Chelsea? You look like you’re enjoying yourself," Najenda asked curiously, noticing her expression.
Chelsea chuckled. "Oh, it’s nothing. I’m just looking forward to surprising that guy. I can’t wait to see how he reacts~"
...
anwhile, Blayn and his group were en route to the Seiga Cavern.
The flying Danger Beasts carrying them had been summoned by a horn-shaped Teigu known as "Sky Horn."
This Teigu granted its user the ability to raise and ta flying Danger Beasts. It could directly ta any flying Danger Beast below the Super-Class level but had no effect on land-based ones.
However, the Teigu had its limits—for example, it could only control up to ten Special-Class Danger Beasts at a ti. If the user wanted to ta a new one, they would have to release an existing one to make room.
Its secret skill, "Sacrifice," allowed the user to permanently bind up to two Flying Super-Class Danger Beasts at the cost of their own lifespan. Every ti a bound Super-Class Danger Beast was summoned, the user's life force would gradually be drained.
The girl best suited for this Teigu had inherited it from its previous owner, an obese woman who had left behind a handful of Danger Beasts. Only one Special-Class and four Class-One Danger Beasts remained—the rest had been killed by Koro.
At that mont, Blayn was browsing the System Shop, exchanging his accumulated points.
[System Points: 139]
[Ding! The host has redeed "Red Cloud Robe ×24," deducting 24 System Points!]
[Ding! The host has redeed "Constitution 55," deducting 55 System Points!]
[Ding! The host has redeed "Strength 20," deducting 20 System Points!]
[Ding! The host has redeed "Agility 20," deducting 20 System Points!]
[Ding! The host has redeed "Ocular Power 20," deducting 20 System Points!]
After redeeming the Red Cloud Robes, Blayn distributed his remaining points among his attributes.
[Strength: 70]
[Agility: 70]
[Constitution: 185]
[Ocular Power: ? ( 20)]
Before long, with the help of the flying Danger Beasts, Blayn and his group arrived at Seiga Cavern one after another.
They chose a moderately deep section of the cave as the initial base location.
Blayn then retrieved all the Red Cloud Robes from his System inventory and handed them out.
"These will be our Akatsuki uniforms from now on. Try them on and see if they fit."
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