Wake-up Call

Returning back to the present, Althea turned her head to the other girl. "What's your overall assessment?"

"B." Sheila said, "Yours?"

"Mine is above B." Althea answered vaguely, then looked at Fufi who was forever wagging his tail happily. "What's yours?"

The stupid dog just smiled at her with his tongue out.

Sigh

In the end, she was just happy this fluffy canine managed to come with her. She couldn't help but smother his head with pets.

After visually checking her two companions for any injuries, Althea then turned to look at a strange woman shivering crazily a few meters away from them.

Sheila followed her line of sight and flinched, very surprised there was somebody else there. "You–"

"I… H-Hello." The woman mumbled, shivering. She was a young woman wearing revealing clothes made of silk, and she looked like a beautiful but sad puppy.