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A young purple-haired girl was vigorously jumping rope in her room on the Lotus Herbal Store's second floor.

"3989..3990..3991…"

Then she stopped her hand after completing the number of repetitions before turning, with anticipation, to ask the opinion of the middle-aged woman sitting on her chin on the sofa.

"How was it? Pim? My new record!"

"Well, that's pretty okay."

Pim replied as her eyes focused on the TV show and her hand reached for dried fruit snacks.

"So how many reps to make that great?"

The little girl inquired.

"When I was an Airburst overseas, I did 6,000 a day."

"Then I’ll do it twice as much."

"Stop it, you are going to have some ugly bulging muscles."

"Then, 1000 more should be good enough…4001..4002"

"Enough, champ!"

Ravyn smiled, getting a compliment, but continued her exercise.

"Jeez, what am I going to do with a stubborn kid like you…"

*whip* *whip* *whip*…

The girl was still jumping rope.

"Stop it already!"

"Hehe~"

"Ah..oh"

A young Ravyn secretly applies an herbal compress by herself to relieve her injured muscles' pain after a day of intense exercise.

" Beating yourself up again, huh?.. Give that to me."

Pim, seeing Ravyn like that, came to help her. The girl was smiling widely, even though her whole body ached.

"Vyn… You must learn to find happiness that is not attached to others. You have to love yourself more, understand?"

"Alright. If it’s for Pim, I’ll give it a try."

"Oh, please!"

Ignoring Pim's seriousness, Ravyn hugs her.

"Because I love Pim the most!"

"…This will really be the last time..Ravyn…"

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Ravyn awoke with a tear in the corner of her eye. She slowly raised her head from the high-tech glass board to meet with staff from a different department, standing with her arms crossed and staring at her as if she was waiting.

"Hello, Mol. What's going on?"

Ravyn rubs her eyes.

"It’s time for a physical examination."

A girl who looked like she was the same age as Ravyn called her in disfavor. That was because she had to wait half an hour for Ravyn to wake up from a nap.

"Sorry to keep you waiting."

The purple-haired girl bowed to Mol from the personnel department.

"Went for a free walk and dropped the bomb here on your first day, and also interfered with The Airburst’s mission. How good are you? Our work is clearly divided between Airburst and Assistant to ensure safety and efficiency in mission operations. Consider yourself lucky that you’re back in one piece."

…We just talked for the first time, and she can’t stop criticizing me? I slept during my break, didn’t I?...

Ravyn was surprised by Mol’s prolonged scolding.

"…and reject hospitalization, which is our basic practice? Our Airburst Organization fights against those who act above the law, saves people from disasters, and is responsible for keeping people safe – all those delicate matters ever since, until we were acknowledged by over a hundred countries around the world. Your indiscretion would tarnish the reputation of thousands of our branches that carry the name Airburst. If it wasn't for Mr. Charles’s request, today would have been the day to pack your things out of here…"

Mol’s complaints flowed uninterrupted throughout the trip in the halls of this Hand of Devotion building. Ravyn’s misty thoughts slowly rose.

…Grumbling, entirely different from the sweet Tisha… I didn't have a chance, to cut it short…

…Are we close to that infirmary? Yes, only getting to the destination can stop her…

…Please arrive already, public health room…

Until there was a voice to help her.

"Oh, Ravyn! Mol!"

A boy from the finance department waved to the two girls in the hallway on their way to the public health room.

"Quiet, big brother!"

The fussy personnel staff shouted at the Kanji, while Ravyn waved back lightly.

"Ow, Ms. Mol is better suited with a smiling face… Here is a magic potion that will change the grumpy mood for the better and turn the ordinary day of a beautiful woman into a happy day. Especially for you both, Assistant Ladies."

Kanji brought chocolates to the girls, one block each.

"Free tasting samples from where, this time?"

Mol asked Kanji in a weaker tone.

…Her attitude has changed. She probably doesn’t like me…

Ravyn pondered.

"Directly delivered from the Horn Coast. If this deal is successful, our branch will have the best chocolate shop like the other branches."

Kanji said proudly.

"Good. Next time I will ask you for advice about the project Chocotherapy that we will import from their country. But now I have to excuse myself, brother."

Mol spread her right arm towards Ravyn.

######

At the AB Public Health Room…

Mol recommends checkup procedures and appointments with AB’s most suited doctors, nurses, and physical therapists for Ravyn's case with no shortcomings.

"All completed. If you have any further questions, just ask me now."

Despite having clearly expressed prejudice earlier, Ravyn couldn’t deny that she was a professional at her work.

"Did you happen to remember all the schedules for the next 2 weeks for everyone in this room?"

"To be accurate, it’s 3 months of everyone’s schedule in the Hand of Devotion building, but it’s trivial if you use a thing called technology."

Mol aligns her thumb to the side of her index finger, taps it at the round button on a ring on that finger, and palms up. The ring immediately projected the hologram screen of the schedules and their descriptions. The schedule highlighted color is nice and bright, and the screen doesn’t have any of the white noise or glitchy tone that Ravyn’s herbal store used to have.

…I will never look at Gentle’s latest flat-screen TV the same way again…

"It’s a really disappointing question from the Intel Assistant. If there are no more questions, have an X-ray."

Mol made a loose fist and the projection disappeared.

15 minutes passed…

…This recovery speed is insane. The bones are all joined together, even though her rib just broke yesterday…

As Mol stands next to the doctor reading Ravyn’s film, Yu and Charles come to visit the new member of their Intel Department.

"I knew you must be interested in our new face. She’s cute, isn’t she?~"

Yu greeted her colleagues. Subsequently, Mol turned to the front door and bowed to Charles before speaking.

"I’m not interested in misplaced monsters like you guys. Also, that arrogant, introverted man. What’s happening with the intelligence department these days!"

She walked past those 2 new visitors towards the exit.

"Anyway, thank you for staying with us and taking good care of her."

The goatee Charles spoke up, pausing Mol for a moment. The personnel department girl then continued her tread and whispered a response, intending not to be heard.

"It's not like I had a choice."

When the test results were nothing to worry about, Charles rejoiced with Ravyn and issued an ultimatum forbidding her from leaving the building at all working hours until she passed her probation. And if Ravyn insists on going to the operating area alone, even once, it will immediately end her status as a member of this organization.

######

In just a month, Ravyn was completely healed and went through a rigorous trial period to become a full-fledged AB Intel Assistant. She completed 12 J-level missions and 5 at the C-level. All of them are office jobs and are not related to the Donkey Gang. But it also gave her time to learn and adjust to the people and things here. And with her official Assistant status, she is now able to embark on the field mission to find the black aura assassin who killed Pim. Of course, she will not investigate alone. There is a special privilege for an AB Intelligence Assistant that can sometimes be involved in a field investigation on the condition that an Airburst trainee is required. This also keeps Airburst from focusing only on investigating, which increases the effectiveness of the mission. Ravyn, who knows this well, plans to go and request the trainee partner to join the field investigation before lunch break ends.

"It’s time to meet your knight in shining armor.~"

Yu eagerly led Ravyn, who had just finished the enrollment process in front of every department head, and left the meeting room. The pair left the Assistant’s building and headed for the ABTower, which is a few tens of meters away. While walking, they saw a shadow from the sky gradually getting bigger and bigger, and someone called out.

"That can wait."

*voomp!*

The sound of the wind being shot from the cannon hit the ground, and the air masses swept around in a wide circle. This allowed the person carrying the air cannon on his shoulder to somersault backward in mid-air and land on the ground in front of Ravyn and Yu with ease. A gallant face, golden hair, a tall slender figure, and a tight-fitting outfit that accentuates his heavily trained, tight muscles, with several thin nano-armor plates covered. The atmosphere around him gave out a feeling of peace and safety; he was indeed a guardian of the Themeise. His sea-blue eyes stared at Ravyn.

"I need your help."