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"Irina, come help me!"
Over the course of nearly half an hour of work, Xenovia, dressed in a maid uniform, had already lost count of how many times she had asked Irina beside her for help.
It was simply because there were too many things Xenovia did not understand. Especially anything unrelated to combat—she was completely clueless and basically had to ask before she knew how to do it.
Hearing Xenovia's voice, Irina, who was swiftly sorting through the trash in the wastebasket, let out a heavy sigh and could not help complaining.
"Xenovia, shouldn't you learn more skills that girls ought to have?"
"True." Xenovia nodded in full agreement, but what she said was this.
"The more skills you have, the better. You never know when they might come in handy during battle."
"No, that's not why I'm telling you to learn more skills." Irina snapped.
"I always thought you didn't seem to understand anything, Xenovia. Now I'm even more certain of it."
"Don't make me sound like an idiot." Xenovia immediately became dissatisfied.
"Don't forget, when it comes to combat ability, I'm above you."
Irina became even more exasperated.
"That's exactly why I'm saying you shouldn't use combat strength as the primary standard for everything, okay?"
Nearby, Noah appeared to be lying on the bed reading a book, but he had actually been watching Xenovia and Irina the whole time, a faintly wry smile on his face.
After watching them for the past half hour, Noah had nearly overturned everything he thought he knew about Xenovia and Irina.
When these two girls from the Church had first appeared before Noah, they kept talking about