When Hai Na was brought back by Lily, they did indeed run into some trouble.
A unit of Slave Knights had come to block the road. Their voices could be heard from far away as they loudly shouted that they would arrest the troublemakers here.
The commotion immediately made Hai Na nervous.
Hai Na had been a model student ever since she started school. After entering the workforce, she had specifically been responsible for arresting lawbreakers and criminals... When had it become her turn to break the law and be hunted through the entire city?
Yet alongside her nervousness, Hai Na also felt an unprecedented, strange thrill.
But when Lily saw that those who had come to arrest them numbered only a dozen or so... and were all merely Fourth Level, she directly laughed.
She led the highly resistant Hai Na straight in front of them without dodging or hiding.
--After several flashes, the Slave Knights were killed where they stood, utterly unable to resist.
The entire process was swift and clean, without making the slightest sound. It was just like the Shadow Fiend power Iver had used during the first Promotion Ritual--the shadows beneath Lily writhed and transformed into spears and blades. Whenever she flashed behind someone, those razor-sharp shadows pierced, cleaved, and shredded them.
She did not even raise a hand throughout the entire process, and not a drop of blood managed to splash onto the hem of Lily's skirt. When Lily emerged from behind Hai Na once more, her maid uniform was not even slightly disheveled.
"...Is this really okay, Miss Lily?"
Hai Na was somewhat flustered. As Lily pulled her away, she kept looking back at the bloody scene: "They hadn't completely blocked the road. If we attacked them, wouldn't that cause trouble for Iver... Should