Gauss and the others walked down the street.
Perhaps it was just his imagination, but he felt there were far fewer commoners out and about in the city than before.
"Albenna, do you mean you might change Class Rank and become something else?"
Gauss asked curiously.
Albenna had already woken from her coma. Like Gauss, she hadn't been seriously injured.
But unlike Gauss, according to Plaeos, he hadn't provided much treatment. Instead, a mysterious energy within her had handled most of the healing.
"Yes. More precisely, I'm still in the process of changing Classes."
Albenna raised her arm.
She hadn't cast a spell, yet a clear, bright moonlight shimmered around her arm, lending her a faintly sacred air.
But when she spoke of it, Albenna didn't seem particularly happy. Instead, she silently sighed to herself.
The group quietly arrived at an open patch of ground.
Albenna buried the two halves of the Scale Powder Butterfly's body, now completely stiff and dry, in the earth. Then she scooped up soil with her own hands and covered them.
As a creature she had formed a pact with, the Scale Powder Butterfly's death was a considerable loss to her.
"Woo..."
Silver Wolf Ulfhen and Raven Ike stopped fooling around, too. They lowered their heads, grieving the loss of their companion.
The tides of battle were always changing. Sacrifices could come at the most unexpected times.
"Rest in peace."
The group fell silent for a moment, mourning their companion.
A small white flower sprouted from the soft soil, nourished by Albenna's Nature's Power.
After the funeral, they began making their way back to Flute Castle.
"Welcome back to the city, Lord Gauss."
The guards at the gate saluted respectfully.
In recent days, Gauss Squad had become famous overnight.
Until then, Gauss had been a