What Rachel and Nina, the new generation of Claymores, didn't know was that the day after their mission had just been declared a failure and they'd been sent packing by Agent Ruru, he finally met his secret guest in a deserted forest about fifty miles outside the Holy City of Rabona.
And his mysterious guest was none other than a member of the Holy City of Rabona's Church-affiliated Order of Giant Sword Judgment Knights, dressed in full gold-and-red plate armor with a greatsword strapped to her back!
If Rachel and Nina had seen this scene—if they'd seen their organization's agent meeting with a mission target they were supposed to investigate and oppose—they would surely have gaped in disbelief.
Fortunately, they were already more than a hundred miles away and had no idea anything so strange was happening on the outskirts of the Holy City of Rabona.
"Ha!"
"You're late..."
Seeing the newcomer, Ruru wasn't afraid in the slightest. Instead, he pushed up the black sunglasses on his nose and teased her with a faintly amused, slightly displeased smile.
"No..."
"You're early."
After contradicting Ruru in a muffled voice, the giant-sword knight paused. Then she slowly reached up, removed the red-plumed helmet that had almost completely concealed her face, and tucked it beneath her arm, revealing a pretty face framed by golden hair and silver eyes, her expression cold.
If anyone familiar with her had been there, they would have recognized her immediately: the former member of the Organization's No. 6, "Phantom Miriya," now the deputy commander of Rabona's "Giant Sword Judgment" Knights!
As for why she still had ties to the Organization and its agent, Ruru, and why she was secretly meeting him here, that was anyone's guess.
"I'm early?"
At that, Ruru instinctively glanced up at the sun. Then