The Young Lady

(Bad Guy, starting up!)

"Everyone's here, right... We should be able to leave now!"

Blaze stood beside the aircraft's wing, rubbing her hands together impatiently as she counted heads.

"Pilot Mr. Dylan, Lancet-2, Doctor, Ceobe, Gavial, Croissant, and Yan. Hmm, everyone should be here... Doctor, let's go!"

"Clearly not yet..."

Gavial shook her head from the side.

"Doctor Kal'tsit told me last night that two people decided to join us at the last minute."

"Which two?" Blaze immediately pressed.

In fact, not just Blaze—everyone present perked up their ears. They were quite curious about the people joining their team at the last minute.

"Ah, I forgot the name. It was a long string of words, so I couldn't remember it—but Doctor Kal'tsit said she's a young lady. The kind with absolutely no combat experience—in other words, dead weight."

Gavial sighed as she spoke.

"A young lady... What a headache. If I get the chance, I'd like to talk her out of coming in person—she's probably going to suffer quite a bit."

Even though this was merely a field investigation, and elite operators would be accompanying them, accidents could still happen.

"Well, Gavial, just think of it as... bringing along another Doctor," Blaze consoled her from the side.

"But Doctor has fought beside us countless times and is our commander. We don't know that young lady at all. For all we know, she might not even think much of us..." Gavial grumbled.

Doctor smiled and scratched their head.

"That's true. If we really talk status, we're just company employees. Obviously, we can't compare to nobility..."

Among everyone present, only Blaze could be considered to have a noble background. Unfortunately, her origins were now taboo, and the case involving her family was still under investigation, so it was clearly of no practical