"S-so strong!"
Bennett stared wide-eyed at the grove that had turned into ice sculptures. Noelle nodded in agreement.
"Rosaria, what are you doing here?"
Li Qiuzhi looked at the aloof woman standing atop the canopy, her thorned veil and dark red hair fluttering slightly, brushing her soft, slightly pale back.
"Unscheduled overtime."
Rosaria put away her Long Spear and folded her arms over her chest, wrapped in a white, high-collared, backless top. Her expression was calm, but her voice betrayed a trace of annoyance.
"Uh, it's early morning, isn't it? Aren't these normal working hours?"
Li Qiuzhi looked puzzled.
"Don't you ever get time off?" Rosaria sighed and asked in return.
"..."
Li Qiuzhi was speechless. All right, ever since becoming an Adventurer, he had essentially worked every day. Work had become part of his life.
The words "time off" had long since left his life.
He cleared his throat, looked at the man in white frozen in ice, and changed the subject. "Is this fellow who attacked us some major wanted criminal?"
Someone Rosaria personally pursued presumably wasn't a small fry. His level was fifty-five, a little higher than that monstrous bird's.
He was also a Vision bearer.
Rosaria didn't answer immediately. Instead, she looked behind her toward Falcon Coast. Clank, clank-the sound of armor striking armor rang out.
A squad of well-equipped Knights of Favonius ran out, accompanied by a girl in a white, off-the-shoulder cleric's dress-Barbara.
"I was only responsible for pursuing him. If you want the details, ask your Knights of Favonius directly."
Rosaria cast her gaze into the distance, parting her pale, soft lips to speak.
"All right."
Since they had already caught the man, Li Qiuzhi didn't particularly mind. Still, as an Honorary Knight, he ought to show some concern when he saw the