After all.
Wasn't this very acknowledgment what they had fought so desperately in the Dungeon for?
He then noticed that Onigawara Rin and the others' gazes had begun drifting behind him without their realizing it.
There.
Stood four unfamiliar faces who clearly weren't Orario locals.
Especially that silver-haired woman.
She was simply too dazzling.
Even standing in a corner, she seemed to glow.
The nobility and elegance that radiated from her very bones made even Onigawara Rin, a fighter who usually knew nothing but swinging her sword, instinctively feel awkward.
Without thinking.
Onigawara Rin drew her feet back.
She looked at her boots, covered in Dungeon dirt and monster blood, then at the other woman's white high heels.
It was like stepping in tattered, mud-covered straw sandals onto the freshly waxed, mirror-bright floor of a luxurious palace.
Though she didn't want to admit it, that feeling of inferiority truly did well up inside her.
"Oh, right. You must have noticed by now."
"As you can see."
"These ladies are our Familia's new members."
"Come on, introduce yourselves."
Noticing this, Haimo turned his gaze toward the somewhat uneasy Seitenshi.
Being watched by so many unfamiliar pairs of eyes, all belonging to people who looked highly skilled and radiated a fierce aura.
It would have been a lie to say she wasn't nervous.
But.
Seitenshi still drew a deep breath.
She steadied herself.
After all, since she had already decided to abandon her former identity and start anew.
Then this was her starting point.
And so.
Seitenshi took a step forward.
She approached somewhat stiffly, folded her hands in front of her, and bowed slightly.
Her movements were graceful and precise, revealing an aristocratic upbringing etched into her bones.
"It's a pleasure to meet you."
"My name is Seitenshi."
"Although