Of course, none of this could be accomplished overnight.
Besides supervising their training, Rita occasionally cleared out the Dangerous Species nearby. It was still too early to let them hunt Dangerous Species; they had to wait until they had at least mastered the basics.
After training them for several days and finding the results quite good, Rita had Sirin open a portal back to their home in the Imperial Capital.
Meanwhile, back at their home in the Imperial Capital, Sil, dressed as a maid, was taking care of Little Black. Looking at the empty room before her, she seemed a little lonely.
Both female hosts had left, leaving just her, a servant, to live at home alone.
Weren't they afraid she would take their things and run away?
Maybe they really weren't. Rita was the head of the Security Department—the Imperial Capital's chief of police...
If she stole something from Rita's home, she could only flee the Imperial Capital. Even leaving the Imperial Capital might not be enough to keep her safe. Though she had never actually considered taking anything valuable and running away.
"Little Black, your pom-pom."
Looking at the lazy cat beside her, Sil took out the toy Durandal had bought for it and tossed it over.
In the end, the cat looked at her as though she were an idiot and ignored the pom-pom completely. It had figured it out: this girl really was scatterbrained.
Not only did she break things several times a day, but today she had nearly thrown it into the washing machine.
If it hadn't run fast enough!
It missed Durandal during the days she was away.
Just as Little Black was missing Durandal, its original poop-scooper, an incredibly dangerous-looking spatial passage suddenly appeared before it. It gave the cat quite a