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As Orrel approaches Alicia, he realises that Alicia isn't actually THAT badly injured. Well, aside from a possible concussion, as she rubs her head where the gunsen hit her square in the noggin, clapping her helmet onto her skull.
"Ididn'ttakeitpersonally. Itwasatrainingexerciseandwedidn'trrainhardenough. We'llwinnexttime. Iwon'tdisappointMus'adlikethatagain."
She takes Orrel's hand.

---

Theodora studies Lin a little confusedly.
"....yes, it was."

---

All Reeve gets is a few groans from the members of the Class still on the field being picked up. Seems you might have done a bit TOO good of a job in defeating your peers.

Mildred
As Mildred arrives at the batting cages, she finds a familiar face.

She sees a bunch of elementary school children hunched around an upturned crate with a repurposed plastic arena, the sort used for Beyblades (or so Mildred heard, they were slightly before her time). Within, a pair of beetles fight for a few moments, with one beetle being eventually overturned. One of the kids pumps his fist, cheering.

The sole non-elementary student at the table smiles as he forks over a bunch of yen bills.
"Good game, kiddo."
"Hah! I knew Ichigo would win! Thanks so much, big bro!"
"Just don't tell your parents. They won't be happy you've been hanging out with me, huh? Now come on, you gotta be somewhere and your mom said she wants you back home by five, Takuya."
He pats the kid he lost the beetle fight to as both of them place their beetles back into matchboxes. The kids begin to disperse, Takuya last, as he grins, counting his hard-earned money.

The older student then notices Mildred's arrival. Mildred, of course, knows him well enough. Known as the banchou of Amamiya, friend to children, the sort of old-style guy you don't see nowadays with an old-style sense of honor, and a frequenter of Mildred's illegal races, the possibly self-proclaimed "King of Beasts", probably one of the only people that could match Mildred and Akihiko in a fight.

Akutagawa Jin waves at Mildred.
"Yo."
....
At some other point in time....
Mildred arrives at the local branch of July. It's....well, exactly what you expect out of a branch of a chain of supermarkets. Not particularly interesting, plenty of quick and dirty jobs for quick cash, and the most interesting clientele are the old ladies who shop there. Aside from the occasional mysterious craftsman from the old town, of course.

Still, the jingle is pretty catchy.
Mildred gains 1 point of RES and DEF.
Mildred gains +15 EVA for the next map!

First Class Level 7.

52, -, 59, 56, 92, 58, 56, 20

Arnett gains HP, MAG, SKL and SPD.

16, 33, -, 54, 49, 57, 91, 44

Astrea gains HP, STR, and SPD.

34, 7, -, 10, 8, 45, 3, 47

Delwyn gains HP, STR, SKL, LCK, RES and SPD.

22, 30, 25, 45, 80, 5, 35, 32

Isabeau gains HP, STR, MAG, SKL, and SPD.

23, -, 54, 15, 17, 69, 77, 25

Kaya gains HP, MAG, SKL, LCK, and SPD.

25, 27, - 31, 9, 21, 5, 81

Kruger gets HP, STR, SKL, LCK, DEF, and SPD.

14, 58, 25, 73, 58, 37, 30, 25

Lin gains HP, STR, MAG, DEF, and RES.

9, -, 12, 35, 76, 8, 43, 14

Mas'ud gains HP, MAG, DEF, and SPD.

44, 57, 14, 8, 70, 47, 36, 27

Mordecai gains HP, MAG, SKL, DEF, RES and SPD.

Auto, -, -, -, 46, 12, 33, 50

Olivia gains HP, DEF, RES and SPD.

55, 20, -, 36, 34, 60, 52, 33

Orrel gains HP, STR, SKL, LCK, and SPD.

59, -, 47, 53, 46, 17, 74, 9

Reeve gains MAG, SKL, DEF and SPD.

36, 53, 64, 49, 62, 85, 77, 22

Ricardo gains HP, STR, SKL, and SPD.

12, -, 17, 1, 81, 60, 80, 38

Rika gains HP, MAG, SKL, and DEF.

Shiina shakes her head.
"That's fine. Tetsu and Keita can pick it up. I do still need to borrow Akitsuki."
"For what?"
"We were hoping we could get an extra hand on, um....a thing. I don't really wanna talk about it here. D-don't worry, it's not personal business-"
"Oh, don't worry! Um...."

She glances back at Akihiko and the group.
"Um....maybe...we could use this place as a meeting place for when, um....things happen? It's a little easier that way."

She gets dragged off by Shiina, leaving Akihiko. When he's sure Shiina is out of earshot, he continues.
"...she has a point. We could use the Helper's Club room to meet up to discuss Kaijin stuff. If we need to. Besides, nobody else but us two use it and we already know about Kaijin stuff."

In the discussion, however, Mori notices that Chiyo has slipped away, his hand no longer holding hers.

Chiyo shakes her head.
"Thanks for the offer, but...Hanako keeps me well taken care of. I wouldn't want to impose, anyway."
"Hanako, huh? Isn't that what that missing heiress all over the news is called? The Kazuraba heiress, right, Akihiko?"
"...yeah, but I don't think we'll get that lucky with it being her. Besides, you wouldn't happen to have her last name, would you, Chiyo?"

The mysterious girl shakes her head. Akihiko exhales.
"Figures."

On the other side, Kirishima continues knocking.
"Akitsuki! We need some help! I-I mean, if you're not too busy with K-Kasuga...I-I can come back later if you are! I swear I won't say anything t-to anyone!"
"E-eh!?"
"....what the hell gave her that idea?"

Orobas stops. Then he nods.
"You better not screw up against the Demon Lord. I haven't got the time to fight a half-assed vampire."

He walks away, leaving the crowd cheering and applauding as he slips under the ring ropes and clambers off the ring. Midori Mask pokes his head out from the bleachers with the booker.
"He gone?"

---

"The irony of it all. All of our hate, all of everything we've ever done, only for our salvation to come at the hands of those who oppressed us? You're a Revivian, you could never understand, but it's a lot more important to me than it looks."

---

Milly nods.
"I...suppose. Hey....while we're here...y-you still have those materials? The shaft and the Falkar fang, r-right?"

---

Yliss and Jade are, indeed, suddenly aware of a bunch of Revivians ogling Jade from a distance, the female in the pair stopping, staring and drooling, before her male friend drags her away, but not without also sneaking a peek.

Reeve's shot nails Andreas, managing to distract Theodora for a few seconds.

(Artemis Song is active!)
(Reeve has +5 Eva!)
(Reeve has 4 stacks of Brilliance!)
(Reeve is overconfident....)
(Reeve flashes over!)
(Reeve shines like a light over the earth!)
(Andreas is a klutz...)
(Theodora's Telekinesis activates!)
(Theodora's Support activates!)

Reeve initiates!
Hit Rate: 92 to hit
Hit: 69, hit!
Andreas loses 15 HP!
(Reeve gains a stack of Brilliance!)

Andreas cannot retaliate!
(Andreas' will endures!)

Reeve strikes again!
Hit Rate: 87 to hit
Hit: 32, hit!
Andreas takes 13 damage!

Andreas is downed!

The left side, no longer troubled by Isabella's shrubbery, is able to start heading over.

(Concentrate Fire is active!)
Arnett revives Astrea!
Astrea regains 15 HP!

Mus'ad Forecasts for Lin!
Lin may move again!
(Artemis Song activates!)
Lin gains +10 Hit for 3 turns!

Lin activates her Arte: Muspellheimr!
The world begins to burn!

Kaya heals Lin!
Lin regains 23 HP!

Theodora doesn't respond to Orrel, eye still on the downed Andreas, which does open her up for a hit, only for her to calmly counter and knock him down.

(Kaya has called down the rain!)
(Lin's Daunt activates!)
(Reeve's Charisma activates!)
(Theodora's Telekinesis activates!)
(Theodora has the excellence of strength!)
(Kaya's Dragon Ward activates!)
(Artemis Song activates!)
(Orrel bears his burden of expectations!)
(Orrel is energised!)
(Orrel has +10 Crit!)
(Theodora has -20 EVA...)
(Theodora has +15 Hit!)
(Concentrate Fire is active!)

Orrel activates his Arte: Dance of the Wind!
Orrel initiates!
Hit Rate: Irrelevant
Hit: Autohit!
Theodora takes 19 damage!
(Theodora isn't invincible...)

Theodora retaliates!
Hit Rate: 71 to hit
Hit: 28, hit!
Orrel takes 17 damage!
(Adept check: 1, pass!)

Theodora retaliates!
Hit Rate: 71 to hit
Hit: 40, hit!
Orrel takes 17 damage!

Orrel is downed!

(Delwyn is out of focus...)
(Kaya has called down the rain!)
(Delwyn is energised!)
(Delwyn has +15 Hit!)
(Lin's Daunt activates!)
(Reeve's Charisma activates!)
(Alicia has unsafe positioning....)
(Alicia's survival instinct kicks in!)
(Alicia has +15 Eva!)

Delwyn initiates!
Hit Rate: 78 to hit
Hit: 91, miss!

Alicia cannot retaliate!

Alicia still proves impenetrable.

~~Enemy Turn~~
Isabella, Idunn, Felix, Joel and Kaede are evacuated.

Alicia activates her Arte: Repulsion!
Arnett's Imago is knocked back!
Arnett takes 22 damage!

Alicia quaffs a Vulnerary!
Alicia heals 10 HP!

Reeve, for a moment, has Theodora's eye on her, spear in hand. Anyone else on their team might have been less of a threat to Reeve, but even Reeve was well aware of the Unstoppable Girl's reputation. And, of course, the fact that she'd just beaten the hell out of Theodora's best friend and possible something-more.

Mercifully, Theodora decides that instead of avenging Andreas, getting him to safety is more important, and she picks him up, fleeing over to a different part of the treeline.

Theodora rescues Andreas!

---

(Kaya has called down the rain!)
Lin regains 10 HP!
Delwyn regains 10 HP!
Kruger regains 10 HP!
Arnett regains 10 HP!
Reeve regains 10 HP!

Astrea has Renewal!
Astrea regains 7 HP!

(Lin's Muspellheimr burns the world!)
Lin takes 5 damage!

XP: 97/100