The day at the ic was quite fortable, after finishing beied by the head nurse (And embarrassed).

  Both girls settled into a more fortable rhythm of not seeing each other faces while going around the ic helping patient after patient, Rossie checked with her [Diagnosis] spells, and if they could be solved by the use of the rather simple [Heal] of Elizabeth. Then she would move to the one and leave the blonde girl [Healing] the patient.

  Elizabeth could work to some degree and may be able to add the [High], [Low] and [Highest] spell prefixes after studying the books the head nurse had given her, but for now she was stuck with a rather above average [Heal] spell.

  “Thank you Miss [Healer],” said one of the patients to the blonde girl while she was leaving the room of another person after she had stayed five minutes healing him.

  His wound wasn’t critical work, but it required tinued care, it seemed not many wao do it si was deemed low enough in the risk assessment that it wouldn’t matter if they left it for ter, and since Elizabeth wasn’t really a [Healer] they threw most of this type of patients her way.

  ‘Even though I am supposed to guard Rossie…’ Thought the blonde girl while walking to the nurse tral to search for the patient room where Rossie had goo, the girl had been going from room to room all m.

  While she had been stuck four to five patients behind her, she was keeping the pace with some of the other [Healers] around, even if only because her spell was highly effit after all the fixes she had doo it.

  But that only made her slightly above average pared to a dedicated healer, while Rossie…Rossie was in a category of her own.

  She breezed over the normal patients as if they were simple issues, and moved into the more plicated ones while casting four to five different diagnosis spells, even whe annoyed for not finding the problem she would brute force it by using [High Tier] or [Diviier] spells.

  Which meant that she was on a defiana] sihe patient wasn’t obligated to pay for such high-tier spells without a diagnosis…But Rossie had enough Mana to stomach the loss, and if not, she would ask for her Mana…

  And sihe [Spell] she used needed physical tact, that meant that they ended up holding hands quite often, for some reason that got the pink-haired girl somewhat sheepishly…And that in turn made Elizabeth somewhat sheepishly too.

  They were only holding hands fod’s sake!

  It wasn’t something lewd or anything!

  Either way, they spent most of the m like that, Rossie would diaghe patient, if it was simple enough (And her mana was recovered to full) then Elizabeth would treat it with her [Heal] spell, if not Rossie would deal with it and then she would use part of the mana paid by the patient to recover.

  At some point while w Elizabeth had asked “Why do we only deal with Powered and Mages?” to one of the nurses around.

  The Head Nurse had left after making sure both girls could do their jobs, so they now had a normal [Healer]/ Nurse as supervisor, “Because if either of you doesn’t mao fully heal the problem, they have more ce to survive long enough to return.” Said the nurse back.

  “What?” Asked the blonde girl.

  “I mean, a powered or a mage has a sturdier body, just by the simple factor that a powered has his body infused with mana and a [Mage] usually es in [Shift] form, so the body you are healing is a [Mana Body]. If you screw it up, the powered survive long enough so we fix it…And the mage only o survive more time with the [Shift] active till we [Heal] him.” Expihe nurse, “A normal human does not have those advantages, so until the head hinks you deal with normies…You will be in this wing.”

  And while she uood why they o be monitored…She thought it was more about the fact that not enough nurses could use [Magic] around here, so far only the hey had been assigned and another one could actually use magic… The other used [Batteries] and [Artifacts] to fun.

  And of course, the head nurse could use magic too, but she was going from pce to p the ic…She couldn’t deteother [Magic Girl] around right now, but she had been told there were other 2 healers and she was the only [Guard] assigned by the school…

  And that the air since she could use [Healing] spells, so she wasn’t sure if she had beeified as [Healer] uard] by the school, the head nurse had said that she would be beled as [Guard] since she didn’t have the [Healing Affinity], but the other reated her like a [Healer].

  Even though her [Healing] was brought by the [Magic Circle] she had built using [Rossie] as an example…

  At least this meant that when her [Healing ] got reported to the school her evaluation would be further lowered by the fact that she had beeended her studies to another school, so her evaluation would put her further down into the [Overexteerrain.

  That would make her identity as [The Shadow Empress] shine more brightly and further difficult for ao ever think about linking both [Personas]…Not that her [Identity] as [Alice] was even close to her…

  Especially now that she couldn’t evehe shadows…

  “[Warning, Vilin sighting en route. Security forces prepare for bat.]” Bred an arm in the speakers of the hospital.

  The nurses immediately went about f the patients aing them to sit down back, some seemed more at peace than others, but overall not many needed much ving after the sed arm fred.

  “[Viliified as A-Tier threat, Shadow Aligned.]” That made most of those sit down immediately, their wounds suddenly [Fring].

  That made Elizabeth smirk, half of those didn’t want to fight a [Tainted] and the other half didn’t want to fight an A-Tier Vilin, she wasn’t sure orse in that.

  “[Elemental Weaver] you aren’t required to fight the [Threat] as we have deemed you a provisional [Healer].” Said one of the o the blonde girl, “But as a [Guard] you either stay here and help keep the order o to the reception and be ready for work.”

  She…Wao stay, not only because Rossie was here and she might need prote, but because she didn’t he spotlight as [Elemental Weaver], but something else made her want to go and see…

  “I will go to the reception and see if they need help, might also work as impromptu [Healer] there if needed.” Said the blonde girl while answering to the hen before the pink-haired girl said anything she added, “You stay here and help prepare for the wounded [Sylphie].”

  She got the feeling that Rossie might want to go with her, so she didn’t give her an out, “Stay safe [Weaver].” Said the pink-haired girl, she seemed to want to say something else but stopped from saying so.

  In the end, the blonde girl didn’t find out what the pink-haired girl had wao say, and sihe arms fred again she rushed to the elevator and pushed the button for the reception floor, so she would o ask her ter, maybe at their [home]?

  It wasn’t something important…Probably, if it was important she would have said her, right?

  “…AHE CIVIES OUT OF THE WAY ALREADY!” She arrived at the ground floor listening to the screaming voice of the head nurse.

  She tried to nudge herself out of her line of sight…As…” DON’T THINK I DIDN’T SEE YOU [Elemental Weaver]!” She wasn’t fast enough…Also maybe being dressed in full Magical Girl Regalia wasn’t good for being a wallflower.

  “Hello Head Nurse…Fine day we are having, right? I o go…” Started saying the blonde girl while searg for someohat looked like he was in charge of the defense.

  “Straight back to the floor I left you is where you o go, young dy!” But the head nurse wasn’t having anything from her.

  She couldn’t help but groan about that, but she was in luck today!

  “Is she a [Magical Girl]?” Asked one of the administrators at the reception desk.

  “Yes…?” Answered the blonde girl before the head nurse could say anything.

  “…Here it is, [Elemental Weaver]…Graded at least C-Tier…” Started saying the woman at the reception desk, she looked like someone more important than the usual reception clerks.

  And by the face the head nurse was making, she robably someoh the power to and here, “Great, we don’t have enough [Guards] and you were listed as one so it means you have the means to defend yourself.” Smiled the woman at the reception desk, “Go outside and guard the ic with uards], if you end up wouhe ic is willing to give you…Some degree of dist.”

  “SHE IS A CHILD!” Said the head hehe woman raised her eyebrow at her, the head nurse tered herself and tinued, “She is assigned as [Guard] to one of our student [Healers] so she must protect her.”

  “She is proteg the building that [Healer] is, so she is fulfilling her duties, unless you know of another [Magical Girl] in the building that is rated for bat ?” Asked back the woman, the head nurse seemed to think about it before defting.

  “I will be firust me!” Said the blonde girl, somehow she couldn’t imagine a [Shadow Aligned] Vilin as someone dangerous. Not after her experiences with [The Hydra’s Fang].

  They all seemed er all…Even the girl at the arena wasn’t that bad since she didn’t make them do something eous.

  So this wasn’t as dangerous for her as it would be for others, besides…Maybe this could stimute her [Shadows] back to life after whatever weird thing had happeo her?

  “I will be back ★” And on that he blonde girl walked to the outside, searg in the skies for the presence of the uards] she had been told about.

  She found none in the skies, well, perhaps they didn’t have flying-type spells or skills? She turo see around the ic, waving at the normal security forces of the ic, they were well equipped but in the end, were mostly normal people.

  They of course waved bad some even thanked her for the help, so she did the polite thing and greeted them back, thanking them for standing guard around, but after cirg around the area she started to worry sino powered e was around.

  “[Villian at sight, firming identity…]” And the warnings from the speakers came bring, she could barely hear them, but a sed after a magic circle fred near her eyes givihe update from the speaker systems.

  Viliified.

  Shadow Based Vilin.

  A-Tier firmed.

  Name: Nyctophagia

  Affiliation: The Hydra's Fang

  Deemed Dangerous, caution is advised.

  And then, she got really worried, she hadn't found the other [Hero]'s or [Magical Girls / Guardians] arou, and she was in front of a veritable A-Tier threat, she had the power of a D-Rank...At best, she could be sidered C-Tier if she used all the points she had stockpiled from the test Level Up fest...

  Maybe if she tried ter another of those?

  She had survived some events that should give her some experieowards the levels...She focused inwardly and pi the [Status] skill, it showed there was a backlog of notifications waiting for her input, it seemed that the [Skill] had deemed her state of mind befiving the deluge of notifications, and unless it was something truly important it didn't show them to her. But if she was to fight a veritable [A-Rank] threat...

  "[Guardsmen] am I the only [Magical Girl] ie?" She asked one of the nearby guards.

  "Yes ma'am...The closer [Magical Girl] is [Lunar Shade] do you wish to ask for reinforts? She is a [Tainted]." Said the guardsman, at that the blonde wao facepalm...The guard against the floor.

  "Yes guardsmen, please signal [Lunar Shade] for reinforts." Said the girl trying to not let her annoyance leak into her voice, it wasn't good for her [Image] if the guards thought of her as someone irate.

  "Magical Girl [Lawbringer Sentinel] is en route, are you sure [Lunar Shade] is required?" Asked the guardsman once more while fishing his unicator's frequency.

  "Unless you think a sole C-Tier and [Lawbringer Sentinel] are enough...Then yes, call [Ahat e." Said the blonde girl while activating her [ZephyrWings] spell and flying to the roof, she would o see from where the [Vilin] was ing.

  But before that... "Release the pending notifications..." She intoned inwardly to her [Skill].

  And sure enough, another deluge of notifications came at her, half of them were for smaller stuff, with only an important ohe ohat had garbled text.

  Notice:You have survived the mental degradation from outside forces, experience acquired towards the level.

  You have learned how to expel influence from external mana, experience acquired towards the level.

  You have defeated another powered that was strohan you, experience acquired towards the level.

  You have mao damage something you shouldn't be able to, experience acquired towards the level.

  You have made your first steps as a [Villian], experience acquired towards the level.

  You have fallen under mental degradation...Error.

  You mae external influehout help from anyone and with your [Talent] sealed, experience acquired towards the level.

  You have survived the tampering of your [sess] by a hostile power! Experieowards the level granted.

  You have mao return to your [Normal] form and have purged the influence! Experieowards the level granted.

  You have listeo an [???????????????????????????????????????????????????c???????????????h???????????????????????????????????]???????????????????????????? ?????????? of the ?????????????????????[????????????????????????r?????????????????????u???????????????????t?????????????????????????h?????????????????????]???????????????????].

  ???????????????????????????x?????????????????p???????????????????????????????????r???????????????i?????????????????????é??????????n?????????????c??????????????????????e?????????????????????????? ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????w???????????????????a?????????????????????????????r??????????????????????????d??????????????????????????????????????? ???????????????????t??????h?????????????????????e?????????????? ?????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????x??????????????t??????????????????? ??????????l??????????????????????v??????????????????ē??????????????????????l??????????????????? ?????????????????????????r???????????????á????????????????????????????????????????????????????t???????????????????????????????????d?????????????.????????????????

  You have made a e to another's [Soulscape], experience acquired towards the level.

  You have started work in an envirohat isn't suited to your talents, experience acquired towards the level.

  You have learned a more effit spell casting and adjusted to your current style by the use of your own [Talent], experience acquired towards the level.

  That gave her just barely enough to arrive at level 25...how did she know that she had made it barely?

  She wasn't sure, but something in her gut told her that she was barely at the cusp of getting to level 26, and that something was waiting for her there...But she wasn't sure what it was. Either way, she weled the boost to her base stats, five points across her different status meant that she was that much more powerful...Even if that wasn't that mu the great scheme of things...At the very least she had over 200 points to pce across all stats...

  Even if her [Skill] had been somewhat wonky...The status hadn't been taken from her nor had she been penalized evehe [skill] threatened her before, she wasn't sure what was interfering with her [Skills], maybe the [Taint]? Maybe someone else?

  She didn't know, but either way, she would sit in those points till she hem...Or till she decided ath she would follow, since she wao be successful as [Vilin] right now, perhaps putting them into the physical status was the way?

  But she he pht now if she was to survive an enter against a Vilin...And while she trusted in [The Hydra's Fang]...She hadn't gotten a good vibe from that particur vilin...

  "Well, well, well...Look what the [cil] spat my way..." Said the Masked vilin finally showing up, he had walked from one of the alleyways and the shadows trailed behind him, all moving as if alive.

  And they were probably alive...

  Under some kind of effect from his skill...Actually, what was his skill?

  "[Identify]" Ihe blonde girl pointing her awareowards the [Vilin].

  Status

  Name: Samuel Cravix

  Title: Nyctophagia

  Alias: Gu’s Shadow

  Level: 70

  Health: 200%

  Mana:150%

  Stamina: 100%

  Stress: 0%

  Strength: 350

  stitution: 106

  Agility: 350

  Dexterity: 50

  Intelligence: 30

  Wisdom: 120

  Charisma: 10

  Status Auto allocation active.

  Skill: Shadow Eater

  Subset Skill:

  -Shadow Meld

  -Shadoution

  -Shadow Digestion

  -Shadow Infusion

  -Shadow Taint 80%

  "So [Magical Brat], I'm following a [Shadow Sign]...Either give me the [Tainted] et out of my way." Said with finality the [Vilin] while behind him the shadows fanned out, extending all over the pce with glee in their eyes.

  She could make up the form of the shadows and how they had demonic-looking eyes and maws...Was...Was this how she looked while summoning the [Shadons]?

  That was a scary thought...The fact that she was 45 levels below him...Was also a scary thought...And the fact that one of his [Skills] was literally called [Shadow Taint] and that was at 80% was...Even worse, wasn't he getting ed of the [Taint]?

  This...This would be hard...But at least she only o hold him back while [Lunar Shade] and [Lawbringer Sentinel] arrived...And maybe someone else to help?

  No way she would end up fighting an A-tier vilin alht?

  She would die!