“You fought with a Jeweled Turtle?! What did it look like…?” “I alone wouldn’t have been able to face it. Calling the thing dangerous would be an understatement.” “Whaaaat?! Y-You’re not hurt or anything like that, right?!” As we returned to the mansion and explained to everyone what happened, seeing Noel rush towards us with a worried expression on her face made me feel at ease. “Don’t worry about us. We’re fine, as you can see. Look at what we got out of our fight,” I say, while showing her the many stones we extracted from the turtle’s shell. Dii and Noel both froze in place. “Wanna hold them?” says Leus. “Nyaaaah?! Stop this right now! You’re more than aware that I’m a master at breaking plates! Don’t tease me like this!” She has a point. I don’t want to say it out loud, but it

