Chapter 45

"Friends...!?"

Volf was shocked by Louisha's words.

Because they had hardly ever had a conversation, let alone a proper one, and were far from being in a relationship that could be called friends.

Moreover, whenever Louisha tried to talk to Volf to become friends, Volf always intimidated and drove her away.

Because Volf believed that all humans were untrustworthy.

That's what he believed.

---Yes, that's what he believed.

But what about the person in front of him?

Instead of discriminating against him, she was reaching out a hand. Why? Could such a person really exist?

At this moment, Volf felt a warm emotion towards a human for the first time.

Unaware of Volf's thoughts, Louisha said, "Well, let's start the investigation!" and began searching for the culprit.

Louisha first checked the spot where the wooden box had been placed.

However, there were no footprints left. Normally, there would be no clues to find.

But Louisha had a secret plan.

"Alright, magic analysis!"

As Louisha chanted, the place where the wooden box had been placed began to glow blue-white.

The light then found footprints so thin they were invisible to the naked eye and made them glow.

"What the heck is this magic!?"

"This is analysis magic. A friend taught me."

Louisha said this proudly to the astonished Volf and laughed, "Hehe."

The magic Louisha just used was the analysis magic, the specialty of her friend, a half-ling boy named Chisha.

This magic, which has an extremely high difficulty to master, was something Louisha had learned from Chisha.

While she wasn't as precise as Chisha, who was an expert in analysis magic, it was still a remarkable feat to have mastered it in such a short time.

Using the power of this magic, Louisha followed the glowing footprints.

"Oh, it looks like they went that way."

The glowing footprints continued deep into the alley.

It seemed the culprit had fled in that direction.

"Let's go after them!"

"Hey, I'm coming too, wait up!"

Saying this, Louisha took off running, and Volf followed, chasing after her.

Watching the two run at a speed that was invisible to the naked eye, Marcus muttered to himself.

"Who the heck are they...?"

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The two raced through the deserted alley.

Louisha was using her qi to increase her speed, which was so fast that only Merel in the Z-class could keep up with her.

However, Volf was keeping up with Louisha.

"Volf, you're so fast! That's amazing!"

"You're the one who's too fast for a human! What are you, anyway!?"

Volf, who was confident in his speed, had his pride shredded by Louisha, a human with the same foot strength.

Unaware of this, Louisha was delighted to find someone who could keep up with her and began to run even faster.

"Alright, let's go!!"

"Y-You can still go faster! Damn, I won't lose!!"

The two sped through the alley, kicking up sand and dust.