Arisa21
Luka and Shinsuke stared at the girl in utter disbelief.
Meanwhile, the slime that was oozing and attacking them earlier is now melting for some reason, as a weird purple flame enveloped it.
Luke stared at the girl's back, while Shinsuke just glared.
Arisa 21
Me? I'm Arisa21. It's my job to kill these things. That's all you need to know.
Luka
What are these things?
Arisa 21
Also, I'm an Aquarius, born under the Rat sign, and my hobby is to watch daytime series.
Shinsuke
I thought you said that was all we need to know!
Shinsuke
Man, seriously. You're acting mysterious and cool earlier, and now you're changing gears.
Luka
And she's quite talkative, too.
Arisa21 glared at them and balled her fist.
Arisa 21
H-hey! At least be thankful I saved your life!
She crossed her arms and looked away.
Arisa 21
Well, whatever. Shouldn't you be worried about what happened to your teachers and schoolmates?
Luka
T-that's right! What's happening here? Why is there a giant slime out to eat all of us? Is everyone dead? What the hell is happening?
Arisa21 shook her head and sighed.
Arisa 21
You are quite slow, aren't you.
Luka
Hey! Why are you ganging up on me!
Luka
And aren't you even worried about our school?
Shinsuke
Of course, I'm worried. But panicking wouldn't solve anything.
Shinsuke
Hey, Miss Purple Hair. You seem to know what's going on in here. Care to explain to us what happened? Did we really see the slime or are we only hallucinating everything?
Arisa21 glared at him angrily.
Arisa 21
I have just told you my name! Why are you still calling me Miss Purple Hair?
Shinsuke
Nah, it's too long. And weird.
Shinsuke
Buy seriously, know anything thay happened here?
Arisa 21
Ugh... You are a handful! I don't want to answer you because you're quite rude.
Arisa 21
But as for the slime, yes, that was real. Some monster I was tasked to kill in a dungeon escaped and it ran away to this school, so I tracked it here to kill it. But then, just as I was about to corner it, you arrived and it changed course. Thankfully, I was still able to catch and kill it.
Luka and Shinsuke looked at her blankly.
Luka
She still said it anyway.
Arisa 21
W-well of course! You asked!
Shinsuke
You said you're not telling us because we were rude to you.
Arisa 21
Why are you two being so annoying?!
Arisa21 huffed and continued on with her long tirade.
Shinsuke
I can't believe all of that happened.
Luka
So what are we going to do now?
Luka
Do you think our schoolmates are fine?
Luka
Even though they have been nothing but mean to me, I don't want them to die.
Luka
Are they still alive, Ms. Arisa21?
Arisa21 became quiet, perhaps because she didn't expect him to say her name.
Arisa 21
Thankfully, I was able to track down that monster right away so it wasn't able to kill everyone in this school. A few more hours late and they would be digested.
Arisa 21
Yes. Slimes swallow everything in their path, and digest them to become more powerful.
Shinsuke
What would happen to them when they wake up?
Arisa 21
They won't remember anything.
Arisa 21
But still, there will be gaps in their memory. So we need to fill it with fake ones before they wake up or they will start wondering.
Shinsuke
And... How would we do that?
Luka
Is that even possible?
Arisa 21
With the help of some gadget.
Arisa 21
Now, because this is your school and you're essentially the only ones awake here, I need you to help me put out these incense everywhere so I can start the spell.
Arisa 21
Yes. What's so strange about that?
Shinsuke
Everything! It doesn't exist, right?
Arisa 21
You just witnessed your school nearly falling prey to a monstrous slime, and yet you're saying magic isn't real?
She handed them incense sticks.
Arisa 21
Put them in the four corners of the school. After you've done so, I will start the memory change spell.
Accepting the incense sticks, the two boys set out to do their mission, not knowing that it will be the beginning of a great change in their lives.
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