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Mirabelle daringly had an inference when she thought of this. Could it be that Kirsten still possessed the teeth of a Swordtooth Tiger? She would have to ask her then.

“Um! Could I please ask where these teeth can be found?”

Mirabelle asked this anyway on purpose. She wanted to see if anyone apart from Kirsten would have these teeth.

However, Karma’s answer was –

“If it’s Swordtooth Tiger teeth, only Kirsten Raphael possesses such teeth right now…”
“Nobody else apart from her has them?”
“Er, that’s only natural. The Swordtooth Tiger is far too strong. Apart from Miss Raphael, nobody else would dare to hunt one, so only Miss Raphael has its teeth…”
“That’s really regrettable…”

To be honest, Mirabelle felt too awkward to ask Kirsten for the Swordtooth Tiger’s teeth.

Mirabelle was already giving Kirsten so much trouble. She didn’t want to take away Kirsten’s only glory for the sake of getting a weapon. Thus, Mirabelle abandoned the idea of using a sword.

She simply purchased some rice, an ordinary quality wooden bow, and a number of paralysis arrows.

She then purchased some regular arrows as well as some pieces of paper.

Mirabelle didn’t want to rely on Kirsten anymore.

Just about everything she had here was thanks to Kirsten, the person who saved her life.

Perhaps Mirabelle would be food for magical beasts already if it wasn’t for Kirsten.

Mirabelle kept thinking as she walked with her head lowered.

Her unfamiliar and outstanding appearance attracted a lot of attention from other elves.

Mirabelle had a lonely expression. She couldn’t just sit around and wait – she needed to make some preparations.

At this instant, she thought about what she could do. This was a bet between her and Reyne. She couldn’t always rely on Kirsten. Some things had to be done by herself!

Mirabelle then returned home. The first thing she did was to cook lunch for the recovering Kirsten. She made some dishes that she was relatively more skilled at.

After that, she sat in front of the table and kept fiddling with the arrows for a really long time. She fiddled with them from noon all the way until dinnertime –

This was bad, she seemed to have forgotten to cook dinner for Kirsten.

Just as Mirabelle was thinking this, she turned around and saw that Kirsten was currently sitting on the sofa and watching her.

“K… Kirsten!? How come you came downstairs?”
“Of course, it’s because you starved me…”
“S… sorry, my fault, I’m so sorry… besides, why didn’t you remind me?”

Mirabelle felt guilty as she kept apologizing to Kirsten. She then asked why Kirsten was sitting there without reminding her to make dinner.

“I didn’t want to interrupt you when I saw how serious you were, and it was also quite fun to sit here and watch you being all serious…”

Kirsten had a faint smile. Mirabelle felt like her face was heating up.

Kirsten’s injuries were recovering at an astonishing rate. In less than one day, she was already capable of getting out of bed and walking after all those injuries. It was really shocking.

“Now, what were you doing? Mirabelle, you were being so serious that you even forgot about dinner…”
“Um, I… I’m…”

Mirabelle hurriedly used her body to cover the arrows in a really clumsy manner. She was actually trying to use her tiny body to cover the arrows. Was she too naive or just too cute?

Kirsten could see everything quite clearly from where she was. There were several arrows on the table. Although Kirsten could see the arrows, she didn’t know what Mirabelle was doing with them.

“Although I don’t know what you’re doing, you shouldn’t force yourself…”
“I’m not forcing myself. Making these is my hobby…”
“I see. What are these arrows?”

Kirsten wanted to know what was going on with the arrows that Mirabelle was making. However, Mirabelle smiled mysteriously. She then placed her slender finger on her lips.

“Of course that’s a secret… I couldn’t possibly tell you?”
“What!? Okay, you, you’re actually trying to keep things from me now?”
“This really is a secret. You’ll find out when you recover fully and we go hunting again…”

Mirabelle put away all the arrows into her own quiver.

“What’s that? You’re also going to hunt with me?”
“That’s right, that’s right, I’ve already made preparations…”

Mirabelle pointed at her quiver and smiled.

“No…”

Kirsten suddenly refused in an icy tone.

“You can’t go hunting magical beasts with me. It’s too dangerous.”
“Eh? That’s not what you said last time!?”

Mirabelle didn’t really understand. Why wasn’t she allowed to go?

“That was last time. Things are different now. Before, the walls weren’t damaged and the S level magical beasts hadn’t broken in, so I could allow you to come with me. But now, the walls are broken and there are probably countless S level magical beasts inside the walls now. Even I was seriously injured, I probably won’t be able to protect you if I take you…”
“…”

This was actually the first time that Mirabelle saw Kirsten with such a serious expression. Before, Kirsten would always have a really bright smile on her face.

“Impossible. Although you saved my life, I don’t have to listen to what you say…”
“I…!”

Kirsten suddenly lowered her head and shouted this word in a really loud voice –

She then pushed Mirabelle down on the sofa and shouted loudly at her.

“I’m really worried about you! Finally, an elf appeared who is worried about me like my parents were. That’s why I don’t want you to get hurt. I want to protect you, so let me be responsible for hunting. You only have to wait at home for me to return. If an S level magical beast appears, I really won’t be able to protect you. I’m begging you, I truly want to protect you, and I don’t want anything to happen to you. That’s why I won’t let you leave the safe zone…”
“Why? Why can’t I leave the safe zone!? Are you putting me under house arrest?”
“That’s not it, I’m worried about you!”

Kirsten pushed down on Mirabelle with her injured hand. This way, Mirabelle would stimulate Kirsten’s injury if she tried to resist. It was precisely because of this that Mirabelle didn’t dare to struggle too much.

In that case, Mirabelle would use words to make Kirsten give up.

“But, your actions are no different from imprisoning me under house arrest!”
“It’s not house arrest at all! Anyways, I won’t allow you to leave! No matter what you try, I won’t allow you to leave the forest to go hunt…”
“Kirsten, I… I really need to go out… if it’s about worrying, I feel the same way! Why must you be in danger every day, while I can only watch from the sidelines?”
“…”

Kirsten’s worries didn’t reach Mirabelle’s ears. Mirabelle glanced outside the window at the endless night sky.

“Hey, Kirsten, can you listen to me?”
“No matter what you say, it’s useless. I’ve already made up my mind…”

Mirabelle gritted her teeth. She felt really frustrated about Kirsten’s hasty decision.

“Kirsten…”
“You don’t need to try to convince me. I’ll go personally cook some bread for you right now. Just listen to me, okay?”

Kirsten used her uninjured left hand to slide her fingers through Mirabelle’s soft and silky blue hair. She gently patted Mirabelle on the head. Her feeling of not wanting to let go transmitted itself through her hand.

Combined with her words, what difference did she even have from Heather?

Mirabelle instantly slapped her hand away and averted her gaze.

Kirsten couldn’t do anything about her, so she could only go to the kitchen to make some bread.

Meanwhile, Mirabelle sat down on the sofa in the living room and kept feeling angry inside. She was really unwilling to accept the “rules” that Kirsten had decided to set for her.

‘-Damn it, I’ve clearly made up my mind already to use this entire month for leveling. However, the greatest obstacle is actually Kirsten Raphael. I never expected this. Well, she won’t know if I secretly slip outside.’

Mirabelle changed her way of thinking slightly. Kirsten must have said such things because she was worried about her.

Mirabelle then felt rather warm inside because such a gentle person was worried about her. This indeed seemed like the happiest thing in the world.

“Mirabelle, will you be good and listen to me?”
“Okay, okay, I’ll be good and listen to you. I’ll stay at home and not follow you to hunt…”

Regardless, she was going to sneak out.

Naturally, Kirsten saw through Mirabelle’s simple plot. Mirabelle probably wanted to secretly sneak out while she was busy recovering or hunting? Just who would be the one laughing in the end?

She absolutely wouldn’t allow Mirabelle to go outside and hunt magical beasts. Otherwise, with her strength, she would meet the same ending as Kirsten’s master.

Kirsten thus secretly made a certain decision.

On the next morning, Mirabelle discovered to her astonishment that Kirsten had disappeared from her side. Mirabelle had a really ominous premonition.

She swiftly ran downstairs and looked all around. She finally found Kirsten sleeping on the sofa.

Mirabelle felt like a weight was removed from her heart. She had been worried that Kirsten would run out to hunt magical beasts after she recovered – it was fine as long as Kirsten was alright. In that case, she would sneak out now.

However, when she was trying to open the door, she discovered to her surprise that the door handle wouldn’t budge no matter what she tried.

“What? So strange…”

Mirabelle tried to open the door handle from a different angle.

“Eh? How come I can’t open it!? Agh!!”

She used both hands to twist the handle, but she still couldn’t open it.

“Hah… hah… hah…”
“Teehee, Mirabelle is so cute. You actually wasted so much energy on a locked door…”

Kirsten sat by her side and laughed at her. It was obvious that she was the culprit who locked the door.

“Kirsten, why did you lock the door?”
“This is my home. I can lock it if I want, it’s none of your business…”

Kirsten had an infuriating tone that it was only natural.

“But how am I supposed to go out then…?”
“Hmm? What do you want to go out for?”
“Of course to hunt magical beasts! Otherwise, why would I buy an extra bow?”

Mirabelle accidentally revealed her intentions as she immediately covered her mouth.

“Ah, no… um, not hunting, I want to go out and buy food…”
“Pahahaha… Mirabelle, you’re so cute, you don’t even know how to lie…”
“Argh, I don’t care, you’re imprisoning me, even you want to imprison me…”

Mirabelle angrily declared this as she clenched her fists.

“Imprison? That’s such a good idea you’ve given me~ From now on, I’ll imprison you in this house. Doesn’t that mean you won’t get hurt?”
“…”

Mirabelle broke out into a cold sweat. She couldn’t help but think, ‘is she really going to imprison me?’

If that was the case, Mirabelle could still break out, but she would have to carefully consider if she would use a powerful attack in order to do so. If she used such an attack, she might injure Kirsten.

“Kirsten, I originally thought that I obtained my freedom, but never expected that I would remain a puppet again…”