A Girl Who Was Told “You Have No Talent” Turned Out To Be A Talented Monster

The next day, Litty met Catalina at the Royal Capital and the three of them headed to the exam venue. Litty had a fair amount of luggage, but the other two were mostly empty-handed.

In the upcoming examination, they might have to help each other out, so Litty thought it would be a bad idea not to communicate with each other.

“I’m Litty. Nice to meet you.”

No response. It was as if she didn’t even recognize Litty’s existence. Litty was worried that the girl might not actually like her, but she couldn’t figure out the reason for that.

“Oh, and by the way, be sure to protect yourselves.” (Catalina)

Litty immediately understood the meaning of Catalina’s abrupt reminder: several Rank 5 Green Goblins were ambushing Litty and her companions. But for Litty and her companions these demons weren’t much of a threat.

“Green Goblins…they have low intelligence and no weapons. But let’s fight them without letting our guard down. Um…”

Litty wanted to call out the name of the girl who stood next to her, still hooded and with a muffler covering her face, but that girl never told her name, so Litty didn’t know what to do.

While Litty was distracted, the hooded figure was startled when she saw the goblins. It was the goblins who took the lead and charged, aiming at them.

They jumped towards the two while uttering a monkey-like squeal. Their movements might look messy, but they did have power in their attacks. Litty compared them to wolves, she slashed two of them, protecting herself without much effort.

“Now, the rest… ah!”

A figure in a hood and a muffler was running away from the goblins. Perhaps amused by her reaction, the goblins were teasingly hunting the hooded muffler down.

Litty, who initially thought that the girl could handle it alone, didn’t move right away. The Green Goblin was not a monster that a Rank 4 would normally have trouble dealing with.

Litty wondered if the girl was not a vanguard unit. Reaching that conclusion, she slashed the goblins chasing after the girl.

“Teyaaah! That’s it!”

Litty, who had quickly killed all the goblins, picked up their ears, as the proof of their subjugation. It didn’t amount to much, but Litty thought it was important to accumulate them.

Though, not wanting to keep it all to herself, Litty approached the hooded muffler girl that had been running around.

“Let’s split the reward for killing the goblins in half later.”

The hooded muffler did not answer as she slumped down. As one would expect, Litty was not about to let this bother her.

Catalina then observed the goblin’s corpse.

“You’ve hit the vital spots precisely. And even for a low-grade monster like this, you showed no mercy.”

“Even if it’s a low rank monster, I can’t let my guard down. You never know what will happen in an adventure.”

“That’s right. You have had my attention since the beginning.”

“Oh, really? But you said I was the weakest.”

“I simply lied to make you snap a little bit. You’re the best among them, and with that simple clash, I am more certain of your capabilities.”

Litty’s mouth twitched at Catalina’s nonchalant attitude. Repulsion grew within Litty, wondering why this woman was like this.

However, Catalina was an examiner at the moment. Litty ignored her feelings of discontent, since her goal was still the same, and not to challenge this woman.

***

“Well, we’ll camp a little further down the road.”

The sun had set, and it was decided that tomorrow was the day to begin the exam. They had been attacked by monsters several times so far, but the person in the hooded muffler still did not fight.

In fact, there were also times when the hooded muffler did not even move. Of course, this was not a test, so Catalina did not say anything about it.

Litty, as expected, decided that she should ask the girl about this.

“Umm, why aren’t you fighting? Also, did I do something wrong? If I did, then I apologize.”

Again, no answer. Litty felt a faint twinge of irritation, and thought about ripping the scarf off.

If she didn’t like Litty, she wouldn’t mind. But as they were entrusting their lives to each other, Litty wanted her to put aside such personal feelings. Litty would never allow any compromise when it comes to an adventure.

“Why did you…?”

She was about to say something else. But, at a rocky spot near the canyon, her feet shook. The nearby rocks collapsed, and her own perspective had been lowered along with the collapse.

“Ah…”

Litty tried to keep her balance, but her foothold had collapsed. Debris and rocks from the surrounding area rained down towards them at the same time.

She tried to reach for the cliff, but it was too late. Without any way to reach it, Litty was dropped underground along with the other candidate…