Night time have come, and there are still no news of Aurora and Azumi Ice Queen subjugation, with the snow becoming heavier, Alfin look at the sky above from the window of the shared room, only seeing the thick cloud and the heavy snowfall

(Sigh... please god, let the two of them be safe, please) [Alfin]

She is so concentrated on her praying that she doesn't seem to aware of the danger that is currently approaching her

The figure grasp her abdomen area from both the right and left side and start to launch a deadly attack

"Hahahahaha, stop it at once Kucin!" [Alfin]

"Not until you stop worrying all the time" [Kucin]

Kucin continue to tickle Alfin until Alfin surrender and agreed to her condition

"Mission complete" [Kucin]

Alfin, being a royalty and having a bad relationship with Kniaz and also with her own mother, have never got a chance to sleep over with other, she usually spend the night all alone, there are time that her father and her third stepmother will sleep together with her when she is still small but those day were numbered. So having the chance to sleep with Kucin whom she regard as her own little sister, together with her beloved student Emma and Lydia and also Filaurel is a chance that she doesn't want to miss

Of course, she being the niece of Duke Hiaccio (and the very fact she is a royalty) meant that she have a room especially prepared for her but she refused it and wanted to sleep together with the other. Seeing how happy she was to have a sleepover with the other, no one objected to this and thus she and the other shared a common room

"You are so cruel to make a suprise attack like that" [Alfin]

"all fair in love and war" [Kucin]

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Alfin look at Kucin angrily, but Kucin by using her paw like hand, make a tickling like motion by using her finger, so Alfin quickly abandoned any idea of revenge

"Don't worry about Brother Azumi and Captain Aurora too much, I am 100% sure they are both fine" [Kucin]

"Kucin is right In this regard Princess Alfin, worrying too much will hamper your work for tomorrow and if anything happen to you because you worried too much about both of them, I am sure Captain Aurora and Azumi will blame themselves" [Filaurel]

Filaurel add too Kucin point, Emma and Lydia nod strongly. The four of them, just like Princess Alfin also worried about Azumi and Aurora, so the advice given also serve for them to make theirselves less anxious and worry about Azumi and Aurora condition.

"You are right, let just go to sleep and be prepared for tomorrow" [Alfin]

With that, the group sleep early and wake up early in the morning. They all have their breakfast together while going through the plan once again at the last minute

After breakfast, they move out to their respective location, the heavy snowfall yesterday have make the surrounding area becoming colder than usual

The first group, with Filaurel acting as the leader go to the adventure guild to meet Mrs Kirthiga first. When they have confirmed that some adventure have been dispatched to the respective area, they themselves begin to do their work

Kucin, Guz and Blade are made into one group so that Kucin can help Guz and Blade if anything happen to them, while the remaining First Knight Squad goes by their own to cover more ground

The three of them arrive at the location that were assigned to them

"So this is the area that we are supposed to cover, right?" [Guz]

"Yes, it is" [Kucin]

"So senior, how do you usually investigate this kind of thing, as you can already guess, Blade and I have little to no experience in this regard" [Guz]

"There are several way that you can do, from talking to local people, following anyone that you found suspicious, or gathering information from nearby vendor, of course there are also broker who sell information about it but it best to avoid them" [Kucin]

"I see, for now, how about Blade and I talk to the local first, is that ok?" [Guz]

"Sure, you can go to any shop or restaurant and ask them about it, even children playing on the road side can become a valuable source of information, but just don't make it obvious, usually the one that are being tailed know they are being tailed, so it best to exercise caution" [Kucin]

""Right"' [Guz, Blade]

After saying that, they are about to do their work when someone from a reindeer beast race call Kucin

"Huh, is that you Kucin?" [?]