She quickly came back with a friend. Behind her was Tina, who seemed to have been woken recently due to her bedhead and the fact she was rubbing her eyes. She also wore a similar pajama to one Elizabeth wore a day prior though it was a bit of a tight fit on her, especially on her chest and rear.

She yawned before speaking.

"Liz, what's this about?"

"As you know my magic is," she clears her throat, "so I'd like you to show Tibaut how to use defensive magic. Specifically, a simple shield should be fine."

Tina's eyes relaxed and her face became downcast. "So you can't even use that anymore, huh? Wait, how'd you know I knew?" She asked, with a hint of worry.

"Well, Ezekiel wasn't one to keep a lid on stuff."

"You're not mad?"

"I won't be as long as you show Tibaut the magic."

"As long as you promise."

She held her hands out but Elizabeth stopped her.

"Let's do this outside."

Tina shrugged and went with her suggestion.

All of them including Grace went outside and Tina changed into more fitting attire.

Tina stood in front of Tibaut with Elizabeth beside her.

"Alright, show him."

Tina nodded and placed both her hands outwards.

Next to Tibaut was Grace, who was watching out of curiosity.

"Why are you here?" He asked.

"Cause it sounds interesting, you don't hear about many people using defensive magic nowadays."

"Really? Is it something that special?"

Grace chuckled and patted him on the back.

" "Is it special?" he asks. Of course it is, I've heard some of the top guild leaders and some members of the royal guard are the only ones that can use it properly." She said as she pointed her finger at him.

"For real?" Tibaut's eyes opened in shock.

("I don't know about those guys but, Ezekiel said to be considered decent they're supposed to be way stronger than Elizabeth. And these guys are at the top of those decent people so they must be amazing.") Tibaut thought. ("But she said some, so it's not all of them. But it must be pretty handy if those big shots are using it. Wait a minute, then why is Tina just now showing it off?")

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"Hey asshole, stop flirting and look at me." She said as something slowly appeared between her hands.

A blue diamond-shaped object soon formed at the spot between both her hands. It was equivalent in size to the box of a new phone.

"It's a bit small," Tibaut commented.

"Pft," Grace uttered as she tried to hold in her laugh.

Tina glared at both of them.

"Get over here Redhead,"

("She better not use this as an excuse to attack me.") He thought as he walked over.

"Since you're confident it's so puny, why don't you punch it?"

"Alright, in the worst case, you should be able to catch it."

Tibaut held nothing back and winded his punch back a comical amount. It moved so fast it whistled in the air and his punch made an audible boom as it crashed into the small barrier. That's right, a boom not a crack. Tibaut removed his hand and looked at the barrier pleasantly surprised. It was in perfect condition with the only marks left from the damage of Tibaut's hand.

"Heh, how's that."

"That's pretty impressive." He said as he looked at it. He rubbed the surface and felt nothing. "Damn, Tina, why the hell have you been holding back something this useful?"

Tina looked at the arm he punched with and sighed.

"(I at least expected you to shout in pain or something amusing.) Trust me Tibaut, it's nothing more than a party trick at this level."

Tibaut gave her an unconvinced look.

"She's right. It'd be quite impractical for battle." Elizabeth said.

"I see," Grace said, inserting herself into the conversation. She held her chin as she walked over. "With how long it took to set up, it'd be a death sentence in battle."

"There's actually a brain up there?" Asked Tibaut.

"You're not one to talk." Responded both Grace and Tina, though Tina meant it.

Tibaut held his head down and started sulking.

"But, still," he continued "If you lose your opponent for a few seconds, I imagine it'd be pretty good as a way to at least surprise them when they try to attack."

"Tibaut, that is but one of the many reasons it isn't used. Let's show you the main one." Elizabeth said.

Grace looked as though she just remembered something and raised her hand.

"Oh, can I do it?" She said while jumping up and down.

"No. It'll be better if he sees for himself." Elizabeth said.

She put her hands behind her head and muttered "whatever."

Tibaut wasn't sure what they were getting at and listened intently.

"Tibaut, use your fireball against it," Tina asked.

"No, your lighter attack should be good enough Tibaut," Elizabeth interjected.

Tina looked at her pleadingly.

"Come on Liz, don't underestimate me like this."

"I'm not. Know your own limits, Tina." She said in a passive-aggressive tone.

Tibaut was unsure what was going on between them but he decided between the two Tina was easily the lesser of the evils and he already got her angry, semi often.

Within a few moments, he summoned a flame spear and aimed it at her barrier. She gritted her teeth and looked at him with a fire in her eyes. The barrier soon became a deeper blue and increased in size making it nearly 50% larger.

("Why's she taking this so seriously? If it can take a punch fine, it should be able to take this easily.")

While watching her do this he produced several more spears to see if had what he took to break it.

("If you're taking this so seriously, I guess I'd be a dick to hold back.")

He fired the one to gouge its strength for his next attempts and…

Shatter

As Tina held out her two hands, Tibaut noticed two things.

1. Her hands had a small amount of soot on them.

2. The barrier was gone.