“See? Mission success!” Chi-Chi got off the door and opened it, revealing Isabelle, who she invited herself in shortly after.

“W-why did you let her in?” Harry asked, his eyes widened in surprise.

“Why is she here?” Benjamin pointed out.

“Oh, did I show up at a bad time?” Isabelle asked, adjusting her glasses.

Benjamin said ‘yes’ while Chi-Chi replied, ‘no.'

“We were just about to head out though...” Harry moaned.

“Oh my god, I knew it.” Isabelle walked over to the critters and bent down to get a closer look at them. “You guys can talk; I can understand you!”

“Wait a minute; you can?”

“Or did you guys fake it the whole time, and I didn’t notice it until now?”

Benjamin fake coughed. “Did you come here to gloat or something?”

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“Not... yet. I came to say hello, and to also keep an eye on you, Benny.” Isabelle replied with a grin.

“W-what do you mean by that?”

“Isn’t it obvious?”

“No.”

“I had a feeling you’d break out of your crushed shell, eventually, and that you wouldn’t have given up so quickly, even though you have no powers or skills.” She muttered the last part of her sentence.

“I heard that!” Benjamin exclaimed.

“But just in case, I shall stay by your side and make sure you don’t succeed.” Isabelle did a pose. “So prepare yourself for—”

“Get out of my house!” Benjamin demanded.

“Master, what are you doing?” Chi-Chi whispered to him.

“What do you mean?” Benjamin asked as he and his sidekicks go into a group huddle.

“We got her here, so let’s get the girl to help us with our goal.”

“But how?”

“Trick her or something?” Harry suggested.

“That won’t be easy,” Benjamin said.

“Um, hello?” Isabelle called out to them. “You know I can hear you guys in your little huddle, right?” Isabelle pointed out.

The trio broke out of their huddle and turned to face her.

“All right, we’ll let you stay here,” Harry explained.

“But on the condition that you have to be an assistant to our Master and help contribute to certain stuff,” Chi-Chi added.

“All right, fair enough.” Isabelle shrugged.

“And I won’t take- Wait, what!?” Benjamin exclaimed. “Are you serious?”

“What? I think it’s interesting...”

Benjamin massaged his temples and sighed. “I don’t get you at all.”

“Let’s make this world a better place.” She stated, completely ignoring his remark.

“That’s not at all what—”

“Hey, where’s that other guy that was with you before?” Harry interrupted.