The Adventures of Clara

Scintillating Plan

Two days since the night of terror passed. The situation is starting to be conducive.

According to the newspaper, it was reported that more than ten buildings were destroyed, about a hundred victims died, and 23 people were declared missing.

Given the scale of the event, damage like this can be said to be minimal. Very minimal so it feels awkward.

Ka-bombs here and there. A roaming high-class fugitive. Then the appearance of C-B level monster.

It would be ridiculous if there were only a hundred fatalities.

Not that Clara wants more blood spilled. It's just that something feels very strange and makes him think, “This is a person of no intention anyway be a criminal?”

Just take the example of a bomb that exploded in a quiet and uninhabited area so that the death toll from the bombing event was zero big—excluding knights, guards, and adventurers.

Just think, why not put a bomb in a densely populated place so that the whole city becomes more chaotic?

That way the chances of success to escape will be higher.

Well, just put that aside. The answer will not be met even if you keep thinking.

Continue the next issue.

Yesterday the Mayor made a fiery speech to calm the restless citizens. He said the government would bear all the costs of the loss and promised that such an event would not happen again.

Happy end's.

Or so everyone's hope.

How many people might be aware of the awkwardness of the Mayor's speech. Like the ambiguity of the details of events.

The criminal cause of this disaster has also been killed or arrested. One of them is the Mad Kila King Bomber who apparently attacked the store where Clara was drunk that night.

Usually the authorities will show off all achievements so that they get back the trust of the citizens. Like, like,

"See this. He is the mastermind behind this great event. He's been messing around everywhere and we finally caught him!"

Or other horrendous things.

But the Mayor did not do that. The Old Man simply flatly uttered the names of the criminals and crimes they had committed.

As one of the people who realized this awkwardness, Clara's reaction was, uh,

"So that's it."

"The main criminal of this incident may still not have been arrested."

Yep. With this case closed.

Enough of her detective work.

As a good girl, it's time to get up and have breakfast.

"Clara, let's have breakfast."

"okay."

Clara carefully closed the book she was reading and checked her appearance in front of the mirror.

“Hem~ hem~.”

After being satisfied she finally came out of the room with a beaming smile, like a good girl in general.

"Good morning."

"Morning. You slept well last night?"

"Ms."

Everyone had gathered in the lobby of the inn. This place provides a free breakfast in exchange for a rather expensive nap fee. Clara chose bread with egg filling as a breakfast menu.

Before eating her meal Clara said a prayer as taught by the guidebook “How to be a good girl, volume two.”

"We will return to Zariya the day after tomorrow" said Uncle as he sipped his morning coffee. "Today you have all the fun."

Uncle was very kind to his subordinates. He even prepared a special budget for the bodyguard trio.

Clara looked at Rhino with a look of goodwill.

"Rhino today doesn't need to look after Clara. Go play with your friends."

"Don't think you can do anything else, Clara."

But his good intentions were rejected by him.

"Not polite ya~. Good girl, cute, and diligent saving like Clara is unlikely to make trouble."

"Oi! Stay tuned!” rhino hatch. “Then please answer the good, cute, and diligent girl saving, Clara, the incident time yesterday the day after you went?"

Clara shrieked a little and then threw away her face.

"Hhh ...."

Rhino could only sigh helplessly.

That night after returning from checking Rhino's icon was shocked by the news of the troublemaker girl's disappearance. They frantically searched blindly. However, the city was too vast and it was impossible to search for it with just four people alone. After almost an entire night of fruitless searching, they finally gave up and decided to hand it over to the security.

Upon returning to the inn they were shocked because Clara was already there. Uncle boss immediately lectured him until dawn. The little girl initially reasoned that she had not gone anywhere, of course no one believed. Previously they had checked in the entire inn but had not found the naughty girl at all.

On top of that, that night Clara's mouth smelled of alcohol.

Each of them had their own suspicions. But no one wants to force him to talk if he doesn't want to.

As punishment, Clara had to ponder in her room for a full day.

While the boss uncle sighed tiredly as he muttered, "Young time ... Youthful time." Looks like Clara reminded herself of herself in her youth first.

Rhino decided to watch over this girl very closely from that day on, at least until they returned to Zariya.

"Where is the little lady going today?"

"Eh, seriously ya~ Clara does not need company."

But after seeing the serious sight of Rhino the good girl Clara decided to give up.

"Clara wants to go to the pharmacy."

Neet and Shina take turns going shopping while uncle wants to visit his old friend.

Clara and Rhino were also getting ready to leave. But suddenly Rhino got the call of nature.

"Remember, don't go anywhere" Rhino said.

The whole time he felt bad feelings about something happening. But his worries proved unnecessary. After staying for minutes in the toilet Clara was still in her place, smiling gently with compassion.

Seriously, Rhino wonders what's wrong with this girl.

Bad feelings are getting worse. But he had no idea what was wrong.

After that the lovebirds duo started their morning activity. Start by going to the pharmacy. Then visit the library. Continue with a play in the city park.

Or so it should be.

It took a long time for Rhino to realize the awkwardness that was happening. The girl he's been with since morning turns out not to be Clara, not even human.

"CLLARAA!"

It was a magic doll that was designed as closely as possible with him.

Rhino's growl sounded a few blocks away. With this the second round of hide-and-seek games began.

In front of the trade union building, a tiny figure was sneaking towards a horse carriage that seemed to be transporting everyday commodities. Skillfully he hid inside the carriage as if this was his daily activity.

"Everything went according to plan. Clara is the best."

This figure is none other than the bad girl Clara.

"Not naughty but clever, okay?"

According to the intel he had gathered the previous days, the owner of this carriage was aiming to go to the Night City. The merchant and Clara's goals just happened to be the same. So why not just ride, yeah, right.

According to Grand Scheme Clara ft. Raph, Clara must use the night city as her base of adventures.

All these plans are based on the fact Clara failed to register in Denia City.

Thas right.

Long before the Rabbit had guessed that Clara would fail when she signed up for the Alliance.

Although upset he still has to admit the ability of the rabbit alien prediction. Maybe Raph can see the future?

Anyway, Clara had been training desperately for a whole week to succeed this scheme. Starting from infiltrating exercises, double bodies, and so forth. The slightest failure is unacceptable. Considering this might be his last chance.

Until here everything went well.

Gathering information, solidifying the strategy until finally deceiving the Rhino.

The final step is to hide from the guards and come out unnoticed.

This is the last wall at once the hardest to get through.

As a result of the incident that night the guard became increasingly tight, even Old Man Darton got down to the field personally. It's not strange.

Precisely what is strange is the fact that the government still does not prohibit travel to the north because the fugitive is most likely still not arrested.

But good. With this Clara's plan can be used.

He began to cast a spell.

Eyes closed. However, he was able to see various lines and tinge of color from around him.

With incredible focus Clara drew a row of white lines to envelop her body.

Inferior-invisible.

Inferior-unscented.

Inferior-silent zone.

Inferior - remove aura of existence.

Clara breathed violently. Sweat poured from his pale white forehead. His body heated up as a result of releasing four spells in a row. The weight was too big for his tiny body.

The magic spell was divided into five levels. The spell that Clara chanted was originally a level three magic. However the effect was so significantly weakened that Clara who was only a second-rate mage was able to use it.

The effect is immediately visible. With the combination of these four spells Clara's existence became extremely faint. It would even be difficult to detect for even Old Man Darton's classmates.

Might?

Or Clara was a bit of an understatement to the old man?

Whatever.

Let the wheel of destiny be decisive.