Both Liohime Kitagami and Jolene Aurora strutted along, side-by side, as they ventured deeper and deeper into the Lost Forest.
Liohime, with his face finally rid of all of the nasty blood and extra stuff, had finally relaxed, while Jolene silently kept her senses alert as they walked on.
For the next hour, things were actually surprisingly quiet for the duo in terms of dangerous encounters. In fact, they had only found one other rogue magical beast, which Liohime had distracted while Jolene killed it with a sneak attack.
"Not bad, Jolene. Good job."
"Hey, when the fuck are you gonna stand up for yourself and actually fight?"
"Well, I actually was planning to," Liohime responded, "but then I realized just how much lighter you're making the work be, so I'm kinda content with this for now."
"Ooooh, I see. You're enjoying the woman doing all the work, huh?"
"H-Hey, don't take this differently!"
"I know what kind of man you are."
"Did you hear what I just fucking said!?"
