[center][h2]Suwako Makiyoshi[/h2][/center]
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To her surprise, for once, everything went better than she had expected.

She had expected Thalia to lash out and try to attack Penny. However, she instead decided to retreat and run away with her from the scene.

Suwako looked at Alicia. She seemed distraught and worried. As should she be. Who knew how long that transformation would last and who knew if Thalia would be able to keep herself under control for that long? She just hoped that at least she recognized Penny and would not harm her.

Alicia did not decide to chase after the two however, so she would not too. She wasn't exactly in her top condition anymore, especially after that blasted mana drain mortar.

Suwako then saw Alicia thanking the new girl. Suwako did the same as well, bowing lightly in thanks for her assistance.

However, their newlyfound peace was soon interrupted by a pair of magical girls who demanded compensation for firing upon them. Who were these bunch, Suwako wondered? Alicia was clearly offended by their remarks, as she lashed back, saying that it was their own fault, flaring their aura like that in the middle of a fight.

Ah, so they must be the source of the unfamiliar aura she felt back then.

As she had expected, the pair didn't react well to Alicia's response. Now they outright demanded her to apologize or else they would make her kneel.

Suwako sighed. Would this really end with another fight?

Thankfully, the situation was somewhat defused with the new girl that had helped them interrupting their argument, though Suwako didn't exactly approve of her familiar just landing on top of her head so casually. She didn't shoo the owl however, seeing how she was quite used to it, having an owl familiar on her own.

In the end, Alicia left, though not before saying some more harsh words towards the pair. Suwako soon followed, not forgetting to introduce herself to Scout as well before she went after Alicia.

"Well, that ended reasonably well," she said to her once she caught up. "That mana-draining attack was dangerous though. I am quite dependant on my mana to do stuff so without it, I could only use my bow, and I couldn't even enhance the arrows. Well, at least with your power, you could dispel the effect. We'll be seeing them again for sure, and when that happened, I'll make sure that I wouldn't be caught off-guard. And I'm still worried about Penny and her friend. Should we check on them?"

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