Monster

* A towering water slime has noticed the magical lesson and slowly makes its way towards the students.
	+ A typical water slime is considered a medium level threat which can be subdued with five or six mercenaries.
	+ Rei notes that this water slime may be as tall as a small house.
		- It has a lustrous, bluish-white surface with a transparent body; its magical gem core can be seen.
* Slimes in the Revolution world are not always cute and they're not easy to defeat.
	+ Physical attacks aren't effective and people risk being swallowed whole.
		- Someone swallowed is incapable of defeating the slime from inside.
	+ Water slimes are weak against fire.
* Tred-Sensei evacuates the students and attempts fend off the water slime.
	+ He fires a total of 4 fire bullets that barely graze the water slime in an attempt to gain its attention.
	+ He and Misha call out to Rei to fall back.
* Because of the size and and type of the slime, Rei takes a moment to explain attribute compatibility.
	+ Likened to Rock-Paper-Scissors, Fire > Earth > Wind > Water > Fire.
	+ Even though it was said fire is effective against water slimes, the size of this particular one reduces that advantage.
* Rei assists by building earth walls that trap the slime.
	+ Tred sees this and comments that this is unlike a beginner.
	+ Because of Rei's knowledge of events, she spent extra time outside of lectures practicing her magic.
		- She admits that she was initially slow at casting but soon improved.
	+ Rei gets Tred to command the students to cast fire attacks at the slime.
		- She notes that the differences in qualities of the bullets and arrows depend on the user but the collaborative effort is large in itself.
* After the dust settles, the slime is still alive and well.
	+ In return, the slime uses a skill common among monsters called Hateful Cry, an enraged roar tinged with magical power.
		- It has the effect of paralyzing opponents due to fear.
	+ This causes most of the students to freeze except for Tred-sensei and Rei.
	+ Rei mentions that because she's built earth walls, she has no offensive capabilities because water is ineffective.
* Tred believes the best plan is to back away quickly to leave it to the royal guards.
	+ Rei counters that it is dangerous to leave due to students still affected by Hateful Cry.
* Rei recalls the game event in that a capture target saves the heroine.
	+ Rei knows that she needs to shout out a name but her choices are:
		- Rod
		- Yuu
		- Sein
		- Claire (New!)
	+ And in a game-changing mechanic, all of Rei's actions up until this point led to a new path opening up.
* Rei immediately calls out to Claire.
	+ What Rei did not realize was that Claire was affected by Hateful Cry as well.
	+ Sein ends up being the one to snap Claire out of it.
		- Due to his high aptitude for magic, he was able to recovery quickly from Hateful Cry.
			* This is the second time, Sein has been acknowledged at being more skilled in magic than his siblings.
				+ The first time was shown in the First Contest results.
* Sein plans to support Claire as she casts her fire magic.
	+ We also learn that because of his apparent lack in offensive capabilities, he loses popularity among players as a result.
	+ Rei in no uncertain words mentions how she's jealous of not being a part of Sein and Claire's moment of teamwork.
	+ Claire casts a new spell, Flame Lance, that is a powerful and large projectile.
	+ Sein supports Claire with Enchant Wind, which alters the attribute of attack magic.
		- It is revealed that Sein learned this spell at a young age for self-defense meaning he has been training his magical skills for some time.
* The flame lance turned from red to white and despite the water attribute, pierces a large hole into the enormous slime.
	+ Claire manages to hit the core of the monster causing it to scream as it melts and collapses.
* The students begin to cheer for Claire and despite her haughty attitude, she is embarrassed and delighted by the praise.
	+ Sein slips away from the crowd.
		- The students don't particularly realize how much help he gave.
		- Tred-sensei couldn't even praise Sein because he was cautious of other threats.
* Claire breaks from the crowd and rushes to Sein.
	+ Claire thanks Sein while he downplays his role.
	+ Claire praises him and it's just enough to make him smile a bit.
		- He strokes her hair in response causing Claire to genuinely be happy.
* Rei is nearby and she finds a tiny water slime.
	+ She finds the baby water slime and rationalizes that the mother slime got hit by a magical projectile; that she was only acting in self-defense.
	+ Rei explains that monsters can be tamed, the only requirement is that the monster and the caster have the same attribute.
		- A tamed monster is called a familiar.
		- Rei pours her magical power into the water slime's magical gem core.
			* It turns from blue to gold.
			* A golden core is evidence of a monster being a familiar.
	+ Rei assumes responsibility and becomes the new mother to the water slime.
	+ From all the times, she's played the game, she was set in her name: Rei + Claire = Relaire.
* Claire is the first to admonish Rei for being away so long.
	+ Rei is more concerned about Relaire as she could still put her in danger.
	+ Claire usually berates Rei but this time, she actually praises her.
	+ This surprises Rei for once and she ends up remarking that it finally happened.
	+ Even Claire makes it well known that she dislikes Rei, Rei appreciates Claire for still being able to say the right things.
* Claire marches off and calls to a visibly content Rei to follow her.

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