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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