"...Yeah. That'd be inconvenient. Though it's probably technically a really defective doujutsu..."

"Could be good to use that as a backup cover story."

Shrug. "Guess if I ever want to be intimidating, yeah."

"There's applications for that."

"A few."

"So not as bad as it could be."

"Nope. I don't mind it usually."

"Cool."

"Dinner's ready," Shinrei calls from the kitchen, then.

Food time.

Shinrei's a good cook, fortunately. She keeps conversation light over the course of dinner, turned more towards enjoyable things than worrying about the future.

Elaise has no objections to that.

She's fine with Elaise staying until pretty late, it seems, though Elaise might want to return to get own bed ever.

Especially since there's more training tomorrow.

Good night.

"Good night."

"Until tomorrow, then."

And off she goes.

Shinrei gets them into a rhythm of training and D-ranks over the next few weeks. They're learning a lot, at a far higher density than they ever managed in the Academy. 

Soon enough, Shinrei thinks they're ready for their first C-rank.

Exciting. What are they going to be doing?

Courier mission to some of the northern outposts. It'll take a while, but they won't have to deal with a client, so, balances out.

Fair enough.

She's already heard some horror stories about the clients people get, especially on C-ranks... So, yeah, courier seems fair. Sayuri isn't bothered by being out of the village a long time. 

Neither is Amajina.

Good. She'll get the full briefing, if the girls want to start packing.

Anything special they should pick up?

Nothing specific, but the trip's length means there's some considerations there wouldn't have been on shorter Academy trips.