The only thing Rita cared about now was whether the white bear might also be teaching combat techniques to other apprentices.
If it had, she'd have to take some time to eliminate that apprentice.
With a shield up and unable to injure herself directly, Rita made another trip to the ice cream shop.
She couldn't tell if it was her fault, but the place seemed to have fewer and fewer customers…
In the end, the only one left to steal from was the shop clerk.
Judging from the way the clerk kept rolling his eyes at her, he'd already noticed.
Once her HP dropped to 5%, she waited for it to naturally recover to 6%, then struck again—draining it to 1% before triggering [School Rule No. 801] to activate [Mystic Force] once more.
With her most important pre-battle prep done, she didn't rush into the Old District.
