"Your hat is a bit crooked..."
The woman suddenly began to adjust my hat, as if it had bothered her in some way. Did she have OCD? That was what I first thought of her.
"W-who are you...?"
"Hm? Oh, I'm Beatrice—Beatrice Ker Zerken." The woman raised her fingers into a peace sign before adding, "And I'm of the 1st Tier! Like you guys."
"H-huh...? You're... Only of the 1st Tier...?"
When I had heard that, I was beyond stunned. There was no way that someone had fought a C-ranked monster all on their own with just their element at hand.
Besides some metal gauntlets, I didn't see her use any other weapons.
"H-how did you defeat something 2 ranks above you? That shouldn't be possible..."
Beatrice smiled at me with a warm gaze. I then heard her say, "Hard work can take you to many places as long as you put in the effort, don't you think. Anyway, the bear's not dead, just paralysed."
The woman chuckled before asking, "What class are you in anyway? I don't think you're in mine."
