Batida Restaurant is a fairly old restaurant with quite a long history.

According to their promotional strategy, it is clear that this is the first restaurant to be established in the port area, and the main feature is fresh seafood delivered directly from the port.

Considering that Patricia does not have comprehensive body enhancement spells like herself, her diet and rest habits should still belong to the category of normal humans.

Ronald, who is not short of funds for the time being.

I took the initiative to order a dinner recommended by a comparison restaurant.

There was still a lot of time left at the moment, and watching Patricia enjoy this dinner quietly, something suddenly occurred in Ronald's mind.

So he asked dryly:

"Patricia, I have a spell that temporarily strengthens my companions, do you want to try it?"

Patricia's response was rather polite.

The girl first put down the knife and fork in her hand, then wiped the wet corners of her mouth with a napkin, and finally handed Ronald an inquiring look:

"Can you give us an introduction?"

"Of course." Ronald nodded in response, and then introduced, "This is a spell from [Angel of Alien Forces], which will awaken different abilities to different people, and at the same time, it will not harm the body......"

Patricia listened quietly to Ronald's story.

After a moment of thought, she nodded slightly:

"If it doesn't take time, we can try."

“……”

Since from the very beginning it was planned to observe the surrounding situation.

So Ronald chose the location of the terrace at the top of the entire restaurant, with the best view, but not sheltered from the wind and rain.

The few people around didn't pay attention to their actions.

So with Patricia's consent, Ronald immediately activated the ability he had gained from the [Martian Trial].

“……”

The powerful and concise magic is gone in a flash.

The Heaven Arc spell carried it out, and it was as swift as ever.

Patricia was only slightly stunned, and then she felt that she had been strengthened. She frowned slightly, then looked at her right hand, which she was accustomed to holding a sword.

“……”

"Very interesting ......"

Ronald asked with some curiosity:

"Patricia, what abilities have you awakened?"

Patricia did not answer Ronald immediately, and the girl's expression was a little troubled.

Sitting at the table and thinking for a few seconds, Patricia picked up the cutlery knife she had just put down, and then waved the shrimp shell on the table in front of Ronald.

Click-

A crack instantly cracked in the orange-red shrimp shell.

Ronald could clearly see that Patricia's knives had definitely not landed on the shrimp shells, and had been retracted before they made contact with each other, and there was no such thing as sword energy or magic power to extend the cutting range of the blade.

"It's ......"

Ronald rightly had some doubts.

Patricia, on the other hand, pointed to the shrimp shells on the table and tried to explain in a way she understood:

"Something like this—"

"Normally, when I cut it with my knife, there will be exactly the same crack on the shrimp shell as here. But after awakening the ability, the situation is different. I don't need to go through the whole process of this cutting action right now, I just need to do a start and the corresponding result of the slash will be displayed directly. ”

“……”

Ronald raised an eyebrow.

It's exactly what Patricia said—it's quite interesting.

Is this a reversal of cause and effect?

Or does it just cut out the process after the slash is initiated?

Guessing alone doesn't give you the full picture of this ability.

So with this doubt in mind, Ronald and Patricia began to put this new ability to the test.

- The process went very smoothly.

As a result, Patricia's abilities should belong to the latter.

For example, Ronald now holds up a napkin, and Patricia doesn't need to stretch out her arm, as long as she holds the knife and makes a movement, then this ability will naturally make the napkin be cut in half.

However, if Ronald protects or dodges the napkin at the moment of Patricia's attack, the cutting will fail and the napkin will not be damaged in any way.

In general - this ability belongs to the process after the attack is launched.

Although you can get the results directly.

However, it does not have the ability to enforce causation.

Of course, this is not to say that this ability is weak.

In the hands of a swordsman like Patricia, who is already strong enough, this can definitely greatly improve the combat effectiveness.

"Uh-huh......"

The two continued to discuss the possibility of applying Patricia's ability.

But just as he continued to test the details, Ronald's expression suddenly changed, and the movements of his hands immediately stopped.

Patricia noticed something strange about Ronald:

"Ronald, what did you find?"

"That's right."

Ronald nodded slightly, pointing to the northwest of the port area.

"My reconnaissance spell has found that someone is approaching here with malicious intent, and these people's thinking fluctuations are quite chaotic, which is very consistent with the thinking characteristics of those cult warlocks."

Patricia followed Ronald's words.

On the sea outside the harbor area, an unremarkable-looking fishing boat approached here, with no magical fluctuations in it and no one dressed as a spellcaster.

If only ordinary people saw this fishing boat.

At best, it can only be judged by its appearance - this is a fishing boat that is still working hard at the harvest day celebration.

The goal was confirmed.

Patricia gave Ronald an inquiring look:

"Let's just do it?"

Ronald did not agree with Patricia's idea.

He just wrapped a little magic around his hand and beckoned to another spot on the dining room terrace.

With Ronald's movements, the two who were originally enjoying dinner immediately got up from their seats and walked directly in front of Ronald and the two.

- Ronald found out about the situation early in the morning.

- These are two investigators.

With such an excellent location at the Batida restaurant, it is certainly impossible for the Investigation Bureau not to have a staff here. So after observing the actions of this group of cultists, Ronald immediately called them to stay here.

The two investigators came before Ronald.

Asked in a rather respectful tone:

"Mr. Ronald, is there anything you can do?"

Ronald pointed to the fishing boats approaching the harbor on the sea and said:

"See, there's a fishing boat approaching the harbor, and there's a lot of cult warlocks hidden on it."

“……”

Hearing Ronald's reminder, the two investigators looked at each other.

One of them soon drew a magical mark and began to pass on the message to the other companions, while another thanked Ronald for bowing slightly:

"Mr. Ronald, thank you for the reminder......"

Leave this simple thank you.

One of them immediately left the restaurant, while the other returned to his original position to monitor the condition of the fishing boat.

There was a number of collaborations between the Bureau of Investigation and Ronald.

Now that I have received the news, it is obvious that I am preparing to deal with these cult warlocks.

On the other side of the terrace, Patricia, who had picked up her dinner knife again, watched the investigators' actions, and then whispered to Ronald:

"Let's not meddle?"

Ronald explained to Patricia with great certainty:

"These cult warlocks can be dealt with by the Investigation Bureau, and if we say so, we will have to deal with the bigger trouble in the future."