They had been marching for a couple of hours, getting closer to their destination by the minute. Sera was leading them, well technically Lucy was leading them and warning them of dangers.
Sadly she can't go into the sky anymore, the 'Pet' as everyone calls it, is too near to be safe for flying.
'When was the last time I was in the sky just for the fun of it? I really miss it, but if I had time for fun then me and Bea would've already had sex. Speaking of Bea, I should bring her into the sky once, it would be fun. For me at least.'
As she thought about Bea a smile crept on her face. After fantasizing a couple of minutes she turned towards her new assistant.
'Now that I think about it, I don't know anything about her other than her name.'
"Hey Faith, tell me about your past."
"My Lady, what would you like to know."
"Tell me about your life before the Fall." Faith's face became weird.
"I had a boring life. I worked at an auto repair shop working on the richer people's vehicles, that I would never be able to afford." Sera had a small smirk as she said.
"We had two cars in our household, one for my dad, the other for my mom." She said proudly, then Sera began reminiscing about the past, but stopped when she noticed Faith staring.
"Uhm... what is it?"
She quickly turned away, embarassed. "I...I'm sorry My Lady, it's just that no one knows anything about you from before the Destruction of Newber. I got surprised to learn something about your past."
"Ohh, I understand. But you are wrong."
Faith looked at Sera confused. "About what?"
"That no one knows of my past. Bea knows a most of it. And it isn't a secret, just simply no one asks about it. You could ask anything and I answer, you should know more than others anyway, since you are my assistant."
Faith looked like she was about to explode from excitement. But she reined herself in and instead said.
"Thank you My Lady, for trusting me. I only have one question. I had thought about it for a long time and can't seem to find an answer. Why?"
It was Sera's turn to be confused. "Why, what?"
"I don't know My Lady... There seems to be nothing wrong with her... She just passed out for no reason..."
Sera glanced at the dead monster, then at Faith.
"No reason my ass! Get Moe here right now! Lucy you lead the group, we shouldn't linger here. And someone bring that corpse, it has many valuable materials!"
"Yes My Lady!" Everyone saluted and went their way.
In a few minutes Moe approched Sera and with a bow asked.
"Is there anything you need from me My Lady?"
"Did Faith have killed a monster before?"
"No, My Lady! But she still one of the best soldier we..."
"Stop! Fuck me... If she didn't kill anything before... and she spontaneously passed out after her first kill..."
"You don't think..." Moe started but Sera cut in.
"She is an Evolved."
Moe nearly fell from shock. "She has been a soldier for 6 months. How unlucky, she shot many monsters, possibly hundreds but never gotten a killing blow."
But Sera's mind was elsewhere.
'She killed a Rotten of 2nd or 3rd Tier, which means she will be passed out through the whole journey to the bunker. I hope the girl won't need to communicate until then.'
Sera looked towards Faith. They put her on a makeshift carrier and two people were already bringing her along.
"Okay Moe, Faith is your responsibility. When she wakes, immediately call for me. Understand?"
Moe bowed and said. "Yes, My Lady."
With that done Sera returned to the front of the group. She had a feeling that it will only get harder from here on out.