Initially, Himeko wanted to argue with them much more. Getting used to that? She was just about to collapse because of all these strange things going on.
But except for her exhaustion, which was still present but didn’t seem to be as bad as expected, everything else including the urge to faint seemed to slowly getting better. She almost felt as okay as she did before coming here, even.
With a sigh of relief she sat down on the floor for a moment to catch a deep breath.
Next thing she immediately did was putting on her cutesy act again by changing her harsh expression into the usual innocent look. She deeply hoped nobody else had seen the expression she had made earlier, as it would ruin her image and make it harder for her to observe the rest of the group properly.

She then listened carefully to what the man, introduced as Takaoka, had to say.
It sounded unbelievable and Himeko wasn’t really sure what to think of it. But the idea of fighting bad monsters like in one of those fantasy adventure movies made her a little excited nonetheless.
“You say we will fight monsters like they do in fiction? Like really heroic heroes?”, her eyes started to sparkle again but then she realized that believing it just like that would probably be too naive, even for the impression the rest might have of her.
“I mean…I don’t believe you , though! That strange stuff that was going on just now doesn’t really prove that the monster part is true, does it?!”, she added a little more wary than before.
“Additional to that, the Ruleaholic over there is right. You brought us here. You should at least ask us if we want to participate or not!”