In Terra, she is a hunter and a bad woman.

"Really? I think this is some kind of tongue twister."

Exia shook his head.

After getting the consent of several people in the room, Archangel opened the envelope.

But after just a few glances, she felt a little dizzy.

"Um...what's wrong? Is it someone you know?"

Seeing the strange expression on Exiah's face, Texas also leaned over in confusion.

"There's one thing... I don't understand..."

The Archangel explained his thoughts honestly.

The simple letter paper was not particularly fancy, but Yan Jin's cursive handwriting was definitely not something a normal person could write.

From the angel's point of view, she could not understand anything except lines that were circling one after another.

This made her start to suspect that this was someone's prank.

Croissant came over to take a look, then shook his head and walked away.

Texas, on the other hand, although she didn't quite understand it, still roughly understood the meaning of the letter.

"Maria...she wants to invite us out to play."

Texas calmly put the letter back into his arms and looked at his two companions.

"It's set for the afternoon... Are you free?"

"The letter also invited Sora, but Sora is currently performing a charity show and probably won't have time to come."

Texas turned and walked towards his room.

"Team building?... Yeah, even though it's just temporary, we'll probably be working together for a few months... We definitely need to get to know each other better, but where are we going?"

Exia touched her lips with a curious expression.

Croissant on the side shook his head.

"Forget about Croissant. I have to set up a stall today... Croissant, I recently found a great spot with a huge flow of people. Not many people go there yet. I have to make some money before other people in the industry find out."

"So me and Exia?"

Texas nodded in understanding.

But at this time, the Angel suddenly changed his mind.

"Come to think of it, I haven't been to the newly opened dessert shop yet... Forget it, I'll be there later. Texas, you go meet Miss Maria."

"..."

"Don't make that expression. Aren't you all acquaintances? Wouldn't it be nice to get to know each other more?"

Exia looked at Texas, smiled and struck a victory pose.

But alas, Texas has no idea there's anything to celebrate.

She just had a headache.

"So you mean... to let me go meet her alone?"

"Why...don't you want to?"

"...No, it's not that I don't want to do this."

Texas looked away.

She really didn't know how to explain her thoughts.

"If you really don't want to, you can refuse..."

"..."

"how?"

"Nothing, I'll go alone."

Taking a deep breath, as if he had made up his mind, Texas mustered up the courage and expressed his thoughts to his two companions.

Then he turned and went into his room.

pat...

As the door closed, the expressions of Exia and Croissant suddenly changed.

The two people looked at each other, as if they could see the smile on each other's face.

"Hmm~ As expected, Croissant, my guess was right. Although Texas looks cold, he really cares about Miss Maria. He's even unwilling to refuse her invitation."

Croissant covered his mouth with one hand and smiled wickedly.

"She always refused everyone's invitations to get together before, but now she's actually considering other people's feelings... Has she grown up, or is Miss Maria special?"

Exia also put one hand in her pocket, and the smile on her face was hard to suppress.

"I was originally thinking of inviting Maria next time, and then we could secretly follow her..."

"I didn't expect Miss Maria to actually invite us... This really saved us a lot of effort~"

"How's it going, Croissant, better get ready?"

Exiah turned his head and looked at his companions.

But at this moment, Croissant picked up a shoulder bag.

"What are you talking about, Exia, croissant, how could I miss such an interesting thing..."

"Everything is ready!"

"Really~" Exia lowered his head slightly, then raised it up decisively.

"Then let's get started..."

Chapter 35: The Privately Reserved Cafe

"If you want to build a good relationship with someone, can't you just invite them out to play?"

Faced with Maria's doubts, Xingxiong did not make many suggestions.

After all, she rarely thought about this kind of problem... Even if there were friends who had estrangements, she would just let it go and treat them as usual.

After all, those who can understand each other will naturally understand and sympathize with each other. Those who cannot understand each other will eventually go their separate ways even if one party suffers injustice.

But she was also quite curious. Could Maria, who looked cold and like a lone wolf, actually have the idea of ​​building good relationships with others?

"Communication is essential...especially since I'll be working with him for some time. Sufficient communication can clear up many misunderstandings between us."

Maria lowered her head and began to write on the paper in front of her.

She is not good at building good relationships with others, so after realizing that there is a strange gap between herself and Texas in the team, she also wants to resolve this gap as soon as possible.

And at Xingxiong's suggestion, she also took the initiative to invite the other party.

Since it is an invitation, it must be formal. First, write a letter to confirm whether the other party has time, then decide on a place, and finally state the destination to make it easier for the other party to choose suitable clothes.

Of course, Xingxiong smiled helplessly after hearing Maria's old-fashioned remarks.

"Actually, there's no need to be so complicated. You can just mention the time and place at once..."

……

Afternoon, Longmen Commercial Street.

Maria still has her classic outfit, a sophisticated black hunting suit and a unique tricorn hat.

She just stood alone in a corner of the street, waiting silently.

When passersby saw her, their attention was unconsciously attracted by her, but no one dared to come closer.

After all, judging from her standing posture, this woman is incredibly strong!

"..."

Maria felt the gazes from all around her, exhaled, and looked a little haggard.

Although she had become familiar with the world over the past few days, she gradually realized that the orcs in this world were not all as crazy as she thought, and they would eat people at the slightest disagreement.

But the subconscious reaction caused by a long fight cannot be suppressed by reason.

When she was in Yharnam, she had suffered a lot from those beastly humans.

So much so that even now, even though her mind tells her that these people are actually safe, her emotions still constantly send out danger signals.

When a stranger approached, her brain was still subconsciously thinking about how to break their neck as quickly as possible.

this is not right……

Sighing, Maria rubbed her brow with her hand.

And at this moment, Texas' voice sounded from beside her.

"Good afternoon, Ms. Maria."

Texas was still dressed in the Penguin Logistics uniform, which didn't look like anything special, but her moist lips and nails showed that she seemed to have done some unknown dressing up.

"We have received your invitation, but unfortunately, my two companions are currently busy and unable to come, so I will be the only one present this time."

Texas said, bowing slightly towards Maria.

"It's okay. I'm already happy that you're willing to come despite the sudden invitation."

Maria didn't care about it.

After all, her invitation was indeed a bit sudden, so it was normal that the other party was unable to arrive in time. What's more, she actually had a pretty good relationship with Angelica and Croissant...the type with whom she could communicate normally.

Mostly Texas.

Now that the real owner is here, that’s all.

"You seem to be looking forward to it?"

"..."

"I can smell the aroma on you... I'm very familiar with this smell."

Maria casually found a topic of conversation while turning around to lead the way.

Texas also followed behind the other party silently.

Although Texas's attire remains unchanged, Maria's acumen extends beyond visuals.

She could easily smell the other person's slightly damp hair and the unique scent of incense... Although the changes were not many and very subtle, it at least showed that the other person attached great importance to this meeting with her.

This surprised Maria.

After all, Texas's previous restraint towards her made her feel that she had done something wrong, which led to the other party's misunderstanding.

But now it seems...it's not what I thought.

Texas was obviously at a loss when faced with Maria's sudden words.

After her little hands moved in a panic for a few times, she nodded.

"It's just a change of style. After all, it's an invitation, so it needs to be more formal..."

"I'm very happy that you have this thought..."

It didn't take long for Maria and Texas to reach their destination.

This is a cafe run by a Syracuse native - this was also recommended by Xingxiong.

She didn't know where Maria and the others liked to go, but considering that the person Maria wanted to build a good relationship with was Texas...then Texas must be from Syracuse, right?

You should like coffee, right?

Then going to a cafe is definitely the right choice...

Whether this idea is correct or not is not the question for now.

This one obviously has a lot of problems...

Maria opened the door and saw a group of ruthless men in black suits.

Although they didn't say anything, the uniform look they gave each other seemed to say it all.