Melina received a surprise the moment she stepped downstairs.
On the thick wooden desk right in the middle of the manor's ground floor sat disassembled musket-type Armaments. Senior students Maria and Sonia were holding oilcloths to wipe down the gun barrels and install control cores into the weapons.
Walking over like a cat, Melina made no sound at all as she startled the two of them.
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