I made my way across the guild hall for the second time in two days. This time, I had gold coins in my hand and a soon-to-be adventurer. Which is why, when I was stopped by some girl wearing enchanted leather armor with a sword peeking from behind her shoulder, I smiled. "May I help you?" I asked in a sweet tone, unable to hide my ever-widening grin.

  "You're that gal from yesterday, ain't ya?" she said with a raised eyebrow. "Guild says you ain't allowed here no more. Take a look over there."

  I glanced where she pointed, and my ears twitched with irritation. Sure enough, on a sign next to the door was a picture of me with "NOT ALLOWED" across the bottom of the paper and an X over my face.

  I turned around and said, "That was yesterday! I have the money and a good reason this time!" The woman shook her head and brought her hand to the hilt of her sword. No doubt a threatening gesture. "I'm only gonna tell ya this once: get out, or else."

  "I don't even see what I did wrong!" I protested, taking a small step back, not out of fear, but because if she attacked, there'd be a blood splatter that wasn't mine. "All I did was ask a few questions, and I left when I was asked. I never even raised a finger to anyone!"

  The woman began to draw her sword. My smile practically cracked my face as she got it less than a quarter of the way out before another voice spoke up.

  "Nya! Tama does not understand why we are not allowed here! Tama has done nothing wrong, and you won't say what Tama's friend did!" Tama's voice carried irritation. I knew beyond a shadow of a doubt that was how she would respond. After all, even if it was a bit manipulative, the guild had literally kicked me out and banned me for asking a few questions. That was unreasonable even to me.

  To Tama, that would be extremely unjust, and as expected, she had stepped in to confront the lady.

  "This is none of your business, girl!" the adventurer snapped as she drew her blade before turning back to me. "Get out now," she said in a threatening tone.

  I simply shook my head and said, "Are you sure you want to do this? I should warn you: my friend is very strong and doesn't like bullies." The woman snorted as she swung her blade at me. "I don't care about two little runts."

  That was the last sentence she got out before she was suddenly no longer in the building. A person-sized hole now stood where part of the wall had been.

  The entire room went tense. After a moment, a scream of rage came from the hole, and the woman jumped back through it at an insane speed. She ran at Tama, but Tama seemed entirely unimpressed and simply unsheathed her sword.

  Their swords clashed for an instant. Then Tama simply vanished. Before the girl could react, however, Tama appeared behind her, hand pushed against her back. I only saw a piece of what happened next; it happened too fast for me to see.

  One second, the girl was standing there in her leather armor, sword still in the position it had clashed with Tama's. Then she was naked, with literally nothing on her body. The only thing she still held was her sword.

  Tama appeared in front of her, looking her up and down as the woman slowly realized she was now naked. "Tama doesn't understand why these girls' breasts are bigger than Tama's too!"

  I stared, stunned, at the now-naked woman, who dropped her sword and covered herself. Her face went deep red in embarrassment and anger. After a moment, I recovered before snickering at her misfortune. I had warned her, after all.

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  "Looks like you have other issues to handle, huh?" I said as I stepped forward. "Why don't we let bygones be bygones? I mean, you saw how fast she undressed you... or did you?" I asked with amusement. The woman's face went from red to pale white as my words sank in.

  I had just pointed out how easily Tama had literally undressed her before she was able to even react. Like she was not only not a threat but someone to be toyed with like a doll. The taunt clearly worked too, as the girl quietly asked, "Can I have my clothes back?"

  I said nothing as Tama spoke.

  "Nya! Why do you want those restrictive things back? They only slow you down! Tama removed them so you could go faster and fight Tama better!"

  At this point, it was taking every ounce of my energy not to burst out laughing. Tama had done better than I had hoped. The intent got across, even if the results were unexpected. Turning to face the other guild members and speaking loudly, I said, "Does anyone else wish to join the lovely young lady in her current state of undress?"

  Three men stood up, drawing their weapons. I couldn't help myself. I cackled at their stupidity.

  I had to give credit to the third guy: he literally just put a shield around himself to prevent his clothes from being removed. That only caused Tama an extra second as she paused, shattered his shield with her sword, then undressed him anyway.

  I made note that despite removing all of their clothes, Tama left their underwear on, whereas she had not for the girl. I would have to ask about that later.

  "Why did you leave their underwear on but take mine off!" the girl screamed, her face now changing from fear to a mixture of confusion and anger. At this point, I had lost all subtlety and was now on the floor, my face red with uncontrolled laughter. "Maybe because she likes girls. I don't know!" I said between wheezes of breath.

  "Tama likes girls! Tama likes everyone! But only when they are good and just!" Tama said, causing me to wheeze even harder. At this point, the top four adventurers in the guild were now nude. At least, I assumed they were the top since they had tried to stop us.

  "Yeah, she likes everyone! Besides, wasn't she just giving you a fair chance at fighting? She removed all of your clothes. It's entirely possible she thought they didn't need everything removed!" I said between fits of laughter.

  The girl glared at me with hate in her eyes. "If you think having your friend here use some special skill to strip our armor and clothing is going to make us let you back in, you're dead wrong! I can still fight like this!" To prove her point, she reached down and picked up her sword, getting into a fighting stance while still nude.

  I truly had to give her credit: even with red cheeks of embarrassment, she was sticking to her guns. A brave adventurer indeed. "What do you mean, 'skill'?" Tama asked with a tilted head. "Tama was just using her speed!"

  Every single person in the guild stared at Tama in disbelief, including me. That wasn't even a skill. She was just that fast?! I had assumed it was some ability she had. But if what Tama said was true, she made literal speed demons appear slow.

  Tama looked at all of them before shrugging. "Tama doesn't see the problem? Is it 'cause Tama isn't naked too?" I quickly spoke up. "No, it's not that! They're just amazed at how strong you are."

  I sighed in relief as Tama, who had been literally removing her underwear, paused. "Oh, so Tama can't take off her restrictive clothes too? That hardly seems fair!"

  The naked woman paused for a moment to look at Tama. She really looked at her before asking a simple question. "Who are you, and why are you defending this fox girl?" Tama stared back at her for a moment before appearing lost in thought, as if it was a question for the ages.

  I giggled at her silliness, but otherwise, no one said a word. Finally, she seemed to come to an answer. She jumped up on one of the many tables around the room and, in a loud declarative voice, said, "This girl's name is Tama! Fully trained and powerful Ninja Warrior. The reason Tama is standing against you is because of your unjust actions against Tama's friend. Nya!"

  Silence filled the room once again at that statement before someone spoke up. "But you are literally breaking the law by defending her right now!" That made me pause, and I began to worry that might actually make Tama second-guess herself. I opened my mouth to speak, but Tama beat me to it.

  "Law? What is a law? If it is what is causing this unfairness, Tama will fight this 'law' and defeat it!"