For those who paid attention to the main character identification, that was not a mistake. Clarice is the primary focus, and Raki is the secondary. And though romance is the secondary genre, this isn't really a Clarice/Raki WAFF romance. More like onesided romantic undertones. Raki is still firmly in for Clare.
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She was running from the Awakened Being. No one would blame Number 47, the weakest of all the Claymores. Awakened Beings were dangerous even for higher numbers, and at the moment she was alone, unable even to sense yoma energy now that she was on Yoma suppressants.
Much good that stealth did her now, as the Awakened Being roared again. Dodging right when she should have dodged left, a glancing blow sent her flying through several trees and down the hill. Stunned, she could only grasp for her sword as the beast prepared to send its entire arm forward to impale her.
"Stay down!" shouted a voice she had never heard, and a cloaked figure rushed past her. The figure dodged the monster's blow, and the full stroke of a broadsword cleaved the arm off at the elbow. Dodging retaliatory swipe that followed, the figure jumped back, cloak opening to reveal a beautiful, muscular young man.
"Are you alright?" he asked, a gentle smile on his face as he quickly looked back at her.
Clarice, often derided as too human to truly be a Claymore, felt her heart skip a beat.
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