I Became the Cute One in the Troubleshooter Squad

The sudden appearance of an original character—one of the protagonist’s party members, no less—had caught me completely off guard.

For a moment, I was frozen in shock, but I quickly forced myself to suppress the whirlwind of emotions and collect my thoughts.

Sure, I enjoyed the Fixer series.

And yes, I devoured anything in the problem-solver genre regardless of medium.

But I wasn’t a superfan so obsessed that I lost myself when confronted with the characters.

It was more like meeting a celebrity you liked—exciting and surprising, but not enough to drop everything and start screaming.

‘Okay, calm down. Overreacting will only make me stand out. I just need to stay composed and act like I’m greeting any other customer.’

Taking a slow, deep breath to steady my nerves, I turned my attention to the pink-haired woman before me, recalling what I knew from the original story.

‘This must be... Sakuragi Alice.’

If my eyes and memory weren’t playing tricks on me, the person standing there was indeed Sakuragi Alice, the combat specialist and the only female member of the main trio.

After all, how many pink-haired beauties wearing a slit kimono and carrying two swords at their waist could exist in Nighthaven?

Given that, this situation wasn’t entirely unexpected.