Rattus and Yukina went back to the store with Sid, and the first thing they saw was vomit on the floor near the plate glass windows and Lexi laying on the floor with her hands tied up behind her back. She was with Neo, and it was then that Rattus knew there was something anomalous that happened while they were investigating the cursed skull.<br/><br/>On the other hand, Yukina turned pale with horror upon seeing the whole scene. Neo must have done something bad again, she thought to herself, and Lexi was the victim.<br/><br/>Sid, of course, didn't like what he saw but so was Lexi, as the couple judged her reaction. It was definite that the alchemist did something so monstrous against the blonde clerk. They already got used to Neo being such, but it never got easier on them every time he did something like this.<br/><br/>All Rattus could do right now was to take out his flask of liquor and drink on it, in order to numb himself from the emotion that the whole scene evoked. Yukina, on the other hand, covered her mouth out of disbelief, then her two palms covered her whole face as she couldn't bear to see it.<br/><br/>Lexi asked herself to be untied from the tape, and Rattus obliged her request as he went behind her and cut off the bounding string of tape from her wrist, using a combat knife he kept on his coat. Yukina then assisted her to get herself up from the floor. Neo just watched her being unbound and assisted with all indifference, and all he did was to think that he should have just something a bit more different than what he planned to do.<br/><br/>And when she was finally freed from her restraint, Rattus approached his subordinate and asked with a monotonic tone that had a hint of sternness, "Neo, I request explanation about the events that took place here in the store while our field reconnaissance was ongoing."<br/><br/>The blonde man sighed indifferently, as he replied "Well, I fuckin' thought she wanted to have some fun with me. Well, turns out she's squeamish as fuck like that."<br/><br/>"Did you... rape her, Neo-san?" Yukina innocently but directly asked the hot question.<br/><br/>"She had da hots for me, you goddamned retard. That ain't rape or shit like that!" He answered back.<br/><br/>"An aura of arousal emanating from someone isn't equivalent to explicit consent, Mister Langraad." Rattus retorted, slightly pressing the whole tone of the sentence in order to scold him.<br/><br/>"I nevah heard her say 'no', Ratt." Neo replied some more. "I fucked her twice and she liked it."<br/><br/>"But did you get her explicit consent before this? Did she agree to such rough treatment?" Rattus pressed on some more.<br/><br/>"Neo-san, I bet she did not even say 'yes', did she?" Yukina asked him, embarrassed both for herself and for his companion. "You are a terrible person."<br/><br/>"Neo, I understand that we need your expertise in matters relating to magic for this case, so I can't dismiss you from the Order." Rattus coldly said. "But, for this incident, I am relieving you from your duties as a sentinel for Miss Davis during the night hours. I am taking over to such task myself."<br/><br/>The alchemist then looked away and scoffed. "Fine, ya' asshole."