"Open the portal," Black Fang demanded.
"I'll kill her."
"…" Quinlan didn't know what to say in response.
Perhaps sensing her chosen man's great trouble, Vex straightened in his arms. She shifted just enough to sit upright and meet Black Fang's piercing stare head-on.
"It is not my place to refuse you, Lady Black Fang," But it was Seraphiel who spoke up first. Her hand rested lightly against Quinlan's shoulder, steadying herself as much as him. "But as a healer, I'm… Concerned. You fought Kaede and a group of Fujimori elites, accompanied by the Scarlet Lilies, mere moments ago. Your wounds might have closed thanks to that spell of yours, but your body-"
"Wait, what?" Vex perked up instantly, narrowing her gaze even further at her master. "You fought who?!"
Black Fang remained silent, though her stillness alone confirmed it.
