Meanwhile, Aria was suddenly halted by someone—and that someone turned out to be Natsuya.
In the blink of an eye, Natsuya had slipped through a swirling portal of crackling energy, stepping out right in front of her with his sword raised and ready. Without even giving her time to react, he lunged forward, trying to block her from cutting down the wave of soldiers charging her way.
Steel clashed against steel with a resounding clang that vibrated through the air like a struck bell.
But the moment their blades met, a brutal force surged through Natsuya's arm, making his muscles scream and his teeth grind together from the shock.
'Ah, this is bad… She might be a terrible match-up for me,' he thought, feeling that jolt sink deep into his bones.
And he was right.
He didn't even really know who this woman was, beyond the fact that she served as one of Yuuna's maids.
