Half a year before…
The knife, which had been thrown with enough force to shatter crystal, dissolved into a shower of pink rose petals just before it struck the woman's chest.
The petals fluttered to the ground, their sweet fragrance a strange contrast to the cold, hard reality of the ruined city.
"How rude," a voice, smooth as silk yet laced with a playful reprimand, whispered directly behind his ear.
Rhys did not flinch. He slowly turned, his pitch-black eyes meeting a pair of pink, heart-shaped pupils.
His eyes widened as he recognised the face, "Yuki!"
[Analysis of the recent entity confirms she is a fragment of the same Celestial Spirit Fox as Yuki. Her core power revolves around the concept of Seduction, a form of high-level mind and emotional manipulation.]
"Yuki… Yuki…" the woman mused aloud, tucking a stray strand of her vivid pink hair behind an elegant fox-like ear. "So, this is what it feels like to have a name… ara ara!"
