The white long silky hair was seen through the narrow barks coming from trees.
The moment Riya saw those white hair a piece of relief came in her mind about that everything will be alright.
And in a next moment~
a voice came echoing through the trees, woods and shadows " I am late, huh..."
It was....
"Magister Lisa", Kira spoke as he falls on to the ground with his butt touching.
And following the Lisa some guards passed by her as she was standing looking at both of them as she flicked her wrist.
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The Lady in Red landed hard at the edge of the woods, her body skidding across damp leaves before she steadied herself against a twisted tree trunk due to the mana snipe. For a brief moment, everything stilled—the whisper of wind through branches, the faint rustle of disturbed undergrowth. Her crimson dress, though dirt-stained at the edges, still flowed around her like a living flame. Strands of her dark hair clung to her face, but her expression remained composed, almost amused, as if being thrown into the forest was nothing more than a minor inconvenience.
She straightened slowly, brushing dust from her sleeve with deliberate elegance. Her eyes flickered toward the direction she had been launched from, calculating, measuring. There was no panic in her gaze—only irritation mixed with a trace of curiosity.
"Oh my," she said softly, her voice carrying an eerie calm that didn't match the chaos moments before. "I wanted to make this quick… but I suppose you're the lucky one."
A faint smile curled at her lips, thin and dangerous.
The air around her shifted.
From deeper within the woods came a low, unsettling sound—branches snapping, something heavy dragging against the forest floor. Shadows stirred between the trees, growing thicker, more alive. Then they emerged.
Grotesque beasts, their forms twisted and unnatural, lumbered forward. Their massive frames were smeared with dark stains, and in their jaws and claws hung lifeless human bodies—some limp, some barely recognizable. The scent of iron filled the air.
The reality here was that for a, few moments before when a fight actually start, they were nearby the wild beasts but as the fight continue, they came away from the beast, but it was hard to notice as lady in red was changing the surrounding.
The Lady in Red did not flinch.
Instead, she raised her hand slightly, her fingers making a small, commanding motion.
"Run."
Her voice was no louder than before, yet it carried absolute authority.
The beasts responded instantly.
With guttural growls, they turned and charged deeper into the forest, crashing through trees and brush, carrying their grisly burdens with terrifying speed. The ground trembled beneath their weight as they vanished into the darkness beyond.
Without another glance, the Lady in Red stepped back, her figure already beginning to blend into the shadows between the trees. She moved swiftly now, her earlier calm replaced with precise urgency. Leaves barely rustled beneath her feet as she slipped through the forest like a ghost.
Behind her, distant voices broke the silence.
"Over there!"
Guards.
The sharp clatter of armor and hurried footsteps followed, growing louder as they pushed into the woods. They had seen enough—enough to know she was dangerous, enough to give chase.
But she was faster.
A flash of red between the trees, then nothing.
The forest swallowed her whole, leaving only the fading echoes of pursuit behind.
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Kira saw the lady vanishing in the distance.
He was feeling guilty as well the sufferings which he wanted to forget were back, flickering through his eyes. He was overwhelmed within his thoughts about the incidents that has occurred in past couple hours.
The bitter face was engulfed within the sadness and despair. His thoughts, His minds, His body was trembling as he was scratching his head with the one hand. "I need to forge...", He was ordering his mind to forget but his brain wasn't listening.
"Kira, are you alright", A sound came going through his ears, his minds making him to look upwards towards the voice.
He looked upwards with his hollow eyes and there he saw Lisa giving him her hand, palm upwards and besides her Riya who was gazing at him with her side eye and also looking towards the direction where Lady in red fled.
"Yeah...", Kira said hesitating and as he used her hand to stand up, something inside him cracks and he fell to the ground on his knees.
"Hey, what happened", Lisa saw him falling and as she inspected him, he was unconscious with his eyes closed falling into a deep sleep after being overwhelmed in a thought and an unforgettable past.
Some things are like your deeds, which can never be change like you're past, your memories. So rather than focusing what has happened in past, change your fate, change your destiny, make your words echoed through people minds, change them or you will be crush by society.