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While Lakis was stunned, Yuri who was pinned under him, lifted her knee and kicked him off. Then she shot out her thread again, binding Lakis up before jumping down from the roof.

"Wait...!"

Lakis stubbornly didn't give up on catching her. Once he got out of the threads, he immediately chased after her. He instinctively moved to use the ruin's power to catch the fleeing person ahead then he stopped.

Lakis' main ability involved using blood, so it was better not to use it when he was injured like right now. Above all, that ability was specialized for killing. So he couldn't use it on someone who triggered his gut feeling for some reason.

Lakis cursed under his breath and put down his hand in the end. In the meantime, the person in front of him was gradually disappearing from his sight.

Yuri was thinking of changing her plans and blending into the crowd.

"Kyaa!"

But the moment Yuri landed into the maze of an alley, a weak scream pierced her ears. Silver hair, with strands as though woven with moonlight, trailed into Yuri's sight. Meanwhile, a pair of wide, verdant green eyes were taking in Yuri's appearance.

'Why are you here?'

Yuri swallowed the words that almost left her mouth.

"W-Who are you?"

The person Yuri met was none other than Anne-Marie.

Part 6: What Flag Is This

Let's go back to 30 minutes ago.

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"Kreung."

Leo was bored as he passed time alone in the empty monastery.

Chirp!

After Yuri left, he played with the white pigeon that entered the monastery till he was tired of it then he rolled around on the floor. The bird whose feathers had plucked by Leo till he was bored, finally got its freedom and tearfully flew out of the monastery.

The white feathers hovering in the air sank down and clung to Leo's brown fur.

"Achoo!"

Leo sneezed and tapped the floor with his tail.

He couldn't be more bored. He thought Yuri had come to play with him, but his hopes were dashed. So it felt even more boring to wait till she finished her work and came back.

Eventually, Leo wandered out of the monastery.

From the start, it was Yuri's mistake to think Leo would stay still and wait for her to bring melon candy. Leo was mentally 13 years old. Of course, he seemed to have actually degraded more than that for some reason...

In any case, he was a child who couldn't stay in one place for a long time because he was restless.

"Hm?"

After wandering out of the monastery, Leo noticed a delicious smell coming from somewhere. He began to drool without realizing it.

Leo's eyes lit up and he went into the street alley where the festival was at its peak.

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"Hestia, let's start heading to the clock tower."

Anne-Marie was wandering the festive streets with her younger sister, Hestia then she suddenly realized it was around the time she had agreed on with Yuri.