Chapter 301: Stay

At first, he saw nothing but darkness, but then he saw it - Arthur saw the person he had been longing to meet with. But the moment he tried to reach out for her, she vanished. No, her face morphed into something. It was still her, but she looked different. Blood lingered on her bangs and her forehead. On her face, there seemed to be a dark shadow on one side. But Arthur was too focused on the girl's head; there seemed to be something sticking out like horns. Arthur felt his heart skip a beat.

"Ri…" Arthur couldn't recognize his voice. He'd seen her this way before. Or had he? When was the last time he saw her as normal?

This is the woman he loves, but — right now she was covered in blood. Her bright colored hair is discolored, her face seemed disfigured. A massive scar on the right side of her face. He took her limp body in his arms, "Ri." Even now, all he could say was the first syllable of her name. This was as far as he could go.