บท 159: The Divine Sorceress (5) | Pride Over Humility (2)

[Country United States, State: San Francisco, North Beach]

She reached a comfortable altitude, hovering a few meters above the choppy water.

Her gaze swept across the scene - the receding waves revealing jagged rocks where the ocean floor had been momentarily pushed upwards, wisps of steam rising like phantoms from the disturbed water.

There was nothing left.

A soft sigh escaped her lips.

"Haah..."

The playful look had returned to her eyes, but a trace of something else remained. It had been years since she'd felt this… exhilarated. This raw. A tremor coursed through her, not of fear, but of a long-forgotten sensation.

"Well, it looks like that's that." A lazy stretch dispelled the tension.

"Back to the usual then,"

she sighed, a quiet smile touching her lips.

Yet, a restless energy thrummed beneath her words, a restlessness she hadn't felt in a long time.