[34 — Say It's a Lie]

"Ahh! Ahh! Ahh!"

I bolted out of the room in a rush.

I… I must've seen wrong, right?

That thing on Destroyer's arm…

No way.

Those weren't the marks of authority, right?

"Ahh! Ahh!"

No! Who am I trying to fool?

I saw them with my own eyes.

Were there six? Seven? How many marks?

The two of them… they're both with the Church.

I have to run. I need to get away as fast as I can.

"Keuk!" I tore the ribbon from my neck.

Idiot! I'm such an idiot!

How could I let myself be fooled by them? It was obvious. Nobody's that nice without a reason. They just wanted to drag me to my execution.

As I ran, I ripped the ribbons from my hair. When I pulled, a few clumps came out with them. The pain was sharp, but I didn't stop until I stripped everything she'd given me off my body.

"Liar… liar… liar…"

I tore off the little shoes she gave me and kept running barefoot.

I had to vanish from here before it was too late.

I couldn't let Ruru catch me.