---- A timid smile, ast, silent thank you before death imed him.


    ?Maybe if you had bought me from the start, I would have had a chance? That was the thought of that young elemental.


    But, unfortunately, he never got to take the ce of the true viin.


    Sigrid copsed to her knees, unable to hold herself up.


    Electra had lost her matethe pain was unbearable.


    Darkness swallowed Sigrids vision.


    A deep hatred wed at her primordial spirit, at her magical being, dragging her toward the cold cell inside Electras mind.


    The four ck walls.


    Only watching.


    Only listening.


    No control over anything.


    Asharp yank on her hair forced her to look upinto the venomous eyes of Drusi.


    Now she understood why Drusi had be stronger than Electra.


    She had seized the knowledge of the Book of Risorgimento.


    She knew.


    There were things she could never change.


    Was this really the end? So chaotic, without even saying goodbye to him? Your own Selenia family betrayed you.


    They think Ill send you back to wherever you belong, but listen carefully, Drusi leaned ---- in, whispering viciously in her ear.


    The grip on her hair was brutal.


    Tm going to trap you inside Electra.


    Forever.


    You''ll rot in there, and my dear, hateful sister will make your life a living hell, you disgusting parasite.


    Drusis hot breath hit her ear like corrosive acid.


    Her treacherous eyes flickered toward the battlefield, where those stupid Selenias were still fighting.


    Taking this book had elevated her.


    She didnt fear them anymore.


    She would do as she pleased, take her revenge.


    Thats why she had used them in this stupid alliance.


    Goodbye, little Selenia.


    She sneered down at her from above.


    Drusi straightened up, preparing to chant the final part of the spell.


    Sigrids eyes were half-conscious, dazed, defeated.


    Drusi intended to control Electra with this powerto be the new ruler of the fiefdom.


    But Sigrid tricked her.


    she resisted with sheer will, waiting for her to lower her guard.


    The grip on her hair loosened.


    That idiot even got distracted flipping the page.


    Then, she felt it The beastly roar of Ss.


    The shattering of chains, exploding into the air.


    The ground quaked like an earthquake.


    He wasing for her.


    ---- She could feel his demonic energy surging toward her like lightning.


    Before Drusi could react, as she was withdrawing her hand from Sigrids dark hair A gleam of light shed in her pupils The razor-sharp shine of a sword.


    Drusis screech pierced through the forest.


    Her severed arm fell to the grass, drenching it in blood that sttered onto Sigrids cold, mocking eyes.


    You filthy, disgusting parasite! Damn Electra! The moment she saw those green eyes, cold and murderous, staring at her just as Electra had in the pastpanic coiled around her soul.


    The Book of Risorgimento crashed onto the ground with a dull thud, as Drusi clutched at the stump of her arm, severed just above the elbow.


    a gift from your dear sister, Sigrid spat with fury, and before the stunned eyes of everyone around A dark mist swirled around her, swallowing her whole.


    A massive hand seized her and carried her to the safety of her master.