Somewhere in the inner district of Reilaea Capital, Sieghart and the others were staying inside a tavern they used to live in together with his party up until now.
Just like everyone, Sieghart and his party were also having a feast to join the festivities that are currently happening outside. They can hear the voices of the people outside going all out from the boys' room. There are music, there are dancing, and also magic display.
Sieghart's party are all inside the boys' room. Except for one, and that is Eileen. Eileen refused to join them because she isn't feeling well. At least that's what she told everyone.
Back inside the room of Sieghart, David and Jinrah. An arm wrestling is being held. Between Jinrah and the Elf lady, Lira. Surprisingly, Jinrah who fights with fists is struggling against the Elven lady. It didn't take long for Lira to push Jinrah's arms on the floor.
"All right! It's my win!"
"Seriously? Even Jinrah still lost?"
"Damn it, what an insult!"
"Hahaha!! Not anyone of you can beat the power of the Wind Runners!"
"Damn you! One more time!"
While the two are prepping up to do one more arm wrestling, Sieghart who's standing idly on the window, holding a cup of booze calls them out.
"Hey, everyone?"
"Sieghart, you called? What? You still can't get over about how amazing the fireworks was?"
"What the heck?! You're trying to feel like a kid again?
"About Eileen..."
The look on everyone's faces suddenly changed soon as Sieghart mentioned Eileen. They all seem down as they remember what happened yesterday in the Adventurers' Guild.
"Eileen, huh...? She's acting kinda strange lately. It all start when we saw that Christa who fought and killed the Mother Bee single-handedly, right?"
Roughly a month ago, a horde of Wither Bees came flying and confronted the knights and other adventurers of Reilaea. At one point, the Wither Bees mysteriously stopped their horrifying attacks and went flying back to where they came from. They went to find out what caused them to go running back. That's where they meet the young adventurer in red tunic and black leather pants - The "Crimson Eye," Christa.
The first time they meet.
"Sieghart, that kid is not an ordinary Adventurer."
At the after party celebration after defending the capital from the Wither Bees.
"David, can I ask for a favor? Can you go and look after the girl named Christa?"
"Why do you want me to do something like that?"
"Because I can feel that she's hiding something. I think she's a demon hiding and trying to live like all of us humans."
"Seriously?!"
And from the day on.
"We can't lower our guard when that girl is around."
"I know what I felt, that presence is of a demon."
"One day, that Christa will be the one who will bring chaos. Not just to Reilaea, but to the whole Alteria."
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"Eileen thinks that young lady is a demon in disguise as a human. She even turned me into her slave and made me follow Christa for almost a month."
David bleated about what Eileen made him do as he proceeded to drink a chug of booze with his right hand.
"Eileen isn't acting strange."
Everyone looked at Lira as she gave a melancholic reply.
"Something terrible happened back then, and that turned her into what she is now."
"That, huh?"
Sieghart looks at Lira and asked her where Eileen is. She replied and told him that she's resting in their room, because Eileen is not feeling well. After everything they talked about, Sieghart felt something weird is going on about Eileen staying alone in the girls' room.
Out of worry for the lady in robe, Sieghart asks to come check Eileen in the room next door. David took the request and went outside to check on Eileen.
"I'll go."
David exits the room while they wait for him to return. It didn't take long for the sliding door to burst open with David who seemed panicking as he return.
"Everyone! Eileen's not in her room!"
"What?!"
Everyone felt both anxious and worry, as they learned that Eileen disappeared in the room where she supposed to be taking a rest.
The room of Eileen and Lira is an empty room with only their things laying still on the wooden desk placed on the wall that seperates their room to Sieghart and the others. It was a dark empty room, with only the window facing south is open, giving light to the corner of Eileen's bed.
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Christa, Selene and Itsuo flew from the southern district back to where Itsuo and Selene lived in the north eastern side, outside of the capital.
As they get closer to their destination, the people having their own party outside their houses materialized. After pointing it out by Selene, Christa took the lead to go to the neighborhood.
"Christa there they are."
"Alright, let's go down quick."
As the three landed right before the people who were surprised by them, Christa immediately warned and told everyone to evacuate.
"Everyone! I know this is sudden, but all of you need to get out of here! Something dangerous is coming this way, so please get as far away as possible here!"
The people were still confused and doubtful at first, but thanks to Itsuo and Selene who helped Christa to convince everyone, the people eventually took their words and evacuated from the neighborhood.
"Please listen to us, a dangerous ice witch is coming this way!"
"That ice witch is coming for this neighborhood! If we don't leave now, we will all get frozen to death! So please, listen to us and leave this place right now!"
Itsuo took the lead as his family and the others were leaving the place one after another. While Selene and Christa stayed back in the neighborhood to make sure that no one will be left behind.
"Mr. Enrique, Grandma!"
"Oh, it's you Selene."
"I'm sorry for making you and everyone leave the neighborhood so abruptly, but we need to make sure no one gets hurt. We will explain everything later, for now please follow me."
After securing that no one was left behind by Christa, Selene escorting the last family out of their neighborhood. Christa watches Selene holding the hand of the old lady along with the man she's with.
"Alright, there goes the last ones. Now then... Ah...!"
All of a sudden, Christa felt a chilling presence ran down her ears like a ghostly whisper of the cold wind.
"She's coming... And it looks like she's pissed."
Christa smirked in excitement. She was looking forward to confront Eileen.