The rest of Phoenia's reserves raid the tower and kill any stragglers that are left breathing. Calina takes the immobilized mage to a small cellar under the castle along with Yanami and Iyuna.
—Clink Clink Clink
Faint metallic footsteps bounce off the walls of a spiraling stone staircase.
"P-Please… What do you want…." Calina's hostage situated on her shoulder eyes start to falter.
His left leg's gash starts to frost until it fully envelops the wound.
"Gaah…" He gives a relieved tone as the skin's blood starts to ice. The man looks toward Iyuna, who gives him a faint smile.
"We don't want you dying on us before you give us our answers."
They reach the end of the cellar and find a table with a lantern surrounded by three wooden seats. Calina hoists the mage off her shoulder and sits him in a seat facing towards her.
