Iliana stared at the lifeless body of the little girl whose head she had just cut off in silence. She didn't understand very well what she was currently feeling, but she was sure regret must be the strongest of them.
One of her shortcomings as a Mage was the fact that she couldn't kill just anyone. Just like what had happened, she had disregarded the possibility of the girl being possessed because she didn't want to kill her.
She had also realized that she was not a deep thinker, but an indecisive Mage. She had thought many ways to solve the situation, but she ended up using the "safest" way because she had been focusing on rescuing the civilians, not solving the situation.
She was torn between her pride and her desire. On the one hand, she wanted to prove Basil was wrong—that she could save everyone—but on the other hand, she just wanted to save the little girl.
