All of a sudden, Selina unleashed a blood-curdling cry from right beside me.
I had only looked away for but a moment to see if Sana's full-power ice attack would have any effect on Kiryuuin's suspicious invisible barrier, to no avail.
Turning my head around to what she was fussing about, my gaze landed on an utterly unexpected sight.
"...?"
Sophie, pushed to the ground, was staring at her hand.
Or at least, what 'used' to be her hand, as everything from her right wrist onwards had been cleanly severed from her body.
"..."
"A-... A-a-a-a-a--"
Now, her right hand lay on the cold, ossified grass below, leaking steaming blood into the hardened soil as it confronted the chilly air generated by the ice.
The whole atmosphere had frozen over, not just the park.
Why... How did this happen?
I was puzzled for a brief moment before I realised.
