It was an orange afternoon when Vlera got to hold a meeting with the team, although if some of them were down, although if some of them were as good so speak.
"Correct, Vlera... This enemy is no joke. She somehow holds a grudge, a deep one it is...
... To Starlight."
After Blu's statement, she successfully gained everyone's attention.
"Blu, continue."
"Sure, Vlera..."
Blu nodded before she spoke, from there, she have explained her side about this, "little girl."
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Moving on to another side, where everything can be seen is darkness, an exhausted little girl was walking on the distance with heavy breaths surrounding her.
"M-M-Master..."
Her voice was shaking as she said those words. As she fell on her feet and was about to hit the ground, an arm suddenly catched her body that seems to be from her master.
"My, my... Amaya... How awful have you became by fighting that Star..."
He raised his hand and touched the girl's head.
"HNGGGGH!"
The little girl felt a sudden headache by the touch, her eyes widen as well as to curve her back before her master pulled his hand.
"And I can see that you also fought the Star's friends?"
The girl barely replied.
"Yes... Master..."
*Snap*
With the snap of his fingers, large quantities of bats came to lift the little girl.
"You've fought well today, Amaya..."
The man then walked away from scene being followed by his bats that was carrying the exhausted girl.
"I'll treat you better today, but for tomorrow...
... I will give you a specific mission..."
The two finally left the scene as they left traces of hatred towards that "Star." And from there, a day have passed through the whole Violet-Lumen Village, and the sun brightly greets them a happy morning after it's sunrise.
...
Everyone have finally woke up as the sun shines its bright, all of them except for Re and...
"GOOD MORNING, EVERYONE!!!"
As her usual self in every morning, she's greeting everyone a good morning to share her light to everyone, but for now, she's only doing it on her dream as she was still unconscious, meet Starlight.
All of them, except for Re and Starlight have woken up to start their day, and by that Start, it happened after the commotion of the residents outside the hospital they were staying in.
"Excuse me... Excuse me..."
Vlera, with Marco, tried to figure out the large commotion that was happening early in the morning, and turned out, there was a lost girl in the streets that was being comforted by the residents. The girl was thin on her arms with a robe being her only protection, because of it, her face was too difficult to see, and by that, it gave Marco a raise on his guard.
"This girl... she's very thin, I saw it when her arms slipped past her robe..."
Re's words suddenly flashbacked at Marco's thoughts making him warn Vlera.
"I know, Marco, she might be it..."
They left the scene before finding a suitable place to watch the girl, as they were about to spy on her. They were standing on a 2 story house, with Blu this time to provide them her ability to magnify her vision.
"Hmm... So far, nothing have changed, except for the concerned citizens that left after finally realizing that it's out of their business..."
"Good, keep it up, Blu."
As of now, minutes have passed. As for their investigation, some of the residents were trying to aid the girl's needs considering that she's lost, but after seconds of staying with the girl, the residents were only leaving her with some edibles to digest. Hour passed, Vlera and Blu were still at the roof without Marco in the reason to check for Re and Starlight.
"Vlera, Shaina here, I'm going to approach the child."
After a radio call from Shaina, Vlera agreed to take the action to the child after most of the residents left.
"Hey there, what's your name?"
The girl even hesitates to reply to Shaina's kind words but ended up replying her anyways.
"J-Jane..."
"Jane?"
After hearing the child's name from the child herself from the radio call, Vlera even repeated her name just to confirm. Shaina continued to spoke with the girl.
"Jane, is it?"
"Y-Yes..."
"I see... Tell me, did your parents knew that you're missing...?"
"I have no parents."
After the girl's sudden reply, it made both Shaina and Vlera surprised.
"Oh... Is that so...? Oh no, I'm so sorry to hear that..."
The girl never replied, but Shaina continued to comfort her.
"Did you perhaps just ended up on this village? Did you know what this village is?"
"No."
"I see... when did you last ate?"
"Last week."
"Ow... that hurts..."
The girl gave menacing aura towards Shaina when she suddenly gave a pity reaction to the child, she tried to turn the table around with an awkward face.
"Uh... Say, do you want to go to my place and give you some food to eat?"
The girl's aura disappeared when she heard the offer that she longed for so long, the girl made a nod which gave Shaina a light in her eyes.
"What?! Shaina, you can't do that! What have you done?!"
After hearing her complain from the radio call, Shaina did nothing but to continue her act.
"(Please, Vlera, understand my situation here!!!)"
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After few minutes, in the hospital.
"This... isn't a house...?"
"Y-Yeah, but I do live here."
Considering that she cannot be trusted that well yet, Shaina and Vlera agreed to take the child to where they're staying, which is the hospital. Shaina rented a room just besides the room where Marco and the others were in.
"Here, take care of yourself."
After giving the child some fruits, the girl immediately took one and ate it.
"W-Wow... you're not lying about the last week of no food."
The girl made an aura once again.
"A-Alright, I apologize."
The girl kept on eating while being watched by the smiling Shaina. Even if she was the younger one, it couldn't be seen to how she can scare Shaina that easily, thus, she received a question from Shaina.
"So, I was wondering... Did you know where did you come from?"
"I was abandoned before I even turned 3... well, that's what my mind say."
"Really? So that means..."
"Yes, I don't know who am I, where did I came from, and who are my parents..."
"Oh... That's sad... how did you got my name though? Can I get your full name?"
The girl answered without hesitation, maybe because Shaina rescued her and that she deserves to know everything she asks.
"Jane Mary. The next village named me that."
The word Jane Mary made Shaina suspicious of it's meaning when said in the opposite way.
"You didn't named yourself that?"
"Yeah. The residents next village were so nice to me to give that name, ever since, they were so happy when they say my name, they're laughing, and I'm happy..."
The thought of her making fun of really disappointed Shaina.
"Oh..."
"Why? What's the problem?"
"Nothing."
Shaina continued to watch the girl as it devoured her 4th apple.
"Hey, you don't have to hide your face to me, you know?"
"Huh?"
The girl was eating non stop until Shaina asked her the question, she then looked her way up at Shaina, but still covering her eyes because of her robe.
"Really?"
"Yeah..."
Slowly, but surely, the girl was taking off the cloth from her robe that was covering her face, until the girl finally revealed her face...
Gray long hair, wounded up face, and a bandage to her eyes.
The image made Shaina scared, so scared that it made Shaina stand up and get her radio.
"V-Vlera... This girl... This isn't the girl Re was talking about..."
ā End of Chapter 28
Dear Readers,
The Author would like to apologize for the recent latency of the weekly chapter, this is due to the fact that school works has been getting ahead of the Author draining his time to write. We appreciate all the understandings coming from you.
Your Star,
Starlight