Chapter 16: Light After the Storm
As Annie and Zayne—who was carrying an unconscious Menma on his back—were walking toward the remains of the castle where they had each fought their battles, a sound was heard.
Someone was running...
No, more than one.
Zayne slowly put Menma down, thinking it might be the remaining troops coming to continue the battle.
But Annie, who was still walking ahead, said to him, "No, don't worry. It's my daughter and her friends."
Lunara and the guardians came out of the forest, running—
Almost crashing into Annie's face.
Luckily, she dodged to the side just in time.
"Where... where is he?" said Lunara, her eyes full of tears, barely holding back the cry.
And when she saw Menma, she couldn't hold it anymore. Tears streamed down her cheeks as she fell to her knees.
"No, Brother... come back."