Chapter 372: Arc 5, - 66: A Year from Now
Awakening from slumber, her body shifted from left to right. Her head fell onto the left side, where her warm pillow toasted her cheek. As she let out soft breaths, sunlight bloomed from the window and brushed across her lashes, calling for her eyes to open.
Her hands were swaddled along with her in her blanket, rolled up nice and tight. Fumeko pushed her legs and arms out, undoing her bindings to get out of bed.
Sauntering on over to her vanity, she smiled—as all it took to tidy her short hair was a few fingers to run through and a few pats. It was no wonder she was feeling more cold and weightless than usual.
She adjusted the headband upon her head and walked about her room—to a particular board we she had not quite taken down. Red strings and papers were pinned across.
Ever since the case was out of her hands a few days ago, she had not quite re-examined the evidence. She stared at it, fixating on little words and points—they all grew blurrier the more she stared.
A strange sensation, like long skeletal fingers crawling into the back of her mind. "The warehouses, the goods, the victims... This all seems small and secluded. We knew our mission, we just headed in and did it.
There were definitely some complications, but not enough of a complication. What would most people even know about wyverns? Only Jotou could even tell it was one, otherwise we’d think it was a dragon...
How fast does a wyvern fly? Something seems... off. Like we’re missing something, like we did something wrong... With what dad said about the cult, this is-" she cut herself off with a sigh.
"Maybe with their previous leader gone, they’re just not operating the same? Worse... What if those souls are some sort of experiment to resurrect that leader...?" A chill went down her spine. "There’re two living proofs in this world that that can happen."
"KnockKnockKnockKnock!"
Breaking her out of her disturbing musings, was the knockings of a little hand against a door. "Enough you little-!" Fumeko swung open her door and looked down.
A card was being presented right up to her face, which she promptly swiped from Kineko’s hands and examined. "Happy Bowrthday big sis!" the little girl shouted with a bright big smile.