Chapter 73: Arc 2, - 51: Within Kria?
At the door the blonde stood, staring into the house. Eyelids having to forcefully be kept open, to see the mess cleared out at the very least.
The sunlight had breached long before the Krialin arrived—two of them crouched at the body, zipping it up. Daylight shined behind the blonde through the door left ajar.
Fumeko stood near the counter; she dipped a butterknife into a jar of jam and was making a sandwich on a step stool—facing away from the body lying there.
'Did I seriously kill someone...? How could I... I... He broke into our house, tried to harm or kill us and tried to possess me... I shouldn't feel remorse.' But the thoughts could not leave her head, looping, over and over.
Dark circles under her eyes, the blonde blinked once... "Asobi," she opened them back up to see the elf standing in front of her with her top hat.
"Hey Jotou! You seem a bit... sad," Asobi tilted her head.
"Not, sad per se... Are you, alright?" Jotou looked her over. Through the laceration and piercing marks on Asobi's clothes she could see the healed up skin.
Asobi nodded with a gleeful smile, "I feel great and I got my hat back!" Asobi held her hat and one leg in the air as she posed with a wink.
Jotou sighed, "I'm sorry you had to see a, a dead body... I'm just, justifying it in my head is all. I'm not- I'm not," Jotou could not finish the sentence, ending it with a heavy breath.
Asobi stood straight—the top hat giving her a slight height advantage over the blonde. Her lips sided to one cheek, "You did it to protect us, right?" she quizzically put.
Jotou faced her as she noticed the elf's hand was atop her blonde hair. Asobi ruffled her hair, giving Jotou a surprise head pat, turning into a slight scratch.