As that vicious voice rang out, a crowbar came crashing down at Shade's head. But without even needing the voice in his ear to warn him, Iluna, walking behind Shade, caught the crowbar.
Shade found the gas lamp switch before turning around to look, speaking helplessly:
"So it was you after all. Come on, attacking us with a crowbar? Who are you looking down on? I thought you'd at least have a pistol."
The one who had tried to attack them was Toby Yulian. This result was entirely unsurprising.
"I don't have a gun license. I can't buy a gun. You people..."
Mr. Urian looked at the two in surprise and tried to pull the crowbar from Iluna's hand, only for Iluna to snatch it away instead. The seventeen-year-old girl raised her right leg and violently bent the iron crowbar, then casually tossed it into the corridor behind her.
Mr. Urian was not the only one frightened. Shade was startled as well.
As the crowbar clattered to the ground, Shade looked into the room. He saw the Corpse Bride in a pure white wedding dress and veil, her hands clasped together as she quietly stood by the window, bathing in the moonlight outside.
Perhaps because of her presence, the gas lamp's flame kept flickering, growing bright and dim in a way that suited Mr. Urian's current mood perfectly.
But neither the Corpse Bride's attire nor her body showed any sign of the damage from just now. Moreover, she merely stood there and did not launch another attack because enemies had appeared.
Was she repairing herself because the damage was too severe? But why did every repair happen beneath the Moon?
Shade thought to himself.
"No, no one gets to interrupt my wedding with her! No one!"
Seeing Shade look at