The night was still not over. Shade and Megan suddenly appeared in the reed beds by Green Lake. They quickly looked around and only breathed a sigh of relief after confirming that there were no Church members nearby.
Megan did not let go of Shade's hand. Instead, she hugged him tightly. The two stood silently embracing in the depths of the reed bed, and only after a long while did Megan finally release him.
She looked into Shade's eyes and took two steps back before turning around. First, she took off her coat. Then, amid rustling sounds, she unbuttoned her white shirt.
"Wait, what are you doing?"
Shade hurriedly asked as he cast an illusion over the surrounding area. The state of "Divinity Overflow" had not yet ended; Red Butterfly Illusion and Moon Shadow Illusion overlapped, making it impossible for anyone to see through this place.
The brown-haired lady ignored Shade entirely. She unfastened every button but did not fully remove her shirt. Instead, she turned to look at him, bit her red lip, and let the upper half of her shirt fall, revealing her snow-white shoulders, the upper portion of her fair back, and the edge of her pink-and-white bra.
Shade immediately turned his head away out of courtesy, but "she" reminded him by his ear:
Look carefully.
Only then did he look at the Witch's back, and his brow gradually furrowed. Upon that back, as delicate and smooth as milk and silk, was a scar. That scar absolutely should not have existed. Great Witches possessed a trait that caused them to tend toward "perfection"; every part of their bodies should have been flawless—he had confirmed that with Miss Galina.
If it had been a small wound that had not yet healed, it might indeed have remained. But such