Genshin's body slammed heavily into the corridor wall. The wooden partition shattered on impact, and she fell straight from the second floor, landing in the dirt of the inn's back courtyard and kicking up a cloud of dust.
"Cough, cough..."
She pushed herself up from the ground, blood seeping from the corner of the mouth, but there was no anger in those hawk-like eyes. Instead, they gleamed with a nearly crazed light.
"Well done."
She muttered, raising a hand to wipe the blood from the corner of the mouth. Looking at the crimson staining her fingertips, she suddenly laughed.
"Well done indeed..."
On the second floor of the inn, Inuyasha stood by the hole in the shattered wall, his eyes filled with fury, his fists still trembling.
"Inuyasha!"
Sakura grabbed his arm from behind, her voice urgent.
"We're leaving! Right now!"
"Big Sis! That bastard..."
"Go!"
Sakura's voice was rarely so stern.
Inuyasha gritted his teeth, shot Genshin downstairs a vicious glare, then turned and grabbed the bundle from the table.
Saku had already climbed down from the bed. Hugging her doll, her little face was deathly pale, but her gaze was surprisingly steady.
The three children did not leave through the front entrance. Instead, they climbed directly out through the second-floor window and hurried through the alley behind the inn.
Sakura ran in front, her mind racing.
That human's words were not entirely mad.
He had said that many people in the city were watching them.
What if...
"Big Sis, someone's ahead."
Saku's voice came from behind her.
Sakura abruptly stopped.
At the end of the alley stood a figure who had appeared at some point.
The man wore gray Monster Slayer armor, with a Tachi at his waist and a hideous scar slashing from his forehead to his