The sudden death of the queen of the ancient city of Rōran had left Sara, at her young age, not only suffering the pain of losing her mother but also shouldering responsibility for all of Rōran ahead of her time.
As she looked at the cheering people below, a glimmer of tears flashed at the corners of Sara's eyes.
Rōran had once been dilapidated and desolate. With Anrokuzan's help, her mother had developed it into the prosperous city it was today.
This was the fruit of her mother's lifetime of painstaking effort, and the most precious treasure Sara herself had inherited!
Sara waved her arms enthusiastically, greeting the "people" below.
Yet suddenly, her back tightened, and a tremendous force struck without warning. Caught completely off guard, Sara lost her balance and stumbled straight toward the railing of the high platform.
Boom!
"How could this happen!"
Unexpectedly, the railing shattered along with the stone platform beneath her feet. Unprepared, Sara stepped into empty air and plummeted from a hundred meters up.
Just as Sara was about to fall to her death, a figure flashed past, scooped her up around the waist, and escaped the countless falling stones in an instant.
"All right, you can open your eyes now."
Liumu spoke with exasperation as he set Sara, who had her eyes shut and her body curled up in his arms, on the ground.
"Huh?"
Hearing his voice, Sara opened her eyes blankly, only then discovering that she had somehow arrived safe and sound in a Dark Alley in the ancient city of Rōran.
"You..."
"Ah! What the fuck are you hitting me for?"
At the sight of Liumu's unfamiliar face, whether out of fear or something else, Sara actually squeezed her eyes shut and slapped him several times.
Liumu: ???
*Was that