Her eyes located her Sword that was lying on top of her clothes between her and Azekiel.
She swiftly picked up the sword before lunging at Azekiel to take off his head so the eyes of his could be closed forever. She didn't want someone who was peeking at her to live to tell others about this day.
Azekiel stood up and dodged to the left, avoiding the Sword. At the same time, he grabbed the wrist of the lady, placed his foot before her foot, and pulled her around, making her lose her balance.
The young lady lost her balance. Even her Sword fell from her hand as her wrist was held with such force.
Azekiel made the woman fall to the ground, grabbing her other wrist as well so she couldn't use her hands to hit him.
"You bastard, release me! My men will slaughter you! You don't know who I am!"
"The Princess of Alzi Empire. I know who you are." Azekiel had received the memories from the guards, which gave him all the information he needed about the young lady who attacked him.
"And by your men, do you mean that one Guard around the corner?" he inquired. "Yeah, he's not coming to help. He is a bit... Busy."
"What did you do to him?!"
The Woman felt something strange from Azekiel's tone. The way he talked about her guard was as if he knew about him already. Not only that, he didn't appear worried about her guard either.
"I didn't do anything to him. He did everything to himself. Just like you would do to yourself if you don't stop attacking me." Azekiel issued a small threat. "Am I clear?"
"I don't care who you are or what you're doing here. I'm not here to stalk you, and neither am I free enough to even attempt that," he further clarified. "So it would be better if you don't make me do something you regret."
Azekiel released the young lady before picking up the bottle of water. He closed the bottle and sent it back to his storage ring.
The young lady watched the bottle disappear from his hands, horrified.
She thought that Azekiel was a Magician, and the way he acted here, it was evident that he wasn't a good person. She was sure that he had killed her guard.
Azekiel took another glance at the lady, who was still sitting in shock. Noticing Azekiel gazing back at him, she realized that she was still without clothes.
It was the first time he saw a lady without clothes. He couldn't help but agree that she was attractive. Her body appeared without a single flaw, having all the curves at the right places. Even her breasts were perfect.
Azekiel picked up her clothes and tossed them to her. "There, you better get dressed and leave."
After giving her clothes, he didn't glance back even once as he left.
The young lady stood up after making sure that Azekiel had left. She quickly wore her clothes before running in the direction where Azekiel left. Her guard was also supposed to be in that direction.
Initially, she was assigned over twenty guards for whenever she left the Kingdom, but since she didn't like so many people to be around her, she left the others behind, only bringing one with her, thinking that one was going to be enough in case she was in trouble.
Moreover, it wasn't as if she was going too far. The forest was close to the Royal City, and it came under their jurisdiction. No one was allowed to enter the forest, and everyone knew this rule.
She ran through the dense forest, only stopping when she noticed what appeared like a body, lying face down.
Even though she couldn't see the face of that person, she could see his clothes which made her understand that the man was her guard.
She ran to the guard and turned his body around to look at his face.
As she saw the man's face, she realized that she was right. She also understood why Azekiel was so confident that no one was coming to help her. It's because he had already killed her guard.
Frowning, she glared in the direction Azekiel disappeared in. The man arrived in her forest, killed her guard, and then even touched her. Even though he didn't kill her or do anything bad to her personally, she still couldn't forgive him for what he did.
Unfortunately, she also knew she wasn't a match for the person who could use the dark magic according to her. She didn't have anyone to help her either. If she went back to the city to get some help, by the time they were going to return, this guy would've been long gone.
She had a feeling that once this man disappeared, she wasn't going to find him again. That's why she devised a plan. She needed to find Azekiel's destination to know where he was going to stay. Once she found out where he was staying, she could bring her forces there.
However, to find out his destination, she needed to follow Azekiel without being seen.
She ran in the direction of Azekiel, looking for him. She tried to make as little noise as possible to not get caught.
*****
Azekiel came back to Lia. He brought out his bottle, tossing it at Lia. "Here, have something to drink."
Lia raised her hand to grab the bottle. Instead of landing in her hand, the bottle passed through her hand, falling near the tree.
"Hmm?"
Azekiel picked up the bottle again. "Try holding it?"
Lia tried to hold the bottle, but it didn't work either. She just couldn't touch the bottle. Azekiel brought a fruit that he had just plucked. Unfortunately, Lia couldn't touch it either.
"I can't touch it. It looks like things are back to normal," Lia smiled wryly. "We are back to our Spiritual Forms. The effects of that city are gone."
Since she couldn't touch anything from this world, it only made her believe that things were back to how they used to be. After entering the Heavenly Prison, their spirits were affected by something, making them temporarily come back to the Material Realm. The effects even lasted for a while, only to leave now.
*****
Even though Raphael appeared to be lying peacefully under the shade of the tree, his mind wasn't as peaceful.
His consciousness was seemingly going through a turmoil. It was unclear what he did today that did it, but there was finally a small crack in his sealed memories...
