The whole trip was filled with silence. After some hour of traveling with the helicopter, they passed the third gate of the Aparctias Kingdom, then they used a limo to pass the border. They are now outside.

Ashriel felt uneasy about this trip not only because of her encounter with Chaster for the first time in five years. But because they are out of her territory.

“Be on guard. I don’t feel –“ she heard a strange sound when the limo stopped.

“What happened?”

“I think the tire stepped into something,” Natsuki said.

“It’s not. I heard a gunshot.” Ashriel said as she prepared her gun. Everyone was alarmed. “I...