Chapter 4: A Heart's Desire(Part 1)

Purely flowing sentiments, the maiden's slight smile in the endless space. Two souls pleasantly with the other, having a small moment in a strange place.

A decision setting their path, the young woman unraveling a sickening truth, choosing to challenge their leader. A person overwhelming her, her companion falling into their grasp.

Isa awakening in the woods sitting up, her arms around her leg, the many trees surrounding her. A fire burning nearby, Zeke's eyes on it. An unfriendly terrain around them, bugs and smaller animals in the damp parts.

"Ah good, you're awake, want something to eat?" his hand behind his head, the young man looking to her.

"Since giving up my humanity, I do not feel hunger..." The demon slightly looking away.

"Weird, but I suppose it might have something to do with the situation." Folding his arms, his vision below.

A contract stripping away her humanity, leaving her with a small chance in her hands. A devil embracing her selfish direction, refusing to quietly remain.

The maiden walking along her black road, reaching for the slim light at the end. The trailing shadowy hands around her, her sounding soul in its dark depths.

Her desire to apologize to her partner, soon falling to her knees in the abyss. Lowering her head, frustratingly pounding the ground.

"I do not care what price I have to pay. Even if...it does not matter, so long as she is safe..." Isa slightly looking away.

"I...understand why you are doing this, your reason." Zeke's vision to his side.

A former member resisting the reason of another, following her normal emotions. The young woman steadily understanding more, the terror of her actions underneath their command.

Her wish for a tiny miracle, to save a precious person to her heart no matter the cost. The maiden pushing onward in her direction, committing atrocities along her line.

Isa and Zeke soon noticing movements from a distance, their eyes to a woman coming into view. Her long crimson hair tying back, an individual in a velvet top and brown bottom.

"You got to be joking, I am back here again?!" furiously holding her hands to her chest.

"Ah...something wrong...?" Zeke gesturing his hand to her.

"Huh?" surprise from the woman.

An unlikely encounter in the dusk, a chance meeting beneath the crimson light. A moon cursing those underneath it, yet bringing more within its gleam. The woman approaching the two, soon standing by the fire.

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"I have been trying to get out of these woods for hours..." Sighing, her hand covering her face.

The person's gripping words, Zeke taking out the map, carefully trailing his finger along the points. His attention shortly on his surroundings, scowling a bit. The young man slapping his forehead, frustratingly sighing.

"I made a mistake, these woods are a trap by the church..." Zeke tapping his finger on the map.

"Explain a bit more." Isa's serious eyes on him.

"These woods are a place where they get rid of their enemies. To get out, we will have to solve a bit of a complex puzzle." Punching the ground at his side.

The demon's mind on his words, remembering a bit on it. A deadly place to avoid, her own error wrapping them in the mess.

Many wandering in its vast depths, succumbing to the temptation of death. A person once underneath the church's grasp, her time in prison widening her vision.

"If I try to level this place from within, it will be absorbed and redirected at me." Isa folding her arms, slightly looking down.

"What? So you mean we got to solve this deathtrap?" the whining woman, lowering herself in disappointment.

"Sadly so..." The sighing young man.

Two walking into a trap, falling into the harsh clutches of the church. A great challenge before the maiden, her feverish will against her test.

The young woman's desire to apologize to another, wishing to bring her partner back to her. In a land from afar, a massive structure standing proud on its pillars.

The quiet evening in the place, from inside, passing along the benches. Statues in the corners, Armand sitting in front of the goddess' figure.

"How will you escape this, Isa?" interest from his voice.

One with great talent originally making her way through the ranks, an individual's immense potential scarring her image into many.

The person's unwavering resolve, raising her blade to her former allies. From above, in a room away from the rest.

Elina sitting on a bed, her wrist chaining to it, some filth on her brown dress. The innocent one's eyes to the window, worrying about her partner.

"Isa..."

Two hearts in the past, their presence out in the woods underneath the warm sun. Small animals running by, some looking in their direction. Elina leading the way, smiling back at her companion.

"Okay-okay, I get it. Though, you really shouldn't be putting yourself in so much danger." The maiden's hand behind her head, slightly smiling at them.

"You're one to talk, always worrying me out there. Either way, this is why I requested for you, I know this job can get more dangerous than usual." Elina gripping her arms, looking ahead.

"It is my job you know. I just can't avoid being in constant danger, you on the other hand actually have the choice." Isa sighing.

"I know...I just want to do my part..." The girl looking away, her grim expression.

"I suppose this is just you. Just...when you work jobs like these, please ensure to get me. The last time, it didn't sit right with me that you acted as the bait out there." The young woman's vision to her side.

The maiden's suspicion, someone searching through the records, finding chilling information. An individual's desperate movements, racing to find a precious person in the dusk.

"You really don't trust others huh..." Elina sadly looking below.

"I didn't get where I am because I trusted people. I got to my current position, because I am decisive and can trust myself. There are only two I can say I can trust, and that is you and Aiden. Even then, I wouldn't bet on him to keep you safe out here." Isa's eyes to her companion.

"Don't you think you're being a bit overprotective?" the girl slightly smiling at the person.

"Maybe..." Isa's eyes above, blushing a bit.

"I will do what I can to lessen your worries, but you have to try and do the same." Elina giggling a bit.

"Heh, fair enough." The maiden gesturing her hand to the pure one, mildly grinning at them.