The blue light scattered and slowly returned into my body. I hovered in the air as ashes scattered on the wind. Gradually, tranquility returned to the world.

Xing Chuan had said that killing and fighting in the outside world didn’t suit me because I was a girl. I had to fight, though, whether I wanted to or not. It wasn’t that I enjoyed killing. Rather, it was only a matter of time until I was forced to stand and fight, just like today, when I had to act to protect the people of Hagrid Island.

Fate wouldn’t grant your wishes for good things, but it seemed that miserable surprises would never be in short supply.

“Alert. Alert. There is an unknown person in Lemmy’s bedroom in Zone 1.”

I immediately flipped down my visor, which...