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[center][h3]--Mizutani Mansion - Interior--[/h3][/center]
[color=d3d3d3][b]"?!!"[/b][/color] For a split second, Eve's red eyes spread open wide as her body was yanked backwards. The mere whoosh of a crossbow bolt narrowly missing her head was more than enough to tell her what just happened. She turned toward her dragoon savior then nodded, both as an expression of gratitude [i]and[/i] acknowledging his instructions, done, not a single word necessary.

With Arton leading the charge forward through the blazing corridor, Eve instead turned around, eidolic ether already coalescing at her throat once more. What came next was a foregone conclusion as the artificial dragoness exhaled another plume of magical flames, this time saturating the space behind the party with her fiery wrath. Now she'd see if Tane paid her goons enough to brave her flames, she hoped they would, just so she could watch them burn.

Alas, there was no time to waste, with her job done, Eve followed behind Arton and Rudolf's lead. By the Dragon King, all of this hassle better be worth it...