A small moment between two, their linking hearts over their far distance. The maiden's fiery path, refusing to quietly remain.

  An individual once serving the church, completing their many requests. Choosing to limit her interactions, yet a certain night connecting her to another, bringing down her barrier.

  The maiden awakening underneath the crimson moonlight, sitting by a rock in a grassy field. Her arms around her knee, soon distantly looking above.

  "Elina, I am on my way..." Her low voice.

  A never stopping heart, strongly keeping her resolve within her. Her mind on the sly church, an establishment concealing malicious knowledge in the shadows.

  Stringing countless along, their powerful hand causing pain onto an innocent one. The maiden's uncertainty on their goal, her boiling fury.

  The next morning, Isa and Zeke sitting behind a rge rock, some trees in the distance. Their eyes on a map on the ground, the young woman thinking on her companion.

  "I hope things weren't too bad..." The young man slightly looking away.

  "We did what we had to, minimizing the damage. There is no time to concern ourselves with them." Isa studying the structure of the nd.

  "Right...tell me, what is it that you are after? Last I read, you were more of a loner." His eyes to her.

  A person keeping to herself at one point, making little contact with others. An individual ascending the ranks, guiding many underneath her eyes.

  Someone eventually encountering an innocent girl underneath the crimson light, a meeting setting forward a new direction in her life.

  The maiden adjusting her schedule, spending more time with them, her wish for those simple events again.

  "The church did something that they will not walk away from..." Lowering her head, her fists shaking in frustration.

  "Sorry...I should not have intruded..." Zeke slightly pulling back, looking away a bit.

  A pure soul introducing her to others, linking countless together within their presence. Everything slipping away, everyone abandoning the girl.

  These boiling sentiments inside the maiden, her stabbing fury. From afar, deep below Armand's cathedral. Little light in a damp prison, the foul stench in the area.

  Elina in a cell, injuries on her, some tears in her red dress. Her eyes on the leader standing on the other side, his hands behind his back.

  "This is what foolishness leads to, your imprisonment. Out there a monster is rampaging, all for one." His calm tone.

  "These are normal emotions, everything happening has been entirely preventable." Her hand to her chest, sternly looking at him.

  "Indeed, if only you two did not oppose the church." Exhaling from him.

  The young woman's wish for her companion's safety, doing her best from her position. An individual enduring the true colors of the church, countless unaware on the truth in the shadows.

  "Your actions to dey led to critical damage in Logen, as well as her escape. Why did you do that?" Armand's serious vision on her.

  "I will do anything for Isa..." Elina looking down a bit, gripping her arms.

  Memories from the old days, a girl's wish to aid one to her heart. An individual concerning with the maiden, taking on an extra task beneath the crimson light.

  A flowery field around the innocent one, Elina standing before a few in a grey top, a bck dress wrapping below on her.

  "You either got bravery or stupidity for confronting us girl." A rge man folding his arms.

  "You can say that again boss. So, why you going through all of this girlie?" the second turning to his side.

  "I want to know if it is possible for you to call off your operations. If you do, then I can also convince the church to stop their pursuit." Gripping her arms.

  "Hmm...a tempting offer, so you hold some weight up there." The leader's hand behind his head, seriously thinking.

  "I have made somewhat of a name for myself there. Anyway, what do you think? Not a bad deal right?" her finger to her chin.

  "Not a bad deal indeed, but we do not pn to give up our operations. Grab her men." The leader's sharp eyes.

  "Wha? You cannot be serious. Anyone would jump on the opportunity to get the church off their backs." Elina's surprise.

  "We ain't anyone you know, and better yet. I think you need to be taught a lesson for when you're sent back." The person walking ahead.

  A few beneath the crimson light, the old buildings around them. Elina's unrestful vision on her surroundings, soon uneasily looking to the men nearing her. One grabbing her arm, tightly twisting it.

  "Aah!" the girl trying to pull away.

  "Quit your struggling, you'll be staying a good long while with us." The third deviously grinning.

  One wishing to do something more for another, taking a leap into the unknown. An individual rushing into the dusk, stifling her fear. Elina shutting her eyes, shortly hearing the man's scream.

  The girl slowly opening her vision, seeing Isa standing in front of her, holding the person's bloody hand. The enemy painfully gripping their wound, looking to the young woman in bck armor.

  "I--Isa...! Why are you here?!" the leader uneasily stepping away.

  "When I noticed Elina wasn't at her home or the church, I quickly looked into the recent records. On a hunch, I came here based on her pattern of movements." Folding her arms, gring at him.

  "Oh? So she came here secretly then. Huh, that was really foolish." The man gesturing his hand to her.

  "Not entirely, there are a few who kept things quiet from what I found in the records. I will personally punish them after this, but first I am going to tear you apart limb by limb." Swinging out her arm.

  "I--Isa, we are better off capturing them now..." Elina nervously looking below.

  "They are a threat to the church. I overheard, and they refused your offer, execution is the punishment now." Aiming her bde at the leader.

  "Wow, you really are ice-cold. And all we were gonna do was use her as a bargaining chip. I guess this is another thing about the church's absolute rule." His disgust at her.

  "Say whatever you like. Maybe I would have gone a bit lighter, if you did not harm her." The maiden walking ahead.

  One acting as a weapon to the church, eliminating the order's threats. A cold unwavering bde, piercing the line within her vision.

  The girl's unrestful eyes, calling out to her companion once more. Hearing their voice, Isa frowning a bit. The maiden spilling blood in the distance, shortly standing with her back facing away.

  "They will be fine. Tch...I really am going soft." Her hand at the side of her head.

  "Thank you, we can let the church deal with them." Elina walking up to Isa.

  "Yeah. Now then, why would you do something so reckless? Coming out here on your own!" Isa raising her voice, turning to them.

  "I...I wanted to help you..." The girl gripping her arms, lowering her head.

  A pure soul doing her best, someone desiring to aid her companion. An individual taking on a job, trying to use her weight to an advantage. The maiden pulling back a bit, understanding their worry.

  "Please don't do anything so dangerous again..." Isa's low voice.

  "And how do you think I feel about you out there...?" Elina facing away, sadly gripping her arms.

  One constantly going out, taking on terrible challenges. The young woman returning with injuries many times, increasing her companion's worry. Isa looking down a bit, soon walking up to the girl, wrapping her arms around them.

  "Thank you for your help, and I am sorry for worrying you so much." The maiden's soft tone, resting her head on the girl's shoulder.

  "I--it is okay..." Elina's red face, her hasty heart.

  "When we get back, I have to drill some things into a few of them." Isa's slightly more serious vision.

  "There is no need, they didn't leave me alone. They are actually nearby." The girl looking back to her companion.

  "Is that so? Then I can punish them for allowing you to go through with this." The young woman releasing the person, soon turning from them.

  A furious soul beneath the dusk, sweeping her bde across the nd. Her powerful exertion blowing a few out their hiding spots, their fearful eyes on Isa.

  "There you are." The maiden's strict eyes on them.

  "W--we were getting ready to jump out, but then you came!" a young man's great fear.

  "I--it is as he says! We were about to unch a pincer attack, with some of our more deadly magic entrusted to us!" a young woman's panic.

  "Isa! Calm down!" Elina rushing in front of them, her hands on her waist.

  "How can I calm down? I specifically told the church, you were to be kept safe while you did your work. This was not safe." Gripping her arms.

  "I was being well supported, you're taking things too far!" the girl's stern expression on them.

  "You can interrogate us if you want on our full operation, just don't punish us!" another young man's great fear.

  "Fine. I want a detailed report, have it in my hands in two days. You better not miss any information." Isa turning to her side, her hand on her waist.

  "I guess this is the better outcome." Elina sighing, her hand on her cheek.

  A pure individual's direction to aid her companion, taking on a great risk on herself. Two souls wrapping in the other's warmth, desiring for one another's safety.

  Their meeting in a dream realm filling Elina with hope, these flowing sentiments leading those companions onward.

  Out in the grassy field, Isa and Zeke continuing their strategizing behind the rock. The young man pointing to the Temple of Seres, trailing it to their location.

  "This temple is our destination, but we have a stronghold not far from our location. Nearby Seres, we can assume Armand is at that cathedral." Zeke tapping down.

  "However, given that his destination is likely the temple, we are better off simply going there." Her hand to her chin, looking away a bit.

  "Precisely, now then. The question is how we will bring down the stronghold ahead of us." The young man scanning the terrains.

  Grand foes awaiting on every end, their direction to quell the numbers before them. One at the end of darkness, their slowly fading light.

  Isa's desire to save a precious one, refusing to give in. Her eyes on the structure of the map, shortly recognizing the area. The maiden pointing down nearby, circling the parameter to her left.

  "Attacking head on will be foolish. Though, I do remember working some jobs here. The animals are quite ferocious. If we lure them to attack the town, we can use the panic to proceed. However, expect a high number of fatalities." Her calm voice.

  The sighing young man, his wish to avoid the terrible outcome, yet his understanding on the difficulty in it.

  His eyes to the relentless person ahead, someone pursuing her path, embracing her imperfections and selfish desires.

  A clear picture to his mind, a demon's conviction carrying their path. Isa soon bracing back against the rock, her eyes to the sky above, remembering old times.

  Two beneath the horrific dusk, graves lining the road within the crimson light. Witches zooming by, spirits within mirrors.

  A joyful evening on the scary night, screams and ughter filling the pce. Isa stepping into a dark room, the creaky sounds around her.

  The maiden in a long blue shirt and short bck jeans, her eyes slightly behind. Elina hiding behind them, holding onto her companion.

  A pure girl in a dark coat and red shirt, a bck dress wrapping below. The shaking person, their vision to the hands in the corner, shortly shifting their view to the stringing organs.

  "I—I am not so sure about this one Isa..." Elina holding onto the maiden.

  "Come on. It is just Halloween, there is no actual danger." Isa's slight smile to them.

  "I—I know, but this is too much for me..." The girl uneasily pulling against the person.

  "Alright, we can go elsewhere." The young woman sighing.

  The simply proceeding days, Isa enjoying these small moments with another. An individual building more into her life, requesting certain times to be with a precious one.

  The two soon leaving the building, their decision to venture around the town. Both taking in the sights, relishing in the bliss. The maiden listening to her companion, seeing them brightly shine within the dusk.