"Esmeralda! Esmeralda—!" He shouted, hoping for some kind of sign.
There was a light wheeze through the quiet forest, drawing him towards it. A school of light-blue fish swam in his path, though he ran right through them—
"Esmeralda!"
Right there on the soil, he found the lavender-haired woman, laying in a pool of blood. Perfect cuts were left reaching from her forearms down to her wrists.
"Shit…!" Jae-Seong let out in a panic, clutching the woman's arms.
As a thousand thoughts raced through his mind as the blood left even quicker from the girl's wounds, he had to act quickly.
[--Blessing of Horologium–]
The symbol of a pendulum clock across his back; its presence brought forth a shroud of a translucent force. It enveloped the unconscious woman, fluctuating the air around her as everything was left stagnant.
Not a single drop left her wounds further, nor did her heart take another beat–
