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Infernal Blade – Part 05

After their laughter subsided, Cecily suggested, “Let’s go.”

Aria and Lisa, holding hands, walked off eagerly, looking like close sisters.

As Cecily followed behind, she noticed something in the narrow space between buildings. A homeless man crouching in the shadows, wearing tattered, darkened clothing.

She recognized him. It was the vagrant that caused a commotion the day she met Luke and Lisa.

He was leaning against the wall, staring into the void and mumbling to himself. Drool trickled down his throat. His left hand, lying on the ground like a broken tool, was missing three fingers.

Cecily’s gaze shifted back to Aria and Lisa. Aria was playfully teasing Lisa.

There’s light and shadow.

Aria was a victim of the Valbanill War, and this homeless man was another. His mangled left hand bore the mark of a Demon Pact. If what Luke said was true, this man was a soldier in the war and lost everything—and this