Explaining

I stood there for a moment trying to wrap my brain around what just happened and let out a small groan. One of the people standing in the crowd walked over to me and gave me a handkerchief.

"Are you okay? I saw the girl attack you all of a sudden but couldn't bring myself to intervene." The man said with an apologetic look.

I used the handkerchief he gave me to wipe off my face and offered it back to him but he refused. I gave him a thankful nod before putting it away.

I looked at the dagger I still had in my hand and let out a small sigh before putting it away in my bag. The crowd around us had begun to walk away leaving just me and the person next to me.

"I'm Lee just so you know. I run a small shop nearby here. May I ask what that why those people attacked you all of a sudden?" Lee asked.

"It's nothing you need to worry about. I'd rather not get random people involved in my problems." I said.

Lee let out a small sigh before shrugging. We stood there for a moment in complete silence until I heard Alice's voice in the distance.

I turned to face her voice and saw her walking towards me. Lee gave me a smile before walking off into the crowd and out of eyesight.

"I thought you were going back home, did something change your mind?" Alice asked me.

I shook my head, "I was planning on going home but I was interrupted by some people. They're gone now so we don't have to worry about them." I said.

Alice gave me a strange look before brushing it off and walking towards our home. Serene shrugged and ran off after her leaving just me and Ashe. When they were out of earshot I turned to Ashe.

"Three people just tried to kill me. All three had some connections with Crimson. They're going after me since I killed her but they might go after you as well since you were there." I said.

Ashe was caught off guard by what I said. He looked around to see if anyone had heard me and pulled into the alleyway we were next to. Once we far enough into the alleyway he let go of me and leaned against a wall.

"Are you positive that they worked with Crimson? We just barely scraped by when we fought her and I don't want to have to fight someone on the same level as her again." Ashe said.

"I know how you feel, I'm not exactly happy that something like this happened. But that's not what I'm worrying about right now. What if Crimson was in a large group of people who just want to cause mayhem?" I asked.

From the look on Ashe's face he seemed to have thought about that as well. Before he could say anything though, the sound of clapping had appeared above us.