Oblivious Encounter

Drystan took off while carrying Ercilia.

He soon learned that leaving that place would be the biggest obstacle. The path he had taken to get there was already swarming with flames, so he had to go back a little bit and find another way out. It didn't help that she was already bleeding to death at that point. 

When he saw a spot that hadn't been reached by the fire yet, he decided to stop for a moment and cover her wounds with his shirt. He stripped it off of him, leaving himself topless, and used it as a makeshift bandage. While he was doing so, he got distracted. 

Though he knew that he should be racing against time here, he could not help but stare down at her features, which had all perfectly developed to make such a beauty. 

'You look so different from before, Ercilia. You'd really grown.'