Let’s See the Newcomers

But wait—what did she mean earlier? That nothing belonging to Coastelle shall be destroyed?

I asked, and she sprang up, adorably, with a smile.

Then, without warning, she turned to Bina and extended her hand again—energy building fast, dangerous—and Bina started breathing hard like she was about to take a cannon to the face.

"Wait! Wait! Wait!!" I jumped in front of Bina to barricade her.

"What are you trying to do?!" I asked Flora, panic rising in my voice.

She looked confused again.

"Huh? I wanted to kill her."

That is not the kind of thing you expect to hear from a ten-year-old!

Terrifying! Absolutely terrifying!!

"W-why?" I stammered, already feeling a migraine brewing. "I told you she wasn't an enemy!"

The headache was hitting full force now, and Bina's lack of protest wasn't helping either.