Upon sensing the familiar presence, which for some reason was greatly weakened, Kirone rose to her feet, and in a flash of light, she was already beyond the planet's atmosphere in interstellar space, appearing directly in front of a man who was plunging straight toward the planet she'd just left.
Her sudden appearance made him crash straight into her with immense force, the impact sending her several hundred meters backwards through space.
The man instinctively roused his divinity, preparing to attack, but the moment he saw her face, his energy died down, and a relieved expression washed over his face.
"Lady Beatrix!"
He quickly reached out, grabbing her shoulder as he tried to speak. "Help, Lady Artemi—!"
Before he could even finish saying Mallory's name, the adrenaline sustaining him vanished with the relief of seeing Kirone, and his body slumped down on hers.
