'Saintess Leaf, huh?'
Azel tilted his head slightly, his crimson eyes narrowing as he studied the old woman floating in front of him.
The coincidence wasn't lost on him.
First Rain, whose name carried the touch of nature, and now Leaf was the same thing.
Still, that wasn't what held his attention.
What unsettled him was the fact that he had never seen her in the game at all.
By his knowledge, Saintess Leaf was supposed to be long gone before the story even began, having died of old age well before the academy arc.
And now here she was, she wasn't even close to being dead.
Another change.
Another divergence from the story he thought he knew.
His lips pressed into a thin line.
He had seen enough of these "deviations" by now to stop being surprised, but that didn't mean he liked them.
What stood out even more was her connection to Rain.
In the original timeline, Leaf never acknowledged her.
