Deep in the night, all is still.
All things are silent.
Yet inside the house, the door was gently pushed open, and out stepped a witch dressed in white and red hakama, treading softly through the impenetrable darkness.
She glanced around the village, then turned back to quietly shut the door without making the slightest sound. Thus, near midnight, the witch left her house, heading toward the village outskirts. Her movements were cautious, though she didn't notice a young girl inside one house was wide awake.
Xiao Ye had been restless, tossing and turning all night, unable to sleep.
Even after getting an answer from Sister Kikyo, her troubled expression was something Xiao Ye had never seen before... It must be that monk from the afternoon!
At that moment, she happened to see the witch's figure passing by outside the window.
