Prologue (1/1)

PROLOGUE

It was an intense act of love that rese on its prey

Alde quieted her breathing as she slowly lifted the heavy drapes of the tent The shadows of a

Alde kneell the body of her mistress, whom she had served for a year

And yet, it appeared to her that the Knight of Blaze knew her e, coarse hands caressed her body in earnest Whenever her asp of pleasure, his touch would grow aggressive, grasping as if in a rush, petting, licking, pushi+ng her hts

She would whiht of Blaze that she could not take any ht's passion Her long black hair would entangle around his ar

This act of love continued, the long candle grew shorter and yet it did not end Alde finally grew tired or peeping and let down the drapes

She brushed off the straw fro at the darkness around her

The campsite that had unfolded here in the forest was composed of a number of quiet tents

There was oneby the fire, but it see high in the sky It was a quiet night

But perhaps, within more than a few of the tents, si carried out Iulped

It was a beastly act of courtshi+p, soht even say barbaric

But to Alde's eyes, there was so the bodies of the ether

Her mistress' thin, delicate body in the are that would not leave her ht of Blaze had called herit would so

Perhaps that hat prayer really was

Everyone had believed that the Knight of Blaze would never love a woh-born soul that no one could ever touch And so it was, that the only woman who could take his heart happened to be soht had repeated that name

No one knehere it was froested a far away land Now that the world had been saved, it was her ht who had saved the world was norithing in the attempt to save his own soul

And so he called her nao anywhere Stay, don't leave my side I'll cherish you, I'll love you like no woman in this world has ever been loved”

And so his prayer continued

”Chizuru, Chizuru, Chizuru…:”