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               Chapter Twenty-Two: Hide and Seek               With a mighty stretch and a tired yawn, Vaida awoke on the hard meadow floor. Her vision was clouded as she tried to look around, so she rubbed her eye until she could see clearly. She lifted her neck slightly and saw that her feet were far from her face, startling her until she remembered.             “That’s weird. I thought he was with me,” she mumbled as she felt the ground beside her.             Despite the powerful winds blowing to the northwest, the ground felt slightly warm. Vaida concluded that Hatasuko had been beside her, having left only recently. She sleepily sat up and looked at the starlit surroundings.             A faint moisture clung t...

  Chapter Twenty-One: The Burning Star   As sparks and embers danced through the starlit air, Hatasuko and Vaida stood back-to-back in the middle of a street. Buildings smoldered on both sides. Hatasuko glared at Harvey while holding his sword in his right hand and his shield in his left. Harvey stared back with a confident smirk. His sword dangled from his right hand, though he kept his left hand empty, ready to unleash his Astrodeus power at a moment’s notice. On the other side of the ash-stained street, Spencer stood beneath the fireflies with his hands wrapped around the shaft of his halberd. He kept his eyes locked fiercely on Vaida, though her eyes were wide with anguish. She held a light sword in each hand, but she kept her shield hooked to her back. The flickering glow of nearby flames illuminated the dirt road. The orange reflections shimmered on the wet blood that stained Hatasuko’s shirt. The gash in his stomach was not shallow, but it was also not deep eno...