"Wh-what is that monster doing?" Subaru murmured, his eyebrows furrowed in confusion as he tried to make sense of the situation before him.
He was observing the battle between Ume and Alaric from a distance, taking cover on the high floor of a towering building, safely out of the range of Alaric's arrows. He had wanted to witness firsthand just how powerful Ume truly was, to see the extent of the strength that had turned a nuclear missile into a firworks of snow and petals.
That was what he had thought, at least.
What he had been watching for the last five minutes was Alaric lying flat on the roof of the building from where he had been attacking. He was kicking his legs and flailing his arms frantically in place, his movements wild and erratic, while laughing like a madman, his voice echoing through the empty streets.
Ume was still standing at the same spot on the ground where she had stopped the arrows that were shot at Subaru, her posture relaxed, her expression serene.
