"... Is that... the Izumi Heiress?"
"... "Look at the crest on her robes."
"... It's called a kimono, dumbass."
"... It's her, the 'Blossom of the North', Izumi Ayako!"
Mist from the boiling river began to thin, revealing the wreckage of the street and the stunned faces of the onlookers. Whispers of reverence rippled through the crowd as this new figure entered the scene.
Kurt kept a firm grip on the hilt of his black sword as his eye tracked even the slightest shift in her movements. The calm pressure he felt radiating from her was far more dangerous than Ryuuji's explosive rage.
Yuna landed softly beside him as she observed the situation closer.
"Yuna, who is she?" Kurt gestured with his head.
"That is Izumi Ayako, heiress to the Izumi clan. Like Emelie Herst, she is the strongest student from Skyward Academy. The Izumi clan is legendary, second only to the Shogunate clan itself – the Wrights of Myria. In the North, her name is law."
