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there.
    Sure the creature might've been fast. But Seraphina was far faster that it was scary.
    “You keep on boasting yet you're not even that strong.”
    Valeriana was speechless. “You make your job look so easy.”
    “I have to do that every day for the last two decades or so. You can't blame how experienced I am dealing with these situations.” With that, she sheathed her sword and relaxed. “Let's get out of here. These doors should lead somewhere.”
    As Valeriana opened her mouth to speak, Seraphina silenced her by raising her hand in a motion that told her to keep quiet. She looked between each doors, as though contemplating which path they should take.
    “What? How old are you when you started doing that? Three? How old are you anyway?”
    “Never mind that.” Seraphina said. “I sense a breeze blowing through this one.”
    She confidently went through her choice without hesitation, leaving Valeriana to follow her out. Despite having to go through a considerably scary room, both of them were able to reach the main exit of the Horror House soundly without any further demonic encounter. The human girl could only breathe out in relief at this thought.
    They came out to an open yard, where people were huddled in small groups, discussing what they experienced from inside. Some girls and younger victims were crying and trembling within the arms of their companions, apparently unable to handle the intensity of the scare they got. Well, if Valeriana was any younger, she would break down crying too.
    Both left the premises and started traveling farther down the sidewalk.
    “So it's over.” The human girl breathed.
    “So it is.” The lady knight replied. “But there may still be others in your city. Considering how big it is, they might just not be staying in that Horror House.”
    “You mean there are more of them?”
    She then pushed Seraphina to the direction of the nearby park, needing some space where she would be able to breathe. After what just recently happened, Valeriana ought to relax at a place where she felt comfortable.
    It was really dark out, though. There weren't many people outside now, and the park was basically deserted.
    “Do tell me that this won't happen again.”
    “I can't guarantee that.” Seraphina told her, looking disappointed herself. “The whole kingdom is currently unstable. It makes it easy for demons to escape into your world. Even now, some of the other knights are hunting them down.”
    “You mean you aren't the only one doing this kind of thing?”
    “I'm not.”
    “Anyway, aren't you going? Your business is done here, right?”
    “Didn't I promise that I'll help you find a summer job?” She reminded, her brows furrowing.
    “Oh, right.” Valeriana sighed. “But you don't have to do that. I'm sure you're pretty tired running around that Horror House killing demons.”
    “You are, as well.”
    “Thanks, but you really don't have to. Just do me another favor and don't ever make me help you hunt those demons again. It's really too much for my poor heart.”
    Seraphina couldn't help but chortle at her statement. “I'm sorry for dragging you into that. I've . . . gotten you involved in something you didn't want to be a part of. But I've already done a few things that I think I shouldn't have done. I really don't know what to do in this world.”
    “What do you mean by done a few things I shouldn't have done ?”
    “When I came here, I got arrested by a man who calls himself a police for pointing a sword to a man who was yelling at a poor woman.”
    “You what?!”
    “He took me to a jail, but I escaped.”
    To say Valeriana was shocked was a total understatement at the moment.
    “Afterwards, I wandered for a few hours but saw no sign of what I was looking for. Before I know it, night had come. I knocked on the doors of a few houses to ask to stay for the night, but doors closed on my face and I had to sleep outside.”
    “You are . . . oh, gosh. No wonder you