The surroundings were still shrouded in darkness, as the monster representing the source of the curse, though defeated, had not yet been completely eradicated.
It wasn't until Iluna confirmed that Shard was truly alright that she brought up the topic, prompting Shard to look towards Emilia. The elf girl shrank back and pointed to herself, hesitantly nodding. Though she had lived under the protection of family, classmates, and teachers at the Academy, she wasn't entirely unfamiliar with taking lives herself.
Given Emilia's disposition, Shard wasn't really worried about her being too soft.
Iluna didn't let her approach the pure white light to cast a spell. Instead, she took out a handgun from a holster hidden inside her coat, carefully placed a bullet engraved with runes into the magazine, then handed the gun to her after disabling the safety:
"Use this."
