A slender woman in a black hooded robe lay under a bush not far away, appearing severely injured, and the intermittent cries for help were coming from that direction.
I didn't expect anyone still out in the forest who hadn't returned. Judging by her condition... could she have been present when the incident at the ruins occurred?
Celine immediately led the group over, and then I heard her exclaim, "Apprentice Priest? What happened to you?"
I hurriedly squeezed through the crowd with the Sandora Ball in my arms, and to my surprise, the person lying on the ground was someone I had met once before: Qing Ye! She was the elf I encountered at the tavern on the first day I arrived in town, along with some muscular adventurer named Leon... uh, "fit adventurer" would be more appropriate. I never imagined meeting her again under such circumstances.
