Seraphina Ashworth reached up and wiped the rain from her face. Her white dress was instantly soaked through, and her already pale complexion looked all the more heart-wrenching under the downpour.
"Heh!" A faint smile touched Seraphina Ashworth's lips. 'I've been reborn into this life, and the only time I was ever this wretched was when I trained in that forest, before The Nether-realm was even established. When have I ever been in such a state?'
The downpour reminded her of a time in her past life when she was trapped in a cave in the Valley of Shades. She had been very young then, only about nine years old. Wounded all over in her pursuit of a rare medicinal herb, she had accidentally fallen into a dilapidated cave. The rain had been just as heavy then. She waited in that cave, injured, for her adoptive father. As a result of being soaked by the rain, she ran a high fever all night. Thankfully, he found her just in time; otherwise, she probably would have died.
