The two of them, brightly illuminated by the flames of a building blazing up and licking the night sky, heard an off-key Christmas song.
A woman descended from the neighboring rooftop, beaming with delight as she fired flames from the tip of her staff.
The loud singing of “Jingle Bells” was perfectly suited to Christmas night, but with the Rodriguez Family mansion exploding and ablaze in the background, its abnormality stood out all the more.
“Stepmother...”
Seeing the abnormal woman who had apparently blown up the mansion, Camilla widened her eyes, gripped Petro’s sleeve tightly, and whispered.
Countless thoughts flashed through Petro’s mind in an instant upon hearing her words.
If that woman was Camilla’s stepmother, then she was the second wife of the boss of the Fernandez Family, which was hostile to the Rodriguez Family Petro belonged to.
She was demonfolk—and the enemy who had ordered Camilla’s assassination.
Should he run? Should he stay where he was?
If she was demonfolk rather than a Transcender, there was a chance he could somehow deal with her, depending on how he went about it...
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