Chapter 701: I Am Lost

"..."

"...What do we do now, Dee? It's getting kinda awkward."

Back in the other universe, Riley's arm was still wrapped around Aerith; embracing him almost as if he was never going to let her go. Suffice it to say, the confusion that Aerith was feeling also grew by the second.

And even as she analyzed the situation, her mind couldn't seem to wrap around what was happening. Her people just died out of nowhere, and when she thought that she was going to meet the man that was responsible for what happened, she found him headless on the floor near a themarian that has renounced her own race.

And now, a weird-looking humanoid that she hasn't seen before in her long life had his arms wrapped around her. Aerith could struggle and escape, but there truly was no need to as the white-skinned individual wasn't even holding her tight…

…and yet she found herself unable to escape his clutch.

"Aerith."