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Two figures plummeted from the sky at high speed—Charles and Hugin. Hugin's armor of swirling smoke transformed into a pair of glider wings, gradually turning their rapid descent into a gradual glide, slowing their fall enough to avoid catastrophic injury.
Water splashed into the air as the two plunged into the lake. Emerging from the water, Hugin hoisted Charles and tossed him onto the shore, leaving him sprawled there.
Though Charles lay limp on the ground like a lifeless dog, he was largely unharmed, just severely disoriented from the high-speed flight and subsequent fall.
Hugin stood by the lakeshore, his gaze heavy beneath his armor. He looked skyward where Sieg and Colin had been moments before. Earlier, the moment Sieg had spotted that ominous eye, he had unhesitatingly hurled Charles and Hugin from the sky.
Hugin didn't know what that eye was, but anything capable of prompting Sieg to make such a decision was clearly no trivial matter. Evidently, Sieg no longer believed he could protect them in the face of that thing and had chosen to cast them away to safety.
"Wait, where's that little statuette of the Lady of the Night?" Charles, finally regaining his senses, fumbled in his pockets. It was empty—the slightly sharp-edged figurine of the Lady of the Night figurine, which should have been tied...
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