Kagami slammed their back against the tree trunk. They pressed one hand against the young boy’s mouth to stifle his loud breaths. Their other hand brandished the rapier that was normally stuck at their side. Their own breathing hitched as they tried to hold it in desperate hopes that the Spectral Knight couldn’t hear the pair’s panicked breaths. That hope was quickly dashed as the wood just above their heads were smashed into pieces.
The boy screamed into Kagami’s hand before ripping himsel