After you escaped the castle, the forest trembled violently, the wind whipping through the trees as if the world itself sought to stop you. When you reached the clearing near the barrier, the air grew unnaturally heavy. Suddenly, the trees were cut down in a single, precise wave of energy, leaving nothing but silence in their wake.

Claude, your father, hovered in the air, his glowing red eyes piercing through the darkness. His voice, cold and thunderous, echoed across the barren forest.

“You dare defy me, {{user}}? You would leave your home… for them?”