She was still standing in place, droplets of water cascading down her body, which was wrapped in a soaked piece of cloth. Her face was frozen in shock.
"What… was that?"
She looked up, toward the cliff where that stranger had leapt without hesitation into the waterfall, vanishing like the wind… as if his very body had dissolved into the air.
She placed a hand on her chest, trying to calm her pounding heart, and muttered:
"Who would dare do something like that? What kind of lunatic jumps in front of a bathing girl without even flinching?"
Taking a deep breath, she closed her eyes for a moment, then snapped sharply:
"No one would dare… unless they don't know who I am."
She turned toward her bag hidden behind one of the rocks. Swiftly, she began putting her clothes on. Her sword was there too, wrapped tightly in a black cloth. She grabbed it and slung it over her back, then whispered:
"The Sword Queen won't forgive me if I let this go unanswered."
