Chapter 95

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The flames rose high. The crimson fire that devoured everything around it at a terrifying speed had drawn close.

“Lara, what are you doing standing there? Hurry and get away!”

Someone’s rough hand snatched the girl’s hand and began dragging her to the opposite side of the flames.

The girl turned her head and took in the burning mansion with both eyes.

The scene, striking as if fire fairies were dancing, was a wretched sight destroying the ground her family had lived on all this time.

“It’s all right, Lara. As long as you’re alive……. As long as you live, it’s enough.”

The girl looked at the owner of the hand pulling her along at the sorrowful voice. It was her mother, hair disheveled.

Normally, the girl’s mother valued propriety and had never shown herself disheveled. But now she seemed to have no mind to spare for…