[Again, Miyabi turns the page, and draws the wolf once more, but facing another. It was a shadowed man, holding a large and powerful sword. She had no idea what Nagi looked like, so details remained unseen. His sword, however, was pointed at the wolf.]

One villager took it upon himself to face the fearsome Shiranui. The warrior Nagi attempted many times to challenge the wolf. But his attempts were thwarted by Shiranui's swift movements.

[Again, the page is turned, as if the story were telling itself in Luke's journal. This time, a single house is drawn.] Before long, the night of the accursed festival had arrived. A white plumed arrow heralded the coming sacrifice. Piercing the sky, the arrow sunk its shaft squarely into-- [The next strokes of her brush come in the blink of an eye. An arrow is drawn, right in the middle of the house. Miyabi even smudges the ink with her thumb, to give the effect that it had been traveling at high speed.] --the home of Nami, the village's most beautiful maiden.

[Miyabi can't help but smile a little. It was so ironic she told this story to Nami, who shared the same name as one of the characters.]