While Runa is still unconscious; The girl dressed in a red cloak feels a little bit of concern towards Runa, she sits right beside her and checks whether she's still breathing.
Suddenly, she heard a loud voice coming from outside the alleyway, then she heard, "Runa.. where are you Runa?!.."
She got curious and stood up to check who it was. She peeks at the corner of the alleyway and sees this woman panicking, not knowing it was Runa's mother. Then Julia suddenly flusters when she sees there's another person beside her.
She sees a town guard, so she cautiously goes back, hides back in the alleyway, and feels scared she might be seen.
Meanwhile from Rubina's perspective;
She speaks to the guard and pleads, "Please help me find her, she's still a child, and needs a guardian to be with."
The Town guard, on his serious look, replies, "Ma'am, this town is bustling today, we cannot guarantee her Safety with all these people around."
Rubina begs once more, "Please, I will do anything. Please– help me find my child"
The Town guard sighed with his frustration, "We will do our best to find your lost child, but we cannot assure you that we will find her, so don't get your hopes up"
Back at the alleyway. The cloak girl seems concerned for Runa's mother. So she goes back to Runa who's still unconscious, and tries to wake her up.
She begins to tap her shoulders, "Hey–! Wake up, your mother is worried and she is looking for you!.. Hey! Wake– up!"
Runa slowly wakes up moaning in pain, "Ughh– Where am I? What is happening?.."
The cloak girl replied, "You have been knocked unconscious earlier, and yet here I am looking out for you, even though you aggressively grabbed me and threatened me with your words." She put her hand on her stash and took out the pouch she had stolen earlier and gave it back to Runa, "I know you got so frustrated, and exhausted running around town just to get this back. So here take this, I'll just give it back to you."
With no hesitation, Runa receives the pouch without saying a thing.
The cloaked girl speaks again, "By the way, your mother is worried looking for you, and she's right there outside of this alleyway"
Runa, who had just recovered, began to worry about what she heard and replied to her, "Right–! My mother is gonna punish me for this.." She starts to stride out of the alleyway. But then she stops and looks back at the girl, "Hey, thank you for watching me while I was unconscious, I might be elsewhere when I wake up if you're not around." She paused for a moment, and then she added, "Oh I forgot to ask, what's your name?"
The girl slightly smiles and answers with a calming voice "It's Julia, Julia Hart.. and you are?" Runa smiles back and replies, "Runa, Runa Ashford.. nice to meet you Julia" Both of them say their farewell, and Julia fades away into the dark side of the alleyway while Runa heads out of it.
Runa ran back to her very worried mother, "Mother–! I'm sorry, I ran away without telling you anything." she also handed the pouch that was stolen to her mother, "Here mother, I took back the pouch that has been stolen from you."
Her mother, who's starting to get angry and worried about Runa, accidentally slaps her and boasts, "DON'T DO THAT AGAIN RUNA, you made me worry, and you are more important than that money."
Runa, who felt the pain from the hit, put her head down and almost gonna break into tears. Then she suddenly felt a warm embrace in her body.
Rubina starts to hug her tight and says, "I'm sorry for hitting you dear, I didn't mean it–forgive me."
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Until Then: Another Second Chance
AventuraThis is a story based on Cathy from "until then" the game, where she got hit by a truck and died at the end of cycle 1. Now she has been reborn in another world as runa, a middle class female villager, who now lives with her new family in a peaceful...
