The girl did not know where she would run to, or how she would make any type of living. All she knew was that she needed to run. Behind her, she heard the thunder of her pursuers' horses. Her heart was in her mouth as she tried to bid her own steed to go faster, but the poor beast was spent. "Please!" She begged. "They will kill us!"
As if understanding her, the stallion made an effort to quicken his pace. The Demon harbor was before her, dawn coming over the horizon before it. From the distance she was at, she could see a ship leaving for Aomori. The crest on the sail proved to her it was of Demon origins and she decided in that moment she must get on that ship.
'But the men took my money back in the dungeons…' She thought. Suddenly, her horse's hoof caught in a hole in the ground, it's scream of pain burned her ears as she jumped from his back to avoid falling and injury. Seeing there was no helping him, she quickly made for the ship that was leaving the harbor.
