Nepenthes

text A small flower shop in a peaceful little neighborhood, Lucid Dream. Its owner is Ariel, with a pretty smiling face, kind and affectionate to everyone. On a day when gloomy rain poured down, she discovers a large, wounded man collapsed in the alley behind the flower shop. Due to some impulse, or perhaps a fateful pull, Ariel brings him inside her home, protecting and nursing him. *** "So, if I help you, I could face retaliation from your organization?" "Yes." "But..." At Ariel's "but," Aiten made a dissatisfied expression. Ignoring that face, Ariel continued. "I can't just pass by someone in trouble right in front of me." "There are plenty of people who wouldn't help." "I'm ...