Just after the village was attacked, Loire and Adeline were attacked while finding a place to sleep one night. This time, it was a group of humans who attacked. They kidnapped Adeline in the process, telling Loire that humans and demons do not mix, that they should stay with their own race.
Ten years later, Loire was cutting down humans right and left during a battle that he got caught in. It was too late to escape. He had reached the center of the fighting. He had his wings partially extended in order to fly away if he became seriously injured. Three men came upon him at once. He fought them all off, but one had succeeded in cutting a great gash in his shoulder. He could no could no longer lift his left arm. Though he had strength greater than that of humans, he still had not the strength to lift his claymore single-handed. He unfurled his wings completely and leaped into the air. As he was nearing the edge of the battle near a forest, and arrow pierced a major part of his right wing. He crashed into the trees below. When he lifted his head, he saw and arrow aimed at him, the tip mere inches from his face. He looked up at the archer. When he saw who it was, he tried to sit up, but his right arm was pinned underneath him and he couldn't move his left arm. "Don't move, or I'll shoot."
Loire chuckled. "Would you really shoot me, Adeline?"
"How do you know my name?"
"You don't remember? You must not recognize me with all this blood covering my face. But maybe you'll remember this: ten years ago, your village was attacked and only the two of us survived."
"Loire? Is it really you?"
Loire grinned as Adeline dropped her bow and hurried to help the demon up. She looked him up and down and finally hugged him. "I thought you were dead."
Loire put his right hand on the girl's back. "I thought the same about you. What happened?"
"The men took me to their village, and one of the women recognized me. She knew my mother. She took me in and cared for me until about a two years ago. I told her it was time I took my mother's place as priestess and try to bring peace back to this world. But what about you?"
"I've been on my own ever since then. I've had to steal a few times in order to eat, but I was able to get some money by doing work. Some humans even had me fix barns or help in a blacksmithing shop. To be honest, the humans wanting my help surprised me." Loire flinched, pain coming back in the shoulder which had numbed during flight. Adeline quickly bandaged it with strips of linen she kept in the bag slung over her shoulder. She tied it tightly, causing Loire to flinch again.
"There, that should do. Don't put too much strain on that shoulder until it heals."
"I'll be fine, Adeline. You don't need to worry about me. You should worry about yourself. Demons heal much quicker and are stronger. Humans aren't as well off."
"You're turning like them, aren't you? The Loire I knew would never say anything like that."
"Well... You're right. I've been fighting alongside the demons too long. And it's only because you were taken from me."
