Blazblue: Phase Shift 4 Chapter 4

Celica sprinted at top speed and leapt onto his red-coated back with all her momentum.

"Ragna!!"

"Uoogh!?"

The man made a sound of surprise as she landed on him with a dull thud.

Reflexively shaking Celica off and turning around with his guard up, his grim face stiffened in shock.

"Wha... huh!? You dumbass, why are you still here! Didn't I just see you leave!?"

He shouted with more agitation than anger in his voice.

He stood much taller than Celica, had distinctive white hair, and seemed to only be able to open his beautiful green left eye. It was Ragna. They really had met again. Completely forgetting that she was inside of the Black Beast, a smile overflowing with joy covered Celica's entire face.

Then the words Ragna had said a moment ago finally clicked with her.

"What do you mean, you just saw me leave?"

Celica had an idea of what had happened even as she asked. Thinking back on it, she remembered hearing a while ago that there was a strange phenomenon where time passed extremely slowly near cauldrons. The Black Beast had passed through countless cauldrons, so they might have had an effect on it that makes the flow of time all weird here.

"I mean that I just saw you leave, what... oh, I get it. Time flows differently here."

Muttering as he figured the situation out faster than Celica had, Ragna had a discontented look about him as he took his hand off of his chin.