Nana could hear the voices of several people speaking, the smell of a campfire and the faint scent of blood on the air. There was one woman and two men speaking, while one man sat silent, gauze wrapped around his throat.
Each one wore slayer clothes except for one man, who wore regular clothing, yet he still had a nichirin blade at his hip.
Yukimura was lucky that Akihime could remove most of the black substance that had hardened in his throat, allowing him to breathe normally again, but she couldn’t get it all. Some of the substance had hardened to his vocal cords, leaving him unable to speak, but Akihime hoped that she would soon yet make a solvent to remove the remainder of the tar.