Since Yogev gave them an actual choice to leave, Lexie was the first one to leave that place, forced with two mages from district 2, everyone left on their own, but she was forced to leave because they all knew that she was going to try to assassinate their leader.
And even when she left she never tried to join any of those who left either, she stayed alone all that time.
The first days were the hardest, that void and rage inside of her heart made her go insane, she couldn't handle the loss very well, after her father's death she was their protector, and somehow all she could think about right now was that she failed her mission .
The first week she returned to her destroyed house trying to find any shreds of life in it, she then went to Arino's house and there she saw his house wrecked too , she searched there for days for an indication that they might be okay but she didn't find anything.
The fact that she didn't find them in that reunion of district 2 mage proves that they were no longer alive, a few days later she found what was left of his baby, and when she worked hard later she discovered both his body and his wife's body rotting.
She was in a total mess, she was completely destroyed after that attack and she was never going to get past that .
The only thing stopping her from going back there was her lack of powers.
And the people who left with her didn't even show up after that, hse forgot totally about Ciel and she assumed after that that he was maybe dead .
One day she just decided to find a place that was comfortable for her to stay, the houses everywhere were destroyed and the only place that she could think of inside Delwias Island was the institution of magic .
' I will stay there until I find a way to kill that bastard, he may be surrounded right now with these brainless people but I don't guarantee that this will be the case in the future, then and only then I will kill him and I will not feel bad about it ' She thought as she started moving toward the institution which was far away from her house. The rightful source is N0veI.Fiɾe.net
Days felt like they were drained, they were passing one after another without taste, without life, without any sense of time, since the evacuation things went bad, but after the attack, all she felt was that she wanted to die and join her loved ones.
The forest was still smelling burned even after two weeks from all that happened, she was hungry, tired and emotionally exhausted yet she kept moving,
' To keep moving is the only thing thing that I could do right now'
The institution of magic was not burned or wrecked or even populated, the door was opened which made Lexie anticipate meeting people here, she walked quietly while moving to every floor and every class.
She didn't find a thing, no one was there however she noticed something different about the place, she noticed that in one of the classes there were all the books of magic lightened up there.
' There must be someone who did this, it was done intentionally, this person gathered all the magic resources in Delwias Island for a reason, I think someone wanted to improve his powers during this time, but the question is who is he ? "
Lexie was holding a few books in her hands when she felt a human step getting closer to this place, she put the books on the bureau and then headed toward the door to open it, she did it slowly so that the person wouldn't notice her presence.
She was so terrified that they might belong to Yogev's mages, however when she opened the door the only person that was inside that hallway was the little Ciel that she didn't see since what happened .
She shouted at him uncontrollably, she couldn't just control her happiness to see him, he was still wearing her sister's dress while he was holding a bag, and the bag was filled with fruits that showed up on top of it .
" Ciel, Ciel , hiiiiiii" She repeated .
Ciel was taken by surprise when she shouted his name, he turned around immediately, he was confused, and that showed on his cute face .
Lexie walked toward him with a smile on her face, she tried to assure him that she was not upset about him this time.
He stood still there while she walked toward him fast and then said:" I missed so much kid "
Ciel then smiled back, he knew that she was not going to hurt him and she was not upset about him .
"I thought that you died, I am so happy that you are okay my boy, " Lexie said while patting his golden hair, he closed his eyes enjoying that pat, then said in his cute voice :" Mommy and your sisters where are they , "
This question made her go back to remember her loss. Ciel noticed immediately that the smile on her face faded the moment he asked so he said:" They are not here anymore ? "
Seeing him talking in his cute innocent voice made her burst into tears she hugged him right away .
Ciel was not comfortable with hugging her but he didn't move all that time because he knew that she was in tremendous pain.
She stayed like that for half an hour, especially when she saw him still wearing that dress .
She ended the hug after a long time and then said:" Clearly you don't know what is happening here, if they found you wearing this dress they will take you with them, the dress code is no longer applied, but let me tell you something as long as you are with me no one will hurt you "
Lexie felt like she was choking when she told him that , however, Ciel just smile at her the said : "I will remove it then, I will make something different for myself"
" Were you staying here all by yourself? "
" Yeah, waiting for Isiah to come back "