Larel sat in the room his arms crossed over his chest as he let his personal darkness hover around him, he generally kept it locked inside so he wouldn't do it in front of Hotaru and Mera, but since he had the moment alone he let a bit of it out finding he wasn't able to keep his emotions wholly in check, he was worried about Hotaru and Mera and that moment with Hiroyuki didn't help his attitude. He could hear Zenmaru reminding him about his missing sister as well which seemed to just distract him further. With all these things circling around his head he figured a little mediation would help him calm down a little, and get everything inside of him at least somewhat sturdy. Though it seemed no matter how much time passed he couldn't fully calm down, after a while he let out a small sigh and leaned against the wall shutting his eyes.
When the door flung open he jumped and grabbing his sword moved it towards the hilt until he saw it was Mera, he let out a relieved sigh and moved it to his back as he listened to her. Hearing Hotaru was missing and there were dead bodies around the town his eyes widened before he ran over to Mera nodding as he waited her to move.
"I'm right behind you Mera-sama, let's find Hotaru," Larel said. "Do you have any idea where we can look?"

Alari hummed to himself as he made his way back towards the inn, though when he noticed the gathering of people he came to a stop as he felt his chest tighten. Something in him told him what it was already but he jogged over and gently moving past the people moved down to see the dead body in the center. Pushing his glasses up onto his face he closed his eyes giving the person moment of silence, he raised his head looking how the person died before he saw Mera walking away. Arching a brow he moved through the crowd and followed after wondering if she had any idea what was happening, however when he saw her leave the alley with a few eyes on her he looked around for a moment before walking up the alley.
"No," Alari mumbled removing his glasses.
His eyes narrowed at the amount of bodies taking up the alley, turning he made his way back to the inn pushing his glasses back onto his face. He wasn't sure who took the lives of the kind people of this village but he needed to find out, especially if they brought it with them.