Arriving at the grandmother's cottage, Aera saw that the door was opened. Fearing for the worst, she ran inside and saw the woodsman trying to hurt the old woman. Red's grandmother was already hurt by trying to fend for herself from the woodsman's ax and even his bare hands. Aera attacked him in order to protect the grandmother, grabbing his ax and struggling with him. However, in doing so, the ax slipped and hit the elderly woman in the head. She fell unconscious, her head dripped with blood from the impact. Still fighting the mad man off, the wolf managed to bite his hand, causing the man to yell in pain and back off. He held his ax in one hand and his bleeding arm in the other. The woodsman inspected the injury and then glared daggers at the wolf, before jumping out through the window to escape. Just before Aera could follow him, Little Red came into the cottage and was horrified to see her grandmother on the floor and Aera covered in blood. 

Aera went pale, stammering for words, trying to explain to the girl what happened. Yet, the girl was now afraid of her and didn't listen to anything she had to say. She ran away from her, screaming and crying, thinking her grandmother was dead. The wolf watched her leave, tears welling up in her eyes and her fists clenching tight. She wiped the blood from her hands and mouth and carried on on her mission to find the woodsman and bring him to justice. She couldn't waste time chasing someone who was already afraid of her and saw her as a monster like everyone else. Aera was back on the trail, full of anger and hatred. She no longer felt like herself, nor did she look like herself anymore. She had become a ferocious monster just as everyone had seen in her before.