To my freedom in the woods for a long time, I seem in such a good mood.
âSola, you canât go too far behind the woods.â
Iâm chasing Sora, who cuts the lead and jumps, but I feel like sheâs trying to get to the back of the woods.
âPu?â
Sora stops and looks at us behind her.
âThere could be dangerous demons and animals.â
Thatâs what I said, but I tilt my neck a little.
Iâve been looking into the signs around here for a while now, but itâs crazy.
âWhatâs up?
âUh, no movement on the signs around here.â
âHmm?â
âI know animals vulnerable to the cold donât move because they could be in hibernation, but itâs strange because demons resistant to the cold arenât moving eitherâ
Various signs are moving around in the woods.
Identify and act on signs of danger or safety in them.
When I walked into this forest, there were certainly various signs moving around.
You felt signs of Ciel, though there were many signs of him running away.
Thatâs why itâs not working at all right now.
This is crazy.
âYou got something? Speaking of which, itâs quiet.â
If you clear your ears, you will hear wind noises and trees scrubbing, but you will not hear animals making noises.
âYouâre a little scaredâ
âRight.â
Is Ciel okay?\n
I get anxious and look around.
âPuffy ~â
Turn your gaze to Soraâs delightful voice.
Strangely approaching, a black sphere is rolling in front of Sola.
âOh, is this the child of the Guardian God?
Mr. Druid is right, heâs probably the child of Mr. Sarpent, the patron saint of the woods I saw a while back.
âWhatâs going on? Is Mr. Sarpent not here?
Talk to the black sphere, but no movement.
Anxiously, I gently touch the black sphere.
Bikun and trembling body at the moment of touch.
âGood, heâs aliveâ
I was worried he was dead because he wouldnât move, but he seemed fine.
Is it possible youâre scared?
Speaking of which, the kid I met before was scared, too.
Hmm, touching it could have been a failure.
Let go of my hand and try to speak slowly and consciously with a calm voice.
âIâm sorry. I met an adventurer a while ago. Donât you remember?
âPuffy ~â
Sora is also jumping and ringing small around the sphere, but is she talking?
After watching how things were going for a while, one more sphere came out of the sphere, basically.
âWhoa, face.â
âI donât know, youâre cuteâ
The last time I saw him, Mr. Sarpent was more intense, so I couldnât get a closer look at the kids.
Thatâs why I didnât notice, but the face of the black sphere seems to be another small sphere.
How cute.
âWhat, cute? No, no, thatâs a littleâ \nMr. Druid apparently doesnât look cute.
Too bad.
I think itâs cute, but maybe this is just me feeling or something?
I kinda hate that.
The black sphere moves the small sphere part to look around.
The atmosphere is desperate.
Could it have slipped away from Mr. Sarpent?
âDo you know where Mr. Sarpent is?
You could have been us, and when you spoke, you stretched your neck as far as you could, looked at me, and then you shook your face sideways.
I was surprised that there was a neck, but when I saw it, I was horrified.
I donât know, do you feel soothed by the way you work as hard as you want?
âYou donât know. Youâre lost.â
Shake your neck beside Mr. Druidâs words again?
Heâs not lost.
âYou know where this is?
Once again, when Mr. Druid spoke up, the black sphere stopped moving like it had solidified with pittance.
Wouldnât this be lost, no matter what you think?
I was grinning softly at Mr. Druid.
âWhat shall we do?
âRight. Sora, do you have any idea where Serpent is?
âPfft.â
Sora tilts her body to the side as she tilts her neck.
Unfortunately, I donât seem to know.
âI donât have a choice, wait till Ciel gets backâ
Is that the only way?
\nâYour stomach, are you full?
Mr. Druid softly supported me in the back, so I managed to take Ciel.
Good.
âNya-yay.â
He is sweet with a grunt and throat when he strokes Cielâs head.
Speaking of which, when I turn my gaze to the black sphere, Iâm back to the state I was when I first met him.
Apparently, surprised by Ciel, he snagged his face.
âCiel, I need a favor.â
Look into Cielâs eyes.
Ciel looks back on me, too.
âYou know, this kid. I think itâs Mr. Sarpentâs kid, the big snake I met before I came to this village. Itâs like Iâm lost. Iâm sorry. Iâm gonna lift you up a little bit.â
Gently lift up the black sphere and show it to Ciel.
âIâd like to take you to Mr. Sarpent, but do you know where you are?
âNya-yay.â
Ciel replied without hesitation as to whether he knew where Mr. Sarpent was.
âWhere can I go to see you?
To my question, Ciel walks out on the road heâs now back on.
âAre you going to show me around?
âNya-yay.â
As soon as I look back and squeal, I walk out slowly.
âThanksâ
I thought about lowering the black sphere to the ground, but I remembered how fast the sphere was walking and decided to hold it up like this.
If I was walking at this kidâs speed, it would be night.
âLetâs go to Mr. Sarpent.â
When I spoke softly to the sphere in my arm, I was surprised because my face just popped out.