āEven if your fears are gone, if youāre Ciel, youāll run away.ā Instinct? ā\n
Uru-san tilted his neck as he covered his sword with a sheath.
Father watches Rabinella leave strangely.
Since youāre controlling your instincts, isnāt your fear gone?
Your father shakes his head to the side when he sees you.
āI donāt know, but Rabinellaās behavior is a little uncomfortable.āYou want to go after him? We might be able to find the nest. ā
Looking at Uru-sanās words, he was thinking about something with a wrinkle between his eyebrows.
Maybe youāre wondering how dangerous it is.
āFather, letās go. If you think itās dangerous, you should turn back immediately.ā
Still, my father showed a stray expression.
But I was still worried about Rabinellaās behavior, and I nodded as I exhaled.
If you think itās even a little dangerous, Iāll stop chasing you.
āOf course I am.ā
Mr. Uru nodded to his father and walked towards Rabinella, who ran away.
This way.
Looking at the location Mr. Url points to, thereās a trail of rabinella.
From the direction where my legs are facing, I can see that I am going deep into the forest.
But there were quite a few rabinellas.
From the number of footprints left, Uru-san has a wrinkle between his eyebrows.
āI guess so.ā By the way, how long has Rabinella been in this forest? ā
āFour years ago, I remember that there were about 2,000 animals in the survey, but it is unknown now.About six animals give birth in spring, but they are weak, so it is only a short time before they can grow up.So, even if itās increasing, itās not going to be that much. ā
Two thousand.
Itās possible that all 2,000 of them are affected by the magic circle, right?
āI hate to imagine it, but I think we need to keep that possibility in mind.ā
My father had a disgusting expression on his face when he imagined that he would be attacked by 2,000 cats.
2,000. Rabinellas are weak, but thatās a threat. \n
Sure, numbers can help.
Rabinella might be influenced by the magic circle by the runaway monster.
Both of them are troublesome.
Wait!
Almost 30 minutes after following Rabinella.
Whatās the matter?
āI can see signs of people. The number isā¦ā¦ 4 peopleā
A sign of a person?
Uru-san is the same as Ginar-san, so I wonder if I can find a sign far away?
āI canāt find it yetā¦ā
What do we do?
Uru-san looks at your father.
I donāt care what you say, but are you an adventurer?
āProbably. Itās just not very strong.āIām not good at handling signs, either. ā
I think thatās because Mr. Ur is too good.
Would you like to come a little closer?
I see. Can I have Ivy, too?
When I nodded to Mr. Ur, my father looked at me.
What is it?
āHave you caught any sign of what Ull is saying?ā
āNot yet.ā
But if we get a little closer, we should be able to grab it.
āI see. If you can grab it, itās a threat to Ivy, so find out.ā
āAll right.ā
Itās hard to see from a distance, but letās do our best.
Uru-san headed the way into the forest. \nMy father is behind me, and next to me is Sheil.
About five minutes after Ur-san noticed the sign.
Oh, I found it.
Hmm, thereās only three of us, right?
But you said there were four of them, didnāt you?
Focus a little and explore the signs.
I knew there were only three of them.
Ull-san, I found the sign, but there are three of us.
Right now, right?
Right now?
So only one of them went somewhere?
Is that two more?
There were five of them, but⦠oh, it was down to three again.
Does this mean youāre in or out of a place where you canāt read the signs?
āSpeaking of places in the woods where you canāt read the signsā¦ā
āI think thereās a cave.ā
It was a cave after all.
Is there a cave nearby?
Me and Mr. Uru nod to your fatherās words.
A cave is a place in the woods where the signs are hard to read.
Depending on the type of rock that makes the cave, thereās no sign of it, but the cave nearby seems to be perfectly clear.
Caverns, arenāt those adventurers caving in?
In answer to your fatherās question, Mr. Url shakes his head.
āThere is no report of a cave on our side.āAnd for the investigation, itās a strange move. ā
I donāt know if itās weird, but it looks like the same people are coming and going.
\nYouāre making a strange move, arenāt you?
Somehow, it looks like itās bumpy.
āIsnāt this some kind of anxiety?ā
Yeah, if you ask me, it might be.
I nodded in a manner that Ur-san was convinced.
Are you in a hurry? Is it okay to drop by a little bit longer?
Your father looks at you and me.
āFrom the signs, it seems that there is no problem at allā¦ā
Youāll be fine, but donāt worry about the cave.
āItās a caveā¦ā
Uru-san and his father gave a slightly lost look.
I guess youāre thinking about if there was a sharp sign in the cave.
But I donāt think thereās anything to be worried about.
If thereās a sharp sign of someone, no one will choose someone with such a sharp sign of instability as a sentry.
āEven if Iām lost here, I wonāt be able to help you, so why donāt you go?āIf anything happens, you can just run. ā
Father laughs at Mr. Ullās operation.
Is that a plan?
āIām annoyed. Letās go.ā
Uru-san leads the way and approaches the cave without any sign of being found.
I came to a place where I could see the cave somehow, but it broke my heart.
You didnāt even notice we were so close.
I see my father standing in front of the cave in awe.
āThe signs are quite subdued, but they didnāt disappearā¦ā
āLooks like the rabinellaās over there, too.ā
I followed Mr. Uruās gaze and saw Rabinella running behind me in the cave.