"Ha..."

Exhale, I sit on the ground.

I've been in the woods for days I can't rest. [M] There are demons in the woods. And the amount of food I've carried is diminishing. Though they also procure food in the woods, it's still hard to gather things to live in the woods in this way.

I set foot in the woods because I wanted to see Run, but I have no clue about Run. But I believe I'm alive. I'm here because that's all I want to see Run, but it was more dangerous on this road than I thought.

... One person, the beast man who chose to follow us, died, and I had a sweet emotion that I had to reach the Divine Son without anyone dying. I had expectations. But I still couldn't do that.

All of us could die without seeing the Divine Son. When I thought of the possibility, I even thought it might have been a mistake to step into the woods in this way. But I want to see Lan, because I have that thought, and I was still stuck.

Some of the people who set foot in the woods together feel like me. One, the Beast Man, has died, and there will be no choice in that either. Especially as the child beast man was still shocked that people had died.

I live on a road full of monsters and anxiety every day.

Even if we step deep into the woods, we still don't know where Shinko and Lan went. I also found a mushroomed building along the way. There were no more traces of anyone living there, but a house on a tree with traces of someone living there.

I had hope for it. [M]

I don't know where the people who lived here were headed, but I was able to hope that someone was ahead of me.

"Dear Saddah, are you okay?

I'm the weakest of them all. Between the beasts and the trained knights, that's the difference between the clouds and mud. Even the members of the Chamber of Commerce who are here with me have more strength than I do. I feel sorry for myself for realizing that.

My leg hurts too.

Meals are definitely poorer than when I was in the kingdom.

I can't sleep because of my fear of demons.

My heart was gradually exhausted.

Which way, will I see Run? How can I see Run's face? That's all I think about.

I'm tired of thinking about Run all the time.

A friend I haven't seen in three years. My favorite opponent. Decided to go after the Divine Son, a friend who just got scared. I believe in being alive. I believe in living and seeing you again. You can't do it if you don't believe me.

"... oh, I'm fine. And are the others all right?

"I'm fine so far. However, if this situation continues forever, it may collapse from the inner circle."

"... I know"

I know. If you don't get to your destination forever in this situation -- there's also the risk that you'll collapse from the inside out like this. So far, I've managed to prepare a meal, and fortunately, only one person has died —— but still, the limit is approaching. If the situation is never good or anything like that, and you can't see the way out of that situation... it won't work.

Ahead —— what will happen? I don't know that.

I can't predict the future. All I can do is reduce the amount of crap in the inner circle. And finding clues to the Divine Son by hand, or by luck. There's no way things are going to turn out any better than we're going to get to that godson.

That's why I have to hurry to the Divine Son.

If the Divine Son exists, I win. [M] Then I can do anything beyond that. [M]

Even as the Venetian Chamber of Commerce, it will work if we reach the Divine Son.

Thinking about it, our fate now really depends on the Divine Son. Can I see the Divine Son or not? That's everything. If I can see the Divine Son, I can be the winner. But if I don't see him, I'll probably lose my life as a loser.

"To the Divine Son...... I will definitely see you. If we don't, we're just gonna die."

Exhausted minds are whispering that it would be easier if they gave up already. But even if I didn't see ahead, I want to move on. [M] Proceed with the hope of meeting the Divine Son. If I give up, it's over there, and I can't even see Run. Because I don't want to die without seeing Run.

So say the word, and I will definitely be determined to see the Divine Son.

- Merchant, proceed exhausted.

(The merchant is exhausted. But I was trying to move on without losing hope because there was someone I wanted to meet)