On the map, in front of the trees that are supposed to be spreading flower gardens, instead of flowers, they don't even grow weeds. The ground, pushed up by the roots of the trees and spicy on foot, has no shadow or shape of a beautiful flower garden, rather it wraps around an atmosphere where wolves and other things seem to live.

"Why... me, the way."

Did I make a mistake? I think so, and I'll hurry up and check the map, but there's hardly any mistake on the main road so far. The only way to split also chose the left properly.

Properly, as the map suggests, we should have moved on.

"…… Could it be that the map is wrong?

That's impossible. The map is hand-written to see, and perhaps it was a student of my same grade. I mean, a kid who just went to middle school.

Even if the teacher had checked the map, only one would later determine that it had been copied.

"Dear Sercia, this map...

"Oh... oh... what?

Sarsia's expression, which shook her shoulders in my voice, is so tense that she can't even fix it anymore. The only pupil in the eye remains open even if the corner of the mouth is barely raised.

Fear is no longer hidden.

"Let's go back. It's like a mistake on the road or on the map… I think we'll be fine if we take the road we came from."

"Oh... yeah, right"

exhale into my words. On the other hand, it's complicated as I know his grid.

I'm sorry, but I can't do anything about it, so I can't even say cheap comforts, but now it's a precondition to get back to the bright accommodation area.

If I can do it, I hope I can fix the facial expressions that are too powerful by the time I get back.

I turn my back on a large tree similar to the landmark and take a step down the road that came...... should have.

"Eh..."

Before my feet came to the ground, I heard a sound behind the casserole. At the end of his gaze, there was Sarsia's face, who looked wide open and was surprised, and in a way that was close to the reflex of conditions, I looked back... and regretted it.

Black lump. Hands and feet, but three fingers. Even though the wind is not blowing, the shaking body is covered in something like hair. No eyes. I don't have a nose. But my mouth opened thinly and I saw white and pointed teeth. Large lizard silhouette for analogy.

The black face with only a mouth is pointing straight at this one. Consciousness captured me so much that I could tell I was being seen without my eyes.

I'm not a person. Can I call it an animal?

It's the first time I've seen it in my life, I don't even know the individual name, all I know is its generic name.

"Demons, things……………?

Although there are some things that are slightly different from the textbook description, I can see that it is not a plaything animal. No cuteness, no beauty, no power similar to bravery is like that of a lion.

Like heartbeats and breathing, shaking bodies at regular intervals and glowing shades of black are creepy enough to feel chilly.

"Why are you here... Huh!

This is a safe place for students to test their liver, even though it is in the woods.

But we're off the original route. I didn't want to recognise the importance of the warranty in this place or anything like that when I needed the warranty I was throwing away without knowing it.

"Maria, over here...... ugh"

"Huh..."

The demon's gaze is... hard to tell because he doesn't have eyes, but the feeling that his gaze fits wouldn't be wrong.

You shouldn't turn your back, you shouldn't run out all of a sudden, slowly retreating with your gaze in place should have been what to do when you encountered a bear. Regardless of whether it was going to go through with this opponent or not, I understood that it was not a good idea to go all the way around to the right.

The defensive wall will be working correctly, but it was pulled out by some mistake, how unspringy.

Slowly, slowly, your gaze remains forward.

In the midst of a pressing situation, I remembered something unexpected. Once upon a time, Mother told me.

Look right in the front and walk. Don't look at me like that.

"Ah......!

You fall a lot.

My mother was worried to tell me that every time I ran around with Kate I would fall and bump and make little scratches and play. I became aware, as I was told, that the intention to play like a child and reassure him was counterproductive.

I forgot until this moment now, is it a good time or a bad time?

I can't believe I remembered at the same time that my leg was taken by the roots of a big uplifting tree that was retreating without checking below.

I guess my defensive instincts worked correctly.

The problem was that there was no ground where that hand was attached.

"Huh!?

One hand conveys a proper sense of dirt, but the other cuts the sky.

The unbalanced body was easily flushed without the technique of counteracting gravity and, if you notice it, was thrown out of the trees into the universe.

"Hey, lie............ Huh!!

What is happening and how did this happen?

My thoughts stopped making noises before I understood that my hand, stretched out in search of an unconscious place to grasp, was empty.