It felt like my feet suddenly disappeared. Me and Roark seem to have fallen downstairs holding hands.

When I looked up in a daze, I saw the sky slightly in the dark. Apparently it fell out of just a few ground gaps. I don't think it's possible, but people actually fall just a little gap between the train and the home.

I'm not used to my eyes and it's dark, so I don't get up, but apparently I'm not hurt either.

"We're in the middle of something."

Unexpectedly crushing the potpourri, his hands picked up as he held them. Looks like I'm back from surprise with a word now. I'm not crying, which means I'm probably not even injured by Roark. But the words returned were unexpected.

"No, I'm not."

"No?"

I wonder what the difference is.

"This isn't the hole I wanted to go to."

"But..."

"The truth is, there's a decent hole in the hill up ahead. The one people wanted."

Yes, it is. That would mean that no one might know about this place. Plus, if they run bulky up there, the ceiling could collapse.

"Roku, hey, hey, hey"

"Loud?

"Though."

Yes, it is. I am somewhat calm because there are two of them, but it is an emergency right now. Roark looked up like me earlier as a hack and shouted at that hole.

"Hey!"

Well, sure, "hey" is easier said than "help" and louder. I'll do the same.

"Hey!"

"Hey!"

As we were both screaming, there was immediately a sign of a person from above, and the dirt fell first.

"Wow."

"Pei."

We, on all fours, moved about and soiled off our heads.

"Master Leah?

That's when I heard a familiar voice from above my head.

"Hansu!"

"There he is! Right here! Seriously! Don't run!"

Hans' voice is always fun, but I've never been so relieved by Hans' voice. Hans is apparently belly-up, and when he softly puts one hand in the hole, he's carefully touching the wall. But the dirt fell apart from what I touched.

"Hansu, Tsukichi"

"Master Leah, you're safe. Relax, I'll help you."

"Aye."

"But why did you fall in such a narrow place"

The last word would be to myself. But in my previous life, I had seen someone fall into such a gap. Even in narrow gaps, people fall. Not to mention children.

When Roark stands up about time, he tries to reach up hard. But it seems to have fallen deep enough, not very much, but unlikely to reach, and the hole above is only the size of an adult's shoulder.

"Master Leah, I'll get you some rope right now, so stay quiet there."

"Aye."

I'd prefer to have the rope wrapped around it lowered and spin it under my armpit and pull it up. When that happens, let's sit and wait where the dirt doesn't fall.

"Roku, Shiroku"

"Yeah. Sorry, Leah"

"Daijibu. Shh, shh, shh, shh."

As they sat together, their eyes were gradually accustomed to the darkness, and with the light of day slipping through the hole, the tip of the fallen hole became blurred.

"Hang in there, you're on ahead."

"It's like a cunt."

"It is. There's a hole like this in the hill, too, connecting all the way up there."

It didn't look like such a big hill.

"You know, it's been a battle, and if you want to spread the hole that was originally there, you can do it. They told me not to come in at all."

That would be so. Caves and mazes are things that six-year-old boys should never be allowed into. Watching you around that way, I see the walls are smoother ahead and I feel like people's hands are in there.

Around our fall, on the other hand, the walls are soft and people's hands are not in place.

"Later, that's where it came from."

I guess so. While I have been observing that, there are some signs of blurring up there.

"I didn't know you were coming this way. Isn't it dangerous because there's a hole!

"Well, I just think it's that hole over the hill"

It could be Nico's escort who's pissed off. Hans didn't seem to know it in the first place, and the escort wants you to share the information.

"I'll bring the rope right along, but it might be quicker to come around this way from the hole in the hill. Bring the lights, too."

"You're connected to the other side! If I can make sure I get there, I might be more comfortable with Master Leah than I am with the ropes."

"Then we'll try both, so we'll gather the manpower"

Hans and the mansion people are consulting on it. I'm sure Nico's escort is just grating away.

"Connected... Ahead?

Roark crushed next door. I don't feel good about this.

"Roku"

"I'll go!

"Oh!"

When Roark stood up, he ran over the aisle at the end of the hole, which looked like a blur.

I think I should have called Hans here. But Rourke said the passage was a maze. The important thing here is if I'm going to be helpful first, or if I don't leave Roark alone.

"Variance, you shouldn't. Roku!

When I got up, too, I started moving toward Roark. Suddenly.