247 242 stories lost?

"Puffy ~"

The sound of Sola sounds in the woods.

Ringing just a little louder than usual.

To my freedom in the woods for a long time, I seem in such a good mood.

"Sola, you can't go too far behind the woods."

I'm chasing Sora, who cuts the lead and jumps, but I feel like she's trying to get to the back of the woods.

"Pu?"

Sora stops and looks at us behind her.

"There could be dangerous demons and animals."

That's what I said, but I tilt my neck a little.

I've been looking into the signs around here for a while now, but it's crazy.

"What's up?

"Uh, no movement on the signs around here."

"Hmm?"

"I know animals vulnerable to the cold don't move because they could be in hibernation, but it's strange because demons resistant to the cold aren't moving either"

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.

That's why it's not working at all right now.

This is crazy.

"You got something? Speaking of which, it's quiet."

If you clear your ears, you will hear wind noises and trees scrubbing, but you will not hear animals making noises.

"You're a little scared"

"Right."

Is Ciel okay?

I get anxious and look around.

"Puffy ~"

Turn your gaze to Sora's delightful voice.

Strangely approaching, a black sphere is rolling in front of Sola.

"Oh, is this the child of the Guardian God?

Mr. Druid is right, he's probably the child of Mr. Sarpent, the patron saint of the woods I saw a while back.

"What's 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.

"Good, he's alive"

I was worried he was dead because he wouldn't move, but he seemed fine.

Is it possible you're 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.

"I'm sorry. I met an adventurer a while ago. Don't you remember?

"Puffy ~"

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.

"Whoa, face."

"I don't know, you're cute"

The last time I saw him, Mr. Sarpent was more intense, so I couldn't get a closer look at the kids.

That's why I didn't notice, but the face of the black sphere seems to be another small sphere.

How cute.

"What, cute? No, no, that's a little"

Mr. Druid apparently doesn't look cute.

Too bad.

I think it's 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?

"Do 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 don't know, do you feel soothed by the way you work as hard as you want?

"You don't know. You're lost."

Shake your neck beside Mr. Druid's words again?

He's not lost.

"You know where this is?

Once again, when Mr. Druid spoke up, the black sphere stopped moving like it had solidified with pittance.

Wouldn't this be lost, no matter what you think?

I was grinning softly at Mr. Druid.

"What shall we do?

"Right. Sora, do you have any idea where Serpent is?

"Pfft."

Sora tilts her body to the side as she tilts her neck.

Unfortunately, I don't seem to know.

"I don't have a choice, wait till Ciel gets back"

Is that the only way?

There's no sign of movement around, but it's a dangerous place, so we're not the only ones around to find it.

It's not convincing because we're already moving around chasing Sola ~.

I don't think so, but you shouldn't do anything more dangerous.

I don't know where Mr. Sarpent is now.

"Looks like we're gonna have to ask Ciel."

I'm sorry that Ciel has more work to do, but I can't even leave Mr. Sarpent's kid here, who is said to be a fairy.

If a bad person finds you, it could be a big deal.

"Still, you're a strange creature."

When Mr. Druid clings the black sphere with his twinkles and fingers, he doesn't scratch his face, but he's trembling pickily.

I guess you're still a little scared, the movement is so tight and so cute.

"Mr. Druid, you're pathetic."

"Ivy's laughing, too."

"'Cause the reaction is so cute."

When the two of us are laughing, there are signs of running over here.

I get a little nervous, but when I realized that the signs were signs I was familiar with, I lost my strength from my body.

Sora has also noticed the signs of Ciel, and she is jumping with Piompion, turning to those who feel the signs.

"Is that Ciel?

Looks like Mr. Druid noticed, too, after seeing how Sola was doing.

"Yeah. He's back here at a great speed right now."

While I was impressed that it was really fast, Ciel ran in refreshed.

"Nya-yay."

"Welcome home, are you hurt or something?

When I hear that, Ciel rubs his face against my head with a rub.

That power is stronger today than usual.

Apparently, he's hunting well and in a pretty good mood.

I'm getting pushed around and my body is going to turn upside down.

"Your stomach, are you full?

Mr. Druid softly supported me in the back, so I managed to take Ciel.

Good.

"Nya-yay."

He is sweet with a grunt and throat when he strokes Ciel's head.

Speaking of which, when I turn my gaze to the black sphere, I'm back to the state I was when I first met him.

Apparently, surprised by Ciel, he snagged his face.

"Ciel, I need a favor."

Look into Ciel's eyes.

Ciel looks back on me, too.

"You know, this kid. I think it's Mr. Sarpent's kid, the big snake I met before I came to this village. It's like I'm lost. I'm sorry. I'm gonna lift you up a little bit."

Gently lift up the black sphere and show it to Ciel.

"I'd like to take you to Mr. Sarpent, but do you know where you are?

"Nya-yay."

Ciel replied without hesitation as to whether he knew where Mr. Sarpent was.

"Where can I go to see you?

To my question, Ciel walks out on the road he's now back on.

"Are you going to show me around?

"Nya-yay."

As soon as I look back and squeal, I walk out slowly.

"Thanks"

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 kid's speed, it would be night.

"Let's go to Mr. Sarpent."

When I spoke softly to the sphere in my arm, I was surprised because my face just popped out.

That's a little scary just by accident.