As if understanding Delina’s words, one of the dogs came forward and sniffed the pouch. After sniffing for a moment, the dog suddenly ran off somewhere. Delina quickly followed.

‘Please, please… It should be somewhere not too far away.’

The clouds became even thicker, and a stronger wind blew towards Delina. In fact, Delina was almost feeling the limits of her stamina. She needed to treat the wounds on her arm, but she didn’t have time for that.

“!”

How far had she run? Soon, a giant tree appeared in front of Delina. Looking up at the tree, she saw a pouch hanging from a high branch.

‘Going up the tree is impossible.’

Delina murmured as she desperately looked for a way to reach the pouch.
The condition of her arm aside, there was a higher possibility of rain while climbing. Delina finally looked down at the dagger in her hand. Only one dagger remained in the water. In that case, there was only one chance.

“……. ”

With a determined face, Delina raised the hand holding the dagger. During this, a strong wind blew, and the pouch swayed dangerously in various directions. Tension flickered in Delina’s face.

‘If, if I fail…’

If she failed, a disaster was imminent. For a moment, Delina envisioned smoke spreading and those who hadn’t yet left the forest dying. It felt like she could hear their screams, making Delina’s hand tremble.

“I told you to throw it without shaking your wrist.”

At that moment, a familiar voice was heard nearby. At the same time, another hand overlapped with Delina’s hand.

“Don’t grip the dagger so tightly, hold it lightly.”

“Noah…”

Turning her head, Delina saw Noah’s side profile. Only then did Delina regain her composure and mumbled. Noah smiled broadly.

“You’ve practiced so hard until now, don’t worry and throw it.”

“……. ”

“Who taught you how to throw a dagger?”

At Noah’s words, Delina raised the corner of her mouth in a slightly surprised manner. Then, with shining eyes, she quickly threw the dagger. The dagger hit the rope accurately, and as the rope broke, the pouch fell to the ground.

“I got it!”

Just before hitting the ground, Zen caught the pouch. As Zen arrived, the animals naturally returned to the forest, and in the meantime, Delina could see the other children.

“Everyone…”

But before they could enjoy the joy of reunion, Delina felt raindrops on her cheeks. Urgently extending her arm to Kalix, Delina shouted.

“Kalix! Quickly cut my clothes!”

In response to her desperate voice, Kalix cut Delina’s clothes with a knife. Delina quickly received the cut clothes and used them to tie and secure the pouches again. At the same time, raindrops started to fall heavily.

“It’s done, it’s done…”

Finally completing the mission, Delina, feeling drained, sat down as if her strength had left her. Only then did Ashed ask.

“What did you just do now?”

“Cloths Vansent gave me. It’s so tough that Kalix had to do it properly, cutting it neatly.”

And this fabric had one more important function.

“It’s waterproof too.”

“Oh, so…”

Although the rain started to pour quite heavily, nothing happened to the pouches wrapped in Delina’s clothes. Finally, the group moved under a tree to avoid the rain. Seeing Delina’s arm, Vansent took out a medicine bottle.

“Give me your arm quickly.”

Delina obediently extended her arm, and Vansent opened the bottle, applying it to the injured area. Delina wrinkled her nose a bit, feeling a slight sting.

“I’m just doing hemostasis and disinfection in a hurry. The rest, go and get treated.”

“Oh, okay.”

Delina’s injury didn’t seem to please Zen. He bared his teeth as if dissatisfied.
“Those wounds, were they caused by him?”

“No, these are wounds I inflicted myself.”

“?”

“It’s okay. I didn’t stab too deeply. The other person also received similar wounds.”

Since Decar also needed to treat his wounds, it would take some time for him to chase after me. Yeah, Delina thought so.

“Was everyone here?”

Until Decar revealed himself through the raindrops, blood dripping from his arm.