It’s fine. Ojar is in the middle of a romance right now, so he’s busy.

“Hey! What’s that? It’s colorful! Mirai, let’s go look!”

I pulled Mirai’s hand next to me.

Mirai glanced at Eedrish and then followed me as if being pulled.

“Baby raccoon, come on.”

At first, Rodeorio didn’t realize the baby raccoon was being called to him, but after Bigoos pushed him, he hurried over.

“Sila, what’s this?”

“Look, it’s something to hang in the window, and it makes a tinkling sound when the wind blows. Isn’t it pretty?”

“Really pretty!”

“And what’s this? When you turn it like this….”

An excited Rodeorio exclaimed how pretty and cool things were as I explained them to him. He seemed excited about everything. Even if I said, ‘This is a tree branch, that’s a cloud,’ he would have shouted, ‘Cool!’

“I want it……. I want all of this and that.”

“Baby raccoon. I’ll only buy one thing today. So don’t just pick anything, choose one carefully. Got it? Of course, Eedron will pay for it.”

Rodeorio and I both looked at Eedrish at the same time. Eedrish raised his eyebrows, not knowing why.

“Yep, I understand!”

Shortly afterward, Rodeorio held candy made from honeycoated, hardened apples in both hands. His eyes were spinning because he was eating something bad that he couldn’t eat at the mansion.

“Sila, this is really tasty. Want some?”

“I’m good. I prefer just an apple.”

“No, just apples are tasteless. This is delicious.”

Rodeorio bit into the apple skewer to show me. Sticky stuff stuck to his cheeks.

His happy face only lasted a moment before it crumpled.

“Ah!”

Rodeorio covered his mouth.

“What’s wrong?”

“Blood, blood…….”

Blood oozed thickly from his small hand.

My heart sank.

Was it poison? How did they know Rodeorio was here? It wasn’t like that in the novel….

“Rodeorio, are you okay?”

At my words, Rodeorio raised his head. His eyes were filled with tears, but his cheeks were still flushed with life.

It wasn’t poison?

Then why was there sudden blood from his mouth?

Rodeorio spat on his hand. Along with a piece of apple, a white tooth fragment came out.

“Tooth broke.”

Ah, just that.

It was just a lost baby tooth. I stepped back in relief.

But Rodeorio’s face, cute and funny without his front tooth, was dripping tears.

Fortunately, the bleeding from Rodeorio’s gums stopped quickly.

We decided to do some shopping for the necessary items and call it a day.

“Bigoos and Mirai, please buy food and dyeing fruits for the train. I will take the three of you to buy train tickets. We shouldn’t be late, or the seats will be gone.”

As Zeros said, we split into two groups.

Eedrish, Rodeorio, Zeros, and I soon arrived at the train station.
“I’ll buy the train tickets. Wait just a moment.”

Zeros said so, taking hold of Rodrio’s hand and heading to where the tickets were sold.

I stood with Idlish, gazing around.

The train station, built in sky blue and white, was unchanged from before. The strong smell of train smoke, the noisy bustle of people, the faint aroma of food.

That’s why the memories of before came flooding back.

I had thought I’d escaped from Idlish, but then we ran into each other. I really thought my heart would drop then. If it had been in the form of a hedgehog, it would have surely died. Hedgehogs have weak sphincter muscles…

I looked at Idlish, recalling that day. Our eyes met, as if he were thinking the same thing.

It feels like it was just recently, but the situation has changed a lot, hasn’t it? It’s not scary now!

I raised the corners of my mouth. Idlish made a doubtful face.

“Why are you smiling?”

“I was imagining that if I suddenly ran away again, Idlish would chase after me like last time.”

“……Come closer.”

Idlish grabbed the collar near my neck as if he were looking at a prospective criminal. I looked like someone who had hung wrong on a coat hanger. I slapped his wrist. It didn’t flinch, though.

“No, I’m not saying I’ll run away, I just imagined it.”

“Don’t even think about escaping.”

“No, I won’t run away. Why would I suddenly run now? It’s uncomfortable!”

But Idlish did not look like he would let go of me.

That awful Idlish. It seems like his obsession is growing… Well, it’s natural not to want to lose the only remedy for the living painkiller?

I finally gave up trying to remove Idlish’s hand. Just as I was doing so, Zeros, who had gone to buy the tickets, returned holding Rodrio’s hand.

“What are you doing…?”

Zeros asked, looking strangely at me as he saw my neck being grabbed.

See that? It looks very weird.

Idlish finally let go of me then. Instead, he replaced it with holding my wrist.

Yes, this is better.