“There’s no time, come on,” I said. “O-okay, but…can we at least walk on the ground?” Ah, so Aisha didn’t like heights. That was my bad. I seemed to be surrounded by people who were bad with heights. Sylphie was terrified of high places, and I wasn’t that keen on them myself. I bet Eris liked them, though… Ugh, now wasn’t the time to be thinking about that. “If we run along the ground we’ll cause a traffic accident,” I said. “Come on, let’s go find Zenith.” Right now we had to think about searching—for Zenith, or for Geese who was with her. I couldn’t leave her alone in her current condition. “Bleh… I can’t walk.” “Fine, I’ll give you a piggyback ride.” “You’re not gonna fly?” “I won’t,” I said as I hoisted Aisha up off the ground onto my back. Now to begin the investigation. The Adventurers’ District was big, though. Where to start? “How about checking the taverns, Big Brother? It’s dinner time. Maybe they went out to eat somewhere.” “Oh, good idea.” I followed Aisha’s suggestion, and we jogged along, peering into the taverns that lined the street as we hunted for Zenith or Geese. Everywhere was packed with the dinner crowd, but I didn’t have to go inspecting every customer like an idiot. By limiting our questioning to staff we could cut down the time spent at each location. I was sure someone would have seen them. A woman with a vacant stare accompanied by a monkey-faced demon wouldn’t be easily forgotten.