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“If it’s around here, it would be the four-eared fox. Eugeo, you’re such a scaredy-cat, aren’t you?” During their ‘Ahaha’ laugh, Eugeo hurriedly refuted, “N-No, it’s not about being scared...... We never went beyond the twin ponds before, have we? I just want us to be more careful.” Upon hearing that, Kirito’s black pupils shone mischievously. “Yeah, that’s true. Did you know? During the time the village was founded, sometimes the devils from the Land of darkness...... like «Goblins» or «Orcs» would cross the mountain to steal sheep or kidnap children.” “What? Are you two trying to scare me? I know about it. In the end the Integrity Knights came from the capital and exterminated the Goblin chief.” “——『Since then, on a sunny day, the silvery white dragon knight could be seen far above the Mountain range at the Edge.』” Kirito hummed the final verse of a fairy tale that all the children in the village knew about, while turning to look up toward the north sky. Eugeo and Alice did the same, before they realized it, their vision was filled with a pure white rocky mountain, and over it was the blue sky where they were looking for something. For a moment, they had the feeling they saw a small light glittering among the clouds, but they couldn’t see anything once they tried to focus their gaze. The three looked at each other before laughing in embarrassment.