Early in the morning, before the sky had even lightened, the three of them crawled out of their camping tents one after another.
"Good morning~"
"Good morning~"
"Good morning~"
"Mimi."
"Chiri."
"Hitomi."
The three exchanged their usual morning greetings.
"Ah, the fish is gone!" Hitomi cried out in surprise.
Did I sleep too soundly? I didn't even notice it being stolen.
"A bear came by last night and wandered around nearby," Mimi said. "I gave it to her."
"I also beat her up and told her not to be ungrateful," Chiri added.
"I wanted to save it for breakfast." Hitomi sounded disappointed. She didn't care at all that the bear had been beaten up. Bears weren't rabbits, after all.
"Let's just make something simple this morning."
After washing up and eating a simple bowl of small noodles, they packed their supplies and sealed them inside a scroll before heading up the mountain.
The mountain was very high, but Mimi, walking in front, wasn't in a hurry. She placed one careful step after another.
The whole point of traveling was to deliberately slow down and not miss the scenery along the way.
Along the way, they ran into a Mountain Person gathering wild mountain produce. When he saw the three figures approaching faintly through the mountain fog, he cried out and fled in panic.
"Why did he run?" Hitomi asked directly in surprise, without thinking it through.
"He probably doesn't often encounter people," Chiri said. "Not out in the middle of nowhere like this."
"Hm?" Hitomi still didn't understand.
"Then he might have encountered ghosts," Mimi said.
"Oh~" Hitomi indicated that she understood.
Three beautiful female ghosts climbed the mountain, stopping and starting along the way. Mimi casually picked some wild mountain fruits and mushrooms.
"Can these be eaten?" Hitomi and