The clown scarecrow was Milk Dragon.
The moment it heard the two of them call its name in unison, it froze, its straw-woven head tilting slightly. "Huh?!"
These two both knew me?
One of them should be Na, since she had been "sacrificed" alongside it by the Silent Priest.
But who was the other one? Why did she know its name too?
Milk Dragon's bewildered expression naturally could not escape their notice. Under normal circumstances, Wine Cup might have seized the chance to play a game of "Guess Who I Am" with Milk Dragon, but time was pressing now. The bell kept tolling in her mind from time to time, and she had no mood to beat around the bush. "I'm Wine Cup," she said bluntly.
"Wine Cup?!" Milk Dragon's eyes darted back and forth between Snow Woman and the pure-white treant, then it looked tentatively at the treant. "Na?"
The two nodded at the same time.
Milk Dragon still had not recovered from the shock. It was not surprised that Na had appeared here; Na was the one it had been waiting for at the entrance.
But Wine Cup... How had she entered the Secret Grounds too? And she had also appeared in the Employee Contracting Office. From the looks of it, she seemed to have come in together with them?
Could it be that she had later been captured by the Silent Priest too, then sacrificed along with them?
Wine Cup naturally guessed what Milk Dragon was thinking and explained her situation in just a few words. After all, the times she had been conscious were truly few and far between.
After hearing Wine Cup's account, Milk Dragon took off its hat and scratched at its straw-bound, somewhat prickly "hair."
"How should I put it... You actually won