Kagome: Do you know how I spent this past half month? In the human village, the days passed one by one, and life in the valley was as still as stagnant water.
Every day, Kagome repeated the same things.
She got up in the morning, ate the breakfast Chiyo made, wandered around the courtyard, spaced out, missed home, ate the lunch Chiyo made at noon, kept spacing out in the afternoon, ate the dinner Chiyo made at night, and went to sleep.
One day.
Two days.
Three days.
Seven days.
Half a month.
Kagome felt like she was about to grow mold.
"Chiyo."
"Mm."
"Were you this bored every day in other worlds before? How are you so patient!"
"Can we go out for a walk?"
Chiyo was watering the big tree in the courtyard, and the wooden ladle in his hand paused.
"Go out?"
"Yeah! Go out!"
Kagome jumped down from the veranda, ran up to Chiyo, and planted her hands on her hips.
"I've been staying here for half a month!
Half a month! Do you know how I spent this half month?
Every day, all I do is look at the tree, look at the well, look at the top of the wall! I've even counted exactly how many flowers bloomed on that wall!"
Chiyo glanced at her.
"You counted them? How many?"
"...That's not the point!"
Kagome stamped her foot.
"The point is, I want to go out and see things! You said this world is in the Warring States period, and there are powerful demons here.
But I finally managed to travel through time, and I ended up locked in this courtyard. How is that any different from being at home?"
Chiyo put down the wooden ladle and turned to look at her.
"It's dangerous