Then, after the little girl graduated from kindergarten and started elementary school...
The new environment and new friends gradually helped the little girl forget the dog that had once made her so heartbroken she cried twice, despite never being one to cry.
She didn't go to that park very often anymore.
Although it wandered around from time to time, it always returned to that big tree.
Tch, it wasn't going to leave for some human brat, and it certainly wasn't going to stay for one.
This place... had always been its territory.
The little girl had come again.
With her friends.
She had grown a little taller.
But it turned its head away. That human brat still had a silly smile on her face.
Though it looked so disdainful, it kept the little girl in the corner of its eye.
The weather was lovely, and the sun felt warm against its body.
It lay lazily along a branch.
Its eyes drifted toward the path ahead.
Would that human brat come today?
As soon as it realized what it was thinking, it smacked the tree trunk with its tail.
"Rustle, rustle~"
A few leaves fell.
Just as it was getting annoyed and about to close its eyes, a familiar figure appeared in its field of vision, and its eyes flew open.
Realizing its reaction, it smacked the tree trunk again.
"Rustle, rustle~"
A few more leaves fell.
The little girl noticed the falling leaves and looked up at the sky.
There wasn't any wind.
She walked over to the big tree.
She raised her head, and her eyes suddenly widened. "Doggy?"
It instinctively smacked the tree trunk.
What doggy? It was a demon!
What dog could climb a tree?!
Its furious expression suddenly froze.
Wait...