Child's Mom's eyes lit up.
"Yes."
"We'll take the child to the city where we work for treatment."
That place was very far from here.
"Then no one will know we took the child to the hospital."
"That should work, right?"
The old man froze.
In that case...
The old man thought it over carefully.
The child trembled all over again.
With a slight exertion of strength.
He...
He happened to glance at his parents.
The child spoke haltingly.
Because I knew how to answer the doctor's questions.
The two of us glared at the child in frustration.
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
"Sorry."
The child sat alone on a chair in the inner room.
As a result...
When Child's Mom looked over, a smile appeared on the old man's face.
Noticing the child's pale, frightened expression, you froze slightly.
Or had the other party been looking at me all along?
You were extremely surprised to discover...
The child knew to go out of town with his parents...
And obediently answer the doctor's questions.
The child's parents vaguely heard the child's cry from inside the room and hurried out.
The problem was that you had made no sound at all.
Passing your warmth and strength on to the child.
In the end, the child still missed and relied on his parents.
The masked doctor and nurse also made him somewhat afraid.
They had not even touched the child.
His small body trembled slightly.
"What scared you?"
You did not know whether it was meant to express goodwill.
"Ah!"
"What happened?!"
You had merely been passing by here and had then been startled by the child's sudden cry...
But you had indeed lingered here for quite a while.
Although he was somewhat reluctant to