That made the child happy.
No matter why or what they had to do, Mom and Dad were by his side now.
The child clung to Mom and Dad's hands.
The doctor was a kind auntie.
The more you saw someone, the less unfamiliar they felt.
The second time they met, the child felt less like a stranger to the doctor.
The doctor had even given the child some tasty candy.
Innocent children were easily "won over" by little treats like that.
This was a very important day for the child.
Later, I was suspicious, too.
The doctor reached for the drawer in her desk.
I only remembered those terrifying eyes...
I also hoped the doctor wouldn't let down their trust.
It was the day the child's hallucinations ended.
"Do you like drinking cocoa?"
The child reached up and tapped his head.
He really had seen it...
It was the same place...
Watching those eyes, he quickly flattened the curve of his smile.
"I'll drink it later."
Seeing the child wave his fingers and lean over the cup to sniff it again, the doctor smiled knowingly.
Not yet...
Mom and Dad suspected that man-eating sheep existed in the world.
The doctor smiled.
The key to freeing the child from his obsession...
The first time I met the doctor, I told her about it.
"That day..."
His eyes filled with alarm.
The child nodded vigorously.
The child hesitated for a while...
The doctor smiled and nodded.
As I spoke, the doctor didn't look the least bit surprised.
"That day."
But the doctor didn't deny me.
I was like a peeping Tom.
The child's eyes lit up.
The child took several gulps of cocoa.
The child murmured.
Instead, she looked at me as if