"You have to understand."
"After some people fall unconscious..."
"They never wake up again."
"Huh?"
The little girl with the mushroom-shaped haircut froze.
Never wake up?
"That's right."
The child's mom was very serious.
"Do you want to never see Mommy and Daddy again?"
the child's mom asked.
The little girl with the mushroom-shaped haircut immediately shook her head.
Of course she didn't.
She wanted to see Mommy and Daddy.
She didn't want to be unable to see Mommy and Daddy.
"Then take good care of yourself."
The child's mom's expression softened.
"Anna."
"Have you not noticed..."
"Ever since you saw the shadow..."
"You've been frightened so many times."
"You've cried so many times."
"You always get headaches."
"Your best classmate and your good friend have distanced themselves from you."
"You even fainted."
"All of this..."
"Do you like it?"
The little girl with the mushroom-shaped haircut widened her eyes.
She immediately shook her head.
She didn't like it.
Of course she didn't.
How could she like it...
"Since you don't like it..."
The child's mom smiled. "Then you need to avoid the source of all this."
"The shadow..."
"Is the source of all this."
"Everything was caused by the shadow."
The child's mom looked into the child's eyes. "Why do you still want to see the shadow?"
The shadow had brought this child nothing but fright and trouble.
The little girl with the mushroom-shaped haircut blinked blankly.
She was almost convinced by her mom.
But...
The little girl with the mushroom-shaped haircut was puzzled.
It wasn't as if she could choose to see the shadow or not...
The shadow appeared...
And she saw it.
It was that simple.
What her mom said...
Made it sound as if she could control whether