The Pure White Eyes
This child...
Why did the monster have to let her see it?
Child's Mom couldn't understand.
She thought...
The little girl...
Even if she was having a hallucination...
Shouldn't she be seeing beautiful creatures, like little fairies or cute animals?
Like a little rabbit with wings?
Or even a talking teapot...
Why...
Was her child seeing...
A terrifying shadow with snakes crawling all over it?
Her child was afraid of snakes, too.
And of shadows.
If it wasn't because she liked them...
Then what... had caused her child to have this hallucination?
Child's Mom couldn't figure it out, no matter how hard she tried.
Her child was clearly a little girl who liked fluffy rabbit dolls...
"Go away!"
The mushroom-haired little girl screamed hysterically.
A couple passing by happened to hear her and jumped in fright.
The woman looked around in confusion, then turned to her boyfriend.
"Was she talking..."
"About us?"
The man looked just as confused.
"I don't know..."
But...
He looked around.
Aside from them...
There was no one else nearby.
Child's Mom's expression changed.
She'd been distracted just now.
She hadn't noticed anyone coming near.
She immediately started to panic.
No...
She couldn't let anyone else find out about her child's strange behavior.
"Anna!"
Child's Mom called softly.
"Let's go home!"
With outsiders around, Child's Mom couldn't say much more.
All she wanted now was to take her child home immediately.
She even regretted having "stood by and watched" earlier.
She'd thought that since it was raining and everyone would be at work or school, not many people would pass along this street.
She hadn't expected...
That someone would still come by.
And at such a coincidence...
They'd appeared just as her child had shouted...