"...just do as I say."
"Really..."
Child's Mom placed both hands on the child's shoulders.
"Don't have anything more to do with the shadows."
"Don't look at the shadows anymore."
"No matter what you see..."
"Even if you see the shadows trying to eat Mom again..."
"Don't believe it."
"It's all fake."
"Fake."
"Just act like you didn't see anything."
"Understand?"
Child's Mom tightened her grip on the child's shoulders.
The little mushroom-haired girl widened her eyes.
She looked completely lost.
She... she didn't know...
"I saw the shadows trying to eat Mom..."
the little mushroom-haired girl murmured.
"It's all fake!"
Child's Mom stressed again.
Wasn't she the one about to be eaten...?
Didn't she realize that herself?
If the child hadn't suddenly appeared in front of her just now, she wouldn't have noticed anything unusual around her.
Of course.
The child had appeared.
The biggest unusual thing around her was... this child.
"Fake."
Child's Mom repeated herself again and again.
She gripped the child's shoulders and shook her.
"Anna."
"Do you understand?"
"Fake!"
"It's okay if you don't understand."
"Just remember what Mom said."
"Song Nana."
Child's Mom called the child by her full name.
"Have you remembered?"
The little mushroom-haired girl parted her lips.
She...
She had remembered.
But she just didn't understand...
"Silly girl."
Child's Mom gently pressed down on the child's head.
"If you don't want your new kindergarten to turn out like the last one..."
Child's Mom hadn't wanted to tell the child all this.
But she had no choice now.
If she wanted the child to really keep her word...
she had to make her understand how serious this was.
"If you don't want your new friends to turn out like Lulu..."
"then you have to do exactly as