The girl with bobbed hair froze.
After a long while...
She reached out and stirred the coffee with a spoon.
She watched her fragmented reflection faintly emerge in the brown liquid.
"...Maybe..."
The girl with bobbed hair spoke in a hoarse voice. "It's precisely because I don't believe it..."
"That I desperately... want to obtain an answer on my own..."
Such an unbelievable thing...
Only after seeing it with her own eyes...
Could she accept this fact...
Without the slightest doubt.
Accept the astonishing fact that monsters truly existed in this world.
"It doesn't matter."
Her brother softened his voice.
"Whether monsters exist in this world..."
"It won't have any impact on our lives."
"Right?"
"You don't have to fixate on an answer."
Her brother smiled faintly. "Just leave it to time."
"You'll see whatever can be seen."
"If you can't see it..."
"There's nothing we can do."
"Don't make things difficult for yourself over matters beyond our capabilities."
"Going with the flow is best."
"Little Rainbow."
The boy reached out and lightly tapped the girl with bobbed hair on the forehead with a bent finger.
"Stop thinking about it."
The girl with bobbed hair scrunched up her features.
"...I'll try."
"It's a little difficult."
Her mind was filled with nothing but this matter.
The boy shook his head.
"Are you free later?"
"Should I take you shopping?"
"Or go somewhere else to have some fun?"
Once the girl with bobbed hair's attention was diverted, she would forget about this matter.
The girl with bobbed hair froze.
Then her eyes lit up.
"You're paying?"
"I'm paying."
The boy laughed.
"Then let's go shopping."
The girl with bobbed hair said cheerfully.
"There's a dress I liked before—"
The girl with bobbed hair stuck out