Within the dark forest, danger lurked everywhere. Compared to vicious beasts, tiny mosquitoes might be more lethal, or perhaps hard-to-spot natural traps like swamps. It should have been like that.
Yet there was not even a single animal in sight. Dangerous swamps, spikes, and the like were nowhere to be seen either.
The safe surroundings felt somewhat out of place against this gloomy environment.
After resting and changing clothes, Gojo Satoru led the excited group to the front of the castle.
Seeing the castle, whose entrance alone stood over a hundred meters tall, all the girls except Amikura Mako—who were seeing it up close for the first time—had their mouths hanging open.
They could already tell from afar that the castle was huge, but seeing it up close was even more mind-blowing.
"Satoru-kun, I wanted to ask this last time too. Why is the entrance so big?" Amikura Mako asked Gojo Satoru curiously, reaching out to tug at him.
The others also pulled their gazes away and looked toward Gojo Satoru, wanting to hear his explanation.
Yet Gojo Satoru acted unusually embarrassed. He turned his head aside and scratched his cheek with a finger.
"Um... well...
Actually, it was because my army was in charge of building it back then, and I complained about it the first time I saw it too.
But according to Beru, when this gate opens, they can all make their entrance together, which is really cool!
Even Commander-in-Chief Bellion unusually agreed with that idea!"
It was rare to see Gojo Satoru showing such a sense of embarrassment, so Hasebe Haruka immediately looked at him with a motherly grin.
What Gojo Satoru did not know was that Bellion had been the one to make the suggestion. Beru had merely been led astray.
"Beru? Commander-in-Chief?!
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