"D-Did I make it?"
She cautiously opened her eyes, looked at Fujimaru Ritsuka, then Mash, then Norla. The girl exhaled a cloud of white mist before hastily covering her mouth.
After looking around once more and seemingly confirming that there were no more giants in sight, she finally lowered her hand.
"Are there... no more giants?"
Even so, she still asked Fujimaru Ritsuka.
Fujimaru Ritsuka smiled and nodded.
"Don't worry. There shouldn't be any giants left in the surrounding area."
The girl froze.
She blinked twice, seeming to think for a moment. Tucking her golden hair behind her ear, she rose onto her tiptoes—
There really were no more giants!
All she could see were the remains left behind by the Mountain Giant after its death. There was nothing else!
Her eyes instantly widened.
"That's amazing!!!"
She cheered.
"This must be the will of the gods! Did you save me? You're all so amazing!"
Freed from her fear, the girl seemed to regain the lively nature of a young maiden—or perhaps it was the joy of surviving disaster. She skipped over to Fujimaru Ritsuka, grabbed his hand, and bounced excitedly.
"Huh?"
Fujimaru Ritsuka was caught completely off guard.
"How did you do it?! Normally, once the giants spot you, you're definitely going to get crushed flat!"
"And yet we didn't get crushed flat! That's amazing!"
"Ah!"
She suddenly realized something. Letting go of Fujimaru Ritsuka's hand, she took two steps back and looked a little flustered.
"Um, sorry."
"Mm, mm... I'm supposed to greet people properly when meeting them for the first time, right? I learned that, I learned that..."
Her hands hung at her sides as she pinched the hem of her clothes and rubbed it between her fingers.
Then she smiled again and gave a slight bow.
"My