If one had to ask why there was no sorrow, no pain, the reason was probably that she was still in a dream.
After all, other than in a dream, how could the Cloud Cavalry possibly be wiped out all at once?
Yes.
This was a dream.
An absurd scene was reflected in her eyes.
The girl's adorable paw-print eyes shifted. She wanted to smile. Back when she had first started her stall business in Kazdel, things had not gone very well. "Seele" always wore a face like she wanted to kill someone, while she herself had been terribly timid and had not dared to sell things from the front counter.
So business had been awful.
Only a kind, burly old gatekeeper seemed especially fond of sweet potatoes. He was not afraid of Seele's fierce expression either, and would regularly come buy roasted sweet potatoes from her. He would also pick up some spicy rabbit heads for his children.
That old man had told her to smile more. Everyone would be more willing to stop by.
...She had still been too timid, so she had not listened.
That was why the little stall's business had never been very good.
But perhaps now, she really should smile.
After all—
The scene before her was so absurd, like some farce.
She had gotten quite a bargain.
After all—
A movie this realistic was probably hard to find, and the ticket price was surely not cheap either, right?
She comforted herself that way, but the brown forest in her vision kept turning redder, like rusted iron. The smell in the air was also that of rusted iron mixed with something like burning grease...
The girl shuddered and accidentally bit her tongue. The bloody scent, so similar to the smell in the air, jolted