Snowdin was bustling again.
Monster Kid came dashing out from the side, doing who knew what, and knocked Linde straight to the ground.
"Ah, s-sorry!" Monster Kid scrambled up, then ran off in a flash.
"Am I that scary?" Linde got up and rubbed his chin where he had been hit.
Frisk struggled to hold back her laughter at the bewildered look on Linde's face.
Everything seemed to have returned to the beginning, as though the massacre had never happened at all.
Because Ye Yu had insisted on apologizing to every monster, they had all become aware of the timelines.
But knowing about something and actually feeling its effects were two different things.
So most monsters hadn't made much of it and simply carried on with their lives.
"Hey, kids." Sans had appeared behind the two children at some point. "Mind coming over to our place? Grandpa seems to have something to tell you."
Linde paused, then nodded and headed to the Bone House with Frisk.
"Nyeh heh heh heh heh!"
The moment they stepped through the door of the Bone House, a rich aroma greeted them.
Then a tall figure came rushing out from inside. Papyrus was holding two large plates, both piled high with wonderfully fragrant, appetizing-looking Spaghetti.
Beaming, he called out excitedly, "Sans... wowie! I didn't expect the humans to be here too! Come try my newly perfected, super-delicious Spaghetti!"
At those words, Linde and Frisk stiffened.
After all, Papyrus's previous attempts at Spaghetti had left them both deeply traumatized. Linde had even nearly died when Frisk forced it down his throat.
So this time, neither of them wanted to eat it.
Just then, however, Sans said with a grin, "Don't worry, you two. Go ahead and dig in. This time, it's definitely sans problems!"
Despite Sans's