"But I never expected this place to be so dangerous."
"Perhaps I agree with you. I can't believe they all have such foul tempers."
I was genuinely curious how everyone else had managed to break through.
"For now, let's rest and make sure everyone here recovers. We'll be careful next time so this doesn't happen again. Even if we end up in the same situation, we need to be able to put up a fight and keep it under control."
"Yes, I agree. First, we need to recover our strength."
Mr. Bede agreed, so we decided to rest for a while. I could pitch a tent, but this wasn't really a place where I could set one up, so I called out my other companions and settled down for a quiet rest. Glancing to the side, I saw Mr. Bede calling out all his companions as well, giving them Mushrooms and stroking them. On the other side was Floria.
"Huh?"
I thought there was nobody there. I couldn't even see a trace of Jimeron. I looked around. Just as I suspected, Jimeron wasn't there.
"What happened?"
"Um, have you seen Floria?"
"Floria? I certainly don't see her. Perhaps she simply teleported away on her own."
"Floria would never do that. Don't lump her in with you."
"Isn't my standing getting worse and worse?"
Someone who dared to stand up to others couldn't possibly do something like that. Yet I looked around and couldn't find anyone. In other words, that meant-
"Did we get separated?"
"Seriously. That's what happened."
"I-I see."
At present, we didn't know where Galar Mine No. 2 was. The road ahead looked rough, but now that we'd come this far, I'd unexpectedly been separated from Milo, the person I relied on most. More importantly-
"I'm just worried