"They're moving so fast. Let's hurry and follow them."
Lumine watched the Rifthound Monsters travel through space with their prey in their jaws, her amber eyes widening slightly.
Just as she was about to jump down from the tree, the heel resting on a branch slipped forward, scraping the bark as she fell backward.
"Huh? Traveler!"
Paimon tried to catch her with both hands, but she reacted a little too slowly, her fingertips merely brushing Lumine's hair.
Of course, given her strength, she might have been pulled down herself even if she had caught her.
Fortunately, although Paimon had failed to catch Lumine, she fell toward Li Qiuzhi, who was sitting on the branch.
Seeing the blonde girl lose her footing and fall toward him, Li Qiuzhi instinctively reached out with his left hand to catch her around the waist.
First came the rubbing texture of her skirt, followed by the sensation of silky, soft skin.
For a brief instant.
The back of his hand seemed to brush against smooth fabric wrapped around something with a little weight to it.
Before Li Qiuzhi could puzzle over it further.
The girl's bottom, cushioned by her white skirt, slammed straight into his chest. The impact of her entire body weight knocked Li Qiuzhi off balance, and with nothing behind his back to lean against as he sat on the branch, he toppled down as well.
A sense of weightlessness came over him, and rising air brushed past his face.
With a thud.
Li Qiuzhi landed on his back, while something exceedingly soft pressed down on his stomach.
"Ah! Are you two all right?" Paimon hurriedly flew down and asked, looking at them worriedly.
Lumine, who was on top of Li Qiuzhi, sat up and discovered that a hand had slipped through the