"It wasn't Yuna's fault. I was just useless. Even though I knew it was fake, I still couldn't stop being scared."
Although Asou Yuna had been the one to bring her into the haunted house, Hoshino Kyoko did not blame her. Instead, she blamed herself for being too timid.
"Kyoko, did you hurt yourself anywhere when you fell?"
Seele looked around. Although the place seemed gloomy and eerie, she found nothing unusual. Everything was just props and mechanisms; even the corpse on the hospital bed was merely part of the setup.
Only after confirming that it was all fake did Seele worriedly ask Hoshino Kyoko.
"My foot... my foot hurts a little."
Hoshino Kyoko pointed at her foot. She had tripped over a skull earlier and then fallen... It seemed she had gotten hurt.
"You hurt your foot? Can you still walk?"
Asou Yuna crouched down to take a look, but the haunted house was too dark, and Hoshino Kyoko was still wearing shoes, so she could not see anything.
"I don't know..."
Hoshino Kyoko shook her head.
"We need to get outside before we can see how bad it is. I'll carry you!"
As she spoke, Asou Yuna prepared to carry Hoshino Kyoko on her back. In Asou Yuna's eyes, Hoshino Kyoko had been hurt because of her, after all.
"Yuna, let me do it instead!"
Seele stopped Asou Yuna. After all, Asou Yuna and Hoshino Kyoko were about the same size. Even if Asou Yuna could carry Hoshino Kyoko, it would still be difficult.
Without giving the two little girls time to hesitate and fret, Seele directly scooped the pitiful-looking Hoshino Kyoko into a princess carry.
To Seele, a ten-year-old girl weighed practically nothing.
"Let's go!"
Seele supported Hoshino Kyoko's thigh with one hand and her back with