"Sleeping? You... weren't sleepwalking earlier, were you? Sleepwalking all the way to Suicide Cliff to kill yourself?"
Suzuki Yukiko stared at the man in front of her in astonishment. There were plenty of strange things here, but this was... the first time she had encountered something like this.
"What? This is... Suicide Cliff?"
Upon learning that this was Suicide Cliff, the man collapsed onto the ground in terror, his body beginning to tremble uncontrollably...
Only after quite a while did he look up at Suzuki Yukiko and Seele before asking, "And who are you? If this is Suicide Cliff, what are a bunch of kids like you doing here?"
As he spoke, he glanced at Asou Yuna as well. Asou Yuna, holding a bow, was no more than an elementary school student, right?
"Uncle, who we are is none of your business! If there's nothing else, you'd better leave this place early. It's very dangerous here, and we might not have time to protect you later!"
Suzuki Yukiko did not explain much in response to the man's question and simply kept telling him to leave. He was an ordinary person; there was no telling what might happen later.
"Protect me? What nonsense are you talking about? I..."
Hearing a high school student say that to him, an adult, the man felt somewhat looked down upon—especially since... she was a girl.
But before he could finish speaking, he suddenly felt the temperature plummet by several degrees, turning bitterly cold.
"Something's appeared!"
Asou Yuna tied the Demon Blade to her waist, drew an arrow, and held her longbow ready.
"What kind of monster is that...?"
Sure enough, the moment Asou Yuna spoke, a disgusting monster covered in eyes suddenly appeared in the middle of the mountain path, blocking their retreat.
"An evil