399-Episode 399: Hold Hands Now

　The space distorts, limpidly.

　That distortion grows larger and larger as it swallows us up.

”d*mn!”

　I had an incredibly bad feeling about this.

　Me and Sakura jump backwards and run away.

　Likewise, it seems that I felt a disturbing feeling, and Elfin-san also leaves the distortion.

　It’s just…..

Finia!

　Finia had missed her escape and was being held by the distortion.

　Her hands were about to be dragged along, as if the distortion was biting her.

　Her daughter might be in danger.

　But the other man was unidentified.

　If she moved carelessly, she might end up getting hit as well.

　Such a thought seemed to have worked, and Elfin-san hesitated.

　Then………it’s my turn here!

Finia!

What…?

　He takes Finia’s hand while trying to avoid distortion.

　Then he tries to pull her up, but

Kuh…..

　Finia doesn’t move as if she has been fixed in space.

　On the contrary, she was being drawn more and more into the distortion.

”On!”

　Sakura joins me and pulls Finia along with me.

　Still, it’s not strong enough.

　I get pulled in a little bit more…

‘Hahaha, goodbye!

　We were swallowed up by the distortion, with Leanne’s laughter in our ears.

———-

…here?

　I found myself looking at the sky.

　I lightly moved my gaze and saw grass and dirt in my vision.

　Apparently, this is not the phoenix tribe’s home, but outside.

　Why am I sleeping here…?

…….and Finia and Sakura!

　My foggy mind cleared up and I thought back to the situation before and after.

　I hurriedly got up and looked left and right.

　A short distance away, Finia was lying on the ground.

　Further away from that, Sakura’s figure was further away.

‘Finia, are you alright?　Finia!

　First, I go to Finia.

　I hug its body and call out to it strongly.

”Hmm……..hmm?”

　With a light shake, Finia slowly opened her eyes.

　It’s like she’s somewhat sleep-deprived.

　Only, gradually her eyes became more and more focused…

　Two, human!

　He screamed and jumped up and away from me as he ran away.

　I held my head and cowered as it was.

‘My mother is gone!　I’m the only one…?　So that means you’re alone with a human!

Well…?

‘Don’t eat, don’t eat, please don’t eat!

‘What?　No, um … I’m not going to eat it, okay?

No, no!　My mom said. If you do anything bad, the humans will eat you, she said!

‘Well…’

‘You must be eating me too!　Pacifiers!　Luring them out to a place like this, and then they’re going to meet each other!

On!

“Phiap!

　I was having a hard time dealing with the situation, and before I knew it, Sakura, who had woken up, was approaching me and buzzing loudly near Finia.

　The voice startled her, and she jumped in a small way.

　She turns her lucid teary eyes, which are on the verge of breaking down, to Sakura.

”……..Sakura-chan?”

Oh. Ooh-ooh.

“…this human wouldn’t do that?

On!

　I’m not sure, but they seem to be having a conversation.

　From the side, Sakura only makes a waning noise, but Finia seems to be able to communicate with them.

　Is it because they are the strongest species together that this is possible?

Um….

　There was a little while, and Finia was talking to me in a timid manner.

”Uh, well……..hehe, I’m sorry for the strange misunderstanding. Sakura-chan, you didn’t do anything or do anything……..

‘Oh, yeah. If you understand, that’s fine with me.

So….can you tell me what’s going on…?

About that…

　I look around again.

　I’m pretty sure it’s outside, but I have no idea where we are.

I’m sorry. I’m sorry. I don’t know what happened to me either.

‘Oh, really … oh, um, what about your mother?’

I don’t think we’re close. Maybe we’re the only ones who were sent here.

　I don’t understand why only me, Sakura and Finia are in the same place, and only Elfin-san is sent to a far away place.

　Spatial transfer………is it?

　It’s only natural to think that we’re the only ones who got caught up in it.

　We don’t know what happened, but we know exactly who did it.

　Lean must have sent us out there somehow.

　We don’t know how or why, but…

　It’s bound to be a dull affair anyway.

　I have to go back to the phoenix tribe’s village as soon as possible because of Kanade and Chiffon.

”Ugh, no way… what am I going to do…”

You know what?

‘Hi, hi!

Because of the circumstances we can’t do anything about it. Why can’t we work together in a time like this?

　As I said this, I gently held out my hand to Finia.