Chapter 251

Chapter 251: Gathering (4)

Ria ‍​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​​​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​‌​‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​‌​​‌​​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌‌‌​‌‍recalled a book she had once read in the old bookstore in the village.

It ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was about the protagonist searching for treasure hidden deep in the mountains, and the one who helped him climb the barren rock faces was his only friend and companion animal, a mountain goat.

Envying ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍the protagonist who explored the deep mountains by borrowing the goat’s back, Ria too had nurtured a longing for such adventures.

And ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍right now, Ria felt exactly like a character in that book.

The ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍slight problem was that she felt like she had become the mountain goat, not the protagonist.

It ‍​‌​‌​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​‌​​​​‌‌​​​​‌​‌‌​​‌​​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​‌​​​‌‌‌‌​​‌​​‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌​​​‌​​​​​​‌‌‌​‌‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​​‌​‌‌‌​‍was because while descending the sheer vertical cliff, Mona, who led the way, chose only rough paths that seemed impossible for a human to traverse.

Even with the trouble of squeezing down between the cliffs, Ria knew Mona was not deliberately trying to torment her.

It was only that the places where it might have been easier to set foot were already occupied by other Werewolves.

They had settled here and there, anxiously watching the level of the darkness rise.

Even so, the reason they did not climb higher was probably because they were “traitors,” each holding a human by their side.

That must also be why the gazes of the Werewolves looking at Mona were thick with hostility as well as unease.

Thinking that, for all the sharp emotions they openly revealed, they seemed to be obediently watching Mona move around, Ria wedged her foot into a crack in the rock wall.

If they were being careful in order to wait for the right moment, it was something to be wary of.

But if they were deliberately letting go of a perfect chance to kill Mona so as not to drag the humans beside them into the fight, then that was something to fear.

Because it was no different from saying that the moment those vulnerable humans were harmed, an all-out battle would break out.

Besides, above Ria’s head, a bastard who somehow seemed like he would not care at all if such a fight broke out was following them down.

She did not know why on earth he had stepped forward, saying he would go down with them, but he glared at the so-called traitors and bared his teeth as if he could not wait to fight them.

Thanks to that, Ria had to struggle to overcome the urge to grab the ankle of the Werewolf scanning the humans with glittering eyes above her and slam him downward.

Besides, there was something rat-like in his gaze, like a rat searching for trash, so it gave Ria, who was the target of that gaze, the unpleasant feeling that she had become trash too.

Ria tried to scatter her nerves elsewhere by guessing why Mona was enduring him.

She had not spent enough time with him to fully understand his personality, but she could be certain that he valued plans.

Seeing that he was not stopping the man who had become an obstacle, it had to be one of three things.

Either that violent-looking Werewolf was not as much of a threat as she thought, his acting unexpectedly was part of the plan, or Mona intended to get rid of him with this opportunity.

It could also be all three.

She did not know about the others, but she strongly hoped the third assumption would definitely come true.

Though in the end, that again led to the urge to do something rough to him, fortunately, before she lost to that impulse, they reached the cliff ledge closest to the darkness.

At the relief that she could now leap into that darkness, Ria nearly twitched while trying to lower the smile that appeared at the corners of her mouth.

But Ria’s wish to hurry down and laugh as much as she wanted was shattered by the appearance of a new Werewolf blocking Mona’s path as he approached the darkness.

Because of the Werewolf who landed before Mona with agile movements as if descending from the sky, Ria forgot her promise to Mona that she would keep her mouth shut and nearly shouted for him to get out of the way.

Though she changed her mind right away thanks to the other party’s eyes, which were glaring at Mona with a face as tense as her own.

“What are you scheming, Mona?”

The Werewolf asked, unable to hide the tremor in his voice.

“Is that not the question I should be asking? Enil, what are you doing with humans?”

Mona asked back without any sign of surprise, but the monster called Enil merely guarded his place with an anxious face and could not answer.

“There is no way you stepped forward hoping to be forgiven for your betrayal, and you do not look as if you particularly have anything to say either. It seems you have a reason for deliberately blocking my path.”

This time too, Enil could not offer an answer.

Perhaps beginning to feel bored by that, Mona tilted his head to the side.

“It seems there is a reason I should not go down there. Did one of your companions get eaten by that darkness? No, should I say they went in on their own feet?”

“No......!”

Enil’s hurried answer was so poor that it openly revealed it was a lie.

“Do not interfere and get lost.”

As if there was no longer any value in listening, Mona warned him.

Though Ria was keeping her promise to stay silent, she could not shake the feeling that something was strange.

Why is Mona wasting time?

As she guessed, Mona was currently the highest-ranking Werewolf in the pack.

He had the strength to make one Werewolf blocking his path step aside as much as he wanted.

Besides, there was no human beside Enil for him to protect.

Yes, there was no human.

Of course, that was natural.

There would be no idiot who would step forward with something at their side that was obviously going to become a weakness while blocking Mona’s path.

Yes, of course he must have hidden them somewhere.

What spurred Ria’s anxiety in that moment was the presence of the man with filthy eyes, which had disappeared from some unnoticed moment.

At the realization that chilled the back of her neck, Ria turned and examined her surroundings, but the man had already vanished.

The fact that the man who had definitely been behind her until the moment he landed on the ground after following Mona had vanished was an ominous sign.

And just as Ria had sensed, the man revealed his existence in the most terrible way.

“Enil, you have become a ridiculous sight. To think you would do something this foolish just to protect one human.”

In the man’s hand as he shouted cheerfully was a woman who looked as if she might wither away.

Why is that bastard there now?

Unable to speak, Ria silently despaired, wanting to tear at her hair.

Even though the goal was right before her nose, everything had gone wrong because that bastard was threatening them with a human.

Besides, the one called Enil clearly cherished the woman.

At the very least, she certainly seemed to be someone like treasure hidden deep in the mountains.

Because the place where the man had found the human was a small crack in the rock wall that looked difficult to approach at a glance.

Just like how the place where the protagonist in the book found the treasure was between the deepest and roughest rock faces.

Though there was no clearer evidence than Enil’s face turning pale when he discovered that the woman had been captured.

Ria looked at Mona to ask whether the promise to keep her mouth shut was still valid even in this unexpected situation.

But damn it, Mona was still only watching the situation without any disturbance at all.

In the end, Ria decided to terminate the agreement on her own.

Whatever the reason that bastard with filthy eyes had suddenly grabbed the woman, she could not let her die.

The monsters would grow excited at a human’s death, and it was obvious it would naturally lead to a fight.

They had to stop bloodshed from happening before they even destroyed the holy object.

Besides, she also could not bear to watch the pitiful state of the captured human.

The woman’s thin body trembled.

Ria thought the woman’s body was trembling from fear.

At first, that was what she thought.

That is, until the woman’s mouth slowly opened and, from a voice shaking as much as her trembling body, venom rather than fear seeped out.

“You seem to have forgotten why I was dragged here.”

The woman slowly continued speaking and seized the Werewolf’s arm.

With her entire body full of strength, so much that saying she clung to him would be more accurate, the woman stared straight at her enemy.

“I came here to hunt bastards like you.”

The woman who finished speaking was literally a hunter.

Though to anyone’s eyes, she looked far more suited to being hunted, even so, her spirit seemed to have far surpassed her body.

In nature, sometimes a beast of prey is struck by an attack from prey risking its life.

Cases where, even if the prey cannot win, it succeeds in wounding the predator.

When there is no longer any path of retreat, when there is no longer any way left to protect one’s life, when life is no longer important, or when all three are true.

Resistance the predator does not expect creates an opening in the series of actions by which the predator catches and eats its prey.

In such a situation, what decides victory or defeat is usually that instant.

The defeat of the Werewolf with filthy eyes was decided at that moment as well.

The scrawny woman stretched her body forward with all her strength, to the point that Ria worried her captured arm might dislocate, and kicked the rock that had been precariously supporting the man’s foot.

The small rock, which had barely been supporting the weight of a Werewolf and a human with its narrow surface area, broke helplessly.

Fortunately or unfortunately, the two did not fall toward the ground, but toward the darkness.

Ria, who had been running without realizing it toward where the woman might fall, stepped on the end of the ground she could stand on and sprang upward.

After catching the falling woman, Ria belatedly realized that since her fate of falling into the darkness would not change anyway, there had been no need to bother holding onto the woman.

A small reflection that next time she should use her head before moving her body followed as well.

Holding the woman in her arms, Ria curled her body as much as possible and prepared for the impact that would strike her back when she hit the surface.

But in a way that put her tragic resolve to shame, Ria did not feel even the smallest pain.

Not only pain, but no other sensation was felt either.

Opening the eyes she had instinctively closed, Ria could confirm that her body was already sinking into the darkness.

It was a strange sensation, but not unpleasant, Ria thought.

Black something did not rush into her eyes, nose, and mouth to block her airway, and she felt no pressure on her body.

No density could be felt in the darkness.

Just as standing beneath a shadow did not make the body feel any pressure.

Not needing to swim was good news, but this also meant that her enemy likewise was not restricted in his movements.

Ria felt her heart beat with tension.

Ria, who had been sinking downward with the woman, hurriedly set the woman in her arms on the ground as soon as her body touched the floor.

No, she tried to set her down.

But perhaps the shock had been considerable, because the woman, gripping Ria’s arm painfully just as she had clung to the Werewolf, did not seem to intend to separate from Ria.

Flustered, Ria sat awkwardly in the posture in which she had failed to set the woman down, and examined her.

Fortunately, there seemed to be nowhere she was hurt.

“Excuse me, can you walk?”

Ria asked gently, hoping the woman would calm down.

Instead of answering, the woman put so much strength into the hand gripping Ria’s clothes that it turned white.

Ria had been about to reassure her again that there was no need to be afraid, but soon realized that the woman’s eyes were not focused at all.

Flustered, Ria slowly raised the hand that was not caught and waved it near the woman’s face.

But the woman’s eyes did not follow the movement.

“Can you not see right now?”

At Ria’s cautious question, the woman slowly nodded.

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