
“Gmn? Where is this?” Elena slowly opened her eyes.
The wooden ceiling became a scene that greeted him and was clearly plastered in front of his face. But not too long later, Aya approached and filled Elena's gaze with her face staring in wonder at Elena.
“(Finally you're familiar too, yes,)” Aya's flat speech. “(You suddenly fainted after a fight, you know, earlier.)”
“Fumu, so as it happened, yes.” Elena took a sitting position, causing Aya to step aside from Elena's face. “My thoughts are still clear and I still remember when and how I collapsed. Before, I had fainted from forcing myself into using this weak and fragile physical ability of mine. Well, although basically my physical body is stronger than that of an ordinary human, but still it is still considered as weak.”
“(Already....)” Aya looked away from Elena. “(If you are already healthy, can you do the activities you are used to? It gets a little difficult when we travel without you who are the guide or the directions. Well, even though you still managed to get to the nearest city after a few hours, but still it became a troublesome trip because while carrying your fainted body.)”
“This cat could have...,” Elena commented.
Elena's gaze wandered throughout the room. At least, he could tell that his current location was far from where the ruins he had collapsed before. In addition, there were not many special things, only Leon and Leo were asleep on a chair in front of Elena's bed. Also, the previous silver sword–Rapier– was located near Elena, signing on one of the bed didi.
‘They both looked very exhausted on this first trip. Will it be okay for me to travel with the two of them who have weak bodies and mentality like this? This will only hinder my journey if taking them both is a burden. Would it be easier if I left the two of them in this city, then continued traveling alone?’
“(Do not think strangely, you know.)” Aya looked at Elena. “(Although I don't know what you're thinking, but from the look in your eyes I can guess if you're thinking something bad about them both. You better not think of anything bad about them. They've been helping you during your previous fainting.)”
“No, kok.” Elena changed the direction she looked at, and changed the subject. “By the way, is it only with the two of you who travel you can make it to this city? I have little doubt you can find your way out of the labyrinth by yourself and escape the vultures.”
In addition to Elena, Leo also fainted after being hit by a Fedora kick. Only Aya and Leon remained in the entourage, which Elena doubted their ability to travel in the dangerous and obscure forest.
“(Not really, anyway. Actually, there's someone (?) who helped us on this trip,)” explained Aya. “(He is very good despite not being very understanding about this world. Honestly, it was very troublesome because he asked a lot, but he remains a good individual.)”
Aya had an expression that was not too sure when she gave this explanation, like there was something from the grammar or vocabulary that was not quite right. This made Elena ask, “Entah why do I feel if you feel unsure of the choice of words in giving an explanation. You mean, is he a person or not, anyway?”
During Aya's dialogue, she uses the word “orang” to describe something that helps them, but she uses the word “individual” in her last sentence. This made Elena question whether or not the one who helped this was a person.
“(Em... well.. just like that is the subject of my information.....)” Aya glanced in the other direction nervously.
“Can I read your mind? This will be easier because you know immediately what you saw at that time.” In her mind, Elena thought, ‘My precision cannot be used for animals for some reason. But for the other half of this world, it should have some difference in mind waves from the ordinary animals I met in the spirit world.’
Elena doesn't really like to use Telepathy to read the minds of people close to her. He considered that doing this was disrespectful and that each person's thoughts were privacy that required the individual's permission. However, it is different if what his mind reads is a person who does not have a close relationship with him.
Enemies for example. She needed to do this to find out whether what her enemies were saying was honesty or a lie, besides Elena could also figure out the next move the enemy was thinking about. This Telepathic ability is one of the practical and powerful capabilities actually, depending on how it is applied.
*Shelf!*
“Goodnight, Everyone! I'm back, you know!” Still Elena had not applied Telepathy to Aya, someone entered the room along with this loud and carefree tone of speech. “Eh? You're awake, aren't you? I didn't expect now that the two of them were falling asleep.”
“You.... who?” ask Elena.
He looked closely at this woman before him. This woman has red hair and eye color. To his skin, this was a langsat yellow color that was not too bright, making himself truly look alive. In addition, she has six foxes and six ears that are the same color as her eyes.
The dress is a maroon-red kimono with a fire pattern on the arms and the lower end with a golden yellow color. Her obi is orange which is brighter than her kimono, making this part look brighter than the kimono she wears. If given a subjective assessment, she is one of the women who are quite beautiful with an appearance of about 23 years.
“This must be our first time conversing, ‘kan?” He smiled at Elena before continuing, “Include, my name is Ritsune kitsuna! I came here for a vacation and sightseeing, to get an interesting experience and spectacle on the planet.”
“Hmm...” Elena was silent for a while before saying, “I guess, you are either who has just arrived to this world through ... “portal” which is in ruins, ‘kan? I thank you for taking care of me all this time.”
‘One of the functions of the geometric pattern that is there is as a magic formula space-time–or as portal–. Unfortunately, this was already set to go somewhere, and I myself did not know which structure needed to be changed to be able to make this connect to the spirit world. I got this information from a guide that became a relief in that place.’