Lily was sleeping with her head resting on Coco's shoulder, her eyelashes trembling slightly on her peaceful face.

Coco felt relieved and couldn't help feeling a little satisfied.

"...Sure enough, you must be the eldest daughter of some family." Coco gently pinched Lily's little face and said to herself:

"But I hate that kind of young lady the most."

The sleeping Lily didn't answer, but just murmured as if she was in pain.

……

"Get up...get up quickly..."

While half asleep, I felt pain on my face.

After being shaken annoyingly, Lily opened her eyes and saw Coco lowering her head and pinching her face hard:

"Get up quickly!"

In such pain, Lily's eyes, which had just opened, were filled with sparkling tears.

"pain……"

——Why should I be treated so cruelly just after I woke up? I know nothing... or something like that.

Fortunately, Coco let go of her hand in time.

"……here it is?"

After rubbing her eyes several times, they finally became clearer. Lily looked around and found this unfamiliar environment.

In the dilapidated wooden house, raindrops dripped from the roof into the house.

The light was dark, with only the sound of rain surrounding me.

Occasionally, there was a flash of light in the dark house, and then a thunder shook the air.

"It's raining heavily outside." Keke pointed outside the house and said, "I found a small wooden shed on the side of the road. Come in and take shelter here."

Lily lowered her head and noticed that the hem of her skirt was soaked with rain, and water was dripping onto the ground.

"A-choo." Lily sneezed softly.

It's a bit cold.

When I looked up, I found that Coco was even worse. The soft hair on her ears was completely stuck to her skin.

Only then did Lily realize that Coco's animal ears were actually quite small.

The hem of the skirt was also tightly attached to Coco's thighs. Compared to her, she was still relatively good - Lily touched her clothes and found that there were signs of being squeezed.

The chest too.

Coco must have handled it.

"There's no rush anyway." Keke looked at the heavier rain outside and said, "Wait until the rain subsides before going back."

There was another "crackling" sound, and lightning struck the big tree in front of the house.

The black smoke was quickly washed away by the rain.

Maybe the rain won’t stop for the time being.

Lily sat up and watched Coco walk to the door of the house.

Lily remembered that Coco had been like this all the way.

I seem a little unhappy... I can't really say I'm unhappy. Anyway, I don't know how to describe it, I just feel a little depressed.

It was even worse when I left.

Lily didn't know why Coco brought her here... or even the reason why Coco came here.

Coco is used to hiding herself like this.

It wasn't until he said "That's my home" that the emotion became somewhat obvious.

Lily noticed.

Coco might not like that home - even hate it.

But, after all, it has always been a wandering life.

Maybe Coco is missing home.

"..."

Perhaps Lily understood this kind of feeling.

After all, Lily herself had nowhere to go.

Lily stood up awkwardly.

Coco's little ears moved, noticing Lily's voice. The next moment, Lily used her only right hand to touch Coco's wet little head.

"What's wrong?" Coco was dissatisfied, but she did not resist.

"Awoo, you don't seem happy." Lily said, "But I will accompany you."

At least I'll do my best.

"…I'm fine. I don't need your comfort."

Coco pursed her lips and lowered her voice.

——The girl’s last words kept ringing in her ears.

Coco suddenly felt a little sore in the corners of her eyes.

This person is always like this...

I don’t know what I mean by what I say… nor do I know the weight of what I say…

Do whatever you want and keep getting entangled.

Lily rubbed it and then let go.

Coco quickly turned around and saw the black-haired girl sitting back on the ground and yawning, her eyes slowly closing again.

…Lily was about to fall asleep again.

Coco was very angry.

——I was a little touched just now!

I knew it! I knew this person would be like this!

At least show a bit of responsibility for what you just said!!!

As if to vent her anger, Coco was about to grab Lily's arm, wanting her to learn a lesson through pain.

The little ears moved again.

His expression suddenly became serious.

That is……

——Capturing the tiny, dull sounds of footsteps.

"…Someone is coming." Coco realized.

179. Repeated tears

Occasionally, when the sound of the wind subsided, Coco caught a glimpse of something strange not far away.

Those were the footsteps of humans who were impurities and did not belong in the forest.

The staggered footsteps sounded a bit fragmented.

My mind tensed.

Coco held Lily's arm and didn't move, holding her breath, with her ears pricked up.

One? Two? ... No, even much more.

The team... probably has more than ten people.

The voice was a little muffled, and the pace seemed slow. Even when he was pulling aside the grass, he seemed to be very careful.

But that was only in the distance.

The one who was nearby... had a more concealed aura and a more agile figure...

One person... No, judging by the pace of his footsteps... It seems like there are two people...

There was no communication between them, but they just moved towards this side quietly.

In this way, both their figures and the sounds they made by rubbing against the woods seemed quiet enough under the cover of heavy rain and thunder.

I don't know what their goal is.

But there was no doubt that it was coming towards this side from the direction of the forest.

Coco whistled outside the door, and a light bird song came out. Then a gray sparrow landed on Coco's hand, shook off the water stains on its feathers, and chirped while shaking its body.

The expressions of animals are simple and subjective, and even those who can communicate with them find it difficult to understand. After the gray bird repeated words such as "enemy! dark! sad! slow! branches--" several times, Coco finally understood the current situation.

"The aura is terrifying... Is that... a weapon..."

The movement is not aimless, but has a strong direction.

It's like... a hunting wolf.

The visitor is not good.

As soon as Coco let go, the gray bird did not fly away, but just jumped on Coco's arm reluctantly.

After chirping a few times, Coco said helplessly:

"You can hide here for a while if you want..."

The gray bird flew onto the beam in an instant.

Even though it was still leaking, the house was much drier than the branches of a tree.

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