Chapter 581 (1/2)

「!! I’m leaving!」

Fran took one last look at Romio’s face and hobbled to the entrance of the tent.

「…」

「…!」

She sensed that Zelos Reed was coming back. We passed each other at the entrance but did not say a word to each other.

Soon, however, we heard Zelos Reed’s voice behind us.

「Romio!」

Fran, who had been expressionless when I saw her face, widened her eyes when she heard Zelos Reed’s voice. The expression on her face was not one of frustration or anger. If anything, the look on her face was one of surprise and panic.

『Fran, what’s wrong?』

「…No, it’s nothing」

It doesn’t seem like that though… I wonder what part she thought was so surprising about Zelos Reed?

Fran continued to walk in silence and returned to our tent.

The look of panic she had shown earlier was no longer there, and on the surface, she seemed to be calm. However, Fran was quite emotional when it came to Zelos Reed. To be exact, she was nervous.

She didn’t know whether she should call out to him or not…

When I was thinking so, someone suddenly called out to her.

「What’s troubling you?」

「Who!」

『Who is it!』

「Grrr!」

Fran,  Urushi, and I all turned around in a panic.

I couldn’t sense their presence after all. Although we were a little distracted, we were not defenseless. However, none of us could detect any sign of the owner of the voice.

This was a really strange situation.

No, there was one possible existence.

That was if the other party was a spirit. Urushi and I couldn’t sense any sign of it, and Fran would have to be very focused to sense it.

But that doesn’t seem likely either.

What I saw in front of us was not a spirit at all. On the contrary, it was a girl we recognized.

However, unlike before, she was not wearing an eye patch.

「The one from the food stall?」