186 Two People with Social Phobia (2/2)
By the way, I was in charge of the campfire, all I had to do was to just watch it burn there.
”Is Sid-sama going to assign tasks to us?”
Kai suddenly appeared in front of me as if she was about to kneel down.
”Task?”
Omega also appeared so quickly that she seemed to have left an afterimage.
”Can you please come over normally?”
”Yes. I'm very sorry.”
”I shall try it again.”
After looking at them closely, both of them acted unnaturally.
Kai's body flinched.
Omega's hands were shaking.
They quickly returned to their earlier positions and then walked over slowly, their faces pale white.
Their actions were very unnatural, but I was not going to tell them that.
What was even the point of starting over? But I was not going to tell them that.
”Sid-sama, what is your order?”
Kai came over shaking.
”Task?”
Omega walked over trembling.
”Before Epsilon returns, let's warm up by the campfire.”
Were they not good at coping with the cold… Ah, was it social phobia?
”To eliminate fear and uneasiness, you must first have a correct understanding of them.”
I decided to counsel them on life around the campfire.
”Yes.”
”I see…”
I took Violet-san's finger out of my pocket to warm it up, and they suddenly shivered again.
”If you don't realize what you are afraid of, you won't know what to do. Denying fear and escaping from reality are common mistakes.”
”Got it.”
”This is the knack to fight on the battlefield…”
”Denying your feelings is nothing but escaping from reality. You must first accept fear.”
They listened very carefully.
As I was saying something I felt was appropriate for this situation, I diverted my gaze towards tomorrow's march direction.
”Come on, look at the campfire and face yourself. What are your fears… find the truth…”
”Myself…”
”Face…”
In this way, I felt I've developed a somewhat better relationship with them before Epsilon returned.