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"Brother Ars, please be sorry."

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"Yes. I'm sorry, Mr. Kyle.

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"You really went too far. I mean, you didn't tell me you couldn't fly a balloon. I thought you knew.

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"No, ...... I've never been in a balloon before and I didn't know how to fly it properly."

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"You're a good man, Brother Ars. I can see now why you didn't want to go."

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I'm so sorry."

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　We took off into the sky in the finished balloon and immediately ran into trouble.

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　I am now outside the territory of the knights of Barca.

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　Or rather, I am still in nobody's territory.

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　What I mean is that the balloon, which had taken off high in the sky, has been swept away by the air currents above and has continued to fly over the forest in the north.

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　Yes, that means we are now deep in the north forest.

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　A balloon can only follow the air current after it floats.

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　So, it is necessary to go in the direction you want to go, following the complicated changing air currents, while raising and lowering the altitude.

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　But there was no way I could do such a thing.

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　After all, I had never flown a balloon before, not even in my previous life, even though I had some knowledge of balloons.

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　Moreover, I was not a quitter, and this time it was my fault.

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　After flying high into the sky and looking down on Vulcania, the balloon was being swept away.

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　I should have given up and landed on the ground.

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　But I managed to maneuver the balloon back to Gran, from whom I had taken off in the first place.

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　In the process, I was swept up to the top of the forest, which made it even more difficult to land.

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　As a result, I was swept deep into the forest and had to give up and crash-land in a tree.

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　It would have been a disaster for his first balloon trip.

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"But it's a good thing that Ars was in the balloon with his weapon. And Mr. Thanatos is there too, so that's a bit of a relief."

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"Certainly ....... We don't know exactly what lives in these woods. We don't even know what kind of monsters there are. I'm glad Thanatos is here to help.

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"There are definitely big boars and demons, right?　What else is there?"

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"Hey, Kyle. Why do you look so happy? These woods are really dangerous. We might not make it back to Vulcania.

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"Oh, I'm sorry, Brother Ars. But I'm kind of happy. It's like you're playing with me, going into the forest with my brother Ars.

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　Yeah, come to think of it, things have changed so much since I became a knight that I probably haven't had time to hang out with Kyle.

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　Kyle himself is very capable and even though he is still a young boy, I used to entrust him with the work of the knighthood because of his ability to work.

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　However, no matter how good he is at his work, he is still a child.

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　He could have at least played with him a little more.

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　But Kyle is still a little different from the norm to be able to say such a thing under such circumstances.

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　There were very tall trees and grass, and it was dimly lit around us as we walked on the ground.

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　We have to go step by step, struggling to break branches and limp.

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　I think it is indeed a good thing that they describe this as playing.

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　I think they have a lot of guts.

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　I'm talking cheerfully to Kyle under rather terrible circumstances, and Thanatos comes over to talk to me.

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　And he is speaking in an eastern language.

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　It seems that we are in a dangerous situation.

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　We are trying to return to Vulcania based only on the approximate direction in the forest where visibility is poor and we are getting caught in the roots of the trees.

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　In such a situation, it would be impossible not to be tense, since you have always felt something watching you from a while ago.

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　However, it is unusual that even Thanatos, who has some wild instincts, feels the eyes on him, but he does not even know from where he is being watched.

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　When I used to go into the forest to kill ogres with my brother, the ogres made noises and walked around, and I could feel their presence if I was close to them.

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　Maybe there is another creature nearby that is completely different from ogres and big boars.

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　If it was a mild-mannered creature that did not want to fight, it would not be a problem, but the fact that it was following us all the way was worrisome.

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"Hey, what are you and Mr. Thanatos talking about, Brother Ars?"

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No, I was talking about how I could feel your eyes on me. But I don't know where they're looking at me from. Kyle, stay close to me."

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"Uh-huh. Okay, brother Ars. But I'm scared. I've been hearing voices for a while now. ......"

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"What about ......?　What did you say, Kyle?　Do you hear voices?"

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"Uh, yeah, yeah. ...... see, you can hear it now. They're over there telling me to come over here."

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"Hey, wait a minute, Kyle. What are you talking about?　I don't hear anything.

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"Oh, come on, brother Ars. Don't scare me. You've been talking to me for a while now. How can I not hear you?"

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<...... I see. Okay. Let's do it. I'll go ahead. If something goes wrong, your priority is to protect Kyle, Thanatos. Worst case scenario, you can run away without me.
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　Kyle suddenly said something horrifying.
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　I'm a little freaked out.
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　But Thanatos calmly tells me how to handle it.
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　We slowly head in the direction where Kyle says he is being called.
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　I lead the way, cutting branches and making way for the rest of the group.
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　We kept checking with Kyle over and over again, but we were definitely getting closer to the owner of the voice.
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