"Hmm... No, it looks like it was eaten up a long time ago."

"I am here too, third brother, where are you?"

"Same, it's almost the same as your place, brother."

"Then let's take a break."

Because the three men had dug several holes in one place in a row, they were a little tired, so they sat down to rest.

"Huh... there's mud in my fingers, even between my fingernails."

"Lu Jun, I have a hand towel here. Come over here and wash your hands."

"Thank you, Qinyin, you are so attentive."

"No need to worry about it."

"…………"

"What's wrong? Alice?"

"Ah, it's nothing, Althea, I'm fine, it's really nothing."

"Ah...it's really a headache. When can we find something like this? Whether we can find it or not is a question."

"Miss Selena, let's keep looking until we find it...right? Lu Jun."

"Qinyin is right, let's go deeper and look."

"………………"

According to Qin Yin, after repairing for a period of time, they continued to move deeper.

"It seems that we are already deep in the mountains, and there are no decent roads left." (Selena)

"Is it raining upstream? Has the water level in the river risen?" (Alsia)

"Really...the water has become so turbid..." (Qin Yin)

"That being said... if it falls into the water, it will be over..." (Alsia)

"The soles of your feet are also very slippery, so everyone must be careful."

Lu reminded them a few words, but as soon as she said this, there was a scream.

"Wow!"

"The sound is dangerous!"

Qin Yin slipped and almost fell, but luckily Lu was quick enough to catch her.

"...It's really a critical moment."

"...Many...Thank you...Lujun."

"Be careful, the sound of the piano is in your way." (Alice)

"I'm so sorry, Miss Alice, I slipped..."

"Alice, what's wrong with you? You don't look like you."

"What...what's the matter, Althea?"

"Why are you so angry?"

"No...no...why am I angry?"

"Really? That's good..."

"Could it be that...it's just a girl's special day, so she gets angry easily?"

Lu accidentally interjected, but the result was unexpected by everyone.

Snapped!

"No! You idiot!"

The crisp applause immediately reached everyone's ears, and Lu received a slap from Alice.

"Why... why did you hit me!"

"There's no reason... Idiot! Big idiot!"

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so cruel to me today?"

"Sigh... I think we should act separately today. Otherwise, the atmosphere will always feel weird." (Roland)

"I agree, this method is indeed more efficient." (Alsia)

"Then, the second brother and I will go together, the eldest brother will go with Miss Qinyin, and the remaining three will go together." (Roland)

"Okay, I have no objection."

"Wait a minute, Caesar, Roland, why did you randomly group up? Qinyin is not allowed to be in the same group as Lu!"

"Miss Alice?" (Piano sound)

"Because... Lu is a very important male... so that... cannot..."

"No, I feel that the three of you are all women and girls, so I think there is a better understanding this way. As for Miss Qinyin, she is a little afraid of strangers, so it is best for her to be accompanied by her eldest brother." (Roland)

"This...that's right, but Qinyin...you have only recently integrated into us here, so you are not familiar with us."

"That's enough! Alice!" (Lu)

"ah……"

After being yelled at so loudly by Lu, Alice finally reacted. Only then did she realize what she had just said...

"What's wrong with you? You don't look like your usual self..."

"Yes... I'm sorry, Miss Kotone..."

"It's nothing, I don't care at all. But...since I have become your friend, I hope to get along well with you...I will work hard, and I hope everyone can agree with me..."

"I'm sorry, Qin Yin, I... really didn't mean that..."

"Alice, it's dangerous! Back away!"

"Eh!? Yeah!"

The rocks under Alice's feet suddenly collapsed, causing her to fall directly from them, and below was the turbid river!

"""""Alice!""""

"Danger!"

"Lu Jun!"

Lu jumped directly from the cliff together, and then hugged Alice in the air. Although Lu could use the forbidden spell to fly back to the top, it was already too late. The two of them had already fallen to the cliff.

In the murky river below.

"Alice, Lou! Selena, let me go."

"Alsia, calm down. There will be no problem in leaving it to Lu."

"...Lu, if anything happens to Alice, I won't let you go!"

After a long time...

…………………………………………

(It’s so dark…where…is this place…)

………………

(Am I... dead? Is this... the kingdom of heaven?)

(No, no, it must be hell... because... I am a bad girl... I am jealous of Kotone... I express my anger at will... and even slapped my favorite boy...)

(I... don't want to die yet... I haven't told him my true feelings... nothing... because I... am still jealous...)

(Strange... what kind of touch is this... so soft... the touch... just like the touch of exposed lips...)

(…………Um…………)

"...Alice...Alice...?"

"!!?"

"Great, have you finally woken up?"

The first thing Alice saw after waking up was Lu looking at her with worried eyes. Now, Lu was at the nearest distance to her. But Alice, who didn't expect it, threw her away again.

A slap in the face.

Snapped!

"Ah ah!"

"Wow! It hurts! But... you can slap me like this, and there should be no problem. That's great."

"Huh? Where is...where is this?"
To be continued...