"Nmm?"
Kayla, who was running through a lush forest with larger-than-normal vegetation, suddenly tilted her head as she looked in a certain direction.
Altarf, who was following closely behind her, looked at her.
"What's wrong?"
Kayla took a while to respond as she continued to look in a certain direction, which was where Dirk should be.
"… The place my link band was indicating changed slightly."
The change that had occurred was minuscule, almost imperceptible. But Kayla had noticed. Dirk had moved from his original position.
"Oh…"
Altarf frowned when she heard that. It was obvious what Kayla's words implied.
The wound on Dirk's back had been quite large. Even with a healing potion, it had not healed completely. So he had decided to take it easy for at least three days.
Both of them, especially Kayla, knew that Dirk was a rather careful person. He would never have decided to go out while injured. Which meant that…
