Perhaps due to having cleared the area earlier, their journey to the back mountain went smoothly without any hindrance.
Isabella and Amelia had been waiting there for quite some time.
Isabella's tone remained indifferent, betraying no sign of anything amiss, while Amelia always felt incredibly anxious.
After all.
They didn't know what exactly was going on this time, and this secret realm presented many unfamiliar elements to them.
Upon reaching the back mountain, John realized that this place was nothing like what they had imagined.
The area was densely wooded, and the undergrowth looked as though it had rarely been disturbed by humans.
Logically, this seemed impossible; no matter how lazy a village's inhabitants might be, they would at least maintain the area where they lived to some degree.
The back mountain was only a dozen meters away from their village, yet it was strikingly different.
