Alice was getting more and more flabbergasted by the second, hearing all the crazy stuff that happened in the forest.
Her four friends were sitting around her like she was a bride about to be married off, all talking at once.
It was confusing, but more than that, it was terrifying.
Alice felt like her head was spinning.
Getting kidnapped and slowly being replaced in the party until the very last one fell?
It sounded like the plot of a fantasy movie or game. Well... it is a game, but now that she was living in that reality, it was all terrifying for her.
"A-and Kaisen-kun saved us all?"
She asked in a small voice. She couldn't even say her lover's name without stammering, feeling too much shame and guilt.
She had accused him of trying to mess with a depressed girl, but it was actually those shape-shifters who replaced Elfie and sowed seeds of doubt among the party members.
And it had worked.