Since Mat and the others were taking so long, those who stayed behind ended up camping near the door.

It was night by now, and Pointy, along with Blocky, had set up a campfire. They also set up a tent to camp out there. Samantha had done this, as she didn’t want to walk all the way back to the house.

They were sitting around the fire on a blanket.

“I’m hungry,” Aelin said out of nowhere.

“Ah, right. We’ll have dinner in a bit,” Samantha responded to the girl.

She said it like she was demanding it… Samantha thought.

“Hey, could you give me the bag?” Samantha asked Pointy, who had it.

“Ah, sure. Here you go,” Pointy replied and tossed the Infinite Bag. They were several meters apart. It flew over the flames.

“Ah!” Samantha nearly missed catching it. “T-thanks… Err…”

I still feel uncomfortable taking things out of this bag... Seriously… It makes me feel weird... Also, what’s with asking her nicely? It’s strange... These were Samantha’s thoughts at that moment.

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“Are you two hungry yet?” she asked Blocky and Pointy.

“No, not yet,” Pointy replied.

“Nah,” Blocky added. “Maybe a little later.”

“I-I see.”

Well, they ate dinner after a while. Samantha pulled a pizza out of the Infinite Bag. To Pointy, it tasted normal but she liked it. To Blocky, it was horrible. But for Aelin, it was a delicacy. She liked it so much that she started crying.

“Huh? W-why are you crying? A-Aelin!?”

Samantha and Blocky tried to calm her down.

“So you like it, huh?” Samantha said. “Here, have another slice.”

She handed her another one.

“Thanks.” Aelin was smiling.

She started eating it happily. No, wait, she was devouring it.

“More!” she said.

“Wow,” Blocky exclaimed, surprised.

“Hehe, seems like you really like it,” Samantha said as she patted her head.

“Yes!”

“Well, have another one then.”

She gave her another slice.

As Aelin was eating, Samantha added:

“Ah, but don’t get used to it. It’s not healthy.”

“Aww…”

“Eh… But… Well, we’ll have it occasionally.”

“Yay!”

“Seriously?” Blocky muttered under her breath. “Ah…”

After a while, as they continued eating, Aelin noticed something and became scared, but she didn’t say anything. The thing was, something or someone was approaching where the group was.

It kept coming closer. No one else noticed, only Aelin, who was terrified.

“Hey, Aelin, are you alright?” Samantha asked.

“Aelin, what’s wrong? You’re shaking…” Blocky said.

Pointy was already pulling something out of the bag to try and calm her down.

“Eh... Eh…”

At that moment, a whistle could be heard. It was faint at first, but it started getting louder and louder. Aelin was almost paralyzed with fear. Blocky and Pointy were preparing to fight.

Moments later, Aelin could make out its shape. It was a sort of ghost, dressed in black rags. Its face couldn’t be seen. But... It seemed Aelin recognized it.

Out of nowhere, without turning around, Samantha aimed behind her and shot.

“Graighhhhhhhh!”

The whistling stopped.

“Oh, wow. So that’s what it was,” Samantha said.

“Ah...”

“Huh?” Blocky muttered.

“What?” Pointy added.

Aelin calmed down after that. She became even more attached to Samantha.