“What do you mean, Emiko?”

“Emiko? You know my name?”

“Wait. Please stop joking. I know it’s been three years, but…”

“Three years?”

“Three years since you teleported me back into my world, after you prepared to attack Dila.”

“You quit joking. How could I possibly attack Dila?”

“We were with Elany and Dila said that as soon as we see us next time we will be enemies on the battlefield. Elany didn’t take a chance and hit her with a spear made out of vines.”

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“Huh.”

“So you don’t really know? Where did your horns go, anyway?”

And then, she collapsed. This time, I searched for bites. There were a few bites, but I discovered something else. A mark of a dragon? A dragon’s mark? And it was purple.

Wanting to confirm my assumptions, I went to the destroyed summer school dragging Emiko alongside. And indeed, it felt like it was almost freshly burned down.

It seems like I returned in time. Huh. But I’m older?

I went to the town Meinfurt, which was surprisingly easy. It’s almost as if something didn’t happen.

Right! Why didn’t a lot of Evil Rabiters follow us? Did I mess up the timing?

I went into the wooden hut from Elany, but she wasn’t there?!