“Ow…”
Right next to him, his friend Shana Reiji struggled with the same pain on his bottom like Suimei, who was rubbing his bottom.
“Hey, Reiji, you okay?”
“Yeah, somehow. You?”
“My ass hurts. Like seriously. It split in half…”
“Hahaha, you too, huh— Wait, it’s just you here, Suimei?”
Reiji laughed merrily on his silly joke, but only for a moment. He then noticed the absence of their other friend Anou Mizuki, who had walked with them, and called out uneasy.
She certainly wasn’t here. The girl, who had walked next to them just a moment ago, was nowhere to be found.
He looked around briefly. The round room was enclosed by stone walls and except the old candle stand, which gave a dim illumination, there was nothing. No, there was something: A solid door and a pattern on the hard floor they sat on, the teleport magic circle.
“Y- Yeah, Mizuki isn’t here…”