Eat The World Tree

“…Why, why didn’t you come? Why.”

Merri muttered pitifully, as if blaming me.

The murmurs around us began to spread. I scratched the back of my neck and stepped forward toward Merri.

There’s a secrecy clause, so rumors wouldn’t spread on the internet, but even so, these gazes were uncomfortable.

“You, a mere human… Why didn’t you listen to me?”

Her voice was full of tears.

I looked at Merri with indifferent eyes.

I was too flustered to know what expression I should make. I hadn’t even thought I needed to fix my expression.

Perhaps because of that, seeing my empty stare, Merri’s shoulders shook even more, filled with grief.