The beast tamer exiled from the hero’s party and the cat eared girl from the strongest race meet

Chapter 399: Now let's hold hands

(TL:By Rafael,valhallatls.blogspot.com)

The space distorted with a twisting motion.

The distortion grew larger and larger, as if it were about to swallow us whole.

"Ugh!"

An incredibly bad feeling overcame me.

Sakura and I jumped back to escape.

Sensing the ominous presence as well, Elfin quickly moved away from the distortion.

However…

"Finia!?"

"Ah… M-Mother…"

Finia had failed to escape in time and was caught in the distortion.

It looked as though her hand was being devoured by the distortion, pulling her in.

Her daughter might be in danger.

But the opponent was unknown.

If she moved carelessly, she could end up getting caught herself.

Elfin hesitated, likely battling such thoughts.

In that case… it’s my turn!

"Finia!"

"Huh…?"

Avoiding the distortion as best I could, I grabbed Finia's hand.

I tried to pull her up, but—

"Damn… What is this!?"

Finia seemed as though she was fixed in place by the space itself, completely immovable.

Worse still, she was being pulled further into the distortion.

"Woof!"

Sakura joined in, pulling alongside me to try to free Finia.

Even then, we weren’t strong enough.

Little by little, she was being dragged in…

"Ahahahaha, goodbye!"

With Lin's laughter ringing in our ears, we were swallowed by the distortion.

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"…Where am I?"

When I came to, I could see the sky.

As I shifted my gaze slightly, grass and soil entered my vision.

It seemed we weren’t in the Phoenix Tribe’s village anymore, but outside somewhere.

Why am I lying here…?

"…Wait, Finia and Sakura!?"

My foggy mind cleared up as I recalled the events leading up to this.

I hurriedly sat up and looked around.

A short distance away, Finia was lying on the ground.

Farther away still, I could see Sakura.

"Finia, are you alright? Finia!"

I rushed over to Finia first.

Lifting her into my arms, I called out to her loudly.

"Ugh… huh?"

When I gently shook her, Finia slowly opened her eyes.

She seemed a bit dazed and disoriented.

But gradually, her eyes began to focus…

"…Eek! A human!?"

She screamed, leaped to her feet, and scrambled away from me as if fleeing.

She crouched down, clutching her head.

"My mother isn’t here!? Am I… am I all alone!? That means… I’m alone with a human!?"

"Uh…"

"Don’t eat me, don’t eat me, don’t eat me, pleeease!!!"

"Wait, huh? No, I’m not going to eat you!"

"Liar, you’re lying! My mother told me, if I do something bad, humans will eat me!"

"Uh…"

"You’re going to eat me, aren’t you!? In one big gulp! You lured me here just to… aaaaah!?"

"Woof!"

"Eep!?"

While I was struggling to figure out how to handle this, Sakura, who had woken up at some point, approached Finia and barked loudly near her.

Startled by the sound, Finia jumped slightly.

She turned her tear-filled, trembling eyes toward Sakura, who looked back at her calmly.

"…Sakura?"

"Woof, woof!"

"…This human… isn’t going to do anything bad?"

"Woof!"

I didn’t really get it, but it seemed like they were having a conversation.

To me, it just sounded like Sakura barking, but Finia appeared to understand her perfectly.

Was this because they were both powerful beings of their respective species?

"Um…"

After a while, Finia cautiously spoke to me.

She still seemed scared of me—or rather, of humans in general—and kept about two meters of distance between us.

"Uh, um… I-I’m sorry for misunderstanding you. Sakura said you haven’t done anything, and you won’t do anything…"

"Oh, it’s fine. As long as you understand now, that’s all that matters."

"So… could you explain what’s going on…?"

"About that…"

I looked around again.

It was clear we were outside, but I had no idea where we were.

"I’m sorry, but I don’t know what’s going on either."

"Oh… I see. Um, do you know where my mother is?"

"I don’t think she’s nearby. Maybe we’re the only ones who got sent here."

I couldn’t understand why only Sakura, Finia, and I ended up in the same place while Elfin might have been sent elsewhere.

Could it have been some kind of spatial teleportation?

It seemed natural to assume that the three of us got caught up in it.

While I didn’t know exactly what happened, I was certain about one thing: who was behind it.

Lin must have used some sort of method to teleport us outside.

I didn’t know how or why, but knowing her, it was bound to be for something troublesome.

Considering Kanade and Chiffon as well, we needed to get back to the Phoenix Tribe’s village as soon as possible.

"Ugh, what should I do…?"

"Hey."

"Y-Yes!?"

"At a time like this… no, because it’s a time like this, can’t we work together?"

As I said that, I gently extended my hand toward Finia.

TL Note-Will she take his hand?

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