Chapter 65

Shota changed into a boy before the party reached the edge of the woods lining the shore. He stuffed into the saddle in front of Azuki, who, he suddenly realized, had very quietly learned to ride. Riding double as a human was a mistake, Shota discovered quickly. He was now too big. He couldn't dismount unless his sister did so first, so he turned back into a sparrow to become boy on the ground.