Rector Melany was right.
"Do you have any idea what kind of trouble you've gotten yourself into, Adrian...?"
I... really got myself into trouble.
...
How do I know?
Because, at first, I thought I was going back to the library where I met Chris Laergas.
Not that I was going to be sent into a forest where I couldn't see the slightest trace of a city anywhere.
I had no idea what I was going to do.
~beep!
~beep!
But then my watch started beeping.
"...?"
When I raised my arm and saw a number on my watch that I hadn't registered before... a strange expression inevitably appeared on my face.
I answered the call.
"Hello?"
"Keep heading into the woods, Adrian."
"Huh?"
I paused, focused on the voice coming from the call, and... I realized.
It was a voice I recognized.
It was Chris Laergas talking to me.
"Okay...?"