Immersive Experience (4)

Following her greeting, the little bird chirped in response and flapped its wings a little.

So cute.

The two—one little human child and one Ruler of the Abyss in disguise—teased and played with Ash Bean for a while, but then Venera suddenly heard the man say, "It is coming soon."

The hand that the little girl raised to caress the soft feathers of the little dark gray bird froze, and she asked in question, "What? What did Brother Luca say? What is coming soon?"

But without waiting for Venera to think more about Gilead's words, Ash Bean, who was sitting obediently on the man's palm, suddenly trembled, and its feather shook with its little body. In an instant, it fell limply on one side in Gilead's palm, letting out a painful cry that made the little girl's heart thump.

Very quickly, Ash Bean's eyes began to slacken, its claws trembled, and it looked like it was dying. Slowly and painfully.