A bird flew in the sky

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“In any case, it’s all finished now. So it’s time to prepare dinner… Hmm? What is it, Leo?”
“Wuff…wuff?”

After the orcs had been cleaned up, and the only thing left to do was eat dinner, I noticed that Leo was looking up at the sky.
But when I asked her about it, Leo wasn’t quite sure either.

“What is it, Mr. Takumi?”

As I wondered about it, Mr. Ekenhart and the others also looked at me questioningly.

“Uh…it’s Leo. Leo, is there something up there?”
“Leo?”
“…Didn’t something similar happen last night?”
“Wuff. Wou!”

I then looked up at the sky as well, and so did the others.
Like Ms. Claire said, this had happened last night.
And then Leo barked, ‘Yes, it’s the same!’
But it was a bird last time, wasn’t it…?

“Hmm? Bird…? Is it the same one?”
“It indeed does look like a bird.”
“It was dark last night, and so I couldn’t see it clearly. But it does look the same.”
“A bird!”
“Yes, it’s a bird.”

The sun had mostly set by now, and close to it, a bird was flying in the sky.
Indeed, it did look like the same bird from yesterday.
Mr. Ekenhart and Ms. Claire seemed to agree.
Liza and Tilura were just happy to see it.

“Though, it does seem a little large, doesn’t it, Mr. Takumi?”
“Is that so? Well, I haven’t seen many birds here…”
“I suppose that is true…”
“Father, it looks big to me as well. Though, it is too far away to be sure… It is unusual to see birds flying so high up.”
“Hmm. I agree. But I never heard of any large birds living in this forest… But then again, there are fenrirs, so perhaps we just didn’t know about them.”

The fact that Mr. Ekenhart had even asked me, showed how much I had started to fit into this world.
And even though there was still a lot that I didn’t know, it made me happy.
Well, perhaps it was a rare bird?
But why was it flying up there now…

If it was the same bird, that was flying in the same place…
And it was alone, so it wasn’t migrating… Besides, it was flying above our heads, like it was trying to stick around.

“Perhaps it is a monster.”
“A monster?”
“Yes. There are monsters that look like giant birds. Though, they have never been sighted here… But they live in the mountains north of Ractos.”
“That would explain its size… Though, it still seems rather big? Bigger than any of the monster birds that I have seen…”
“Indeed, even in the mountains, they are not that large. …Well, now that I think about it…”
“What? Sebastian?”
“Well…while it has never been confirmed…there were stories about how there used to be a giant bird monster in the mountains. And the other monsters would obey it.”
“A large monster that controlled the others?
“Yes. Of course, it would be very difficult to get close to such a monster. But perhaps…”
“Sebastian. You think that the bird from that mountain has now come out here?”
“It is certainly possible. After all, there are no other places where large bird monsters appear. Even though it’s a monster, I doubt it has come all of the way here from a place that is so far away.”
“…I see.”

Indeed, outside of the forest, the lands near Racctos and the mansion were mostly flat. So it was doubtful that there were bird monsters there.
There were no trees to rest in or hide…

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