"Minuet!"

At my call, Minuet turned her head toward me.

The hallucination must have worn off, right?

Surely, she wasn't hearing death threats like I did.

As our eyes met, Minuet trudged over and, without warning, grabbed my cheek and stretched it.

"Eeugh?"

"You're real, right?"

Residual effects of the hallucination, I see.

I nodded, and Minuet let go of my face without resistance.

She still looked dazed, as if she had barely returned to her senses, her face gaunt and exhausted. But her eyes were sharp—she had definitely tasted the full brunt of that hallucination.

Figures. There's no one left to trust but me.

Now that we had cleared the second trial, we looked around, and before long, we found the exit.

The thunder must have drowned out the sound, but the cliff had already split open on both sides.

The second trial was the last one—this exit should lead us outside.

I ran my fingers through my wet hair, peeling it away from my cheek, and moved toward the cliff.

It had been more of a mess than expected, but at least Tempestas was over.

Ah, should I say congratulations? Things were too chaotic to bother.@@novelbin@@

Just as I passed through the exit, I turned to look at Minuet—

A presence charged at us at full speed.

"Minuet!"

It was Gavotte.

His face was twisted, filled not with joy but with something closer to sheer desperation.

1. The Second Elder poured something onto the cliff.

2. A giant—presumably the first trial of Tempestas—had grown larger than the cliff itself, glared at the people, and then scattered into the wind.

3. A storm was now raging over the estate.

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