“W-Wait, Great Warrior!”
Berserk stepped forward to climb Yeongwan.
The voice ringing out behind her belonged to the young piper.
“Great Warrior!”
Of course, the girl could not catch up with her.
The difference in physical ability between Berserk and the girl was like that between a hill and a towering mountain.
“I-I…!”
But even if she could not catch her, she could still call out to her.
Just as Berserk, when she had been young, had been unable to stop her older sister yet had endlessly called her sister’s name.
At the girl’s cries, loud enough to tear her throat, Berserk glanced back.
“Will I… ever be able to see you again, Great Warrior?”
Suddenly, Berserk felt strange.
The unexpected question linked itself to another and another, throwing a chain of peculiar questions at her.
“Will you come back to the tribe again?”
Would she truly be able to return here?
Would she be able to face the girl again while still alive?
“Please… can’t you tell me you will?”
One thing was certain.
Until she discovered where the remains had gone, there would be no returning here.
That much was beyond doubt.
“…Please. Please, Great Warrior.”
But…
Yes.
The day she found what remained of her older sister would probably never come.
If an Ancient Beast truly had taken the corpse, there was no conceivable way to recover it.
No.
Before that, could she even reach the end of the world alive?
Could a journey to the end of the world…