"Stevie, from which direction is the whistle sound coming?"
At my question Stevie furrowed her brows, put a hand to her ear, and shook her head. In a good way she looked like a rabbit — no, she didn't. Stevie was straining her ears toward a sound I could not hear at all. As expected, she turned toward the road we had come from and pointed.
"This way, I think it's coming from this direction."
""As I thought.""
Lily's and my voices matched. In short, they intended to call magical beasts from the direction we were heading and have Maxim's agents strike us from behind in a pincer attack.
"Robby-sama, what shall we do?"
Lily asked.
"Pursuers are definitely coming from behind, right?"
"They are not yet visible, but…"
Lily answered.
"There are magical beasts in the forest ahead as well, without a doubt."
"They are surely gathering."
