12 O'Clock Marionette

Chapter 45

"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?"

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.

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.

The Second Elder poured something onto the cliff.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.A storm was now raging over the estate.

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