Episode 12
Unlike when walking alone, the pace of the journey accelerated as the two set out together.
Kyle and Brody reached the end of Rodia Mountain, which consisted of gentle hills.
However, what awaited those who succeeded in descending the mountain were two crossroads.
One was close to the sea and heading to the coast.
It was a bit of a detour, but since it was close to the sea and full of creatures, it was perfect for Kyle to fill his stomach right now.
The other was a walking path along the side of a mountain.
This was the fastest route, but it was very risky because there were large curved glaciers in each valley below the mountain.
“We should pick one.”
Brody said seriously. In fact, when she arrived at the crossroads, she tried to take the safe sea route without any explanation
But, she was caught by the quick-witted Kyle.
Of course, after hearing her explanation, Kyle didn’t think much and answered like a machine.
“Definitely the quick route.”
“Ha.”
This was why she didn’t want to talk about it. Brody touched her forehead with the sole of her foot and sighed.
“Our life is at stake, so why don’t you at least pretend to be worried?”
“Why should I waste time acting like that?”
“Hey. That’s not acting, it’s called consideration.”
When Brody snapped, Kyle got annoyed and growled, telling her to stop arguing and go.
“I’m still being considerate enough. Even though I was hungry, I didn’t eat you and left you alone.”
“That is consideration given for your own good. If you eat me, there will be no guide for you.”
Brody crossed her arms, forcibly crossing her short, chubby front paws, and glared at him without saying a word.
Kyle stared at Brody, who was looking up at him with bright eyes, and then turned his head away.
That might be true, but even a moment of hesitation like this was a waste of time, so he gave up on dealing with her.
He turned around without answering and walked down the quick but dangerous road.
He headed towards the Hada Valley road.
Brody wanted the slow but safe road to the end, but had no choice but to follow him.
Under the foot of Rodia, there were many valleys created by glaciers that came down from the top of the mountain.
The sight of the frozen glacier, which had been heavily swept down from the mountain, was truly magnificent and beautiful.
In addition, the surface of the white glacier melted in the sun, making the color of the glacier water clearer and bluer than the sky above it, turning it even more enchanting.
However, all of this beauty could only be felt when seen from afar. There was no one who would not tremble in fear when they encountered the cracks between the beautiful glaciers up close.
This route had a crevasse, a crack in the glacier from which one could never escape alive if they fell in it.
The glaciers of Rodia varied in size and length, and the largest of them was the Bolsh Glacier.
The Bolsh Glacier was huge, reaching 10 km in length and 800 m in width.
Since Kyle and Brody took the shortcut, they had to cross this glacier.
They swallowed dryly when they saw the huge Bolsh Glacier spread out before their eyes.
And when Kyle saw the huge crevasse in the distance that could be seen with the naked eye, he stepped back out of shock.
Brody clicked her tongue when she saw Kyle like that.
“Didn’t I tell you this route is dangerous?”
“……It doesn’t matter. As long as we don’t fall.”
Although he pretended to be strong with a small amount of pride, you could tell just by looking at his shaking pupils that he was extremely nervous.
Brody wanted to criticize him for choosing this path even though it was dangerous, but decided to ignore it and backed away.
Then, she gestured.
“Now, go first.”
“Are you telling me to go first?”
Brody, who had never told him to go first or follow behind her, suddenly wanted him to take the lead in a place like this, so Kyle couldn’t help but hate her for it.
He understood that she wanted him to go ahead and check whether the road was dangerous or not. After all, their eyes could fail them sometimes.
Brody, who didn’t mean it that way at all, explained it to Kyle, who was showing his emotions through his eyes.
“I am so light that sometimes I can step on a snow-covered crevasse without falling. But you are heavy, so if you follow me without realizing it, you might fall.”
Originally, in places like this, it was much safer to walk while holding a stick in a human body and poking the floor.
However, since there was a high chance of getting frostbite if she transformed into her human form and crossed this glacier naked as she lacked any clothes now, she had no choice.
Kyle understood Brody’s intention and tried to take the lead, but stopped for a moment. Then, he rummaged through Brody’s bag on her back and took out a rope.
“Why the rope?”
Brody asked, but without answering, he used his front paws and snout to knot the rope and make a small loop.
And with the ring in his mouth, he spoke to Brody.
“Raise your front paws.”
“Huh?”
Brody tilted her head and lifted one paw as if to say, ‘Teacher, I am here!’ Kyle sighed at the lively gesture.
“Raise both.”
Aha.
Brody realized what he meant, burst out laughing and lifted both front paws into the air as if shouting hurray.
Kyle then dropped the loop in this mouth onto the rabbit’s head, and when the loop was around her body, he pulled the string and tightened the knot.
There was one reason why he would put a rope around Brody’s body like this. He must be worried that she might stumble and fall into a crevasse.
Brody’s heart fluttered when she saw Kyle holding the rope that tied her body in his mouth, and twisted her body in a shy manner.
“Were you that worried that I might fall? After all, you are truly a loving person. Heh heh.”
Brody laughed, covering her mouth with her front paws.
Seeing Brody happy with something like that even in a serious situation where death was at hand, Kyle wondered if she was really an animal that lived in her thoughts.
However, there was a reason why Brody was able to stay calm in the face of such a dangerous glacier.
It was because she was an experienced person.
Of course, Kyle, who had no way of knowing this, once again realized that Brody was a crazy rabbit, and led her, who was smaller than him but had more experience, forward.
His actions as he crossed the glacier, tapping the ground with his front feet, were very careful and prudent.
It was a sight that was not seen in normal times, being radical and outspoken in everything.
They broke into a cold sweat when they passed right next to a crevasse, and Brody, who was walking along with Kyle, slipped and fell very near to the crevasse, Kyle’s heart almost fell into the crevasse with her.
After half a day of struggling and trembling, they were about to reach the other side of the glacier.
However when Kyle was picking a place to sit to take a break by tapping his front paws on the floor, something happened.
The fact that he had been able to reach the bottom of the glacier so well gave him confidence, so he carelessly stepped on the snow covered crevasse.
“Kyle, it’s dangerous!”
Brody shouted as the ground he stepped on gave way and Kyle’s front feet went into the snow.
At the same time, the surrounding snow fell and a huge crevasse appeared.
Fortunately, Kyle was at the edge of the crevasse, in the narrowest part, so he was able to avoid falling by stepping on the ground with his other three feet.
“Huh, huh…….”
He took a deep breath as he looked at the pit that was like the mouth of hell extending from beneath his feet.
At that moment, a chunk of ice in front of him rolled into the crevasse. The fact that even after a long time had passed, he didn’t hear any sound of the ice hitting the ground seemed to explain the extent of the crevasse depth.
The hairs all over his body stood up.
Kyle closed his eyes tightly, feeling dizzy as he realized that he might have ended up in the same situation as that block of ice.
Meanwhile, Brody, who had come running in a hurry, spoke to Kyle in a calm voice.
“Kyle, just step back and come out. slowly.”
He heard the sound of somebody moving busily behind him, repeating the words ‘Slowly, slowly’.
Kyle didn’t know what she was doing behind him, but he followed her advice and slowly backed away.
And when Kyle escaped the crevasse after a long struggle, his legs lost strength and he collapsed.
His heart was pounding loudly against his ribcage.
“Kyle! Are you okay?”
Brody came over and asked, examining his condition.
Kyle, who was catching his breath, looked at Brody who stood worriedly in front of him.
Funny enough, he thought of Brody when he almost fell into the crevasse.
It hadn’t been 30 days since she used her ability, so if he fell from here, that rabbit wouldn’t be able to save him.
Obviously, this thought should have occurred to him first, but he had a completely different worry at that time.
He tied a rope around the rabbit’s body for no reason, and for a split second, he couldn’t let go of the rope in his mouth, so he thought that the rabbit was going to die because of him.
Kyle couldn’t understand why he was worried about this and was starting to get annoyed.
Then he suddenly noticed that the rope tied around Brody’s body had disappeared, and he looked up in confusion.
The rope was somewhere else.
Over there, next to the spot where he almost fell into the crevasse, the rope was peeled off like a snake’s skin.
Then, could it be that the bustling movement just now was….?
Seeing Kyle’s expression slowly deteriorating, Brody looked a little embarrassed.
“Well… if you fall, I fall too… instinctively without even knowing…”
In short, the rabbit who confessed to him that she liked him every day and teased him at every turn, was hastily loosening the ties that connected her to him, when he was in danger, so that she could live alone.
In fact, in Kyle’s common sense, what the rabbit did was the most normal thing she had ever done.
However, at this moment, Kyle felt that the rabbit was making excuses and for some reason, his emotions got hurt.
He turned his head and spat out.
“Okay, shut up and get out of here.”
“No way. What’s wrong, honey? You know I love you.”
Kyle was annoyed by the rabbit that was playing around with him as usual.
Before he died, he first thought of the rabbit, not someone else, and the fact that the *** rabbit had untied the rope and wanted to live alone left him a little shocked and hurt.
That’s right, he was hurt.
However, Kyle never acknowledged this and did not say a word to Brody that day, using the excuse that he was in a bad mood.
