 ???: I thought the voice came from somewhere around here... Where is it?- It has to be close...
 ???: Over here...- ???: Oh, over there! By the bushes!
 Bellonde: That's... Small Monster: ......- ???: This is not a human!
- Bellonde: It's a monster. Although it's small...
- Small Monster: Help... me...
- ???: Yes! I'm here to help! Are you hurt?
- Bellonde: ...?
- Bellonde: Something's wrong. There are no monsters nearby, even though we were attacked by a group just moments ago. It's eerily quiet...
- Small Monster: Here... Inside...
- ???: Wait right there! I'll help!!
- Bellonde: A small monster asking for help... A bush big enough to hid several people... wait, to hide...?
- Bellonde: ... could it be?
- Bellonde: Stop! It's a trap!!
- ???: Huh?
- Small Monster: You've come...
- Grrrr....
- Bellonde: Kugh, I knew it... It was a trap! Stand back, I'll...!
- ???: Wait... What happened to the little one that asked for help? Did you take him?
- ???: He asked for help!! Give him back!!
- Bellonde: That power...!
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- ???: We came here because we heard 'Help me...'
- ???: Why is the little one glued to this bug one's butt?!
- Bellonde: As i suspected. The voice that called us here is this monster. This, is a a monster that lures its prey deep into the forest by imitating the voice of its prey.
- Bellonde: I heard that people who wandered into the forest often never came back... Perhaps this is one of the reasons.
- ???: So this guy tricked us!
- ???: That means nobody actually needed help, right? That's good!
- Bellonde: Good...? I don't understand... It tried to trick you, and harm you.
- ???: Hm... No one's harmed, and we scolded the one that tricked us, so it's all good!
- ???: Right?
- Bellonde: Well... That is true...
- Bellonde: Hm... Anyway where are you headed next? Do you have a destination?
- ???: Destination? Where? What's outside the forest?
- Bellonde: What do you mean...? Are you by yourself? What about your family?
- ???: What's a family?
- Bellonde: Ah...
- Bellonde: Then... Do you have a name...?
- ???: Name? My name...
- ???: Blondie! I want to be Blondie!! I like it cause it sounds warm!
- Bellonde: Hm? But that is my name... I mean my name is Bellonde, but...
- Bellonde: There are people who share names... But each name holds its own meaning and wishes. Deciding something like that so flippantly...
- ???: Hm! You're greedy, aren't you! You don't want to share!
- Bellonde: ......
- Bellonde: Ha, hahaha. Greedy! Nobody told me that before.
- ???: Eh? Mm... That was not a good thing!
- Bellonde: ......
- Bellonde: Ha... You don't know your name, you don't know your family, and you claim you're from deep within the forest. It's hard to believe everything yo told me.
- Bellonde: It's also hard to believe that you're not influenced by all this demonic energy but...
- Bellonde: You're standing right in front of me, so I guess It'll have to accept that as truth.
- ???: Is demonic energy, this thing around the forest? What does 'influenced by' mean?
- Bellonde: I was told... that demonic energy is a violent, heavy energy that demons use.
- Bellonde: Not only does it make monsters more violent, but demonic energy sometimes influences humans as well... and that demonic energy is very thick here in the Black Forest.
- ???: Demonic energy! So this is demonic energy! In that case, demonic energy was here for a reeeaaaally long time!
- Bellonde: Yes, we were exposed to it for a long time, ever since we were walking from the cemetery.
- Bellonde: I'm fine, since I'm trained, but if I were an average person, I might have gone insane or have shown other negative side effects.
- Bellonde: But you don't seem affected either. Earlier, you ever showed great power.
- ???: Other people are not like this? Am I a demon then?
- Bellonde: Honestly... I'm not sure. But I heard demons harm and exploit others. Unlike you, who9 rushed to help someone you didn't even know.
- Bellonde: And as I said earlier, demons use demonic energy. But you've never used anything similar to the energy surrounding this forest. Not even once.
- Bellonde: So even though nothing is certain... I want to believe you're not a demon.
- ???: My power? Anyway, what it 'Believe'? You were saying this word over and over again.
- Bellonde: Hm? It means... that I accept what you said.
- Bellonde: I accept that you told me the truth, and will act as such.
- ???: Believe... must be a wonderful thing!! Thank you for believing me Blondie!!
- Bellonde: Ah... It's not that I believe everything...
- Bellonde: In any case, do you remember what I told you earlier? That people who wander into the forest often never make it back out?
- ???: Yah! You said it's because of the meanie earlier, right?
- Bellonde: This forest, now called the Black Forest, used to be called by another name in the past.
- Bellonde: The Maze of Night, 'Nisha Labyrinth'.
- ???: Nisha... Labring!
- Bellonde: ... Labyrinth...
- Bellonde: It was a name given for its ever-lasting night, and it's tendency to lead people astray. Since you come from the Black Forest, how about we name you after it?
- Bellonde: Laby. From 'Labyrinth'.
- ???: Laby...
- Laby: Laby!! I like Laby!!
- Laby: My name is Laby!! I have a name too!
- Bellonde: Haha, I'm glad you like it.
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[Village] Someone New
