We arrived at the building in the dark, and Ice Dragon parked on the sky bridge. He turned on his headlamp in front of the mall’s entrance to light up the mall for me.

There were far less tree vines here. Just like the previous time I had visited, the entire mall was visible. That explained why the spirits had taken a while to appear back then. The reason why they had appeared so soon when Silver Moon City came was that Silver Moon City had gone to the doorstep of their house.

I entered the hiking equipment zone using the light from Ice Dragon. Rows of shelves towered in the dark.

Because there weren’t any tree vines here, there weren’t any glowing flowers that could break through the gloom. The...