"Let me sit on your back first......... Bet on the dignity of the game? ”

【…… What the......!? The griffon's voice and eyes were full of fighting spirit. For the arrogant one, gambling on dignity is the most effective provocation.

Kasugabe Yao didn't wait for it to answer, and continued to negotiate: "It's the mountain range you flew from, the beginning of the horizon of the white night, circling clockwise, and the end point is this lakeside. You have strong wings and limbs that can run through the air, and if you throw me down before you reach the lake, you'll win. And as long as I sit on your back all the time, I will win...... What do you think? ”

Indeed, such conditions can test her strength and courage at the same time.

But the griffin still snorted terribly, and asked arrogantly, "Little girl." You said you were going to "bet on dignity" with me. As you said, if I can't even shake off a little girl, my dignity will be gone. - But, little girl. What are you gambling on my dignity? ”

"Gambling with my life." Yao replied immediately. This answer was so unexpected that the black rabbit and the bird couldn't help but scream.

"No, no!"

"Haru, Miss Kasukabe!? Are you serious!? ”

"You're gambling on dignity. And I gambled my life. Even if I fall and am alive, I will volunteer to be your dinner. ……… Isn't that okay? ”

“……”

Asuka and Black Rabbit, who were increasingly uneasy about Gyro's proposal, rushed forward to persuade him, but White Yaksha and Sixteen Nights stopped them.

"You don't back down yet. It was the girl's own trial. ”

"That's right. Don't be uninteresting. ”

"It's not a small problem! As a companion, how can you allow a companion to play such a dangerous game-"

"It's okay." Kasugabe nods to Asuka and Black Rabbit. There was not the slightest fear in her eyes. On the contrary, it makes people feel confident that they have a chance to win.

The griffon groaned slightly, bowed her head and urged Yao to sit on her back.

Come up, young brave. Just try for yourself if you can tolerate the flight of the griffin.]

Yao nodded, grabbed the reins and stepped onto the griffin's back. Although she was not stable without a saddle, she still held on to the reins and sat on the lion.

Touching the griffin's stoic and smooth limbs, Yao whispered contentedly, "Please let me say a word before we begin." ………… Being able to sit on your back is one of my dreams. ”

[-Really?] What are you talking about before the duel?

The griffin, who smiled bitterly in his heart, flapped his wings three times in a row, and without leaning forward, he rushed to the faint sky as if he was stepping on the earth.

'Wow.........'

It is tens of meters above the ground. The griffon's wings spread widely, and they were fixed and never flapped again. It doesn't fly on its wings.

Yao, who quickly sensed this under the strong wind pressure, couldn't help but admire: "It's amazing......!" You're running through the sky......!!! ”

The griffon's sharp claws, like pinching the wind. And the lion's strong limbs make the surrounding atmosphere tremble.

Instead of relying on wings, griffons rely on the gift of manipulating the wind, supporting their giant bodies in the air.

Yes, griffons do have huge wings. But considering its multi-ton body, it would have required wings several times larger to guarantee adequate propulsion.

These wings are proof that they are beyond the ordinary evolutionary phylogenetic tree race.

And the griffin's posture of galloping in the air without vision is completely in line with the name of "phantom beast".

[Little girl.] The mountains are almost on the way. Fly at speed towards the mountains...... Can it really be? 】

[Hmm.] The wind below zero will become colder, and the temperature will already reach a few tens of degrees below zero......]

The griffon, which was about to fly over the mountains over the forest, slowed down slightly.

In this part of the White Night World, the overall temperature is very low.

Not to mention on the back of a griffin galloping like a gale. This double attack of elegance and temperature difference is by no means something that people can bear.

It was a good-natured ultimatum from the griffons. It is the words that recognize her courage to challenge. But Yao, with a smile on his face, provoked this concern back: "It's okay. But is that okay? If you don't care, I'm really going to win? ”

【…… Okay, little girl. Don't regret it! 】

The next moment, the atmosphere shook. The griffon used its wings to manipulate the whirlwind.

In an instant, the top of the mountain, which should have been far away, appeared in front of me.

The glacier below collapsed and fell under the impact of the griffon's wings. In the impact that this person's body would be thrown off in an instant, Yao gritted his teeth and persevered.

The griffon listened to the slight breathing on her back, and her heart welled up with amazement and confusion.

Being able to endure such pressure and such cold, she is by no means an ordinary girl.

I see...... Is it quite a gift...... ' The griffin smiled bitterly in his heart, but he didn't understand it at this time.

I don't understand Yao, but I also have the same highest human gift as Sixteen Nights.

When it descended sharply from the top of the mountain, the griffon's speed doubled in an instant. Feeling that it didn't have to show mercy to its subordinates, it began to swing with all its strength and shook the yao on its back. A lion's back without a saddle is very smooth, and all you can hold on to is the reins. Yao's lower body swayed in the wind as if it were thrown in the air.

“………！！”

Yao couldn't tease anymore at this point, so he could only try to hold on to the reins to resist the griffin's rolling.

The griffon, which continued to rush vertically to the horizon, finally flew horizontally with the earth.

This is the last mountain land. The cold wind blowing from the mountains is gone, and all that remains is the simple distance.

The griffon, unabated, galloped towards the center of the lake. At the moment when Yao was about to confirm victory, he let go of the reins.

【What!?】 】

"Kasugabe!?"

There is no time to be at ease. There is no time to praise. Yao's petite body was whipped by inertia and thrown into the air as if it had been blown away. The hand of the black rabbit who was about to rush to save the people was caught by Sixteen Nights.

"Let go, let go—"

"Wait! It's not over yet! ”

Sixteen Nights stopped the anxious black rabbit.

And everything around has completely disappeared in Yao's heart. There was only one thought in her mind now, and that was the emotion of being galloping in the air until just now.

...... with all fours Catch the wind as if you were stepping on the atmosphere————!

Yao's body fluffed, counteracting the inertial slow movements, gradually slowing down her fall, and finally flying before touching the shore of the lake.

“…… Ah......h

"......" Li Na said calmly.

And it's no wonder. Yao, who hadn't shown this ability just now, was now floating in the air as if he was being carried by the wind.

On the sixteenth night, with a smile on his lips, he walked in front of Yaoshen, who was flying slowly in the air like a person who was not used to swimming.

"And so it was. Your gift should be able to get other biological characteristics~"

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