A Stupid Idea

In the forest next to the highway the group was previously cruising on, two shapes were blurring away on foot, before stopping abruptly at an intersecting road.

Kary started looking for a way to traverse the intersecting road safely without catching people's attention, but Alex suddenly froze while looking at the asphalt ahead of them.

"I can sense Violette's mana on the road," he said, pointing at a spot on the road.

Since they weren't constantly active, to save mana, Kary had to expand her senses, and she sensed a blotch on the road, too.

"Could it be a coincidence?" she asked, unsure of the mana's provenance.

Her senses weren't as precise as his, and she couldn't tell who the mana was from, making this suspicious.

But Alex grinned.