"..........."
Needless to say, sitting in a storm-shattered house was indeed somewhat awkward.
Everyone sat together, while the woman cloaked in red sat on the other side, just watching them and keeping silent.
"Excuse me, are you also planning to go to the castle, miss?"
Mistelina was the first to break the silence, smilingly addressing the woman, who shuddered and shrank back.
"No... I'm just a coward... I don't dare..."
With that, the woman lowered her head.
"...Everyone has been amputated."
"???"
Hearing the woman's bewildering remarks, everyone was taken aback, while the woman simply gazed at the fire, speaking softly.
"The people who came with me to the Borderland, who fought for me... their hands, feet, heads, all were severed and made into part of a spider."
"Uh..."
"Oo..."
"Yikes..."