Awakening

The incomprehensible red and black half-transparent dome burst like a bubble, turning into normal smoke and getting blown over by the wind.

"...ombie?! Zombie!"

With the barrier gone, everyone could hear the desperate voice of the young red-haired girl.

"Cranberry!"

Lord Blackberry called out and rushed to his daughter supporting the body of the fallen boy.

"That... that wouldn't be the son of Pear and Nectarine, would it...?"

One of the villagers that gathered around the dome and saw the whole fight whispered in unease pointing at the lifeless body of the brown-haired boy.

"No, impossible, Kiwi was sent off to the Envys territory to study!"

Someone said hurriedly.

"Could you even imagine him doing something like that?! No, besides, that girl is calling him Zombie or something. It can't be Kiwi."

Another one added.

"..."