Guesses and Experiments

They had been moving forward, and the mark should be moving away from them.

How could it become closer?

It meant they were moving in circles again.

Himmel Soan suspected it the day before, but they had traveled quite far after three days, so he couldn't say for sure until today.

To find out why, he needed to investigate more. It was still a mystery.

"Master, are we returning to the same place?" Firey asked.

She had noticed it, too!

Himmel Soan nodded. "Yes. If we keep walking in this direction, we'll be back to our starting point in three days.

"Therefore, we should walk for another half day and stop there. Maybe we'll find our answers there!"

Firey agreed.

Solving the problem needed some brainwork. She wasn't interested in it at all.

She hated this feeling.

Walking in circles made her feel like she had become somebody's toy.