"Are you all finished with your preparations?"
It was a regular morning like any other. The air was clean and fresh, and the complexion on the companions' faces wasn't gloomy, either. If it weren't for their current combat attire, I'd have totally believed that we were on our way to a picnic from their expressions alone.
⸢And that's why Kim Dok-Ja was truly happy.⸥
"Preparations were done a while ago. Besides all that, it seems like you have something to say to us, Dok-Ja-ssi?"
When I snapped awake from my thoughts, I discovered Jeong Hui-Won pressing her face closer to me. As I momentarily remained at a loss with my lips bobbing a little, Yi Ji-Hye quickly butted in.
"I don't want to hear it, though. He's going to say some stuff about it's too dangerous so we don't have to go etc, etc, right?"
"Right. Since when was it not dangerous?"
"This time, it's serious! It'll really be dangerous~!...."
Yi Ji-Hye mildly raised her voice while mimicking my speech pattern.