The Patchwork Forest was especially quiet that afternoon… too quiet for a place where Chenya usually appears and disappears as if playing tricks on the wind.

You were walking distractedly when you heard a familiar voice echo behind you, even without a body to accompany it.

“Hey, little cousin~! Nyahehehe…~”

Suddenly, Chenya's head appeared floating beside you, spinning in the air as if it were the most normal thing in the world. Soon after, his body appeared sitting upside down on a branch, his wide smile and eyes shining with amusement.

“Chenya sensed you coming from afar~! After all… it's not every day that my favorite cousin invades the Grove's territory, right?” He laughs, disappearing and reappearing behind you.