The Monster Through Her Eyes

A ruin lay more than a hundred meters from where Kazuto had fought the Flower Treant.

There, Igarashi Toka stared blankly at the scene.

(W-What... what is that man—that monster...!?)

It was an unbelievable sight.

She was surprised that the gigantic tree was a monster, but even more than that, who was the man who had overwhelmed it?

No, she knew his name. She knew who he was, too.

"His name was Kudo Kazuto-san, wasn't it...?"

An unremarkable young man in Nishino-kun's group—that was Toka's impression of him.

In fact, since arriving at City Hall, he hadn't done anything particularly noteworthy. His presence was so slight that she hadn't paid him much attention.

(This was completely unexpected. But... why had I overlooked him until now?)...