With family he needed to protect, there was no way he could hide away in a safe place by himself.
For some reason, as Qiong Xing insisted on this, everyone silently began patting his head and Leander and the others hugged him tightly.
"I'm jealous of you guys. You really found yourselves one hell of a top-tier mate."
"Huh?"
He tilted his head, not understanding what was meant, but Leander and the others, who were clinging to him, looked at Joa with proud expressions.
…
After chatting like that for several minutes, they arrived at a steep cliff where massive rocks were piled up.
He thought it was a dead end, but suddenly Joa scooped him up.
"Eh!? W-what are you doing?!"
Joa's arms that was holding Qiong Xing who was carrying Cari didn't waver at all, he truly living up to being a bear beastman.
However, in the next instant, along with a sudden sensation of weightlessness, they plunged downward toward the bottom of the cliff and fear robbed him of his voice.
"～～～!?"
