[The more that Takeru was trying to rub the sticks together, the more he could feel his wrists were getting tired. While he didn't say anything about it, the expression written on his face was telling something else]

D-Don't worry, I won't! Just be careful though, there might be a lot of bad monsters out here!

[The more that he kept pushing himself, the more he could feel there might be blisters on his hand. Maybe he should have worn gloves his like his brother did.

But he didn't want to disappoint Shinjiro]

This...this is a lot harder than I thought…!