Two weeks after coming to the Mansion of the House of Enestrosa, both the city and the people were rushing toward the reign of the new king.
Me, Noelia, and Al are now free to act, but Vigo's whereabouts, who disappeared from the capital, are still unknown.
That's why we had to wait at the Mansion for information.
Master Frick, are you sure you want to do this now?
When he noticed the voice, he looked at the entrance of the room, and there stood Noelia.
Yeah, it's okay.
Master Al is with you, too.
Alfine is with me...?
I've been listening to a lot of things.
But we still need to listen and discuss it properly.
You ran away, you were supposed to come after me, but you didn't want to bring me back, and you had to throw away Alfine's name and ask what it meant to live as Al.
"I just have time, and I have something I want to ask you, so let me in."
Noelia nodded, and Al, who was hiding on the other side of the entrance, came out of his face and entered the room together.
According to what Susana told me, Noelia has been visiting Al's room a lot lately.
I was wondering what you were talking about, but I couldn't ask myself.
But to the best of what I hear from people around me, there's no such thing as a bad atmosphere, and they're rather friendly.
I can't believe Alfine is so angry and unattractive that she gets to know people she doesn't know very well.
I was uncomfortable with Alfine's appearance as she was showing off with Noelia.
Master Al, please come over here.
"I'm sorry, thank you."
I sat on the opposite side of the couch.
Sitting on the sofa, Alfine's gaze exposed as she dressed as a blonde young swordsman.
Alfine, a brunette who was shocked by the gaze, was wearing it.
"Master Flick, you look pale..."
"No, it's okay. It's my problem."
Alfine, who was watching me, also had a worried expression on her face.
That look... it's definitely not the Alfine I know...
I wonder if your personality has changed since you changed your appearance.
Take a deep breath and suppress the fast heartbeat.
"Alfine, I just need to ask you one question, okay?"
"Alfine is already dead. I'm Al, Mr. Finn."
When I narrowed it down so desperately, Alfine told me she was dead.
"What are you talking about?"You just changed your name and appearance to hide from Gail's pursuers! "
Alfine answered nothing and shook her head silently.
What does Alfine want from me?
Why don't you just scold me as hard as you always do, make a fool of me, and tell me to listen to myself!
My reaction was completely different from that of Alfine, and frustration gradually grew.
The selfishness that comes from her sweetness is a burden, and you must not feel like you are silently protesting that you have fled.
"Is it my... my... fault?"Are you trying to tell me it's my fault?it was because of me who insulated Alfine and ran away.... "
Even if I tried to stop it, I couldn't suppress the words that gushed up from the bottom of my stomach, and it was scattered like a curse.
"I worked hard too."I've been able to do a lot of good work!As a childhood friend, as a lover, and as a partner!I was trying to be the man that Alfine wanted me to be!I was..... "
"I ran away..."
In addition to being an extreme stranger, Alfine, who hates people and rarely opens her heart to others, knows that she is the closest person to bring out herself.
I pushed the insulation and ran away.
"I'm sorry... you've been pretending not to notice that you've been hurting Finn."
Alfine, who was silently listening, opened her mouth and her eyes were bursting with tears.
"I'm an idiot, so I didn't doubt that Finn would stay with me forever.But no. Finn was so gentle that he realized that he'd always stood by me as a child. ”
A worn-out, large-grain tear bursts into Alfine's eyes as she puts her hand on her mouth and swallows.
What... I don't know Alfine, crying so weakly.
Always confident, always able to do anything, always doing anything reckless, Alfine crying with big grains of tears... you're kidding me.
When I saw Alfine spilling her big tears and crying, old memories came to my mind.
It was Alfine's childhood memory before she held the sword.
A weak girl who was always frightened of something, hiding behind me and crying all the time.
I've always been with you to protect Alfine like that.
Alfine, who was now in front of her, remained a weak girl who was crying at the time.
"I knew Alfine wasn't really strong..."
I should've known we grew up together.
It was I who created the illusion against Alfine after she held the sword.