* Alfine Perspective
Upon ascending from an underground facility to the ground,
Bodies brought out of the Abyss Fall underground facility were arranged one after the other near the sleeping cemetery of those who died in the Great Assault near the camp.
What was only bone, what was half corrupt, what was still corrupt but not long ago and the bodies were in various conditions.
The total number is probably about 200.
I said maybe because the bones that are whiteboned are falling apart and I don't know the exact number.
Me, Meila and Maribel were in the cemetery where such bodies were arranged.
I thought the body story would soon become a rumor among adventurers, and I was bringing them in first because I felt it was useless to hide it because it was about Maribel, who had a good guess.
"Maribel... I know it's hard, but is your father in this?
Maribel, with a bright blue face and clinging to Mayla's hips, goes with a serious gaze at each and every one of the arranged bodies.
I have a sense that I'm letting a young child do something miserable...
Even if you saw this situation and said your father was the only one missing, Maribel would guess for herself.
I gazed and held Maribel's hand in search of her father.
"Brother Al...... thanks"
Maribel, with her thin, tears, thanked me with a fine voice.
"If it's hard, you don't have to look. I'll report it to Uncle Borderline."
"Yeah, this is Maribel's job. Whether it's your fathers or not, I think it's information that I'd really like to know for Mr. Borderline. So I'll get to work."
Maribel, who wiped her own sleeve of tears that had accumulated at the edge of her eyes, looked back at my face only for a moment and turned her gaze towards the body again.
A very strong child......
And you're a very smart kid.
It's very different from me...
She then held hands by Maribel for a while, but her body was starting to tremble when her eyes went to the body of one beast man.
"A body with a big old wound on that back. I think it's Uncle Dont..."
"Uncle Dont? Not your father?
"Yeah, but I came to this place with my father, uncle. Because I'm from the same village..."
Bodies with large old knife wounds on their backs were those for which relatively no corruption had yet progressed.
Considering that Maribel was to hide in an underground facility by herself more than three weeks ago, it was a body that was likely to have died just about that time due to the state of the corruption.
"That means..."
I heard about Maribel. I look at Mayla's relatively undisturbed body.
About 20 corpses.
There are some of them that are variant.
That's how many people there are, isn't it?
Does that body mean a line from Imbahanes that Maribel has followed with me?
"Maribel......"
"Thank you, Brother Al. I think I did a good job. Tell Uncle Borderline his fathers were murdered... come on..."
That's all I said, Maribel was laying down on her face, killing her voice and beginning to cry.
I softly hug Maribel without saying anything like that.
The knights and Meira, who were around, were also beginning to sob when they saw what that Maribel looked like.
- A week later...
Excavation of the newly discovered underground facility was still underway, but most of the work moved to the Knights while maintaining confidentiality, and the outpost of the Adventurer Guild was closed, so we were back in Yuguhanotes.
The body found was buried as it was in a cemetery near the camp.
Maribel, who had lost her father, had done the help of the Adventurer Guild with a smile ever since, but it was clear to everyone that that smile was energetic.
We pick up Maribel like that and live together at the Yughanots Inn prepared by Uncle Borderline.
"Brother Al, Sister Meira, Uncle Borderline is calling for you! He said to come as soon as possible! Look, get up quick."
Maribel, who was already awake, had stripped her blanket from me when she was asleep.
Similarly, Mayla's blanket has already been stripped.
Maribel was talking about her identity and gender when she decided to live with her, and she exchanged promises to keep it to herself.
Smart as she is, she immediately understands why I hide my identity, as well as being thorough in calling me 'Al Brother' outside and inside.
Besides, me and Meira were already on the side of Maribel taking care of us in the past week of our joint life.
"Maribel, please, it's just a few more years from now! Ha, please"
When I opened my eyes slightly, next door I saw Mayla clamping to retrieve the blanket from Maribel.
You don't know which one is the adult with that one......
Phew, and sleepy......
I don't even know how Mayla feels, but...
Gently, I reached out to get my blanket back, but there were no more blankets there.
"Wake up, both of you!"
Mmm, this could be out-of-the-box.
Suppose you surrender and wake up?
I decided to surrender to Maribel when my hand cut off the blanket.
"Morning, Maribel"
"Morning! Al, brother, because I'm dressed for this! Yes, go ahead!
Maribel jumped on Meira's body, still on the bed and unlikely to wake up, when she gave me the change of clothes she had in her hand.
"Meira, wake up your sister too! If you stay asleep, Maribel will let you change."
"Ugh, that's what I'm talking about! Wake up. Oh..."
Meira, who refused to wake up, was showing irresistibility when she put her hands up and dressed easily.
"Nooo. Again."
Maribel, who swelled her cheeks up, was starting to help Meira change her clothes without trying to get up.
This interaction was a routine morning event that has been going on since I started staying at this inn.
I think the wounds of losing a father or a village acquaintance are huge......
I hope we can help her heal a little.
I'm not sure I can heal at all...
In fact, I knew Maribel was sobbing in bed this past night, so I thought I'd get a little sober.
"If Mayla keeps letting Maribel change, she won't be able to get dressed herself."
"That's fine. Maribel will be my wife."
That's what I said. I was holding on to Maribel, who Mayla was letting me change.
"Anyone who becomes Maribel's husband needs to make money, Murray"
"Higuuu! Lamey, yeah, good luck with your work today. Uh-oh!
"Yes, then I'll be at Uncle Borderline soon, so get ready. Greetings."
"Get dressed immediately!
Maribel handed me a change of clothes. Mayla was starting to change as soon as she stood up reluctantly.