Almark – Northern Sword, Southern Wand

After returning to the dorm carrying his sword, Almark noticed someone standing in front of his room.

"... Wendy?"

Almark keeps an eye out.

"What's the matter, early this morning?"

"Ah"

When Wendy noticed Almark, she laid her hands together relieved.

"Good."

Good? What do you want?

Wendy looks up embarrassed at Almark as she walks towards him.

Um...

"Yeah."

I had a terrible dream.

Huh?

Wendy reddened her cheeks when she saw the neat Almark.

"Maybe it's because of what happened on Clan Island and how many times we talked to everybody and Leila."

Speak so quickly and shyly, turning a blind eye from Almark.

I had a dream that you'd be gone from this academy.

"I'm from this college."

Almark repeatedly measured the meaning of the word.

Dream of disappearance.

"Yeah."

Wendy nods.

"I can't find you anywhere in the academy.I don't know anybody. "

That's what Wendy said.

"I'm lonely and sad. When I woke up, there was no color in the room."

Ah.

Almark nodded.

"Colour's on his way to Klan Island with Ain and the others."

"So I came to check on you.Whether or not you're here. "

I see.

Almark smiled.

"I'm sorry. I wish I was here.I went to the garden to practice swords. "

"Yeah."

Wendy shook her head.

"No, thank you for staying."

"You're welcome."

After answering, they looked at each other and laughed at each other saying, "It's kind of weird."

Wendy, who had been staring at Almark's face for a while, nodded, "Yeah.

"I'm so relieved. I'll be back."

Is that enough?

"Yeah."

After nodding, Wendy looked at Almark as she remembered.

"Speaking of which, Wallis is coming home on today's ship."

Wallis.

Almark smiles.

"Okay, I'll talk to you about us."

Yeah. Nice to meet you.

Wendy waved with a smile and disappeared across the hallway corner.

"... that's it."

Wallis, sitting on a stone, turned his provocative eyes towards Almark.

"Call people all the way down here."

That's how you look around the unpopular gardens.

"I told the class about the gate and the keys.Is that the extent of the story? "

"Maybe that's about it for you."

Almark nodded.

"I know you know a lot more than I do."

According to Almark, Wallis raised one eyebrow and looked at Almark.

"But I wanted you to know that I told this story to everyone else in my class."

"Thank you for taking the trouble."

Wallis couldn't help but say.

"Nelson, you must be making a big fuss around here."

That's what I said and I laughed lightly.

"Well, I can imagine."

"Nelson wasn't exaggerating."

Almark said.

"You listened quietly.And then he said he could help us. "

"Well, that's a beautiful friendship."

Wallis now showed a clear expression of ridicule.

"Blessed be a good friend."

"I'm not mistaken."

Almark answers.

"Why are you telling me to be so stupid?"

"Did you see that?"

Wallis shrugs his shoulders.

"No, I didn't mean to."

"Wallis"

Instead of looking beyond the garden, Almark saw Wallis' neat side.

"You've changed again on this vacation."

Wallis looks back at Almark's face for a moment.

Has it changed?

An unexpected voice.

"You think it's changed? What do you know about me?"

"I've seen you the past year, too."

Almark said.

I want you as a class member.

"That's it."

Wallis laughs with his nose.

Are you trying to tell me that I'm really you?

"What kind of real you are?"

"What?"

Wallis' eyes became sharp.

"What does that mean?"

I wondered if it would be convenient for me to take it out.

Almark says.

"From the inside out, the real me, the real me."

"I can take it out."

Wallis distorted his mouth.

"For example, yes. Let's find out who you really are."

That's how you slowly poke your finger in front of Almark's face.

"They take away their favorite toys and look at other children playing with them in a flickering envy.And a child pretending to be obsessed with a newly given toy.That's who you really are. "

Wallis laughs deep into his throat when he sees Almark with a strong face.

Must be a star.

That's how he picks up the pebble at his feet and looks pitiful to Almark as he plays with it.

"I don't know why I have to pretend to be so obsessed.Do you care in the eyes of your parents? "

Parent's Eye.

Parents' eyes.

Almark loses his word on the point.

I care about my father's eyes.

"If you've seen me, I've seen you for a year."

Wallis said boringly.

"Well, I know that much."

Its eyes shine cold.

"I've been seeing people other than you for three years."

That's how I twisted my mouth.Because of her beautiful face, she looked terribly crude.

"Don't you think it would be better if we didn't make them move as they want?"

The eyes were not those of a trustworthy class member who led to the success of the magic festival play.Rather, it was a cold eye, as if laughing at the success itself as a fake.

"... you..."

Almark finally said.

"You don't think you're really you as a class member?"

"Of course."

Wallis shrugs his shoulders.

"Listen to everyone, make adjustments, put them together.You think I'm the real one doing such a boring thing? "

"It's not boring."

Almark shakes his head.

"Thanks to you, the classes have come together."

It's a play, Almark.

Wallis said.

"For me, it's like an extension of a magic festival play."

"What does that mean?"

"You're not good at pretending to be insensitive, are you?"

Wallis again twisted his mouth and laughed.

"You know, I'm just playing the role of a class member."

Don't say anything more, Wallis.

Almark shakes his head.

Like betraying people's trust.

"What do you think I am?"

Wallis shook his stoned arm unexpectedly.

The pebble flew astonishingly far, hitting the branch of the tree and making a dry sound.A few birds surprised me.

"I'm always alone.Trust, help, nothing. "

Wallis' words coincide with Almark's dialogues in the play.

I'm so strong, even by myself.

"Is there anything in Mosville?"

Almark saw Wallis' face.

"Every time I go back on vacation, it feels like your darkness is deepening."

"Don't worry, it really hurts."

Wallis smiled.

"Deeper darkness? I didn't expect you to know the darkness."

"I've fought monsters of darkness before."

Almark said.

"Durgan, Eldane, Borapa."

Besides that, there are several monsters in the darkness.

I see.

Wallis nodded.

"Admit that you have traced the surface of darkness."

Then, get up slowly.

"But do you think sitting by the pond and looking at the water is the same thing as jumping into the pond and diving to the bottom?"

Wallis turned his back on Almark without saying that any further conversation was necessary.

A clear intention to reject came from behind, and Almark couldn't speak.

Wallis walked away slowly.