Ashes and Kingdoms

"Oh no - no!

Though I expected to be kicked enough, I didn't even think I'd be ghosted by a severely shaken quote.

When I managed to stop my neck from gushing and open my eyes, my eyes open in the middle of Nellis were close.

"What the hell is Nellis..."

"Saw it!!

Ignoring Finn's blur, Nellis screams too loudly of excitement. What? What? The other faces looked loud and got up.

"I saw it too, who your brother was talking about! Not the Spirit!!

"Oh well..."

"Whatever it is, she's not a great beauty! Brother, you were sneaking up on me with that!? And a knee pillow! What are you thinking, wow!

"What are you thinking?"

I'm tired from the morning. Ugh, he throws out a fin holding between his eyebrows, and Nellis rushes over to Fauna to report what he witnessed. She had beautiful blonde hair, seemingly sweet beauty, smiled and slowly lowered Finn's head off her knees, disappearing fluffy and melting in the wind, he said. That way of speaking around gesturing is as if even an unprecedented miracle had happened.

Igross roared with a sleeping sneaky face.

"Your sister, that's intense..."

"It's been like that for a long time"

Oh, and a big stretch. I used to get jumped in bed with a shitty laugh, and instead of waking up, I was often about to pass out. For once, etc., my head and head clashed properly, and we both had stars flying into our sight for a while. No such thing has happened to boulders in recent years, but the noise of waking up and out is alive and well.

Surprised as to where the hell that force was coming from, Finn wiped his face with just a little water from the water bottle.

"Beautiful lady's knee pillow, or envious. Why does that come out to me? I don't mind being turned into a monster at this time."

Igross stretched out a lot. Finn flaunts his shoulders and deceives the answer.

"I don't think she's pretty enough to make such a fuss. And when I say knee pillow, I hardly remember anything. I'm suddenly drowsy and I fall asleep unconsciously back and forth... hey Nellis, that'll be enough. Let's get some breakfast and get going."

"Right," Igross agreed, also looking at the street goings. "If we do well, today... we should get to Tetna"

Finn also figured out that if there was more, a word came out to his throat. But neither of us will touch on it, and we will shut up and take care of the horse. Oandus started an incendiary fire that turned to ash, and while Fauna and Nellis were working on flour and cheese, Finn finished inspecting the horses for water and food and hooves and such.

Eventually the line moved south again. Out into open land over a loose hill came a wind that contained moisture. The desolate flattery solicits. Seasonal patterns, little flowers of wild grass were blooming, but the cold of the wind was sad.

In the first place, the flowering wild grass heaven was pasture until a few months ago. Now the fence breaks down, and all you can stretch the grass that is poisonous to horses and sheep.

Ichirizuka, who falls on the side of the road, points to the basement and tells him Tetna. Nanais is on the sky. Of course, no one wanted to make a joke about it.

By the time the sun was in Jomtien, a shadow was revealed that nodded black on his way.

- There it is.

A faint breath of relief leaks out of Igros's mouth. The fence lined up the marutai seemed rushed, but it could still be seen that it was built by the skilled civil works of the legion soldiers. It's not an unfamiliar amateur business.

"Legion soldiers are still working hard here."

I said it in a way that Oandus was relieved. If you walk in the deserted wilderness for days and all you meet is the beast of darkness, you'll just be happy to see a human, no matter what the situation. But Nellis's complexion cannot be dismissed. When Fauna asked what was going on, Nellis frowned and shook her head small.

"I don't know. But... I don't know, I feel like there are so few signs of creatures"

I reluctantly say, I see the town where I go. Finn also became anxious and observed his surroundings again. The shield has been removed, just like the nanice. But I don't have a platform to burn the bonfire. There are some shallow holes dug inside the stone lined up, but to this extent they will disappear as soon as they are soiled. In fact, it could be inferred from the state of the coal that half a month would have passed since the last fire burned.

Igross seems to have noticed that, too. I change my complexion and run out first by myself.

The door to the fence was open. There's no keeper either.

"Anyone!?

Igros rushed into town screaming out loud. The once busy boulevard is also unpopular as cancer. Left and right shops have closed doors or become desolate abandoned houses. He rushed first to the house where his sister and his wife lived, but it was clear that the door came off and was vandalized inside, with no people.

"Sister! Idoo! Farnain!!

Igross still runs, calling one relative after another who is supposed to be in town or someone he knew back in the day. But there is no one to answer. Igros finally stopped his leg and stood up flashly.

"It's a lie... what's going on, motherfucker!

Finn, on the other hand, had peeked inside the vandalized shops or looked into the traces left crouching down the road, but had somewhat concluded that "people still seem to be there".

"What?

A returning Igross asks in a voice halfway between anticipation and quarrel hips. Finn pointed to an unpaved alley and showed a footprint.

"There were some new footprints. Besides, it looks like the store was vandalized quite a while ago, but recently another hand caught the leftovers. How to accumulate dust, or footprints? It's just that..."

Didn't even ask everyone, Igross was running out again. Open a closed door from one end and look around as you call your name.

"If there are people out there, it seems like it's time to come out."

Oandus frowned and snapped. Finn also answers with a difficult face.

"Maybe you're on guard. There are footprints and bills on the box at the store I just saw... it's small."

"You mean a child?

"Unless you're a dwarf."

Finn answered that just in case, knowing there was no such possibility himself. The dwarves originally lived in deep woods and rugged mountain depths and did not like to interact with humans. We believe that we were the only ones who ate for what we once did, and we hate people quite a bit, and rarely show ourselves to people.

and, at that time, the voice of Igross rose far ahead. I don't know exactly what you're talking about, but look at me or something, that kind of voice.

The family looked at each other and hurried to you.

Igros was in Central Square, shouting up in front of the temple.

"Hey, it's me, it's Igross! I was in this town until four years ago, please, come out, we're not enemies! He said he wouldn't do anything!

"Is anybody in there?

As Finn rushed over, Igross glanced abominably at the firmly closed door.

"Oh. I saw one kid run in. There's got to be something else... Shit, hang tight from the inside."

I shook the door rattling and rambling, but it's not going to open. Igross pounded his tongue. I'll show you how cheap it is in there. You must be in a hurry.

"Come on, if you have kids, I'll scare you."

Fauna said and walked over to the door. Even with my ears on, I can't hear anything.

"Somebody, if you're there, listen to me. The aunts are from Nanais, not demons or bandits. Are you all hurt or sick? Are you all right?

Still, there was no immediate response, but eventually, there was a noise inside with Cottori. And a thin child's voice leaks through the gap in the door.

"... Really? Auntie, are you from Nanais?

"Yes, it is. It was far and hard, but I managed to get here. Are you alone? What about your father or your mother?

…………

To silence, a slight sound of manipulation. Maybe he shook his head. and another footstep approached there.

"Aunties, what are you doing here?"

The voice I asked through the door seemed to be an older child than the first voice. In a swordswallowing tone, but with slight expectations.

"The aunts are on their way to Winnea," Fauna replies calmly. "I'm going to ask you to send reinforcements to Nanais."

"... let me tell you, there's no extra food in this town"

"I know. Nowhere now, there's nothing extra. To us, too. So I can't give you anything... but I'm not taking anything away from you."

A long silence ensues.

Before the five of them caught their breath and watched, they finally heard the sound of removing their toes, and the door slowly opened.

Standing just inside the door was a boy, thirteen or four years old at best, with brown hair. Quickly observe the five with unafraid gray eyes, then sigh softly.

"I knew you weren't coming for help."

To the boy's twinkle, the five of them looked at each other. Maybe, Finn almost said, but the boy said by controlling it.

"Fine, come in. You're looking for someone."

"Ah...... oh"

Igross nods at the feeling of being pushed and goes inside. Finn followed it, much more breathtaking.

Hidden in the temple were only children, between the ages of seven and fourteen. Shall we have about twenty? But not a single adult.

"This... the hell"

Oandus stands up. The boy who opened the door told him in a dark voice.

"All the grownups are either gone or dead."