Ashes and Kingdoms

Farnayne's foster home has been asked to find her, but so far, life is with everyone in the powderhouse. Even if Nialdo doesn't try to get her back, we don't know when she'll be kidnapped in this city where the sale of children is rampant in the dark.

That's why Mac escorted me to the orphanage and kept my eyes open all day while studying a variety of things myself.

"What about your brother? He said he was going to the grape harvest."

Mac asks as the four of us walk out. Nellis got tired of it.

"You told my son-in-law to come again anyway."

…………

Finn does not answer and turns a blind eye with an ambiguous look. Nellis is just teasing, but while his idyllic life continued, such a future had become a little realistic in Finn, and he just couldn't laugh and recieve it.

I thought I was illuminating Finn, who shut up, and Nellis laughed with pleasure.

"Hey, that sounds like a lie to me that my brother has a lot of money to pull (again)! I guess that means I should take it for my uncle and aunt, even if it's not for the girl. Yo, old killer!

"Nellis! Where do you learn those words, at all..."

Wherever you say, the cause is roughly determined. Finn roared face to face. Next time I have to tell Valt I'm tough.

Mac laughs, Farnein doesn't know what it means and it's a little bit.

That's how I went down the ramp, and one daughter walked in from across the street. Finn looked at her familiar figure for a while, and at the same time, she noticed and smiled "Oh".

"Hello, powder shop. Welcome home now?

Yes, Finn answers politely. They may have been younger than themselves, but they're one of our customers. Sometimes, he even bothers to bring me to the windmill shed to grind a small amount of wheat as if it were for home use. Oandus goes around his customers every day, but his house is a little off and he doesn't ask for much, so I'm sorry to ask him to stop by.

So Finn also remembered the other guy's face. I don't see the light like Nellis or Mac, but it's a likable atmosphere.

My daughter looked around at the four of them and smiled, "That's good," she said.

"Lots of brothers, sounds like fun. I'm an only child, so I envy you."

"If you're such a brother, please take it," Nellis responded. "It's so loud, and I'm just getting gambled about how the language just now. I don't like books."

Finn looked at the big complaint and her daughter laughed out loud.

"They all say that, don't they? It's not like I envy you, take it because you don't need it. But... I still miss you sometimes when no one's around."

The look on my daughter's face softens and the silence descends. Faster than awkward, my daughter regained her mind and smiled again.

"Oh, yeah. If you like this, go ahead."

Remove two hard-baked confectionery from the cage raised on the arm. Looks like a biscuit.

"I made it out of powder I had ground the other day. It may not taste as good as it sells in stores... but it's too much to take with you to visit your friends"

Farnayne shines her eyes early in the sweet scent. Finn nodded with a smile as his daughter asked her face if she could give it to him.

"Thank you. Please do it to Nellis and Farnayne. We're both studying hard."

Within that dialogue endlessly, Farnayne offers her hand. Nellis thanked him a little more reluctantly and still received the sweets without hiding his expectations.

Praised for being mouth-wateringly delicious, her daughter smiles and looks at the extraordinary “sisters”. The gentle expression appeared favorably in Finn's eyes.

"Uh, nice. Both of you."

I envy Mac with half a mild tone of joke. My daughter laughed a little, and I'll see you next time. Apparently, he thinks he's a much younger brother about Mac. When she turned back to Finn, she said in a serious tone.

"If it wasn't annoying, next time... would you mind baking more and going to the windmill shed for delivery?

Finn squeezes his eyes at the unexpected offer and is impoverished to respond. Whereas he had to ask, his daughter shyly clasped her shoulders small.

"I, I have a lot of people at home, and I like to be busy. So sometimes I just wish I could spend a little time with you guys."

Unlike wealthy merchants and aristocrats, it is the lives of ordinary people who can hardly imitate inviting guests to their homes to play. Maybe my daughter's family is just three parents or two. If so, every day, it would be quiet and lonely.

Finn cared that way and nodded as a dust.

"Of course, if you could come, everyone would be delighted. There is mostly someone in the cabin, but it will be evening when we have all the work outside, can you let us know the day in advance or come around this time?"

As soon as she did, her daughter laughed as the flowers opened.

"Thank you! I'll let you know next time I set a date."

Saying a groom, he crosses the street in footsteps that still seem to dance and disappears into the trail. Nellis and Farnayne had nodded "Looking forward to it" and "Hey".

"Good for you."

Finn strokes each of the two heads with a pompous stroke, urging them to go home. Then he looked back softly so the other three wouldn't notice. I see the trail my daughter went into, and I feel almost like it.

- and.

Finn.

The signs of Lena touched my heart. Finn gets a flash and then relieves himself. Lena's emotions touched Finn were calm and warm.

What's the matter, Lena asked me an abrupt question.

You want to marry that guy?

I couldn't get an instant answer to this on a boulder. Jealousy and anxiety are not dusty to ask. Rather, there are even signs that I would say it would be a pleasure if it were. But.

No, I'm not thinking about it.

Somehow he answered that, and Finn turned his attention back to the three going forward. Don't procrastinate, walk a little to the big crotch to catch up.

But you like him, don't you?

(Hmm, that's well... I know you like the feeling, but that's all. I don't even know his name.

I'm not sure if I'm answering the question or explaining it to myself anymore. However, when I put it into words that way, the thought sprung up in my chest that it might be too.

Oh, I'm going to accompany my daughter, who's going to take care of my family, and live in this city, either at my current job, or by taking over my daughter's house job. What about that future? Wouldn't that be nice, too?

If a peaceful day goes on like this, it could happen.

Think that far and imagine a concrete life…

――

Suddenly he realized, Finn let it go like he stumbled onto something, and stopped.

None.

In that life, there is no room for Lena. Nowhere.

Understand what Lena has been talking about trying to teach you, and it gets soaked and dark in front of you. He shrugged his fist as he was about to sneer.

(Dreams)

Now that I wish I did, I did. If I could return to the life of a mediocre, serene citizen, how happy I would be to have a loving companion there.

But it's already a dream.

Finn now is a dragon marquis, and above all, the closest thing to his soul is his bonding partner - a dragon, not a human being.

Would a woman who could love such a man as her husband fulfill it? Besides, this dragon looks like a girl. If we want to prioritize the rights and whereabouts of our wives, we must not only avoid contact in the entity, but also at times wholeheartedly. But that's the same thing as suddenly throwing someone you've been sleeping with out on the street. I know they'll never get away from me...

(No)

I can't. Never.

My nails are eating up. Relying on that pain, Finn drew consciousness back to the real world. One step, forced to walk out, feeling sweet dreams crumble unbroken on his back.

"... fin."

I'm sorry, I didn't say anymore. Instead of apologizing, Lena was also deeply saddened. From Finn's future, he mourned as much as he himself that his dream of being a mediocre human man had disappeared.

Finn doesn't answer, one step, another, and keeps walking trying to push him out.

Eventually, his fist, which was tightly clenched, loosened, and Finn took a deep breath and stopped his leg, looking up into the sky. A golden light crosses a scarlet cloud and crosses the sky like a river. The wind slightly includes night air, sweet and cool.

No problem.

Finally he smiled.

"Still, I have you. And... maybe one day I'll meet someone who'll accept you and me as one."

"Right. If that happens, I'll be glad too. But Finn, if... >

Second, the word breaks off. Keep it up, it's not going to pass on.

What is it?

When Finn urged, Lena's smile came through. A little embarrassing, and then there's the sign of a sad smile.

It's nothing. Finn, I love it.

Leaving a slightly different sign somewhere as usual, Lena leaves. Finn stood there between the bundles, confused. I felt like I only figured out a little bit now what I had lost.