Ashes and Kingdoms

Curiosity, suspicion and how much admiration. The reluctance does not include fine dust. In an open glance, Farnayne looks a little uncomfortable with the boulders.

All dozens of villagers had gathered around giant trees to sit back on the ground. Only Furnaine and Igesa, who came later, stand with their trees on their backs.

When the blurring subsided, Farnayne took one breath and spoke nervously.

"For all of you, it will seem like the forest has moved overnight. I'm sorry I couldn't let you know before this happened. The expansion of this forest is something that Utia, the king of the Fidae, does with the power of the dragon of the Org God, but it seems to be difficult. However, please understand that this was done to protect you, and that it would be safe if you were in the woods."

That said, none of the villagers and he just looked puzzled. The village chief describes the mood on his behalf.

"I want you to tell me exactly what's at stake there. Poor people who can't protect themselves have every right to know."

Farnein frightens, and Igesa gives him a face of soothing. Nix protested from the side.

"Village chief, you won't have to put it that thorny. Farnayne said she was here to protect us. It's not like she brought in trouble."

What do you say?

The village chief barely nodded. Compare Furnaine and Igesa to the frigid odor, turn around Nix, and poke at the pain.

"In the first place, are you sure it's Furnaine you were talking about? That's what I heard. It's more of a kid."

It's not a mistake.

Farnayne answered in a hurry.

"Me, I wanted to grow up early, so I asked Master Utier to help me. Now I'm only about eleven years old on the calendar, and at the same time I have about eighteen bodies and an extra aged mind for about a decade… I might say I'm in a chigu state. But anyway, I'm definitely Farnein himself."

"I assure you."

Igesa raised her hand a little beside her and did the vow trick.

"This kid who just came to the woods seemed so miserable. I've been taking care of that with Master Utier and us and watching you get back on your feet. Definitely. First of all, even if it's someone else, that's not the problem right now."

"Well, sure."

Nor did the village chief eat down, and nodded with his shoulders clasped. but I didn't ease my attitude. Still have a tough look, so, and prompt an answer to the earlier demands. Farnayne looked at Igesa and then spoke slowly and politely.

"Igesa was also in touch with dwarves in the outside world to let us know what was going on. That you all made a village just north of the Great Forest, and that three years ago His Majesty the Emperor and the Nakte Dragon Marquis reconciled, and the Dragon Marquis of the East was defeated, and made peace. But now again, it's going to be a big fight, isn't it?

I got anxious and asked Master Utier if she was okay. Then Master Utier told me there were more dangerous signs than that. Something very dark and greedy is gaining strength, and if you leave it alone, it will overflow the earth. The thing about being swallowed by that power is that everything... is going to be devastated. "

As the story progressed, the villagers began to hear from half-heartedness to seriousness, not to miss every word of her, killing her breath. Farnayne cut the words and took a deep breath before continuing.

"Master Utier was metaphorically described as' hungry '. I don't even know exactly what's going to happen. However, at the end of the day, it is destined to eat itself up and disappear without leaving anything behind, but by then it is expected that it will turn the land of Diatius from the edge of touch into a wasteland where one insect cannot live"

"No way, no way"

Someone blushed with a faint voice. Cut it to the skin, the blurring spreads all at once. Oria asked anxiously.

"Can't you help it? So much so that you can expand the forest, and even with the power of Org's Dragon Marquis, you can't stop that horrible thing?

"Unfortunately, ma'am"

Igesa replied on his behalf.

"Master Utier says that the power of Dragon Marquis alone can't help it. You think old dark resentment, human greed, and all this mixed up, was born and swelled up over time? It's not something I can fathom properly. Besides, for the Fidae, it's the same as it was during the Great War. Just wait for the disaster to pass, and bring the earth back to life one by one."

…………

Swordswallowing signs ran down the field. Missing while perceiving so much danger is the same human thing to do.

Farnein nodded with a stiff nod and said.

"But I couldn't bear to just wait. That's why I asked Master Utier. This… expansion of the forest is a consequence. At first, Master Utier was going to stop your time until it was all over, but I thought there wasn't much to let you know..."

Silence came down to the scene. Everyone is not immediately convinced, face-to-face or thinking with a difficult face. It's too big to be seen as a reality. Although some of the children were already tired of seeing the sky above them.

After a while, Oria sighed. Give up, not relief.

"Well, we'll be safe as long as we're in these woods, but we'll have to stay still until that disaster destroys itself outside."

"You don't like it," the village chief roared. "Surely we are all the runaways who have gathered in this village running away and hiding in the first place. But that's what we decided to do. I don't like it at all when you don't think about it and do nothing, and the dragon marquis and the great ones stay. Well, of course, if we can't face that danger, then we'll have no choice. But you can keep me posted everywhere."

to the clear words of the village chief, but the villagers reacted poorly. I wonder if there are those who nod enthusiastically, and some look at themselves as if they are going into extra danger. Igesa opened her mouth so that she could mock both of them.

"I know how it feels to just hold hands and watch. But don't worry, we're carrying the news through our people. But, Mr. Village Chief. Do you think you can believe that? To the normal people, if you don't see anything, you don't even hear it. I know it's dangerous because it's going to be a war, but I can't believe the power I don't know is watching the opportunity."

"It's..."

"And for that reason, throw away your domicile, your job, everything, and run away somewhere so far, so who obeys you? So in the end, Master Utier will shut up and expand the forest. Even though you can end everything while you're asleep and throw it out into a changed world without a word of explanation, it's kind of you to just let me see us and you."

"Sure, that's kind of you. But apart from that and this. If I could just let one or two of them get away with it, rather than knowing the situation and not doing anything..."

"You said we didn't do anything?

"That's not what I meant."

Overtold, the village chief mumbled in disgust. An awkward silence hits the field heavily. Farnayne called slowly and quietly.

"Mr. Village Chief. Is it so embarrassing to run away and hide?"

"It's not a matter of shame. I'm just saying the real problem."

The village chief said back, but it was almost a loser. Farnayne shook her head and continued pale.

"Then it's only practical to admit that there's nothing you can do. Isn't it rather clever to wait in a safe nest hole until the storm passes?... I was once a helpless child. I didn't know anything about the storm that would blow in the world, and I didn't run away or hide, and the result is this..."

Say it. She took off the mask that hides half her face. Tight, half-sided revealed that remained discolored, and some screams raised that pushed him to death. Farnayne said sadly that she would soon put on the mask.

"It still took me a very long time to recover from this wound, Master Utia and Igesa and even with a lot of help. But if I had been beaten worse, if I had no place to escape, if I had no one to help me... I wouldn't have talked to you like this right now"

No longer, there was even any sign of protest or dissatisfaction. Farnein leaves from before everyone and Igesa raises a bright voice on his behalf.

"Now, to my satisfaction, would you mind listening to some of the precautions you take when living here?"

Caution when using fire, because you plow it and don't cut down trees, that the fruit of just feeding dozens of people is sufficient in the forest. Farnayne was blurring behind the giant tree to hear this and Igesa's voice.

And there, out of the circle of villagers, came Oria.

"Farnein......"

From the painful look on his face, it is clear what he has come to say. Farnayne couldn't help but smile.

"It's okay, because it doesn't hurt anymore. Besides, it's not Mr. Oria's fault. I was just stupid. I knew nothing that the world was full of malice or that luxury required a price. I never even thought about it."

"... nothing, I didn't have to show it to everyone"

"It would have been convincing, wouldn't it?

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Oria touched Farnayne's mask with her trembling fingertips and wept uncomfortably.

"I'm sorry. Sorry, sorry......"

Over and over again, I apologize with a blurred voice. I couldn't protect him, I couldn't go save him, I couldn't even help heal his wounds. I was impudent. I didn't think she was blaming me for taking the mask off to show it to me.

"You already hate me, don't you? You hate me."

"Mr. Oria......"

Farnayne was stunned and stared at Oria with dismay. Noticing the emotions contained in that voice, Oria lifts her face and takes a haphazard breath.

"Ah......, oh, sorry. I can't believe I said this."

With words of apology in my mouth, I'm only thinking about myself. When you should be caring about someone, not about that person, but asking if you are hated or not. Were you going to draw it out even in words of forgiveness? Though unconscious, there is more to it than thick.

Oria blued for fear of laying more wounds on her opponent's wounds and lay down her face not too ashamed again. The breathless silence, fortunately, did not last long.

"Mr. Oria had a tough time, too, didn't she? It's okay, I'm fine now."

Farnayne said mercifully, but the voice was sinking dark into loneliness. It was an enlightening and farewell voice that the other person was no longer the old 'confetti sister' and that he was not a child who could be sweet on it either.

Oria also vaguely perceives it, says no more, and silently wipes her tears. Slightly, Oria laughed bitterly at herself.

"You're more of an adult now. Ha... that's pathetic. Everyone around me is going to be kind of awesome, but they're just stupid and useless."

Everyone said, Farnayne tilted her little neck. When Oria wiped the last drop left in her eyeball with her fingers, she answered with a shoulder clasp.

"Do you remember Phineas? The powder shop that looked after you in Comris. He said he became a dragon marquis."

"What..."

"You came looking for me and Nix once. A friend told me you were in the Great Forest. So, I went out of my way to find out if Nix and I were cheap. Discipline."

Oria followed, remembering and spilling a bitter smile. Farnayne's eyes blink to surprise and she looks indescribable.

"I heard from Igesa about the northern Tenryu Hou... I can't believe he's Brother Finn. So, what about Mac and everyone?

"I think we went home to Nanais together. He said he'd leave the Dark Beast from the north and make it a place for humans to live again. I haven't heard any particular rumors since, but I don't think he's back here, so maybe he's doing something about it."

To Oria's explanation, Farnayne became a vaguely nostalgic expression. After a calm silence, Farnayne snapped with a warm smile.

"Good."

"Yes."

Oria nodded quietly too. And imagine and view when you make Farnain again.

"I'm sure I'll see you again. You'll be surprised when you grow up. And you're so beautiful."

"Eh."

For the first time in a long time, Farnayne blushed in surprise. Oh, and Oria looked at me unexpectedly. Oria's knowing Farnayne looked beautiful and cute and deserved the admiration of the rain.

Oria thought it would change if it really changed, etc., and Farnayne kept her red face, making sure it was a snack.

"Um, ho, really... you think that's beautiful? 'Cause, um... half of it is like this, and if you care..."

"No, I'm not!" Unexpectedly Oria raised her voice. "No matter how stupid I am, it's not that far. Because I think it's really pretty, that's what I said. You used to just be cute, but now you're something different. It's not just the way it looks. I can't say it well... but it's mysterious and I can see you've gotten over something. I'm so in love with a woman."

"Ho, really? Really?"

I can't feel the mystery or the past, I'm just a girl. Oria was taken aback and breathed a few breaths before finally understanding, oh. Although it was slightly empty in the direction of the day after tomorrow.

"Uh... you know, Farnein. Let me tell you something, it looks like Finn has a dragon lover, huh?

"Huh? Oh, no, no, no!

"Yeah? So, a kid named Mac?

In front of Oria, whose eyes were squeezed, Farnayne shakes her head with momentum that the mask is about to fly.

"Kee, never mind! It's okay, it's okay!

I don't know what's good. It's refreshing, but Farnayne screams that much anyway, covering her face with both hands. Yeah, and Oria was observing that.

"Well, there seems to be plenty of time. I'd love to hear more about that area."

The only reply to the relaxing hope was, for the moment, an unintelligible groan.