Ashes and Kingdoms

[Nellis ed.] * Part II, When a row of powderers were in Quanos with the General.

Wherever people live, be it barracks or temple streets, shops are always what you can do. To some extent, the population distributes not only necessities but also luxury goods and crafts.

That's why the city of Khonos, a barracked subject and boneless, had about a small shop.

Finn, who was told to carry Nellis' luggage, caught his eye on a brooch lined up at the store. It's not a fancy, everyday, compact and cheap product of something that I'm interested in sprinkling.

Nellis, who noticed her brother wasn't following her, came back.

"That's unusual, I can't believe your brother cares about this kind of thing"

"I just remembered. Look, that."

Reach out and point to one brooch.

"It looks like you used to get it."

"Huh?

Nellis tilts her neck and puts on her face, saying she did something about the gift. Then suddenly, the momentum turned bright red.

"Hey...... forget it. Such a long time ago!!

He shouted so loud that it resonated in the street that Finn was more surprised and blinked his eyes for a while. While he was out of time, Nellis turned his back and

"You don't care about that, see, come on!

When I abandoned him like he was angry, he walked out just a little bit with the momentum of running. Finn is rushing after it, trying to bite him to death with a bitter smile that's going to spill. Nellis is nowhere near realizing it.

In her head, she was full of shame and regret. Remember about six years ago, when Finn wasn't long after he was taken over by Oandus.

The couple at the windmill cabin have only a daughter. When the child was ten years old, the couple gave up that they would never be given a new child.

It's early to think about taking my son-in-law, but since my daughter is about her age, she could have some weird bugs on her. Then how about we welcome the right boy into adoption within the present and raise him as a family trail? If it's going to work, let her marry her as she is. If you can't, you'll be my daughter's bug.

With that thought, the couple headed to the orphanage.

Of course, even children tend to perceive such adult circumstances. Even if not, a ten-year-old girl is what she dreams of in love and marriage. When I heard that the thirteen-year-old boy was going to be my “brother," I couldn't help but hope.

That's why Nellis snuck up on Fauna and got one small brooch in the city. A white enameled one that mimics an intertwined twist.

"You're family today. Yes, I'll give you this."

In such an attitude as giving rather than raising, Nellis gave it to Finn, who had just come.

The new brother blinks just a few times without changing his expression much and receives it without any special reaction. Unhappy and Nellis was a little disappointed, but as he watched the brooch closely, he waited for his next reaction from time to time.

but this expectation was also betrayed again.

"Thank you. I'll take care of it."

Finn smiled and thanked him, putting it gently on his desk without wearing it. Nellis was discouraged and, at the same time, irrationally angry. Ever since I heard about my adoptive son, I've imagined this and inflated my love, but I can't believe I was left light in the first meeting.

Because, in fact, at the time, the white brooch was fashionable as a sign of love among the daughters. I give it to the person I want, and if he wears it on the spot, I will be bound in the future.

Of course there is no basis. In the first place, it is a rumor circulated by a small shopkeeper for sale.

But Nellis believed it.

I don't live in town and I don't have a nice encounter, and I finally see my destiny partner.

- From now on, it was a gift because of assumptions, dreams and naivety, in so far as it was really completely embarrassing.

"Oh, you've already remembered something nasty, your brother's a fool, a fool!

"Have you forgotten? Well, I broke my pin, and then I left it unattended to repair it."

"Forget it! I was stupid enough to give that up to your brother. I really can't believe it anymore. Oh, no, no, no, no, no! If I'd known he was such a headstone brother, I'd have given him a bone."

"... if they'd done it in person, I'd have gone back to the orphanage crying."

"What's so delicate about it? For the sake of Park Min-Jen, the only one in the world."

Even in harsh evil, Finn didn't say it back just because he smiled bitterly.

That attitude makes Nellis anxious.

Outreach, he may have noticed a lot. I'm aware of it, and I may be hiding it from my attitude or my face.

(Because that brooch, it was popular in the city. I can't believe your brother didn't know that, do you?

If you're just a bunch of guys and you're a bunch of city boys, you don't even care about the girls. But Finn was in an orphanage. He also took good care of the younger girl.

(When I was just here for that, my brother, no matter how much he told me to call him my father and mother, never did)

Always be polite, distance yourself as someone else - positioning yourself low too - and remember not to hesitate. Was it simply because of his character, or...

(Your brother also noticed...?

to the thoughts of Oandus and others that to retrieve. Is that why I have spent so much time without wearing Nellis' brooch and never stepping off my position as a "brother” in the future?

If so.

- No, if he hadn't.

"... wowwwwwwww..."

Nellis leaks groans by accident. Finn stepped back a little to the unspeakable noise.

"Are you okay, Nellis?

"Whoa... it's time to imagine, I did..."

"What the hell?"

"Nothing. Ignorance is scary...... ha"

Sigh when you make it. No, not at all, I was lucky.

When Nellis shook her head gently, she looked back at Finn, who was confused and laughed.

"Your brother saved your brother."

……

"Thanks to you, I have been blessed with the luggage that I can use as much as I want."

"Wait a minute."

"Come on, I'll be there soon! We have to buy it in before it sells out."

Finn continues, "You can't miss a cheap sale," from behind the tense Nellis. The brothers and sisters took each other and walked away, slamming a light-hearted mouth without hesitation.

(Final)

[Phineas Edition]

* SS that says because it's pathetic to be exposed to shame all the time Nellis. The time period was before the Nellis edition, when I was a powderer at Comrith.

When Nellis returned from the buyout, he continued yesterday and still had Taz today.

"Can I sell oil here?

Taz responds to her as if she were not evil.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm free now anyway, and I've been asking my uncle about the price of powder."

It looks like you've been relaxing here for a long time. Nellis turned to disbelief, and then he looked so sorry. Taz looks at it and raises his eyebrows as to what's wrong. Nellis answered with a glance at his shoulder.

"I wish my brother was as accommodating as Taz. I thought by now, by the way, you'd be working fucking seriously."

"Uh, well, he's been around for a long time. Oh, so. I can't help it."

Taz also laughs bitterly. Nellis pulled down the shopping cage and sat down attracting the right hips.

"Have you really been oh for a long time? You've done something stupid or something, normal."

"No... it was mainly me who was fooling around. He's been with me and he's been kidding me, but you never made fun of yourself. Could we expose Brother Robust's embarrassing past and seize his weakness? If that's the case, I'd like to work with you."

Um, arm in arm, think often. Apparently, he's seriously worried because of the way that his eyebrows are gradually getting steeper. Even if you don't think that far into it, such as the embarrassing anecdotes of younger companions who grew up siblingly, it would usually be something that comes out flabby.

As Nellis was frightened, Taz finally surrendered with his hands up.

"On second thought, it doesn't come out of anything. I'm the one who started it, if he ever made a big deal out of it."

"What's that?"

"No, we had a lot of fights with the guys in the city, but after I got bogged down all over me, I ambushed them another day trying to get back at them. I swear to God, I was going to beat the shit out of you and run away. That's what he said, lukewarm or something... what did you do? I soap-watered them, let them slide, beat them, ran away, made them chase them, then let go of the loba or the cow who was in the house, and let them rush towards me."

"Wow... I'll do that..."

"I also think I've been doing a lot more in between. Or was that another time? Well, like that, naturally, he was so pissed off, but he was so shitty. So, for some reason, the mastermind meant me."

"You're not wrong, are you?"

"That's why I'm angry."

Taz relaxed and stumbled on his own with the stir-fried beans Nellis had spread on the table. Ignoring the blaming gaze, he looks up at the blurry universe.

"... no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.

"Uh, what's that? You know, hanging out at night? Or, you know, you couldn't do something and go home."

Nellis embarked on herself immediately. Taz grinned bitterly at its devouring, and unfortunately shook his head.

"I don't even know where you were or what you were doing. I haven't been home all night, and I've never seen anything like it before, so the teachers were really worried."

"Heh... unexpected. Even your brother would do that."

Nellis snapped as she peeled the fried bean shell. Taz said in a mild tone, shaking his body pointlessly on the chair, deceiving his insides.

"Well, I guess he had a lot on his mind, too. Me, too, but he couldn't really decide on foster care either. I've been back and forth a little rough for a while. It's strange that he didn't."

"Speaking of which, it was too late for your brother to come to us, wasn't it? Thirteen."

"Probably sooner... by the time I'm about seven or eight. But in his case, the dean didn't want to send him to foster care."

"Really? I wonder why."

"Come on. Maybe the dean wanted to adopt you. He's a little guy. He took care of himself, and he was like half the staff. I guess I ran away from home about a year before I left the hospital for sure. That's right, he also became a throwaway bowl saying that nobody wants himself. I mean, that's me."

"Your brother threw away the bowl. I wonder if he even went for a drink."

When Nellis deliberately switched to a joke, Taz was also quick and in tune.

"It was tubular wrapped in a tavern. Cry and say," I'm a hater anyway. "

Imagining the unlikely sight, Nellis unexpectedly laughed for real.

"Wow, that's embarrassing! Speaking of which, I've never seen your brother get drunk. The memories are too bad to drink."

When the two of you are laughing at your own exuberance, there,

"What are you talking about?

The rumored person returned and questioned suspiciously. It's a wary mouth that these two talk about themselves, not a lot of things. Nellis glanced up at his brother.

"I was hearing from Taz about your brother's embarrassing past. You ran away from home?

"Running away?"

"Look, you never came back at all. She's gone by herself."

Finn, who was supplemented by Taz and had a strange face, nodded lightly, oh. Nellis claps out and drops her shoulder, "Oh, my God, I'm bored". but soon she said back to herself.

"Well, fine. If you think about it, it's just disgusting even if your brother's shy."

Finn turns tannic to say less, and Taz laughs a lot. Nellis waited for the laughter to subside and continued, "So."

"Where have you been, then? Did you even go to the tavern?

"No."

Finn shook his head in the mood he gave up and lowered his hips beside Nellis.

"If a child wandered around in the city at night, adults would soon find him and make a scene about who he was. That's why I went outside."

"You mean I went wild!?

"Oh man... you're a surprisingly reckless guy!

Nellis and Taz opened their mouths all together. No matter how long ago there was no beast of darkness, outside the walls it's not safe enough for a child to live alone in the wild. Bandits are coming out, and there are finally small enemies like snakes and mukades.

In the sight of the two, Finn scratched his cheeks a bit, looking a little bad on the boulder.

"I didn't care about the danger. I only wore my coat and slept among the graves without even setting fire to it. I wonder what would happen if I died like this, or something stupid. Common concerns. I remember looking up at the stars thinking about what I live for, what I'm worth, what I need, but what it is..."

"Damn... dark... eh"

Nellis groaned. Finn doesn't argue whether he's conscious or just smiled bitterly. Taz said with a full face of respect as he walked past the fright.

"You're so sturdy that you can't help it. But the fact that you came home overnight, did you come to any conclusions?

"No. By nightfall I was cold and hungry and I didn't care better"

This is another light answer from Finn. Nellis stumbled onto the table unexpectedly. Finn laughed a little and stroked his sister's head pounding and went on to say.

"But when I left, the Dean welcomed me to 'I've often returned safely', and I realized that. I'm protected by this guy's big hand, and he says he's a tiny one. So well, then again, sometimes I thought about stupid things, but I stopped moving on to action."

"Ah" Taz was unusual and I coughed up embarrassingly. "Right. You know, Doctor, even if someone didn't come home late, or jumped out on their own, I never would have done anything to scold you if you'd come back."

"Oh. He was the first one to praise me for coming home"

Nellis kept peeling the beans in silence, without pinching her mouth, as they were soaked in nostalgic memories.

After a lot of silence, Nellis opened his mouth about the time.

"In short, I knew your brother was boring."

"Will that happen in the end?"

To every conclusion, Finn is no longer a forsaken affair. Taz shook his head for Christ's sake.

"Well, some women in the big world like you because that's what you are. Maybe."

For him, it was meant to be a great consolation. I have no reason to know that I have said anything quite close to the truth. Of course, I never dreamed of my friend being so embarrassed inside my dialogue, etc.

(Final)