At the Northern Fort

My consciousness was on my way to the next event, as my family vacation had been successfully completed. It's a star festival in the village of Corbi.

Soon the festival was approaching three days later.

To see if the festival was ready, the Knight of the Ship's Eye headed to the village of Corbi, so I decided to follow it.

I think everyone in the village knew I existed, but most of them never spoke, and I was ashamed, so I hid in the knight's uniform.

Ask the customer to remove the button on the top and put it in the jacket, and remove it from the collar only on the face.

"I'm looking at you with all my heart, okay? Aren't you ashamed to face the villagers?

"Mmm...."

After hiding in the Knight of the Ship's Eye uniform, I thought, too. He said this wasn't hidden.

But that's enough. I want to see the village, so I don't want to go in the backpack and hide completely.

"Ah! Mil-chan!?"

When I entered the village, I was just spotted by a teacher who was always teaching my children to study in the square, so I cheered and greeted them.

"Hey, cute."

As soon as she saw me slightly looking out of the knight's ship-eye clothes, the teacher fluttered like a knockout was supported by a wife who was walking next door.

After bitterly laughing at her husband's condition, she met the knight of the ship's eye and smiled at me.

"I've finally seen the Son of the Spirit. You're just as cute as you said."

"Yeah, right? My heart's always pounding and I can't breathe."

Sir... Is that all right?

"You are truly the son of a loving spiritual spirit."

The teacher's wife is still smiling at me. It seems that it is strange to put out only the face.

"Are you ready for the festival?

When asked by the Knight of the Ship's Eye, the teacher held his heart and kept breathing. Are you okay...?

"Yeah, yeah. Nothing is missing. Children can stay up late that day, so everyone is looking forward to the festival. Festivals... Miru-chan, festivals..."

"Will the Son of the Spirit come to the festival? Everyone in the village would love to come."

Your wife asks on behalf of a constantly breathing teacher.

Let's go.

I answered with a small voice. My wife is embarrassed to talk to me face-to-face because it's her first time.

"Well! I'm glad. Everyone will be happy."

Looking forward to it ~!

The teacher also looks happy with a smile.

Well, on the same day. I look forward to seeing you soon. "

"Bye, Mill!

Your wife and teacher walk side by side.

When the two of them left, the Knight with the Ship's Eye stopped in front of the house with me in his chest. Looks like there's something I can do for this house.

Knock on the front door and speak up.

"Mayor, it's Grail!

"Yes, sir."

It was a gray-haired grandfather named the village mayor who came out of the back of the house and opened the door. His hips are also slightly bent and he looks over eighty years old.

"Oh, that white puppy...."

"I'm a fox. This is Mill."

The knight of the boat's eyes stroked my head, and the village chief smiled at me with his eyes widened.

"The kid! What a lovely face. You look much more calm than I thought."

Some people are familiar, some are illuminated, and I laugh at them. Does "calm face" mean "peaceful face", as San Narcissi says?

"Mayor, are you ready for the festival? If there's anything I can do to help, I'll call my men."

"No, it's okay. I don't have any hard work in particular. It's a drunken festival with candle lights and stars."

They have plenty of candles and alcohol, and then they just wait for the day of the festival.

But then I saw a lot of fox figurines in the village chief's house. A wooden fox.

"Oh, what?

It was embarrassing to ask the village chief directly, so I looked up at the knight in the eye and asked.

"It's a souvenir for sale at the festival. Isn't it?

When the knight of the boat eyes heard, the village chief nodded.

"Yes, because it sells well every year."

"The tourists who come to see the festival from outside the village buy it. Everyone knows that there are snow spirits here, so spirits and fox motifs sell well."

The Knight of the Ship's Eye explained in detail to me. The village chief continued.

"You can also sell gloves and hats and other cold protectors. I'm sure the tourists will find it colder than they thought for the first time."

The village chief laughs hahahaha. Apparently, people in the village spent a year preparing souvenirs, cold gear, and alcohol for sale here at the festival.

It's surprisingly soulful, but if the people of Corbi Village are moisturizing. Sell fox motifs more and more.

So, the festival is well prepared.

"Yeah."

After answering that, the village chief tells the knight of the boat who is going home.

"By the way, Chief, I don't know until the day of the festival in three days, but tomorrow may be rain or snow. My leg hurts."

Really? The village chief's weather forecast is good. Then..... "

The knight with the boat eye laughs and tells me to leave the village chief's house.

"I think Snowflare is probably sending me down, but it snows every year on the day of the festival. And everyone gets excited. But tomorrow the weather will collapse regardless of Snowflare."

"You can tell without sifting. Doesn't your eyes hurt because of the cancer?

I don't want to forget it because I don't look like I'm incapacitated at all, but the Knight with the Ship's Eye has one eye blocked by a big wound.

Worrying, the Knight of the Ship's Eye replied to reassure me.

"No, I don't feel anything. It's okay."

When they tried to get back to the fort, they were found by the children of the village who were playing outside.

"Ah! It's a white fox!

"It looks like it's blushing!

"It's just my face!

Like a dog.

There were six children and strawberries came to us. And he looks up at me with his face out of the chest of a tall ship's eye knight.

"Really?

"I knew you weren't a ghost, not a dog.

It's rounded for foxes.

"You look kind of relaxed."

The children are honest, so they keep their mouths shut. Stop it! It's because of the fur! My face... my face is relaxed.

"But it's cute!

Cute!

"Yeah, so cute!

This time, I was praised one after the other, and my mouth became loose due to the illumination. I want to feel clean because I was told that my face is relaxed.

"I'm sorry, what can I do?

"I want to be a knight!

Next time, we'll all reach out.

"Mill, what do we do?

"Hmm, that's fine. If only I could."

I agreed to refuse this little hand. Then the children round their eyes in surprise.

"I talked!

"Why!?"

The knight of the ship's eyes says in a slow tone to calm the excited children.

"This child is not a dog. The Spirit of Snow. All right, everybody. Gently stroke when you stroke. Be gentle."

"Ah! It was a spirit-like thing!

"Be gentle. Okay!"

"Be gentle, be gentle...."

As the Knight of the Ship's Eye bent his knees and lowered his torso, the children rubbed my head together. It's so soft, I can't wait to tickle.

When I shook my head without patience, everyone was a little surprised and let go, and then I laughed.

Was that funny?

I don't know what it was, but I was laughed at by the children's laughter.

I knew I liked the people in this village.