At the Northern Fort

Lizard grabbed me through everyone's voids and ran away with mobility.

And then I arrived in a strange meadow. I don't know if this is Aridra or a distant foreign country.

……

Lizard holds me in his arms and keeps his eyes shut.

"Um...."

I speak out in fear. What does Lizard want with me?

I'm a little scared and my tail is rounded, and my ears are slightly hanging.

"Um...."

Again, Lizard is still looking around silently. Is there something here?

There you are.

Then a white mist appeared in front of my eyes as Lizard pounded her tongue. It quickly takes the form of a man and his father appears.

"Father!"

Looks like Lizard was wary of someone coming after him.

And when my father arrives, or not, Lizard takes me with him and uses mobility again.

I arrive at a strange place again, but when my father chases me and fog occurs, I move again. It was repeated many times.

Whether you're running around the world, in the middle of the day, in the rocky mountains, in the morning forest, in the alleys of the city dyed by the river in the middle of the night, or at dusk, the scenery changes one after the other, making you look around.

But my father arrives a little late, too.

Perseverance wow

Lizard murmured angrily.

"Watertrust shouldn't have been much lighter. You're really loved."

There you can look at me and peel your face a little.

I look at that smile and think it might not be a bad spirit. Am I too alert?

"But this isn't easy."

When Lizard says so, he uses several movements and changes places.

Then we arrived at a cave in the woods. The ceiling is narrower and lower than the cave where my mother and I live. The height of Lizard is likely to cause headaches.

We were near the entrance to the cave and we saw the outside, but in front of the cave was a big, flat stone like a bed.

That's the altar.

Follow my gaze, says Lizard.

Want some?

"It's in the mountains where you live, right? A man-made altar."

"Yes, but...."

An altar where everyone in Corbi Village serves alcohol and personal sweets for their mothers.

But how does Lizard know that?

"I happened to see it 30 years ago when I went to Snow Rare's place."

Lizard kept staring at the outside altar.

"This is my old place. This cave is a little cramped, but it was usually like an animal, so I didn't have any problems. Rather, I chose this place because I like it a little narrower. The altar was made by man himself, and I often left my offerings."

Lizard then finishes the altar and reaches out with one hand. And I concentrated with a serious face.

"It's more water-trust than that. We have to keep him away from here."

Then a big thunder fell outside the cave.

"Hyaa!?"

My screams turn over. It was so loud that the tympanic membrane was about to tear, and the light was so bright that I couldn't open my eyes. It even feels like the ground has been shaken by the impact of lightning.

Moreover, lightning struck around this cave many times in a row. Lightning, lightning and shock will continue soon after the break.

"......!

I was freaking out. Your tail is completely rounded, your ears lie flat and united with your head, your body trembles on its own, and your hair thumps upside down.

I'm terrified of lightning strikes nearby! Even people who don't like lightning in the first place will feel scared and slow down if they fall so close. Above all, I am afraid of this intense sound.

"Chihhh... hahhh... Sekigan no Kikkii..."

Because it's pinch, I call everyone's name as I feel like crying.

Then Lizard, who noticed that I was trembling, said something more gentle than I thought.

"I'm sorry, I'm afraid of lightning. But you have to be patient. There's a cave, and it won't fall to us."

"I knew you were scared of lightning," said Lizard with a slightly injured face.

But next time, I look forcefully and say.

"Next time the water-trust comes flying, I'll strike you with lightning."

"Stop it!

I said immediately, but Lizard will return it.

"Don't worry, WaterTrust won't die like a lightning strike. The Spirit of Water. Unlike trees and the earth, water does not take any damage when lightning strikes. I used to go to Wartrust to sell fights, and then I struck lightning many times in his lake. I was soaking my body in half the lake at that time....."

Though the sound of thunder outside was loud, I managed to hear Lizard speaking in my ear.

"He just murmured, 'Something... don't tingle...'. And while staring at me, you didn't think I was enough to fight, but I fell asleep while the lightning struck. The pride was shattered."

Lizard says with a distant eye. I'm sorry about my father. I mean, Father, I knew you were seeing Lizard!

Then Lizard says gently to me as the thunderstorm rains and the tail keeps rolling.

"Don't be afraid. I'm sorry, I just wanted to talk to you."

"Me?

Whatever I was talking about, it was when I stared at Lizard and leaned my neck.

Ah!

"......!?"

The clear thin snake wrapped around Lizard's neck without a sound, so I round my eyes. Lizard also breathed into the cold of the snake.

And there are dozens of snakes, not one, that wrap around Lizard's body.

The clear snake made of water was beautiful, absorbing the light of lightning and shining gold every time the lightning fell.

"Father?"

When asked, a snake in front of me blinked.

"... the back was completely defenseless."

Lizard laughs bitterly. My father is squeezing up Lizard's body.

"Kh...."

"Father, wait!

I hurried to stop my father. The lightning outside stopped at some point and the area was quiet.

Lizard just wants to talk to me.

The snakes are all looking at us and listening to me. I'm listening, but I won't stop tightening the riser at all.

So I said, "Already!" and go into a rough way.

"We can't fight!

That's how I chewed the body of a snake. I hammer my little fangs so that they don't hit me hard.

Then the snakes left Lizard's body together, and made a row in front of me. It seems to be waiting for the order of being hammered.

"Father, go back to your people!

You're not happy to be bitten! And I screamed in the cave.