At the Northern Fort

“Then I'll go to the hospital!”.

As noon approached, I called my mother and father and flew to the northern fort as usual.

Yesterday, Grandmother Sirayuki looked around the fort in a human form after being touched by the knights. For the past hundred years or so, I've been living in a very cold place where there are no humans, so I seemed curious about how much human culture has progressed.

The human figure of the grandmother is a beautiful woman who will be blinded once she sees it, and she is very similar to her mother. However, her grandmother had a more gentle face than her mother. His long hair is loose and wavy, and his kimono is embroidered with silver thread and more flattering than his mother's.

I went to the cafeteria with Grandma Shirayuki, but I think Jerky liked her too. At first, I said, "I don't want food because I'm not a spirit," but it seems that I decided to give it a try even if it looks delicious on the side.

At the end, I got a lot of jerkies in a jar as a souvenir, and I was smiling.

And to my satisfaction, I went back to my own place.

I asked if you'd like to live with us in Mount Snowlea, but Grandma Shirayuki seems to like that place. It's cold in the daytime, but at night it's better to cool down to the point where it's going to freeze from the core. Even the snow spirits felt so cold.

Besides, the seal babies have been left behind. I decided to live for a while, so I thought I'd protect them too. "

That's what Grandma said. She promised to play with me again and went back to her residence with a smile on her face.

While recalling yesterday like that, I used my movement technique and flew to the Knight of the Eyes.

Then the knight with one eye was packing his luggage in his room in the dormitory.

"What are you doing?"

"Mill, you're here."

The Knight of the Eyes is not wearing a uniform, but a shirt and trousers in his personal clothes.

It's rare to be in a dormitory like this, isn't it?

Yeah, a little bit.

The knight with one eye closes the bag filled with clothes and turns to me and says:

I've gotten a holiday, and I'm thinking of going home again.

"Huh? Is that so? Since the home village of cicada has been covered in flowers, are you going to see it?"

"Yes, it is."

When I talked to the Branch Commander, he said he wouldn't go home, but I wonder if he changed his mind.

"I don't have any good memories at home." It's all about sad, lonely memories. That's why I never felt like going home, but I'm still a little curious about what's going on in that house. And I didn't go to my mother's grave at all. "

The knight in the eye crouches down and strokes my back and talks.

"When Mill told me my old story, I got my feelings sorted out." And when I saw the mill connecting the family ties myself, I started to step on it. Well, in my case, I'm going to cut off my dark feelings towards my family..... "

With a lowered eyebrow and a slight smile, the knight with one eye stands up and wears a winter coat. Then put on your gloves, carry your bag, and say:

“I left at this time because I was waiting for Mill to come. If I said I'd go home, I thought maybe Mill would follow me."

"What? Can I go with you?" Then I want to go with you! "

I couldn't be beside the knight with the eye who was a child, but now I am. If you think you're too nervous by yourself, I'll go with you.

Hearing my reply, the Knight of the Eyes laughs with relief.

"I was hoping that you would say that." I decided to go check on my hometown, but I still didn't feel like going alone. It would be nice if Mill could stay. "

That's what the Knight of the Eyes said and hugged me.

We left the northern fort after telling Mother and the Battalion Leader that I was going to accompany the Knight of the Eyes home. Ride down the street with the two of you on the leader of the Knight of the Eyes. However, there is a lot of snow around here, so when you go on a road that hasn't been cleared of snow, you can't wait to slow down.

"It's like moving from end to end in Aridra country, so it takes three days to get there even if you run your horse all the way. If I'm tired, Mill can go home and rest for a while. By the time I get home, you'll be able to use your mobility skills again."

I could do that, but now I want to stay by the knight's eye. I think the way back home might make the knight with one eye nervous and anxious.

That's why I replied.

"No! I'll be with you forever!"

We ran off on horses until we reached the village of Rasca, south of the Aridra country. As we head south, there will be less snow on the roads and it will disappear completely at a fairly early stage.

On the way, I stopped by the city for breakfast, and at night, I rested in an inn.

Sometimes they would go to the Knights' Brigade, deposit the leader, and borrow another horse. Even a leader can be tired of running for three days, so change the horse.

And during the journey, Kugalg and Heiliris flew in using the movement technique. Both of them just came to hang out with me, but when I explained that I was on my way to the homeworld of the Knight of the Eyes, they took a horseback ride with me for a while and accompanied me on my journey.

But that was all, and the Knight with Eyes seemed to be relieved.

Three days after I left the northern fort, I finally came to the end of my eyes and nose in Lasca Village.

"The view of the streets around here is also nostalgic." It hasn't changed. I went back and forth to the nearby city to buy my mother's medicine. ”

The knight with the eye said while manipulating the reins.

"Come on, I can already see you."

Somehow I've been nervous. There's no one at the Knight of the Eyes's home, but I wonder what's going on with the building. It may already be worn out and decayed. If that were the case, the Knight of the Eyes would still feel lonely.

I don't know what would happen to my hometown or my parents' home, but I don't know if a knight with one eye would feel sad, but the weather is nice today, so it should be a plus. If it's cloudy or raining and the sky is dark, the mood will be dark.

Eventually I saw some private houses at the end of the road. That was the village of the Knight of the Eyes. The atmosphere was quiet and laid-back.

However, while I was still at a distance, I noticed something unusual happening in the village.

"That's..."

The village was surrounded by colorful flowers, and private houses were buried in it.

"Ah, yes, I forgot! Flowers!"

I say with a smile. It wasn't that the Knight with Eyes was just returning home, but that the Spirit of the Flower had covered the village with flowers in the first place, so I went to see how it was.

"It's more amazing than I thought." Looks like there's a village in the flower garden. "

The eye-knight murmured as he approached the village. Lasca Village was probably a very ordinary laid-back village, but now it's surrounded by flowers and has a Merchen atmosphere.

And as I stepped into the village with the flowers, the scenery was as bright as spring. The smell of flowers rides on the wind and the scent fluffs up my nose.

"Wow, it smells good, it's beautiful..."

With a sigh of admiration, the Knight of the Eyes nodded as he opened his eyes and looked at his home village.

"Oh... it's beautiful."

It was a truly beautiful sight.

White with pink, purple with light blue, yellow and orange. The colourful and vibrant flowers come to life in the cold of winter.

The houses in Lasca Village are basically all wooden, partly stone, plain and simple houses, but do the flowers around make them so gorgeous?

"Where is the house of the cicada?"

"Over here."

We get off the horse and walk across the blooming flowers. Sometimes I jumped forward, buried in flowers.

I reached my home of the Knight of the Eyes.

"This is it."

The tiny house was still in shape, even though the roof had partially collapsed or the trees on the outer walls had rotted.

"There was something left..."

The knight with one eye looked a little relieved. I wonder if I'd miss a house full of sad memories.

And again, looking at my own home surrounded by lots of flowers, I naturally loosened my expression and said.

"I can't believe how beautiful this place has become, a place that has always been full of dark memories." Just the flowers are blooming... it's strange, but it seems that the sad feelings that have always been in my heart will be cleansed. "

I'm glad you're here.

When I shook my tail loosely, the knight with one eye laughed and nodded.

"That's right, I'm glad you're here." And in the winter, I didn't think there were any flowers to take to the tomb, but my mother wouldn't miss it. There's also a separation of feelings, so will you come and demolish your parents' house soon? Leave it like this. If someone gets hurt, it will be bad. I don't know when the rest of the roof will collapse. "

The knight with one eye looks up at the roof of his parents' house. Maybe we should clean it up.

"Mil, wait here."

As I was left waiting outside, the Knight of the Eyes entered the house. There is a rattling noise, so I wonder if you are investigating the package left inside.

Something happened?

No, nothing in particular.

While saying that, the Knight of the Eyes comes out of the house.

"I thought it might be something that would make my mother look good, but I wasn't wearing jewelry because I was poor." There were a lot of bottles of alcohol that my father had been drinking..... "

The Knight of the Eyes laughs there.

"Well, I don't care about the look." Now, will you go to the tomb next time? "

Yeah, that's fine.

A knight with two eyes who has a somewhat refreshing face. It seems like it's really fine whether I see it or not, and I don't think I can think of anything when I look at your dad's sake bottle, which only has bad memories.

"With so many flowers, I don't feel dark." And now there is also a mill. When I look at Mill, I realize how lucky I am. Because such a cute little fox is nostalgic for me. "

With that said, the Knight of Eyes hugged me as I jumped across the sea of flowers.