At the Northern Fort

My mind goes out of its way.

I have a feeling something bad is going to happen.

After the ship-eyed knights and captains headed for the altar, I was waiting in the fort with Mr. Tina. Ms. Teena looks at me restlessly as she reads a book in the bickering room that seems somewhat difficult.

"Mill, you don't have to worry. The snowstorm outside is the same... but the vice president is not the kind of person who goes unscrupulous, and the branch chief is with him. We're both people who can make cool decisions. If you feel any danger, you'll turn back."

Ms. Teena closed her thick book and grabbed me walking around and gently put me on her own knees.

Shigeye knights, are you sure you're all right? I wonder if it might be buried in snow. And most importantly, if I'd gone to the altar and actually met my mother... what would happen? I know your mother's mad at me, but you haven't hit the Shigeye knights or anything, have you?

I jumped off Mr. Teena's knees and wandered around the room again. I'm anxious to stay still.

"Ki-yun!

Strangle your throat, squeeze your mouth, and speak as high and thin as possible, weak. It's my voice when I call my mother.

My mother picked me up if I rang with this voice no matter how far away I was when I was on the mountain, but she wouldn't reach me if I rang here. It's in the building, and the noise of the fierce wind outside will cancel my voice out.

"Mill, it's okay"

Mr. Teena speaks kindly, but my heart was restless. I have to go to the Shigeye Knight. That's what I feel.

To me continuing to howl, Mr. Teena lowers her eyebrows with an uncut look. He was sent a pitiful gaze, as if to see a child left behind by his parents.

"Mill, you love the Deputy Director thing. If you're so worried, why don't you go outside once? Maybe it's time for the Vice Chiefs to come back... But we're just gonna take a little peek out the entrance door, okay?

"Chan!

Yeah, yeah, that's fine! Take me outside!

When I stood with two hind legs, I moved my forefoot to invite Mr. Teena. I get bipedal when I feel like it.

"Damn, that pose is adorable ~"

Because I get it! Now that I know I'm cute, please hold me quickly. —— Ms. Teena is sweet against me and is always hugged when she and I travel together. By the way, the knight of the ship's eye is going to bring me back to the wild, so it seems like an educational policy to 'walk yourself and train your feet' and I've never been hugged on the move. Mr. Teena doesn't seem to think I should be spoiled either, but he can't seem to be thorough. Well, it's bad that I'm cute.

"You should stop going out there."

It was when I finally got Tina, who was bored, to hug me and go out into the hallway. The door to the bickering room opened and Aniki, the gatekeeper with snow on his head and shoulders, came inside. Even with all this snowstorm, were you standing outside and guarding?

"The blizzard is getting worse"

"Yes!? It's been horrible enough before, and no more?

Mr. Tina shouts like a scream.

"Oh, it's like a typhoon with snow approaching... If we stay outside, it's going to freeze in no time."

That said, Aniki took off the coat she was wearing. But the coat did not crumble according to gravity, and it remained solidified with some form of his body. Looks like the snow sticking to my coat is freezing. I'm sure right now, if I let the wet towel out, I'd be catchy in an instant.

"Ugh, Sabi!

"Die!"

The knights, who supposedly worked in snow removal work, returned to the talking room one after another. There is also the Kowamote Corps.

After they stroke my head in Mr. Teena's arms in place of everyone else - is it also the habit of the knights here to stroke their heads for now if they see my face - they gather around the fireplace to melt the snow that has piled up on their bodies and solidified.

But suppose the snowstorm got worse again...

"Are you all right, Branch Leaders?

Someone shrugged worryingly as if to speak the words that came to my mind.

"That's just awful."

"Oh, no matter how vicious the enemy is, I wouldn't worry if the opponent were human... even a vice president or a branch chief wouldn't naturally be able to fathom him"

"Should I pick you up?

"No, you should wait a little longer. Because the captains loaded their gear and emergency food to climb the snow mountain --"

Everyone kept talking, but I stopped hearing anything along the way.

Are we really -- "I” should we wait here?

The knights of the ship's eyes fall to the bright white ground, deprived of their strength by the cold. And on its body too, the snow falls relentlessly, covering and hiding their appearance.

Such a sight appeared on the back of his brain, his spine frozen.

The Shigeye knights are very strong, but I am stronger against snow and cold.

I was just a person in my previous life, but not in this world. I am a spirit. I have to protect everyone.

Especially since the knight with the eye was so helpful, now is the time to return the favor!

--It was when I felt so strongly.

"... Mill!?

From the top of my head, I heard Mr. Tina's surprise.

"What!?

"... snowy!

The knights who were surrounding the fireplace are also looking at me with a slight face.

If I noticed, there was a small blizzard trying to wrap my body around it. Wow, what is this!

Ms. Teena holds me desperately as she closes one eye to the wind, but my body turns into more and more snow and rises in the wind.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

"Mill!

"Miloo!"

Mr. Tina screams again, and the Kowamote Corps and Aniki run as they reach this way.

That sight. Finally, all the sensations in my body were interrupted.

The eyes, the ears, the hands, the feet, the head, everything turned to snow, melted in the warm air in the discourse room and disappeared.

Dead.

Me, dead!

I don't know what it is, but he's suddenly dead!

Is this what death of spirits is all about? Why did I die so abruptly? Were you sick?

I suddenly felt like my body floating if I wanted to help the knight of the ship's eyes, and if I realized it, the wind was rolling and my body was turning into snow...

As I managed to think of something like that, my body, which should have been scattered, took shape again, I felt that.

I can't see anything now, but I've got eyes and the feeling of eyelids on them is back, so I'll try to lift it up in awe.

……

Just open one eye for now and look around ~ all the time. I thought maybe he was in heaven, but the weather was rough for him. It's a blizzard.

Is that it? Maybe I'm not dead? You just moved out of the building in an instant?

When I calmed down and thought about it, I remembered that when my mother went to King's Capital, she was sweeping wind and snow around her body and disappearing from the spot. Could I have done that too?

So where the hell did you get to? I was thinking about the ship's eye knight before we moved...

I'll look up next door again.

Oh, there he is.

Knight of the Eye, there he is.

Besides, there was also my mother right in front of the knight with the eye of the ship.

Besides the two are… a one-touch atmosphere.

After all, your mother was hitting the knight in the eye? Oh, no, no! We have to stop it now!

But before I could squeal, my mother noticed this sign.

"... Milphilia?

I open my eyes wet in tears and squeal. Its fine voice tightened my chest tightly. Mother, why are you crying?

The knight with the naked eye also looks surprised to notice me under his feet.

"Why are you here..."

"Mill!?

I also heard Kicks from behind. Looking back, the Branch Leaders stood a little apart and all looked at me with a look taken aback.

Oh, good. They're all alive.

"Milphyria!

You don't have any missing crew? and when I was checking the faces of the knights, suddenly I was hugged hard by my mother, who knelt on the ground.

"Well done, you're safe...! How worried my concubine was......!

Oh, yeah. I had to apologize to my mother first.

I licked my mother's cheek over and over again as I roared, trying to make those tears go away. I'm sorry to bother you. The tears of the Snow Spirit were not soggy at all, and Kin and his tongue were coldly paralyzed.

"Oh, good..."

My mother exhaled, as she relieved herself heartily.

I'm so sorry. Don't cry because you don't leave your residence on your own anymore.

"What do you mean?

"The mill... the child of the Spirit?

I hear the Kicks are confused. I'm sorry if I surprised you. But I couldn't speak the language and didn't have the skill to explain it...

I can't hear the knight with the eyes of the ship and the captain of the branch, but you must be staring at me with incredible thoughts about me being held by my mother. I feel an awesome gaze.

"You've been running away on your own, haven't you? That's great, Milfilia. Well done. Back to my mother."

My mother stroked my head with a beautiful smile full of charity, but when I transferred my sight to the knight of the ship's eye, this time I kept its beauty intact, distorting my face to anger and roughing up my voice.

"And after all, it was you who captured the concubine!

You grabbed me? The knight with the eye?

An unexpected word comes out of my mother's mouth and confuses me. Why is that happening? My mother left on her own. Weren't you mad at me and having a snowstorm?

"Wait, the mill is --"

"Shut up! I don't hear any excuses!

My mother is mistaken. Even though the knights of the sea eye are not bad at all.

"Chan, chan!

I hurriedly tried to explain to my mother, but all that comes out of my throat is a simple sound that cannot be called a word. My mother is furiously elevated, too, and she doesn't respond to this squeal.

In so doing, he shoots through the knight of the ship's eye with his anger-stained eyes and makes a terrible declaration with an icy voice.

"You and all the knights left in the fort will kill you."

I could see in my mother's body that the invisible force grew thicker. It's compressed all the time. If it's released, I'm sure there won't be a single human being alive on this scene. In an instant, everyone freezes and solidifies white as it stands. I had a feeling about that.

My beloved mother takes the lives of the knights of my beloved ship's eyes.

Such a sad thing must not happen.

I raised my voice, trying to stop my mother. I can't speak the language, but barking is fine. Anyway, I wanted to stop the attack.

But it wasn't the barking that jumped out of my mouth--

"-- stop!

He had an awkward, but expensive and adorable voice somewhere like a toddler.

"... Milphilia?

My mother stopped the attack, opened her mouth and looked at me.

"Was that your voice now?

The knight with the naked eye looked down at me with the same face as my mother. And maybe I must look dumb, too. I'm surprised myself.

I'll just look around for a moment, but there wasn't a human toddler like that.

So, after all, am I the voice now? My body remains a child fox, but even my mother normally spoke people's words when she looked like a fox.

I breathe once trying to calm down and try to spin the word again before I forget what it feels like right now.

"... Me... Words, Talk"

It's one word that makes me want to penetrate every alien. A year after I was born, I remember quite a few words in this world, and I can almost understand what people are talking about —— especially in the two weeks or so since I came to the fort, I was able to absorb all sorts of words. Until then, I had only listened to my mother speak -- and this is the first time I have spoken to myself.

It's hard to pronounce ~!

I can't turn my tongue well ~!

I know it's not like a normal fox vocal cord, but it's hard to talk with this mouth.

"Me --"

"I don't have any!

My mother, who abruptly blocked my words, knelt before me like she was in a bit of a hurry for some reason, and said:

"I've decided that my first word is' mother '. That's why we don't have any. See, say,' Ha, ha, ha '."

Mother...

Though I was a bit frightened, I learned the pronunciation well and spoke out.

"Ha, yeah..."

"See you, Milfilia!

To the joyful mother, go on and say.

"Ha, yeah, it's not right. I'll be taken, I won't. Ji Bun Wei"

"... what?

Mother who raises a single eyebrow.

I use my head to talk and I'm pretty tired, but I have to explain it properly and solve the misunderstandings. The bad news is that I'm not guilty of anything.

"Yes, you will be gone. Therefore, I pray and mourn. But I'm going all the way to" I'm home "..."

What do you call the knight of the eye 'the eye of the ship'? I don't know because nobody called about the Shigeye knight that way.

Well, look, with the knights.

"... I asked your people to leave me alone. These people, good people. I helped. Woe unto me, I was once a mountain."

Lay down your ears and wait for your mother's wrath to fall on me.

I thought you were gonna yell at me, but my mother, for some reason ——

"Isn't that amazing, Milfilia!

—— I was so happy.

He's stroking my head like I'm impressed.

"I thought you were still a baby. Whoa, I didn't know you came down alone to the foot with those little legs......! I didn't know you had the guts. My mother would be delighted. You can speak words, you can use mobility!

The knights of the ship's eyes are leaving me behind.

Mother, calm down.

"But I'm glad to have grown, but I'm lonely... You don't have to grow up in a hurry. Just stay with my concubine for a little while."

I'm held up, I'm cheeky.

It's a cool image to hear about the Spirit of Snow, but not surprisingly, Mother. And now I know. Emotions tend to go that way, and the ups and downs are intense. Pretty though.

"Ha, yeah, sorry. Let go, will you?

"Of course not. I'm not angry in the first place."

"Well, you're not talking about your people, are you?

When I say that, my mother seems to have finally remembered the presence of the knights of the ship's eyes. Keep me in your arms and shift your gaze.

"That's right. Then you did something wrong. Apparently, the concubine was wrong."

Hitting and changing from earlier, Mother apologized to the Shigeye Knight with regret.

"But concubines are not calm about their children. Trying to attack... please forgive me."

When you create a soothing atmosphere, beg forgiveness to be sweet. Is this the adult woman tech?

But the look on the face of the knight with the naked eye didn't change, even though Kix, who is far away, was pouting. That's the knight of the eye.

"No, if you've solved the misunderstanding."

The knight with the naked eye untied the tension, pulling out the strength of his shoulders and saying: The words were undoubtedly directed at my mother, but my gaze has always turned towards me since just now. You look like you have a lot to say...

"Knight of the Eye..." I tried to speak, and I couldn't understand the word for 'Eye of the Eye' again, and I clasped my mouth. And in that gap, my upbeat mother keeps talking.

"Apologize, but come to this altar whenever you have any trouble. I'll give you the help of a concubine. Then apologize to the people in town for this blizzard. Unless the snow we have now melts, we need to keep it from snowing any more this winter."

If you noticed, the blizzard stopped at some point. Even though the earth is windless, if you look up at the sky, the clouds move fast and the sun is already peeking. Sunshine for the first time in three days!

"And I also thank you for protecting my concubine's child. Looks like Milfiria took care of her a lot. What should I do to thank you... the concubine?

I laugh jokingly, Mother. You're a spiritual joke.

But the men, other than the knight of the ship's eyes and the chief of the branch, are exposed to a tight face in anticipation. It's Derek Derek. They were about to kill me earlier, okay? So. Do you forgive them if they are beautiful!?

Let's interpret it as broad-minded. I was relieved that no one seemed angry about the misguided mother, including the knight of the ship's eyes and the chief of the branch.

But what about me... I'm the culprit in this case, and I'm sad if they don't like me.

"Then let's say the concubine returns to her residence with Milfiria"

"Uh... oh, yeah"

"Kids grow up fast. Because I have to take care of my time without mother-child water. Then you may return to the fort before sundown. Bye."

"Ma... haha yeah!

The wind rolls around my mother and me held in her arms. Mother is willing to travel to a place on the mountain. I haven't apologized to the Shigeye knights yet, and I haven't thanked them for their help! Or I'm still ready to say goodbye--

"Mill!"

The knight with the eye reached this way.

but at the same time I can be caught in that hand, my body snows and scatters in the air. Before my throat and mouth disappeared, I said goodbye with a quick mouth.

"I'm sorry, I call you dizzy! Thank you! That was great! Everyone in the meantime, Daisy. See you --"

But before I could tell you everything I wanted to say, the knights of the ship's eyes disappeared from my sight.

No, I guess I disappeared more from before them.