Speaking of which, I haven't looked around the orphanage much since I got back.

As soon as I got back, I saw Grandma and Janet, and I was concentrating on you.

Now that things have finally settled down, let's take a slow look inside again.

The number of days away is short. But what I experienced during that period was too intense.

Even if I look around lightly, the impression of what I see has also changed.

First, I turned my foot to the longest place in the orphanage.

The largest room in the hospital.

Sitting on a rugged bench, you can see the middle of the room where the kids are now playing.

Did I hang out with Vince here? You used to chase after each other in a room that would hit the wall if you ran a little bit like this... you used to play in this cramped space.

"What? I've been watching the kids since dawn and it's dusk. You're still a teenager, aren't you, Grandpa? Uncle Russell, you've already eaten your meal ~

"If you find a point of incitement, are you suffering from a disease that you must incite? Even the magic of the saint won't cure his head."

"You're happy that a beautiful, bright girl has spoken kindly to you."

Very often, not at all.

Buy words for words of sale. Civila sat next to me, who sold it back lightly.

"Oh my God... I just thought I was playing here, too. If you look at it again, it's so small that you can play well."

I'm sure you will.

Civila simply affirms without any emotion what I was thinking.

When Sibila nodded alone, peeking at my expression, she stood up next to me.

"Now, let's reproduce it. Russell, if you're sitting in a chair, you won't be able to squat here."

"Suddenly what?"

I thought it would be troublesome, but I wondered what it meant because it was what he was doing, and I crouched as I was told.

"For you at the time, I wonder if this was the Frenchie. Were you younger? I don't know the details around here, but you're my sister."

I looked up at Sybila in that voice.

I can't see my face... with my arms folded up.

"Gentlemen, you don't have to refrain from teasing me, but I'll stop teasing you now. Look at the kids."

Are they here?

Turning around, there was just one child approaching.

"What, you want to stay in Russell, you hungry?

"No, it's okay.... hmm?

Your face is close and at the same height.

Keep looking at the room.

"I see... I see what you're trying to say"

When I get up, I return to my sight until I see the top of Civila's head.

"When I was a kid, my body was small and my vision was low, and my surroundings looked big. The scope of knowledge is small, and the world you know is narrow. But..."

Civila rubs the hair of a nearby boy with her thumb as she tickles behind her ears.

Last time I slapped my head, it still seemed like I was feeling a lot better. It's a strange technique to look at many times.

Turning toward the child, he pointed to the other child who was holding it in his hands.

The child who knows his intentions joins the other and resumes playing.

"Kids have a low satisfaction threshold and a lot of imagination. This room is a colloquium of kingdoms for children, and the bars of wood become swords of heroes. A tall garden tree becomes a maze. Whatever it is, the greatest thing I know is the greatest thing in the world. The strongest of my people is the strongest in the world."

When I heard Sibila's words, I felt something fit inside my head.

The old grey memory comes with a vivid colour.

Oh, I remember.

For me, this place was.

At the time, it really felt like a very big room.

For me, Vince is the only man, and Amy and Janet are the only girls. At the time, there were not many children in the hospital, so the four of them were always together.

Frederica was the most beautiful genius chef in the world, and Gemma was the scariest ghost in the world, Baba.

Outside the orphanage, it seemed like an endless continent, and outside the village, I even thought it was a world of nothing.

It was really... a narrow world.

I came back here and looked inside the room and thought it was narrow.

But it's not. It wasn't just here that was narrow.

The city of Hammond was very large and sparkling compared to the village of Adriatic.

At that time, I thought the world was wide, but it's not.

Compared to the sea seen in the port town of Seiris, the place where humans live is small. Really... the world I knew was small.

Well, if you look at such a vast pond of water, the world will look so small.

"Still."

I was lurking in the sea of thoughts, pulled up by the voice of Civila.

"Still, for these kids, this world is all very nice right now. Treat him positively."

I am convinced by Sibila's words and nod quietly.

Yeah, that's right. For the little ones who are so energetic, now is the world.

You don't have to go out of your way to say disappointing things about the environment.

Experience a lot, grow up.

If you have a heart, you can go see the wider world.

I'm sure my world is still narrow.

Still, I can feel the richness of my present world.

Without forgetting that feeling, you will also be able to bring expectations to the unknown world.

A new person enters the room after a long time of nostalgia.

"Ah, I was here."

It seems that she has finished listening to Janet.

... for some reason, I have two wooden swords in my hand.

"Hey, Russell."

One of the patterns turned towards us. I hold the nostalgic wooden sword silently.

Next, Amy made unexpected demands, as she put it.

"Would you do me a mock fight?