Egret

“Otherwise, there's going to be a lot of trouble. You can also buy hatred from someone or get hurt. What do you think? ”

“Hmm. You mean Judas hates me, too? I don't like that."

Ran was coldly embraced.

Judas smiled with a small smile in Pixie's naive mind, thinking of the opponent's damage first.

“Personally, it doesn't matter. ”

“Really?”

“Well, if you promise not to do it in front of others, you can do it in private. Father, friend, grandfather. ”

‘Grandfather..... ’

The faces of the other three people who were sitting around the campfire became strange after hearing the twisted title of the example in their heads.

“More than that, I have one question to ask you when you wake up. ”

“What is it?”

“If the day is bright, we'll leave here and head for the thaw. If you want, you can go with me until you find a place to settle down. Or you can stay here and pioneer the bow again. ”

Judas gave her a choice.

“What are you going to do?”

The house is on fire and is being driven by witches who are aiming for their lives.

I just went back today, but I didn't know when those who tried to kill witches would show up again.

Now that I couldn't trust my customers anymore, I couldn't even bake my favorite cookies or bread.

Only then did Ran realistically touch his position.

‘What do we do? ’

I didn't get an answer right away.

She had been trapped in a deep mountain, but she didn't even know the world waters. So now I knew how much kindness Judas was giving himself.

Ran turns his head and looks at the blackened trees and the plot.

I had never thought of leaving my home for more than 50 years after I was born. But I didn't want to stay here like this.

“…… I've thought about it. ”

Lan clenches his fists with his head bowed.

“I've lived for fifty years, but I haven't learned any skills, and I don't have anything because my house is on fire. ”

“ ……. ”

“So I can't follow Judas. I'll do my best to find a new home. Thank you for saving me.”

That's what she knew about relationships.

Even if I tried to get a sack of flour because I couldn't, I had to bring a plant of equivalent value and exchange it.

Hanging out with people was like riding a seesaw. If you don't balance both sides, you can't get along.

“Aren't you afraid to go out of your original life and meet strangers and find a new home? ”

“That's no problem! Now that I've been through this, I don't think I'll be embarrassed if someone tries to kill me again. But I don't want to just kill you..... Well, I'll beat you up this time. ”

Even though the grass was a little dead, Judas nodded as he looked at Lan, who was laughing loudly.

“Yes, that's it. Argh, the time is running out, so let's all keep our eyes open. ”

It's been a long time since I slept. This was the time to twist the night.

Everyone got up and got ready for bed. Baikal, who opened his sleeping bag for me, found Lan still squatting in front of the campfire and asked.

“Hey, aren't you asleep? What are you doing there? ”

“I……. I just want to stay awake because after today, you won't be able to see anyone. ”

“Hmm. Wouldn't it be tiring to move together as soon as the sun sets? ”

“Huh?”

Of course I thought we should move together.

Lan blinks with a puzzled face. Judas then lightly stroked her head and added an explanation.

“Rana, I didn't mean to bring you out in hopes of something. ”

“Ah?”

“You don't have to do anything. There's not just an interest in the world that needs to do something. Just as you saved those who were lost and fell in favor. ”

“But.”

“It must be my greed to take you. ”

He believed in people and felt the same way about Lan, who was hurt by people.

Then there was a wind that wanted to set a foothold for the brave fairies who wanted to overcome the wounds themselves.

“And baby. I thought you said you wanted to call me Dad. ”

“ ……! ”

Ran's face brightened up like a child who had been given candy.

But I couldn't call him "Dad," and I twisted my finger.

“Thank you, Judas. If you take me, I'll follow you really hard. If it bothers you, you can dump it in the middle. Oh, if you're tired, I'll give you a hug. I learned how to relieve lost people with blood. I'm not good! ”

Baikal, who was watching as though he knew it, grumbled roughly as he threw out the grass buried in his sleeping bag.

“But I've always cared. Why are you telling us you're Judas in the street? No, it's not that bad. Don't you know who she is? ”

“Of course I do. I'm a fairy, too. ”

“Ugh? What does that matter..... ”

“Fairies are more like spirits than humans. ”

There was no reason for Lan to treat Judas with special treatment without having to follow the rank of a human being and without even hearing what he was.

He wanted to be called "Dad," so I understood his sentiments to be mature and warm, but putting "Lord" was a questionable title apart from that.

Ran smiles brightly and utters a striking word that will put an end to the question.

“You can't be bothered by the contractor of the Spirit King. ”

There was a static between the group.

Of course, the knights who were on guard were hardened to fight even those who were already lying down and well prepared. Cole, who pretended to be asleep, was also terrified and bitten his tongue.

‘Wow, what a fairy pixie! I can't believe you recognize the Teacher's Spirit. ’

Ranman, who does not know what storm he was talking about, laughs and turns on the base dog.

“Then we'll be traveling together tomorrow. How does it feel to travel with friends? ”

“ ……. ”

“Oh, I'm excited. ”

“ ……. ”

They were all stubborn and hardened without even asking themselves.

Among the group whose movements had stopped, even if they forgot to breathe and were enchanted by the stopping magic, the parties lay still.

I saw the spirits beside him grinning.

‘Phew. I knew you weren't normal. ’

Edan, who had always watched over the extraordinary of the lord, was at least relatively less confused.

‘You're always unimaginable. ’

Cristina and Baikal, who were keeping silent for a while, also calmed down the confusion a little.

‘There's no reason for that Pixie to tell a lie, so it must be true. ’

‘Wasn't the spiritual king just a legend now? ’

Apart from the myriad achievements left behind, none of them had ever heard of contracting with the King of the Spirit, other than the great contemporary Igret, who had suddenly hidden his seal and disappeared one day. Even the Great Spirit contractor was hard to find.

However, everyone thought it was true and responded with a unique belief that Judas deserved it.

Just as Baikal shouted the "Igret Renaissance" the other day, they were sending infinite trust and respect to their master.

If they knew, there was nothing odd about transcendent beings such as the Spirit King and the Dragon.

‘... so which of those four attributes is the Spirit King? ’

Baikal stares at the four-attribute spirits that surround Judas with trembling eyes.

The most ripe thing I could see was the spirit of the wind shining green. But I thought it might not be as often as I've seen it.

‘Yes! There's no way the Spirit King will show up so often. Probably not the wind. ’

I saw Carney, a little girl with red wings, and Tony rolling like a baby, but the majesty of the Spirit King was not as strong as his fingernails.

Lastly, Looney, who was caught in the eye, looked at them with a rumbling neck.

The flickering baikal murmured in a blurry glance.

“…… Are you going to get bitten too? ”

Oops, what the hell! Igrett, don't you think they're being funny right now?

The UNI, which flew into captivity, whimpered complacently.

Then Kani tilted his head with his finger up to the edge of his mouth.

"I think it's more rude than funny.

"Why is it rude? Wouldn't it be better not to know?

"Hrrgh! Tony, what made you think of that? Yes, of course you're comfortable not knowing. But if you think there isn't one, you might think there's one of us.

Uni shouts with arms crossed.

They must have defeated me as the first candidate!

"Ew?"

Next is you!

Aeaeen

Tony, who was rolling on Judas' forehead, held his jaws in his hands.

What, unless you're actually weak? Humans who don't recognize them are weak.

Uni complained, pointing his finger at the blue wolf.

"Idiot, that's not why! We're all equal! I'm angry that you look shallower than that heavy bruise!

…… Why am I standing still.

Looney, who fell quietly and became a heavy bruise in his sleep, murmured in an unfair tone.

"Cook Cook. Calm down, Uni. It was Igrett's intention not to reveal his existence. Rather, the invisible side is more suited to his wishes.

I don't think so... Oops.

Judas comfortably closes his eyes as he hears the chattering spirits talking.

It is true that he did not want to reveal that he was the contractor of the Spirit King as much as possible, but he did not intend to hide the facts as they are now.

‘Thank you for saving me. ’

You mean Judas hates me, too? I don't like that. ’

‘I'll do my best to find a new home. ’

A little while ago, Lan's story touched his head.

Most people wished for greater help if he helped them or, of course, took on the remaining responsibilities.

In that context, that Borat Nymph was truly unusual.

I thank him and I don't want any more help.

Lan was a strong boy who was determined to solve himself somehow, even in a dark reality.

The fist, which was not deep but tightly held by tension, is now unscrewed.

Judas, for the first time, could not regret helping someone.

Ah, sleep.

The spirits who were groaning and groaning among themselves looked at the sleeping contractor in unison.

The blue wolf, who stood up for a while, lay long on the road and wrapped Judas in a circle.

The rest of the spirits, who flew over his head and blanket, just burst into dismay and laughed.

You always call someone else a baby…….

"Hehe. He's a lullaby.

After a hundred years, I could not forget the first time I found him.

A white, little baby who sleeps in the snow and doesn't cry.

It was only a matter of time after the contract was concluded, but from the moment I first met the baby, all the spirits were against him.

A slight fly or uni smoothly kissed the sleeping contractor's forehead.

"Good night, Greg.

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