The moment you step in there, the scent of aromatic meat roasting that makes your stomach scream and the aroma of spice and garlic that soothes your appetite even this pours into your nostrils.
A liquor store on the corner of the old lodging town of Demidrasil, where the "Rent Out Today" bill had been lowered.
And even though it's still a night's sleep, there's one huge liquor platter going on -
"Dahlia... what happened to you adjusting the junction? You can eat all you want by yourself."
"Oh, that was quick, your line. As you can see, it's all over. I'm taking a break until my magic is tamed. Well, they'll be readmitted by early tomorrow morning."
Yes, it was my old friend Dahlia, famous as the Virgin of this country.
When the shopkeeper offers Dahlia a very thick steak on a hot iron plate with a bitter laugh, not only does he say he was waiting, but countless lights pop out of Dahlia's hands, quickly turning into a big bite of cut steak.
... don't use magic for your previous meal. You're the Virgin. You are.
and then. I hear a little 'cu' coming from right next door.
He said that he was... Mr. Reyes, who was deluding himself by looking in the direction of the day after tomorrow.
"… store owner, please add for four"
"Ha ha, aye"
"So now we know where we stand, and what happens to you? You betrayed your country?
"It's just an inspection. If you say you're moving to explore the movement of disturbing molecules, there are people who can cover you for as much as you want. Honestly, the clouds on this continent have been suspicious for a long time, it was a good opportunity."
Talk about the status quo with each other cheeky meat.
Kind of makes me wonder and 'figure it out' when that cheap nori seems like the old us and it's becoming an impending situation right now.
"Miss Amami, right, you'd better stay in that one for a while. I can't even say there's no pursuit of fennel, and... you're in a difficult position to get your eyes on him, aren't you?
"Huh? Um, Dear Dahlia... what do you mean by that"
"Hmm? That's Miss Amami, isn't it? Aren't you one of those kids with my name?
Suddenly, Dahlia says nothing about Amami's origins.
Shit, Dahlia didn't know what position she was in.
It is true that Amami is one of the blessed children with a middle name of 'Dahlia', who has not noticed herself either.
And that is also a sign that she is a noble person at the same time.
"There's no such thing as Dahlia's name on me..."
"Really? Hmm, it's called eye color and good hair color, plus its combat ability. You can't call me ordinary, can you?
"Dahlia, keep it around. Looking back at the history of your country, it's not surprising to have someone like Amami."
"That said...... I was firmly face-to-face with each baby, wishing him that happiness and giving him a name. Some of them were definitely named" Amami. "
Am I drunk? Concentrate your gaze together on Dahlia's valve, which is more rap than usual.
And Amami also took that story, which could be her roots, in a serious way.
"... really, do I have the name of Master Dahlia?
"I don't know. I just don't forget the names of the children who disappeared from the country's facilities. It is sometimes a power struggle between royalties, a smugness between nobles, or sometimes a raid by intruders from outside. It's karma, because this country has caused too much war in the past."
So closing, Dahlia sips a bite of cold steak from the iron plate that had cooled at some point.
And Amami, who listens to what can be called her shards and shows a distressing bare gesture.
But there's the other one. A person stood up saying that there was no way to end the conversation there.
"... Mr. Dahlia. Is it true that you remember all the names of the children who are gone?
"Oh, I definitely remember. The last time I was gone was one person. Nine of them confirmed that he was already dead. If Miss Amami is who she is, she'll be alone."
"... could you tell me that name?
So I recall the presence of Mr. Ikes, Leis' stepdaughter.
Her full name is' Ikspel Dahlia Bright ', which is undoubtedly the name of those deeply involved in this continent.
Then maybe you can tell. What happened to her, Rayce's daughter?
"Hmm, it doesn't seem like it's just curiosity. The child was the most tall of the children who disappeared, and at the same time possessed a high level of quality. I took the name from X, which relates to 'Unknown' and 'Possibilities', and named it 'Ikspell'."
"Huh!... Really? What happened to the parents of the disappeared children?"
"What you look for, what you give up, what you turn down your own life for. A lot. But the child's parents are a little different. Well, a lot. That's not what people can tell me, sorry."
Again, it was the result of what I imagined.
Rayce just found out about her daughter's roots. And I guess there was something about Dahlia talking about the parents of the kids, and I didn't try to pursue them any further.
But I didn't know you even gave it a name, not just a middle name.
"Um, Master Dahlia. By the way, how did you name that Amami?
"Hmm? But that baby, she used to get out of bed and sleep by the window. The window looks great again. It's a place where both the sky and the ocean are full of sight, so - can't you make sense of this?"
"Amami in heaven and sea, huh? I thought it sounded a little Japanese."
Well, if Dahlia had given it a name, I'm convinced of that too.
"It's a nice name for the sky and the ocean," he tells them, responding to the surrounding questions that he doesn't understand.
Then Amami smiles just a little lit up.
That's kind of weird. Looks like we've been connected by an invisible thread, Dahlia.
Mr. Ikes, but Amami. I was with someone with the name you gave me.
"Well... I've had a lot of drinks in a while and I'll go to bed first. I'm renting a room upstairs in this tavern."
"Aye. We're in a town inn. We'll be here first thing tomorrow morning."
Dropping off Daria leaving first, there's just a little bit of subtle air between us left.
"I was just telling you, if I really had the name of Master Dahlia... I wonder if I was a nobleman"
"You must be! You looked just like Leila, and I think you're the sister of the outgoing twins."
"Haha, no way, that's just not it. But... if Dahlia had a name, at least I wouldn't have been abandoned as soon as I was born."
Mr. Leue. I would ask you not to hit the Zubari truth with such casual joking tension.
I suppress facial expressions, so it's the best I can do.
And Reis also turns to us with his imaginary face.
"Ikes should have fled the continent with at least Else and the other, the man who pulled it off. I don't know if that was a parent or another person..."
"... but she's your daughter. That fact is and will remain the same. If you're wrong, it's a good idea not to look into your birth parents."
"... Yes"
I'm sure it's all connected. Something whispers. A series of events, children with the name of Dahlia, and Fennel and their attempts.
I'm sure Dahlia is moving now because she wants to be clear about the slight discomfort, discrepancies, and things like that by staying in the center of the country for years.
That's the kind of guy he is. I know that Hisashi was the kind of person who never missed out on the wrong things, the people in distress.
"... of which I need to ask you about Oink."
The next morning. The earliest I could tell was Amami.
Heading to the liquor store ahead of her, the shopkeeper, like before, points out to pave the way for the backyard and head inside.
"Oh yes, Caivon. Lieutenant, you said you were asleep. If you wake up, give me a message. 'I've got a new menu, come and try it again'. And this guy is a souvenir. I hate liquor, but I like drinks like this."
"Is this... an apple cider?
"Correct. Stop the fermentation on the way, with the juice trapped in the air bubbles. It would be great to drink it chilled."
Yes, I know. 100% apple cider with fruit juice, so to speak, can't taste bad.
I promised I would deliver it, and I would follow everyone again and head to the back of the store.
As usual, you will see one door as you continue along that narrow passage surrounded by many bottles of liquor as you are about to see it.
From there on out, the three who were ahead, and Dahlia, stood in front of the forest entrance and waited for us.
"Thank you for waiting."
"Yeah, you got it all? This time, I interfered forcefully with the junction, so if I had followed the troublesome directions, I would have been swallowed up by the junction as it were. For this reason, when I went into the woods from here, I adjusted to fly over the inside at once. So, now we're going to carve out a gliding ritual for everyone."
"Does that mean flying!?
"That's right. Well, I'm just going down slowly, so it's a little different than flying."
Amami shines her eyes on Daria's description and Reis, who seems a little anxious with her experience of sliding down the sky the other night.
And Dahlia and I will lift the edge of our mouth to the reaction of the triplets, Lue, who brightens our eyes to that strange technique.
"Well, I'm going to activate the procedure, so get in this wheel."
"Okay."
"Oh, this is the procedure, isn't it?
Lue and Amami jump into the light rising from the ground. And then I slowly step into it, and then I look back at her when it's just Lace.
But - the look that was floating there, the pain of a little lizard stabbing me in the chest runs.
That's the eye of suspicion. It was such a colour of vigilance that I did not trust that this technique would truly do us harm.
"... Reis, hold my hand"
"Oh, yes."
Reaching out, she finally gets into the ring.
... Maybe it'll just take a little while yet.
Anyway, soon after she vowed to be friends with Dahlia again, she was transferred and quarantined by Dahlia's technique, so to speak, in a form of betrayal.
"… do we have to wait for them to resolve each other"
"Hmm? Did you say something, Caivon?"
"No. Then get started."
From the circle of light, countless blades emerge. Its transparent blades, made of light, swirl from foot to head and are sucked into the body to stain.
I don't feel anything. But is it a flash of levitation? Ride down the elevator and taste for a moment what it feels like the moment you move out.
"Okay. Then we're off to the woods. I'll go ahead and prepare for the unforeseen myself downstairs, so you can come in when I'm in the woods for about three minutes."
Dahlia's figure disappeared, and a temporary silence.
But he breaks the silence and Rayce apologizes with regret.
"I'm sorry... I, the..."
"... I have no choice. I know how you feel, so you don't have to apologize, okay?
"But... she is Kai's... dear friend. That's what I..."
"You know it's him, too, how Reis feels. It's okay, even if you still don't totally believe Dahlia, he's not the kind of guy who gets angry or dissatisfied with it. On the contrary, you're desperately trying to get along, aren't you?
"Well... that's it, I hope you're in trouble..."
"Ha... sure"
Because time has come, and now we all jump into the woods.
The next moment I thought I would convey the feeling of the ground behind my feet, I would see the blue sky on one side that would expand in front of me and where the ground had gone that I had never visited, and breathe in the sight that would spread there.
Ugh! Is this what skydiving looks like, it's a completely different feeling to take the wind with your own wings.
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Kai-kun, wow! Fluffy, flying! I bump my hand and it moves a little!
"Shh, wow! The inside is so small! It's getting bigger and bigger!
"Ka, Mr. Kai! Hands, please don't let go!?
"Yes, yes, let me give you a hug."
No, this is quite fun! It's as if you jumped into a deep pool, following the floating sensation of being wrapped in something soft like that, but if you move your hand like a rue, its orbit changes slightly.
That's how I enjoy the floating feeling in the meantime, Dahlia's voice comes from below.
"Hey! Over here, move for me in this circle"
"All right! Excuse me first, folks!
Then, ahead of us and Lue slammed their hands and fell into that circle so that they could be sucked in.
Then we pose for a landing that sounds staggering, and it fits in that circle.
"You're good, Lue, with a score of one "
"Mm-hmm. Can you only give me one?" I thought it was a point.
"I m the highest scorer, in this case. All right, then avoid me because I'm coming next."
Watching the two of them interact like that, this one goes off track a little bit too.
It's hard to predict Amami fitting in that first, and this one goes there too.
"Yes arrival. Reis, are you okay?
"It's... it's okay... it's good value"
Come on. Don't do that in front of everyone.
He pushes his face grizzly, tickles and laughs.
"Love Brandeboo tired. Well, then show me to the chief."
"Okay!
Dahlia moves quickly for her purpose, making fun of this one.
That's a lot of motivation... I thought you felt guilty too.
I think about that while chasing Amami, who is heading early, and Dahlia, who follows it perfectly.
... I asked you, Dahlia. If you can't, I'll be lying to Amami.