- Lukersch, Senior Lina, Chelsea, Mr Oliver, and my five stood at the entrance to the forest of examples where Mr Tobia found the spirit drinking water.
"This sounds pretty... lost"
I snorted at Oliver's words.
It's a much deeper forest than I imagined. I can't look that far. If you're careful, you're going to get lost, which makes you feel much more nervous.
I try to explore the memory of "me," but I can't possibly memorize the map in the woods in a boulder. Among other things, this forest dungeon has a complex structure and several branches along the way. To some extent, I remember being able to take the main road to the spirit's drinking water.
"Captain! Sorry I'm late!
Shoulders jumped shouting from behind.
Looking back in haste, the boy who welcomed me was about to rush over here when I first visited the Fralia garrison. He came to Mr. Oliver - not to me, but to me, he opened his mouth, breathing with his shoulders.
"It's Charles! I'm a rushing magician for the Chevalier Knights!
I said that and bowed my head in momentum. Running Sorcerer, I was a little surprised by the title, but he still seemed to belong to the Chevalier Knights.
Given this circumstance, may I assume that he will accompany us in our quest? Either way, she introduced herself to me. I think I should return this one. Open my mouth.
"I'm Laura, assistant king's cook. This is Lina Beverstam and Chelsea Gawley, King's Conditioner Apprentice. So he's my childhood tame Lukersh Kamil. Best wishes. Uh... Charles, huh?
"We have heard rumors! Best wishes!
Charles shows his teeth and laughs. That overly pure smile dazzles me.
In anticipation of a paragraph in my conversation with Charles, Mr. Oliver called from behind.
"Charles, please mark it"
Yes to Mr. Oliver's words! And Charles, who nodded vigorously, touched a tree just around the corner. I wonder, the part he touched is po, and glows. I see that light is going to mark in the dark.
With a serious look at the landmark, Mr. Oliver makes up for the part that didn't occur to me, and pity begs the bottom of my chest. I was so distracted by all the poisons and restorative drugs that I couldn't pay any attention to the way I explored in the woods. If I say the difference in experience, yes, but I'm still glad that Mr. Oliver helped me when this happens, I sincerely think.
"Lukersch, can you take the lead? Charles will also stand next to him and ask for a landmark in small pieces. I'm at the end of the line."
Lukersch nodded at Mr. Oliver's words and stood before me.
Lucas at the beginning, Charles next to it, a few steps back to me, Seniors Lina and Chelsea next to both of them, and Mr. Oliver at the rear a little further away. I started exploring quickly in that line.
For one thing, go straight and walk as easy as you can. Charles touched a nearby tree every dozen steps, as Oliver said, and marked it in such quantities that he was convinced that if he put this on, he would never get lost.
- Starting exploring, about an hour of physical time.
"You can't find it..."
Words and sighs spilled out of Charles Kun's mouth to lead the way. I agreed as I wiped the sweat on my forehead at the words.
Walking, walking, coming into view are trees, trees, trees. There were no encounters with demons, but the water sounds never rocked the eardrums.
I was prepared that it couldn't have been easy to find because I was wandering through the woods for nothing. However, there is a sense of fatigue accumulating around the root of the tree that is frequently taken from earlier times. Exploring the poor foot for less than an hour in a situation where you don't even know where demons are coming from is harsh if you try from someone with less of these experiences.
"You guys must be tired, don't go deep, let's keep it around here today"
I could see that both neighbors Senior Lina and Chelsea sighed of relief in Mr. Oliver's words.
Honestly, Mr. Oliver, anyway, the other four are clearly exhausted from the side. If fatigue accumulates, the danger increases for that matter. He's right, you should avoid going deep.
I nodded at Mr. Oliver's words and followed the landmark Charles put on me to return to Flaria.
Day two from the start of exploration.
No results.
Day three.
No results.
Day four.
Pinch the rest.
Day five, day six - today, day nine with the rest pinched.
No results.
(What to do...)
We continue to search for more than an hour a day, but have not achieved any results at all. Everyone said to encourage them that they had no choice because they had no information, but a rush was beginning to emerge on the boulder.
Out of that rush I have stopped by the library every day over the past few days after my exploration, and I look through to see if there is any new information I can borrow a few books from. Honestly, the Wang Capital library is many times bigger, and the number of books in its possession is different digits, but this is the "local” place for the spiritual drinking water heirloom. I've been searching all after-dinner for new information that hasn't been passed on to Wang Du - but this one still reaps zero.
By the way, I always rent the dining room after dinner because when I'm in a rented room, I'm going to fall asleep right out of fatigue.
(I knew there was nothing novel. Would you like to visit Tobia again... but he didn't seem to know anything about the Spirit's journey to drinking water)
I lift my gaze from the book once, and, ha, I sigh loudly. - And when were you there, I saw Lukersch watching this one at the dining room entrance. Then he walks over here with his big crotch.
"Laura, are you still awake today?
"You can sleep first. I want to do some more research."
It was already that time, and while I was heartily surprised, I smiled to reassure Lukersch, who was anxiously peeking into my face. He should be a lot more tired than I am. Because he was always in the lead and alert to demonic raids.
Lukersch frowned painfully on my words, but he's only been a childhood tame for years, and no matter what you say here, you know I can't possibly go back to my room in person. In fact, I remember having a similar conversation the other day, but I went back to my room after Lukersch was completely asleep.
"Don't push it," he said in a strong tone, leaving the dining room.
In the dining room alone again, ha, and spill a sigh. Honestly, my heart was breaking, but I took the book I borrowed again to try to step on it.
Any minor information is fine. Load the book from corner to corner so you never miss it.
- Mr. Laura.
I look up all the time when they call me by name unexpectedly. There stood Emiliana's mother, Louisa.
She is smiling calmly with a tray in her hand. On the tray was a beautiful teapot with a delicate pattern and a grainy teacup.
"Have you ever had tea with Mephirielier honey?
"Yes, no..."
"Then I'd love to. It warms my body."
Without even caring about me being suddenly fed, Mr. Louisa pours tea into the cup with her graceful hand. Moments, a relieved sweet scent tickled my nostrils.
Luisa, who offered me a teacup and milk, opens her mouth again before I can get my hands on it. Words spinning with beautifully shaped lips were unimaginable.
"It's not a good idea to pack too many roots."
"Huh..."
"It's good to be enthusiastic, but if you break your body with it, you don't have an ex or a child.... the gentle childhood trainer was worried."
To the words, I realize that perhaps Lukersch consulted Mr. Louisa. If you don't listen to yourself, at least have a cup of tea and let your body rest a little - or warm up and fall asleep early, something like that.
Or Lukersch just talked to me in words, and it might be Luisa's courtesy to bring me some tea.
"... tea, I'll take it"
Mouth the teacup at hand. The gentle sweetness that spreads in your mouth as soon as possible. When I swallowed it, I sighed unexpectedly from my mouth.
"Delicious."
"That's good!
Oh, and Louisa smiles happily. The smile looked a lot like Mr. Emiliana. I wonder why, remembering the face of a friend who would still be encouraging me in the North, I solve it when my heart stood somewhere against Luisa.
"Sorry, it's so late every day..."
"Oh, don't worry about it. Emiliana has been very helpful to you, and I thank you for that."
With that said, Mr. Louisa sat down in the chair next to me. And when you peek into my hand, tilt your neck.
"Are you looking into it?
"Yes, it is... not very well"
Speaking in disgrace, Ms. Louisa let her gaze wander to look for some words. But again, those blue eyes capture me. His eyes were overwhelmed, and he was wearing a strong light.
"So this is how you get late at night? Alone? Relying on someone…"
"Because I'm saying I can't and I'm having everyone hang out with me. Besides, we're all tired."
To my answer, Mr. Louisa lowers her brow butt. He looked like he was grieving.
"That would be the same for Mr. Laura."
"Yeah, but I knew I had to"
I ask Arnold to prepare all the foreruns, ask the gentle childhood trainer Lukersch to force me, and involve Senior Lina and Chelsea, who have nothing to do with saying it's an expedition training, sweet to Vake, and Mr. Oliver's generosity. I've already counted on the people around me for more than that. Then I have to do this myself - no, I thought it was my job.
So I became aware of the sleeper who was attacking me more and more. Is it because my body warmed up? Have you lost your strength from your body that you didn't know and stretched because of anxiety and tension, and your badly healed feet are also starting to complain of dull pain similar to muscle pain?
I guess I'm tired. Simply.
- It was my strained days at Anea that I remembered in my blue eyes staring at this one. As far as my situation now is concerned, maybe it was similar then. I remember the feeling that my spirit was eroded by the twitching and agitation.
"Just a little... I might be tired"
I wonder why I could only vent that word to Mr. Louisa, not Lukersch, who has been with her longer than anyone else. Think about it that way - she's one of those people who's helping me out, too, but I realized I didn't feel the backwardness that I'm holding onto the Lukersches like, "I'm the only one who's helping, this one's not getting anything back". Is it because all the people in this mansion, including them, lend me a hand by saying it is a "payback" for what I have done?
Ms. Louisa narrowed her eyes with great pleasure for some reason to the words I accidentally uttered. I don't know what that expression means, and I tilt my neck. Then she said with a loving look as if she were her mother, and with a soft voice as her mother would tell her child.
"... I don't know anything. I know it's not about me mouthing without darkness, but only one thing. Laura must be loved by the people around her a lot more than you think."
"Huh?"
"Mr. Caspel and Mr. Arnold wrote to me intentionally in advance asking for my regards. And when Laura was stopping by the library, she brought Mephirielier's nectar because Mr. Oliver would be tired. And earlier, Lina and Chelsea asked me to teach them how to brew tea that warms their body because Laura's been doing research and worrying."
The tea I am drinking now was brewed for me by Senior Lina and Chelsea, and I could tell by Luisa's expression that the nectar of Mephillier, which is gently dissolved in the tea, was something Oliver plugged in for me. Besides, I can't believe Mr. Caspel and Arnolt were still sending a letter to Mr. Louisa when he became Branch Manager of the Fralia Branch.
"And..."
Mr. Louisa rises from the chair. And I looked back at the entrance to the dining room. - There was a lukersch standing there who just thought he'd totally slept.
"Laura, let's get some sleep today"
That's what I'm saying. I'm offering you my right hand. If I had noticed, I would have stood up from my chair and held that hand.
So I remember the existence of a book that I left on my desk. If I looked back in a hurry, Louisa, who holds the book in her hand, smiled and waved at me. And her lips "leave it to me" to contour the words without sound.
Gu, and I got pulled over by Lukersch. I bow my head aggressively. Then she nodded with delight narrowing her eyes.
Walk the long hallway with Lukersch pulling his hand. Perhaps he was listening to my conversation with Mr. Louisa. If he was feeling slightly awkward, Lukersch opened his mouth after a small sigh.
"I want you to tell me I'm tired if I'm tired. I don't know what I would have followed for if Laura had embraced them all by herself. I want you to rely more."
"Yeah, sorry......"
I just reflect on words that are so truthful, and words that seemed to see everything through.
With all this help, I drew my own line that I shouldn't be sweeter around any more, and as a result, I became even more worried. Not only to Lukersch, but also to Mr. Oliver, Senior Lina and Chelsea.
At the same time, their figure floats in the back of their brain. Weren't they laughing to encourage me instead of saying things that would blame me for being the utterance, in this painful situation of anyone else? I took the liberty of feeling guilty that I was unilaterally helping, and was anxious to find a way to crack this glue state on my own.
It's like I was going around empty all by myself.
"I've been saying for a long time that Laura worries because there's something about trying too hard."
All I can do is laugh bitterly at Lukersch's disgruntled stories. Then I remember. You said something similar in the past. I didn't swallow Lukersch's advice that I wasn't the kind of person to be worried about.
Let's just admit it this time. I seem to have a hard time trying too hard. To be more precise, when I'm cornered, my vision narrows and my thinking hardens. This time he cornered himself with thoughts similar to the notion of intimidation: "I am responsible for this training, so I have to find a way to open it myself somehow".
Sounds good to me if I say I have a strong sense of responsibility, but I'm just a little disgusted by my own clumsiness that people can't rely on in weird places.
"... I'm sorry, I've never realized this before"
"By that I mean, did you realize this time?
"... a little"
Lukersch looks back. And I lowered my brow root and smiled like I was in trouble.
"I'm in a little trouble. If anything happens to Laura, a lot of people will be sad."
That's what I said. Lukersch's voice was very soft.
"Yeah, I'll be well aware....... Thanks, Lukersch"
- That day, Lukersch stood by the bed until I fell asleep, holding my hand and not letting go. I was somewhat embarrassed that my parents seemed to be able to lay me to sleep, but more than that, I was relieved by the mud that touched my palms, and for some reason I just started crying a little.
I heard voices whispering gently, "Good night," as soon as my consciousness fell.