― ― I wondered if the spirits who had been helped by my childhood friends had asked me, and I was brought to a place where I didn't know why.
"Where are we...?"
In the confusion, that was the only question I managed to squeeze out. But the Spirit Wentor-sama who brought me here was too small to hear me. The Spirit in the form of a boy began to pull my hand and move on to a path that stretched from the scaffold in the middle.
I followed the sudden incident with a blurred hand, but I couldn't let it flow like this - that was the moment when I tried to stop.
Wentle! Why did you bring me here?!
The balls of red light - which resembled the little spirits often seen at the Spirit's Drinking Water Place - were on Wentle's head! and momentum hit me a lot. Wentor-sama didn't get angry when she was hit, but on the contrary! and make your face shine.
"Ah, Avur! This is what the brave men said, Laura!
After being introduced, it is reflexively judged that it is probably the same spirit as Wentor-sama. A few steps closer to the red ball of light, desperately searching in the confused brain for what the place name Avour was.
Don't let go!
Heh
The words reflected Wentor-sama's hand, which was about to leave because of the physical distance.
This is the narrow space between the spirits. If you let go of that hand, the human lord will never be drunk in space-time again. "
I couldn't help but say, "Hee..." to the explanation that went on. After all, this was no place for humans to enter. The little hand that Wentor is holding is undoubtedly my lifeline.
Fu, a red ball of light changed shape in front of the boy. He looks about the same age as Wentor. Burning red eyes just like red hair. The boy with the mysterious atmosphere gently pointed his left hand at me.
"I am Avour, the Spirit of Fire. As the same spirit, I apologize for Wentor's rudeness. I'd rather keep my hands together."
With disrespect for the fact that the number of lifelines had increased to two, he held Avour's hand. So I finally remember. Avour is the name of the volcano to which Lukash and the others said they were going the other day. The fact that he was named Spirit of Fire also predicts that he is the Spirit who used to inhabit the volcano.
The calm was restored somewhat earlier, and I looked around again. A calm sky above. At your feet, there are many cities around the world. In an unusual sight, the words "this is the narrow space of time and space", as Avour said earlier, were bitten with bite.
Nevertheless, where do the narrow roads leading from the central scaffolding lead?
"Um, you mentioned this place as a space-time gap, right?
"Ah, this space is connected to the home of our spirits. If you go down that road, you go to my dwelling, Avour Volcano, and if you go down that road, you go to Wentle Cave, Wentle's dwelling."
Master Avour points at me one by one and tells me politely. I gradually learned about this place in the explanation.
I suppose the spirits' dwellings are all connected. And if you are a Spirit, you can go back and forth through this space-time gap as you like. That's why Wentor brought me here once and tried to move me to the Spirit's drinking water place in an instant.
I looked around thinking that there was no such setting as "last brave". Then I noticed that some narrow roads had collapsed and I couldn't move forward.
"Where...?
"Now it's in the hands of the Devil."
I am convinced by Master Avour's brief explanation.
Nevertheless, there are far more roads extending from the central scaffold than the five spiritual stones. I wonder if the spirits who have the spiritual stone are the spirits above them, and can they go to other spirits' dwellings from this place? If you think about it, it's like there's warp points all over the world, and it's pretty handy.
"You can go to the Fountain of Fontarpune by following this path."
The more Avour explains, the more he nods and gazes down the road. Light was spreading along the narrow road. I can't see the view beyond that, but perhaps we can jump into that light and get to the Spirit's drinking water.
Master Wentle pulls my hand in a hurry. Follow me - there are some things I need to check before I do.
"Wait a minute, please. It seems that I am being targeted by a monster, and if the monster finds out where the village is hiding..."
"It's okay! We won't be able to get any monsters in the boulders until now!
Wentle laughed at my anxiety and foresight. I don't doubt the words, but if anything should happen to Gina, who is hiding from me, I can't get rid of my anxiety.
"The monsters can't follow the boulders through here. And in the village where you are hiding, there is the home of the Spirit - the entrance. You can go from here to the entrance."
I rounded my eyes to Master Avour's words. At the same time, I remember Wentor-sama saying, "This village has an entrance." At that time, it was gone because it wasn't there, but to believe the words of the two spirits, can we go back to that village directly from this narrow space and time?
Is that village inhabited by spirits too? I've never seen you before.... "
"Spirits are born in holy places. Spirits born in that village will only look weak and powerful."
In other words, it is not visible to my eyes, but there is a spirit. Anyway, you can go back directly into the village - if the monsters never see you enter the village from the outside, it will be much less likely that you will know where the village is. If the monsters find us in Flaria, they won't be able to follow us anymore if we run into this space and time gap.
Beyond the road, I see the light. My heart was shaking.
"Has Lukash and the others been to Flaria yet?
"Oh, it looks like we're in the Fountain of Fontarpune right now."
It doesn't necessarily help where I went. Still, even if it's a trivial matter, if it helps.
I took an unexpected step forward. Wentor-sama, who didn't miss it, smiled nicely, pulled my hand and ran away.
"Come on, Laura!
"Wow, hey!
Never let go of your hand. From that thought, I grasped the hands of Master Wentor and Master Avur and ran away.
The light is getting closer and closer. I couldn't open my eyes to the glare and accidentally closed my eyelids. Relying solely on the warmth of the hand I held, I even ran. Run, run - wrapped up again in the floating feeling you felt when you came to this place.
Leaving yourself to a fluffy sensation, a few seconds later - a lot of water came down from above. I open my eyes to something sudden. I noticed it there. Not a lot of water came down, I'm in the water now. ― ― It was in the spirit's drinking water that led to the light!
I look up in a hurry. Spirit drinking water is not as big as a spring anymore. It is closer to saying spring water. --Even though it's supposed to be, the water surface is somehow far away.
I wonder if such a deep fountain was there, but I swim towards the surface anyway. Soon my hands were free. Where did Wentor and Avour go?
Pu, come out of the water. In a moment, my feet were on the bottom of the water. That's funny. Look at your feet.
"-La, Laura?
I raised my face to a voice that I could not hear. --There was a childhood familiarity standing there staring at us with blue eyes in full circle.
Remembering that Master Avur said that Lukash and his family were at the fountain right now, he called out to Lukash, whose sudden and unexpected reunion would solidify.
"Um... it's been a while. Luca, how are you?
After listening to my voice, Lukash rushed forward, convinced that it wasn't a hallucination. And with that momentum, he grabbed my arm.
"Hurry up and get wet!
I got out of the water with Lukash's help, naturally soaking wet. While my childhood friend was wiping my body with a traveler's cape, a crowd of people listened to the noise.
Lucash, who is often worried about the cold, Arnold, who surprisingly and instantly lit the fire, Diona, who wiped her body with a cape for travellers she was wearing and a towel she had in her hand, Vake, who alone took care of the vigilance around her, and Malta, who is the first person to ask why she is here.
Looking at them, I thought to myself, "I'm really here."