It's all one flower.

0937. Why You Can't Go Home

Someone visited the truck of the mobile distributor Praether Missa under the dim sky as soon as the sparrows began to sound.

Early awake grandfather raises his voice, boy soldier Morph and manager Leno wake up.

"Oh, did I wake you?

Morph woke up at once.

DJ Rafe is back. Captain Solniak is with us.

It's been ten days since he's been gone, and for some reason, he's even been with agent Razornik.

"Is this all the truck people?

"Yes, Mr. Razornik, thank you for bringing us both home"

On behalf of everyone, Leno, manager of Sleeping Love (Nebo) Keike Eye (Manako), thanked the intelligence agents who [jumped] from the kingdom of Amitostigma to the city of Yarbraka on Nemoralis Island. With that voice, everyone gets up from the bunk, too.

Morph jumped off the carrier with a voice welcoming the two of them on his back and hurried up to slap Medvege in the driver's seat. I can't wait for the old man to leave the driver's seat and run back to the captain's side.

Captain Solniak left for the Ristover Autonomous Region the day after Rafe disappeared, but returned more than a week later than planned.

... I thought you weren't coming home anymore.

"Sorry I'm late."

Morph nearly burst into tears and gripped the captain's sleeve. The arm holds the boy soldier morph and presses his back. I buried my face in my chest, which smelled reassuring, so that Pina wouldn't see me crying.

"Uh, sorry I'm late"

"We were all worried about you. I'm not a kid, so at least tell someone where you're going before you leave."

A mixed voice of radio granny and relief flies from the back to DJ Rafe's seemingly sorry voice.

Every day since then, the funeral parlor Agoni went to Amitostigma to see how things were going and it was still a hassle to go after breakfast today.

Soon after the lake people's guard Journitol took out the spider warcraft, traffic control was lifted and logistics reverted, and the druggist (dull) Neh's brother stopped helping the local fisherman.

If I broadcast about scaly spider extermination, it's more popular than I expected, and I sometimes say it's because Yarbraka citizens have shared a lot of food with me. The wagon car was full of food, only the driver's seat was available, and the truck's carriage narrowed.

"I'll explain where and what happened. Before you do that, tell Mr. Announcer."

"Cassette tape, type that can be played with equipment loaded on the truck"

The DJ rafe continues on Razornik's voice.

I accidentally turned my face to a word I didn't know, but Medvege's old man's nigga laugh and eyes met, and I rushed to push my face against the captain's chest plate. I know Captain Solniak smiled bitterly, but the Juvenile Soldier Morph couldn't leave, turning his face to those without Medvege.

Everyone got out of the bunk and sat down in a bench or barrel.

They say the people in the makeshift house are still asleep, and all they can hear is a sparrow.

The pharmacist (dull) Ne made herbal tea.

Razornik turns his back on everyone and touches the wall of the carrier and the half-closed door. I cast a spell like I've heard, like I don't and turn it back on everyone.

The sparrows stopped ringing perfectly.

"I hung [mute] all over this carrier"

"Seion?

When Morph asked, Pina told me.

"Magic hanging in the music room or something. Don't let the sound inside out."

"Such a kanji. So I just want you to tell me what you're gonna say right now, and I want you to never, ever go outside."

"Is this tape...?

A radio old man, Joorci, points a small swing of paper bag at Razornik. They have "cassette tape" in there, but I can't peek into the bag from Morph's position.

"The contents, as the label says, are three testimonies of the people of the Autonomous Communities who have changed their voices and evidence of what they are going to talk about. Five unedited live audio, two radio recordings, ten in total."

Jorch nodded with a strong face and entered the attendant's room in the back.

Everyone pays attention to Lazolnik, who sat down in a barrel, not at breakfast.

The old man on the radio left the attendant's room with his bare hands. Manager Leno hands over a mug of vanilla tea.

Razornik began a brief account of the events of the last ten days.

"I don't know where it is, and the magic isn't that strong, so I had the Septentorio Curse Doctor [jump]. Join the captain to Senator Laqueus' home and sister's shop in the autonomous community of Listver"

Captain Solniak nods.

The destination is the tailor the neighbor Amiella worked for.

... Oh well. It's an estate district, so I couldn't burn it with an example fire.

Morph himself had never been to a tailor, but the neighbor said, "I always take care of her," and sometimes gave her and her sister a small item that had been cut to the edge.

Small bags and ribbons made of superior cloth were exchanged for food from right to left to fill the belly of the family.

Without that tailor, I might have starved to death.

Boy soldier Morph remembered his sister's giggling smile tied to that white ribbon, her chest clogged.

"The conversation between the manager of the tailor and the captain could be recorded without any problems. Ask me later what you talked about because it's on tape."

"The conversation, too, is no longer broadcastable?

A radio old man, Joorci, saw intelligence agents Razornik and Captain Solniak. Wasn't that why the captain went to the Autonomous Region?

When Morph looked at the captain next door, he answered.

"No, I don't mind that"

"You can also broadcast the testimony of Senator Laqueus and the girls of the Autonomous Communities. What I don't want you to give me is evidence other than those three."

"Why?"

Pina's sister bends her mouth in dissatisfaction.

"Strategic reasons. I'll tell you more about it, but if it gets any better on the air, I'll let you know somehow, and until then, I'll be sure to keep it a secret."

To Razornik's answer, Pina's sister nodded reluctantly with an unclear face like she had figured it out.

"After recording the conversation, I went back to Amitostigma and asked for the audio to be processed and reproduced on tape. Amitostigma doesn't use this tape anymore, so it seems to have been difficult to procure equipment."

"Sorry for the inconvenience, I'm afraid"

"I'll tell the backers. Nemoralis for that person too...... No, if the whole Hunan region is at peace, it can be easier to do business. I don't think you have to worry too much about that."

Razornik made Joorci laugh in awe.

"So, it was too late that day, so I stayed overnight in Amitostigma, and the next day, I jumped back to the Autonomous Region"

"What have you been up to?

Pina's sister heard it in a slightly thorny voice. If the recording was finished, you wouldn't have to worry so much if you'd returned the captain the next day.

Morph was also concerned and waited for the next word.

"The second day I visited the Autonomous Communities. Record with video and photos how much reconstruction actually goes on and what's going on with the lives of the people of the Autonomous Communities so that they can publish it online if necessary."

"We drove around and we guided him. I was accompanied by me, the tailor's manager, the septentorio curse doctor, and the newspaper manager who even drove me out of the car."

"I looked around the countryside, and then I stopped by the district manager."

"Dude, what have you been up to?

Medvege makes a half-hearted voice.

"The boulder had the curse doctor and the captain leave a message in the car, and I pretended to be a newspaperman. There were people with guns all over the country."

"Such a mon, isn't it the usual vegetable thief control"

Razornik shook his neck to the side as Medvege snorted.

"The star sign was ready to fight to intercept the Nemus Liberation Army."

Everyone on the carrier breathes at the same time.

"Before that, you, Rourke, gathered information at the Lyabina branch of the star, and I could take the back of it from the district manager's mouth."

"That kid, he's in such danger."

Medvege clouds his face.

Morph was somewhat irritated by that face, but he silently waited for Lazolnik's reply.

"My family wanted to make that Co a Kirkurusian priest, and I used Senator Padsnyejnik's connections to enroll him in Artel's seminary via Dycea from Lyabina."

Surprisingly, no one can say anything.

Juvenile soldier Morph stopped following his head to an uninterrupted story.

... That that brother is going to be a priest?

"Please don't tell me what you're talking about."

Razornik looked around at everyone and pushed caution.