Magic Gems Gourmet

"- I don't know why, but you seem tired."

That's Sylvia coming out of Shannon's room.

Ain waiting outside nodding quickly, "I knew it" against that voice.

"Marr, when you came home, I was in a hurry, so I couldn't ask you much more, but what the hell happened to that kid?

"Tell me first. What did she say and leave the castle?

"No, nothing. Looks like he was leaving the castle without letting anyone know."

"Yes, you were."

Shannon behaved like he had no idea.

She shouldn't have anything to do with putting her mind on it. So why did you behave like this one?

(It's settled. because of a foreign molecule called me)

Ain't acting like a marc would be an anomaly in a history that's already gone a long way out of orthogonal history.

If I tell you, Ain't alone can change Ishtalika's future dramatically.

They left Shannon's room and walked quietly out the hallway.

"I always thought you were a precarious kid."

"Huh?"

"What, what's wrong?

"What is she... about that chief?"

"Oh, speaking of which, those children's species decided to call themselves the Red Fox."

Another abrupt one.

But Ain, I thought it was easier to call him all at once.

Mouth the unique noun again.

"So what about the head of the red fox, but to say that his heart was unstable"

"I'm sure that kid was having a hard time not counting. Because when I came to this country, it seemed like I had been living in some kind of coma since I first saw it."

…………

"The red fox, no, he's a demon, he's also heterogeneous. Me, Cain, that's better than Archet."

"Heterogeneity, is it?

"What's different from us is that child is the ancestor of a species called the Red Fox. As Dryad's ancestors are told to be the world tree, he's the one."

"Oh, that! How are the ancestors of the race born in the first place!?

"I wonder... is it the end of evolution, or a product of coincidence? But when it comes to the red fox, I heard it was a demon that neither my father nor my mother knew well. But he said it wasn't the same race."

I mean, I guess it's a coincidence.

It is no wonder in this world that they say that new beings are created by mutations.

"Are your parents gone?"

Somehow I thought it was a question, but this becomes an important question in addition to my thoughts.

"That girl said it. I don't know."

"Maybe we should split something up at the border."

"No. When she was just a little girl, she told me she knew."

Ein felt that there was a hidden reason why he should not ignore the words.

By the way, apparently Sylvia doesn't know any more information either. The two eventually break up in front of Ain's room.

Ein, who left his heart in great doubt, could not sleep on this day.

◇ ◇ ◇ ◇

Well, Shannon woke up two days after that.

Sylvia, the first to see how she is, leaves the room.

And soon Ain said, "I need to talk to her," he said.

Nothing is clear, just words with a strong will in your eyes.

Sylvia was pushed by the feeling and gave permission, if only a little. Even royalty, if it were meant to be, would not allow women to enter the room at all.

But I said I would only forgive you today.

- - The building in the room is spacious and classy.

Few pieces of furniture to say so, only a ceiling chandelier and a large bed placed in the back claimed a presence.

There's Shannon in that bed with only his upper body.

I never rejected Ain, who approached me, and waited quietly for him to approach me.

"It's a woman's room, isn't it? You're coming in without permission."

"I wonder if it would help if you would just forgive me today. I'll sit next to you."

Ain looked at the chair beside the bed.

"Can I sit down? You don't ask."

"Right. I was going to sit down even if they refused, so it's just a declaration."

"... if you like"

"I got a word of forgiveness as a result, and don't hesitate..."

Ain, with his hips down on the chair, looks at Shannon's face. Your complexion is never bad. You don't even look frightened, like the other night, and you seem to be only restoring calm.

But he's nervous around the tight grip on the sheets covering his body.

"I'm getting sick early, can I ask you something?

"Hmm... Now tell me, I'm not saying"

"If you don't want to answer anything else, you don't have to. It was forceful until I sat down, but from here on out, I respect you."

"Nice idea. It's going to be sweet."

For Shannon this was a derisive, sarcastic word.

But.

"You can be as sweet as you want, but don't bother me other than me"

and blink repeatedly at words you don't anticipate.

Instead of rejecting it, it's accepted and I can't find an answer to what to answer.

Ein, on the other hand, continued the conversation without worrying about how it was going.

"I want to know your old story."

See you later.

I thought Shannon would be asked about the other night.

"What are you going to do if you know about my... old days?"

She leans down and looks out at her own hands with her nagging eyes.

But it was quickly annoying.

"I can tell you, but you can tell me, too?

"To me? Was there something you wanted to ask me?

"I do. I wonder why my powers don't work and why you were so vigilant about me."

Words poking at the core all of a sudden but Ain't never moving.

This was in the area of expectations.

Replacement terms, too, but Shannon's discomfort with Ain's condition is easy to understand without having to think about it again.

"About what?

"You don't have to blur. Why didn't you like me?

You can't be fooled, says Ain, who smiled bitterly.

Just don't expose yourself.

"Actually, I'm a future man."

"... Yes?

"Sometimes they call me the hero who saved the world, and I've been told that I'm at the apex of all demons."

A statement that can also be taken to say that there is no clapping and that he is trying to sprinkle it on the smoke.

These were not the answers Shannon sought.

But she smiled unexpectedly. I'm sure he was amazing, and he's shredded to look back and pursue it.

"Hahahahahahahahahahahaha! - It's ridiculous. If the hero of the future is his opponent, he may have no choice. I didn't even know you were good at jokes."

After a heartfelt laugh, she wipes the tears in her eyes with thin fingers.

I saw Ain with a gentle smile I had never shown before.

"What do you want to know about me?

"Well, you're gonna tell me eventually."

"Fine. 'Cause you answered my question. Even the future."

"I know you're saying weird things while I'm at it, but you believe me?

"You're an idiot, you can't be. You made me laugh, so I said I'd forgive you."

That's a strangely discerning answer.

But I've never been over it.

"- Can I ask you something about your parents?

"Phew, you really don't hesitate to ask"

"You don't have to answer if you don't like it"

"That's not what your face said? It says I really want to know."

……

"But fine. I'll tell you."

"That would help - what!?

Ein was surprised because Shannon suddenly twisted his body. I didn't get stuck in a glossy motion. I was confused by the motion to expose myself.

"What all of a sudden!?

Then Shannon took Ain's hand.

"Roll up the sheets at my feet and take a good look at my ankles"

"I don't know what that means. That's why we're talking about this."

"I'm telling you because it concerns me. If you really want to know, look at it with your own eyes."

In the end, it was Ain who broke it.

I reluctantly reach out and hang my hand on the sheet. The last time I looked at Shannon, I thought he told me to hurry up.

I have no choice but to roll the sheets.

"Huh..."

Until today, she wasn't exposed to her feet because she was wearing shoes.

What appeared in Ain's eyes was after a chain that spread around Shannon's ankle and scars like a broken skin had been treated.

A small sky demon stone is embedded, and a figure I've never seen extends all over my sight.

"Are you violent from your parents?

"The other way around. This is what I was done because I was strongly loved. He was chained to both legs and pushed underground so no one else could see him. The magic stone that I implanted at my feet, if I ran away, would burst and stop my legs."

"I don't know what that means......! If they loved you, how could you do that?"

"I don't want to give it to anyone else. I don't want it in anyone else's eyes. Because you didn't want to even allow me to come near you."

So why is that?

Reasons are told immediately.

"You don't know what happens when you're loved too much..."

That's what she said and looked out the window.

Eventually the cold air drifted out around her.

"Not long before that, my father and mother began to touch my body. Eventually, the two of them take me together and start fighting. Fighting like every day, whenever the two of us. That started to involve injury. It was always night for the two of them to come, but only one who could have won the fight came. Come and laugh in front of me while I bleed."

Even if spoken pale, those words hurt Ein's heart strongly.

"I told you not to fight. Then both my father and mother began to love me more strongly (,,). My father lost one eye when he realized it. My mother had one arm cut off. I only found out later that this was because of the fight, but I didn't know it was going to stop."

…………

"The two of you have finally asked for my magic stone. Oh, I want your demon stone! Please, give me your demon stone! Say."

Shannon would lose his life if he did that, but he asked for it.

"With that said, what did Master Sylvia say to you?

"I've only heard from you that I understand."

"I guess, that's all I taught you, too. How do you think I know that? It's easy, I let my parents attack each other. So I stabbed my father, who survived but was scratched."

Phew, I said to a thirsty laugh.

"Otherwise I'm dead. But I spent most of my time underground until then, so it was tough even after I went outside. Food, drinking water... even where I sleep."

"I don't know. How could my parents do that to you..."

"Have you ever rampaged your power? I don't care if it's the power of dry adds."

"... I do"

Even Ein used to storm the power of absorption when he was hungry at a young age.

I've smoked Chris' demon stone as a result, and when I was in Round Heart's mansion, I smoked as much demon stone as I did demon props.

"Same thing, I couldn't control my powers either.... is born with a lot of magic."

"So did I. I know exactly what that means."

"Well, that would help if you didn't have to explain."

Then we exchanged a little silence.

He was Shannon looking out the window, but accidentally turned to Ain. Ain't got eyes everywhere she sees, and Ain't got no idea what she's looking back at.

"And then, what do you think happened?

"... I don't know"

"I wandered alone, protected in a village."

When she said so, she reached for Ain's chest.

He pressed his hand against the place where the demon stone was stowed and closed his eyes feeling the beat.

"The person who picked it up was so sweet. He had a brother and he was so sweet too. The two of them never ran wild as my parents, even with my power, and I'm sure they were born with more resistance to magic."

"You were a good man."

"Yeah, good man...... it was a demon. But they killed me."

"Killed, maybe."

"As you can imagine, the villagers who craved me killed me. Only my brother barely survived. But the river dumped me and drove me somewhere."

Ain almost laid her eyes down on the sad story.

But I never try to take my eyes off Shannon, who talks to me.

"Then I treat the village's shared objects (,). I don't want to remember, and I don't want to talk about it. You wouldn't want to hear that, would you?

"... I'm sorry to remind you."

"Yeah, you seem like a sweet guy."

Then she put her hand on both cheeks of Ain.

"I'll just tell you a little bit. Eventually the same thing happened in the village as my parents. Fighting breaks out over me, and the battle begins to be with me. Here again I did the same. A little different, but you tell someone who came to see me. I just want to be with you... it's hard to be with other people."

The results are not hard to imagine.

"What do you think would happen if I told everyone this? More than ever, it's like war."

"... oh"

"The last one didn't even have to get my hands on it. You drowned wild on your own, so I gained my freedom again. Unlike before, I guess I was finally able to control my powers."

As Ein also grew, and as she trained, she was able to control absorption.

I guess Shannon was doing the same thing as that.

"Then it was years ago. I know where my brother is, the one who protected me."

But it's never a light.

"You didn't come to help me even though I was alive, that's why I resented him and the world. What pleased me was that some of the wounds were done to the villagers, and he wasn't that long. He was having a baby between his turn but I thought he'd be out of breath with his turn anyway...... a lot, I laughed at him. What do you say, you make me a terrible woman?

"I know what you think, too. So I'm not gonna deny it."

"Damn... 'cause you're really sweet. Well, but I guess you couldn't even come and help me. Because I was far from the village, and my legs were crippled."

Her hands gently envelop Ain's cheeks even more.

Make sure your nose is noticeable so that you can see the shape.

"Hey, what do you think are the two races in the example?

It's a demon, so naturally there should be a race.

"I'm sorry, but I don't know. Because there are more demons than you can count."

Then she gets out of bed and leaves her body on Ain's lap. The two facing each other looked each other in the eye.

Shannon says it has never been closer.

"It's me, I saw him breathless with these eyes. My turn was similarly out of breath"

"Huh -!?"

"Only the child was left behind. It was a house in the woods, so I thought the baby would die in a few days."

Ain's chest strikes an early bell.

He was out of breath and his turn was similarly out of breath...... there is only one meaning to this thing.

"... the two races are called dry adds."

Yes, the result will be. The habit of rooting and the habit of reproduction is precisely that of dry adds.

But Shannon did not try to shut his mouth, but put his face even closer to Ain.

Keep your mouth close to his ear and place a clenching fist on his chest.

My fists trembled, resentment - I was heartless saddened by the fact that I couldn't point them at Ain.

"You know, I've known you for a long time. You know that, don't you? Because..."

Breathe softly and tell Ain, who has become quiet.

"The baby you left behind was you."

and.