"Here, okay?
"Be my guest."
Sit next to him.
"…… Beautiful view."
"I'm watching."
……
"It's an undead nest, that city. He's swallowed countless adventurers so far, and he's gone home. Yes..."
"What? I normally stayed the other night."
Right. Was it such a dangerous place?
"What?"
Menel opened her eyes and looked at me.
but I shake my head to the left and right and hold my forehead with my hand so that I can get a headache.
"No, fine. I'm used to your insanity...... uh, shit"
Ha, and a big sigh.
"When I'm with you, the pace stays messy.
It was meant to be a person who cooled herself down a little more... "
"Hahaha, you should give up. Even more so now if you cry so loudly!
"Ohhhh...! Bring that up!? Now!? To a person who is obviously depressed!?
"I thought it was a lot of human crying."
"Forget it!!
"Okay, don't be shy."
When I deliberately laugh at Niyanya, wow, and Menel covers her face.
... Surprisingly messy or reactionary. Interesting.
I have a lot to discover when I talk to Menel about it.
I thought he was a good guy, and some of them came to kill us without hesitation, and I thought he was screwing around, which is straightforward, which is funny if you think he's being cold.
... maybe not just Menel. Human beings are a lot more multifaceted and layered.
There's the egg part, and there's the smiling part.
As long as I have the will to turn my eyes, I see different parts.
… does building relationships with people mean facing this kind of thing?
With that in mind, I was kidding Menel.
It may have been since I was a child in my previous life that I could play with someone my age like this.
After a little noise,
"... So, what was Aunt Marple like?
That's what I'll ask.
◆
Menel shrugged her shoulders.
"You're right, you're a strange old lady."
The sun is falling.
The world changes from a sea color to a red purple color and a dark color at night.
"…… I was born in an elf forest in the North, on a meadow continent (Glassland).
When my mother was young, she had a curious personality, and a few years after she jumped out of the woods, she came home pregnant with a child she didn't know.
He died early as it was.
Well, the pace of growth is different around here, the mother's case is threaded and the inside is dirty. Why can't I get used to it? So I eventually jumped out of the woods... "
Well, it's a hybrid (half) prescribed course, Menel says, pompous.
…… pretty heavy from the first ball.
"The world of men was not a paradise either... I learned after leaving that the elf forest was still a null place.
Fortunately, I was able to handle bows and knives, and most importantly, I saw fairies. "
At Menel's outstretched fingertips, the fairy stops, plays, and leaves again.
"I had enough power to smash someone who was attacking me to feed me.
... Otherwise, I'd probably be in some alley doing a male whore by now. "
"Because you have a beautiful face……………………"
"Oi, deny it properly there."
"I thought you might have become very popular with people in that line of work."
"I'll kill you."
I can't help it because it's actually beautiful.
I don't have a sexual preference for same-sex sex, so I thought, "You look beautiful."
"Well, something happened and I became an adventurer.
In the course of the policy of opening up the Fartile kingdom, it has crossed over to the South Frontier Continent (Southmark), still home to many ruins……… "
Menel looks away.
"Well, one of the party members betrayed me, poisoned me, and nearly killed me."
…………
... Awesome.
"The loot from the diving ruins sounds good... I guess I got an exclusive appetite.
I was poisoned by the meal, and I didn't really get my hands on it. The symptoms were light and I managed to kill Soytsu... "
Is this the standard in this world, this region……
It's too much of a slaughter, and it makes a little bit of a difference to Nori from his previous life.
...... I would laugh and rave around Brad though.
"All the other members at the time blew bubbles and died, and I was confused by poison and scratches.
It was by that village that I reached and fell down how I wandered about.
... That's a long forethought. So, Grandma Marple picked me up. Well, at the time, I was more of an aunt than an old lady. "
Menel keeps his eyes open and keeps talking.
"Really, you're a weird old lady.
No suspicious affection. Going down, he'll feed me, he'll let me use my bunk, he'll preach to me about living straight.
There were a lot of people who lived in the village after their grandmother picked them up. "
"... who was it?
"I don't know, I don't know"
Menel shakes his head.
"He said he was an unschooled farmer, but Zette lied.
Either way, he's dead, so the truth is in the dark.
… is common on this continent. "
It reminded me of a previous life saying that people have history.
And, unfortunately, I can't break all history.
"They picked me up and took care of me, well, even though I was a preacher.
I can hunt the vermin and catch the meat, so I started doing the hunter's thing. "
Like when to destroy a broken treasure.
In nostalgia, Menel says.
"The Beast Forest (Beast Woods) is full of troublesome beasts and warcraft.
I was treasured so much that I could find a place... "
Then.
"- Without any foretaste, I lost it."
A village sprinkled with poison fog.
Granny Marple.
Barn kids.
"Hmm, to protect the remaining mons, I made them lose something important from people, too.
... that's the place, this is it. If you don't, you can't do it. "
Menel's voice seeped with exhaustion and giving up like a tired old man.
"And living long in a place like that... it's painful. Makes me want to die."
◆
To Menel's words... I didn't know what to say.
I remember the previous life and when I was depressed to the bottom with the words of the Immortal.
What a comfort.
What an encouragement.
…… I don't know.
Like Marie, no.
When I met Aunt Marple's ghost, I realized I was going to make it.
There is indeed a god in this world.
If you become an agent protected by God, you will be able to heal wounds and heal illnesses.
A little, super power like a comic book.
But I don't have more life experience.
Words that echo in someone's chest, words that support them, don't mean they can be put out in their mouth.
Even if I can heal my body, I can't heal my mind.
In the end, you have to grab it yourself.
And………
…………
I couldn't say anything.
I wonder what to say.
It's only been a few days since I met him.
I want someone to tell me.
What the hell am I supposed to do at a time like this?
I didn't load anything in my last life. [M]
The experience of this life is shallow.
Or maybe if it was Brad or Marie or Gus, you could say something.
But even if you swing everything about me now upside down... not a single good word comes out.
"Oh, um... Um, I don't know..."
You want me to say something with a mouthful of corn?
Oh.
I feel like I'm really, really going back in my life.
But something.
I need to say something...
That's when I was on tour.
".................. ok"
When Menel took one breath, she grew a lot longer.
Stretch your arms so you can relax your elaborate body.
"But, Ma, it's time to get back on track!
- To?
When I thought, Menel looked at this one and tilted her neck.
"Mm, what. Enough with the Hundred Faces?
"What………? What, eh?
Confused.
Oh, no, wait.
Until just now, I was so depressed...... is that it?
"... Ooh, wolfish. Wolfish.
You really are a terrific mistake when you're doing "Cleric Sama."
"Ugh, shut up!?
"'Live and then die,' or cleric Sama. It's awesome to wear when you're in there."
"No, that is, the……………"
A teasing voice.
Menel turns on the recoil and when it stands up in a slight motion……
With serious eyes, he looked at me.
"…… Will, William. God of Lightning, the Apostle of Gracefield."
He put his hand on his chest.
I fell on one knee on the spot and drowned my head.
"I wish you amicable, the patronage of the Goddess of Lightning"
to those words.
to that serious voice.
I try to get hit and get up and face him in a hurry.
This is the word.
… it is a determinative complaint when it comes to changing your oath with your patron saint.
"Can you acknowledge that?
"…… let me be my friend and bond with you and God"
Marie used to teach me, return it with an old decision complaint.
Gently, I put my hand on Menel's head kneeling and prayed to the goddess.
"I will pray for you.
And now Grace Feel, the goddess of lightning, loves you, illuminates you, and is not with you on your way. "
In the dark at night.
I can feel the light shining warmly behind me.
"…… Then I swear by my new patron saint"
face up and look up at its lights, Menel
"By the end of this life, I will have saved six lives. If so, more."
I opened my eyes to that word. [M]
It was a familiar word.
- You're going to save six lives.
- You're still alive.
"... the future is for that, isn't it?
Then I will, and Menel smiled.
He smiled mightily.
"Menel......"
"It's a lot tough, it beats me down, it makes me want to die falling.
But I don't feel like staying down. Get up somehow……………… "
Also, the impression of Menel changes.
"Well, Grandma's right, look forward, we'll do what we do."
In my previous life, I was never able to stand up alone.
I couldn't stand up until Marie scolded me. [M]
Menel just got up on his own.
From a situation where I probably couldn't get over it, I switched by myself, found a place to feel down by myself, searched for ways to get my muscles through past deeds, and recovered by myself.
Probably even a vanity. There will also be help with Aunt Marple's words.
But still, this is something I can't do.
How arrogant of you to have to say something.
He's strong.
Better than me. Much stronger than I thought.
… if I had such strength in my previous life.
Or maybe it was something different.
With that in mind, I felt a little stuck in my chest with no room for regret.
"Menel.... you are amazing, I respect you"
"What is it? It's disgusting. No, it's been awesome.
I've never seen the power of combat like you in my adventurer days. Seriously, what the hell? "
With admiration and respect, he was smashed in the shoulder by a raised menel.
"It's not like I'm amazing. Because the teachers were amazing people."
"............... is he some high-ranking aristocrat's runaway son after all?
"Hmm, did I say something?
"No, nothing. I know, I'm not prying."
"I think it's time to go back, or I'll be ready for dinner."
"…… well, you're right. I'm gonna be worried more than that."
That's how we got together and went back to the village.
In the village, just about the beginning of the feast of mourning and return.
Although it was a small feast, I was much recommended to everyone.
Menel tried to be in the corner, so if he pulled it off and got involved, he'd be resisted and become a weird offense.
Staying together, kidding, listening to memorabilia of the village's deceased.
It was a pleasant feast, even though it was quiet.
......... Brad, Marie.
That.
Probably.
Probably, though.
Apparently, I may have had a friend. [M]