I grabbed a cactus and headed back to the beach.
He is putting Nina to bed in the shallow waters of the sea and letting the jade rabbit make his turn.
Desert sand is hot.
Not suitable to put the sick to sleep in this sun.
In the meantime, you have to let them get moisture.
In this desert, just standing takes your strength away from the heat.
If you don't have enough moisture, your medical condition will get worse that fast.
Jade Raven receives the cactus from me, squeezes and takes the contents, and cleverly flushes the cactus fluid to Nina's mouth.
The color on Nina's face seemed worse than before I went to get the cactus.
But if that's the case, it's going too fast, so maybe my rush is just making it look that way.
There shouldn't be a problematic respite, but I have no idea what to do now.
Travel believing in other humans or miracles where land can be found, or return to Halenae.
I understand you should act just now, but I can't choose.
I even wonder if I should let her die as gently as Nina thought.
I shake my head and shake off any thoughts that come to my mind.
I was staring naturally at the jade rabbit.
If we went back to Halenae, Nina wouldn't have died for now.
Even though I knew that Jade Rabbit's behavior was based on Nina's feelings, I felt unconvinced.
Jade Rabbit notices my gaze and looks up softly.
"Pehu..."
Lonely, the jade raven rings small.
I have not been sent any [thoughts] in particular.
Jade Rabbit must have heard Nina's previous story.
Jade Rabbit is a demon, but quite clever.
You shouldn't do anything to make Nina die without even thinking about it.
Was Nina's past so tragic that she could no longer have expectations of humans?
There must be gentlemen in Halenae, and in the land where Nina was before Halenae.
Couldn't I have tried to hope for that?
Nina's lid opens weakly.
Lift your neck slightly and move your eyes.
That's how you find me, and that's where my eyes stop.
Nina's licence, which was stretched hard, loosened slightly.
"Sorry, Donna...... Mr. Dragon"
Say it in a small, whining voice.
"Nina, because you've never been so nice to me before... all the time, all the time... if that doesn't work, he wants to be with Mr. Dragon for a little while... Nina's, my dear. It's also Nina who told me not to tell you. So, Tama... don't blame me, give it to her..."
Nina coughs up again and holds down her mouth.
After the cough stops, slowly open your mouth again.
"I'm sorry... I did something to betray Mr. Dragon... But don't think it was useless."
Listen to that, okay.
Tamaki knew that if I were to let Nina die, it wouldn't have made sense to have helped her in the first place.
[Narrative] is a skill in communicating one's thoughts to others or reading strong thoughts.
Even thoughts that we are not willing to convey, in some cases, fall out on the jade rabbit.
And I'm sure Tamaki told Nina what I thought.
I guess that's why Nina and Jade Rabbit both decided to keep their thoughts to themselves.
"Traveling with Mr. Dragon... getting me on my back for a view... teaching me how to fish... Nina, it was amazing, really amazing, fun.
I was a little scared at first...... always, always, cared for Nina I just met... and soon I knew you were a sweet guy. Sometimes I wonder why I did this, why I made it this way, and I just thought about it and I knew it was for Nina... and I thought I was sorry... but more than that, I was so happy. "
I could see tears falling from my own eyes.
I was glad you thought that, though in this situation.
It was the first time since I became a dragon that you had thought of me so far.
"It's been such a breakup... I'm sorry. The truth is, after thanking you, I said with a smile that I would definitely see you again... and then I wanted to say goodbye."
... What am I supposed to do?
When I checked Nina's status, she changed from [Curse (Small)] to [Curse].
Once you've come until it's reflected in your status, it's probably getting worse fast.
I was distancing there looking for a cactus until just now, but that doesn't seem to work.
Maybe I should leave now.
Wouldn't it be rather painful to die of a disease?
No, I can think of being left behind and gathered together by demons in the desert to die.
Then, before you suffer, with your nails......
"Gwoooo......"
I look at the jade raven, whispering in a low voice.
I wanted you to ask Nina what I should do.
Nina opened her mouth as the jade raven turned to Nina.
There was no [pronouncement], but did you somehow understand what I was trying to say?
"Tell me you were going to leave while you were fine. What... until the end of the day, could you stay with me?
I didn't even ring, I just snorted slowly.
I gently stroked Nina's back with my tail.
"Thank you... Mr. Dragon"
Nina says that and laughs weakly.
Me and Nina, Jade Rabbit.
The two of them and I were alone, just staring at each other.
Nina also looked spicy with her eyes open, but she didn't close her eyes at all.
Don't you have something to do, something to talk about?
That idea crosses my mind, but I couldn't do anything.
And then there were signs of something from afar.
[Signal sensing] skills are strongly reactive.
Delayed sensing by skill, ears picked up horse footsteps.