Shi ni Modori, Subete wo Sukuu Tame ni Saikyou He to Itaru

For one thing, the discussion was over, so my mother left her seat for tea.

My father and I will be left at the living room table.

"... hey, it's Eric. I need to ask you something."

My father cut out the story in a serious atmosphere.

"What do you want to hear...?

"Oh yeah... I don't know what to start with"

My father asks me one question after a little trouble.

"- You knew about this demonic raid?

To my father's question - I hallucinated for a moment.

The question... is what I would have done if it had been done long before the raid came.

How to answer and what to say...... I have no idea.

My father looks me straight in the eye and waits for an answer to the question.

I'm looking into my father's eyes too... but if I distract him, I'm going to deviate.

"... knew, was there"

I honestly answered that.

Even if I lied and said, "I didn't know," then I would talk about how I could have prepared the walls surrounding that village before the raid.

I had that ready a week ago.

You may lie that if it weren't for that wall, you wouldn't have known, but that wall was absolutely necessary.

I built that wall, knowing I couldn't get away with this kind of question.

I was ready... but I really don't know what to answer after this.

"... right"

My father meditated his eyes when he said so as to leak it.

"That's all I wanted to hear. And then it's good."

"What..."

I leaked doubt in that word.

Why...? Don't you have a lot to ask?

"Hmm? What, is it so weird not to ask?

You heard my heart, my father says so with a mild laugh.

"No, well..."

"I do wonder why you knew... but it's something you don't want to be asked, is it? It's written on my face."

Is my face that easy to come out of...?

I didn't think you'd notice that.

"Without you the village would have been devastated. That's why I don't question you. If I did that to you who saved the village, what would Serena say to me..."

Has my father imagined, trembling a little?

Father... I knew you couldn't beat Mother.

"But if you knew, I wanted you to say it to me, Serena, or maybe Tina. You may not believe the village when you suddenly say it's going to be attacked, but we'll believe you when we find out you're serious."

My father was a little preachy, but very kind to say that to me.

Well... I didn't tell you because I thought you'd never believe me, but I guess I should have told my fathers.

When I think about it, I feel like Tina or something would believe that if I really told her, she wouldn't even have that kind of clap that the village would be attacked.

"... thank you, Father"

"Oh, I'm your father."

When I say that, my father gets up, goes around the table, comes to me, strokes my head powerfully as I sit, and then goes outside.

... I felt so nostalgic for the first time my father stroked me in a long time.

At the same time, the size and temperature of my father's hand, which I felt from the head, gave me peace of mind.

I knew my father could count on me, and I thought again.

"I've got tea in here ~. Oh, what about that guy?

"... ah"

My mother came back for tea... but my father just left.

Father... you forgot your mother brought you tea.

I guess you left trying to dress up... but you didn't dress up at the end, Dad.

With that in mind, I sat down at the table with my mother and drank the tea she had prepared for me.

"Eric... you're going to King's Capital to join the Knights, aren't you?

Have a cup of tea and leave it for a little while before your mother talks to you.

"Yes, I am."

"What will Tina do?

I once again get a question that I have trouble answering and I feel like I'm stuck breathing.

"Tina and Eric, we're great friends, aren't we? If Eric suddenly goes to King's Capital, Tina will be so sad..."

My mother looked sad thinking of Tina, as if she couldn't talk a bit.

"... yeah. It's sad to leave with Tina... because it's what I've decided"

"... yes, then I won't say anything. Talk to Tina properly and make sure you have no regrets."

"Okay, thank you, Mother"

Say thank you to your mother for worrying about me and Tina, and I'll get up.

When I told her I was going out now, my mother smiled gently as I had guessed and dropped me off.

When I left the house, I looked for Tina.

The house next door is Tina's house, but she hasn't come back yet because she told Tina's mother.

I took a look around the village at the training places Tina and I have always been with, the fields, etc., but I can't see Tina.

"Where are you...?

Ask the villagers if they've seen Tina, too, but tell them no one's seen her.

The last time I saw it was when my dads came back from the king's capital and handed out tools and stuff and everyone was happy to have them.

I went home with Yelle and the others immediately after that and we talked... where did Tina go?

And what else haven't you been looking for... maybe the woods?

If it was a forest, I'd have to go find it soon.

There have been demonic raids and fewer demons are in the woods because they have killed many demons.

But it's been about a week now, so I'm seeing a little monster.

With Tina's magical prowess, she wouldn't die in case she wasn't caught off guard or something... but still anxious.

I ran to the woods and looked at the woods like I was going around the village.

Where...?

I hope you're not in the woods, but without the village, there's no place outside the woods where you think Tina is.

Running for a while and looking, I saw a shadow from the back.

There's probably Mr. Yelle and his men around here because it's where I buried Felix.

Yeah, let's ask if you didn't see Tina. Maybe I'm looking at Tina.

That's what I think. I run to the shadows.

That's when I found Mr. Yelle and the others from the gap in the tree and tried to speak up...

"Huh?"

I ran into a suspicious sight.

Mr. Yelle is pulling out his sword and somehow his men are falling around it.

And - Tina is down at the foot of the ground where Mr. Yellet stands.

To that Tina - it was a sight that Mr. Yelle was about to wave his sword down.