The Branded Female Fencer

And after a while, Uti comes to Wintier.

"What, Wintier? Everyone's in a hurry, but what happened?

"Here you are, Uty"

"(That didn't piss you off?

I just thought Uti would get mad at me for putting on "Dear", but the look on Wintier's face was somehow serious. This kind of face of Wintier, by birth, Uty had never seen.

"Uty, what are you going to do after this?

"Huh? There's something about Nia, and I'm gonna follow the Alphilis and the others, right?

"What if Nia heals?

"Uh-huh... I haven't really thought about it, but I honestly don't have a place for Atashi here, and I think I could just stick with it. Alphilis is going to go everywhere, and I'm not bored with them. Besides, I honestly can't leave Alphilis alone. Why are you asking me that?

"There will be a war in this place soon."

To that word of Wintier, Uty also became a serious face. And even if I don't tell everyone, Uti figured it all out, including the look on Aerial's face earlier. Although Uty is usually kidding, if you only look at the rotation of his head, it's actually the fastest of the Alphilis and the others.

"What should I do with Atashi?

"That's for Utility to decide. You can follow the Alphilis and the others, or you can go with us. From the beginning, Uti would have come free, wouldn't he?

"That's true, though. But I didn't envisage such an important..."

"Then let's change the way we ask. Uty, do you still want to be a superior spirit?

To Wintier's serious face, Uty also answers seriously without joking.

"Of course it is"

"Why?"

"Like other fairies, Atashi don't like taking nuts every day, counting the number of leaves, and spending time playing with river fish and forest animals. You like being with nature, don't you? Because you're a leprechaun. But Atashi has his own will. There are wings that can fly around freely, and I want to see more different worlds. I'm perfectly sorry that I spent the rest of my life imprisoned only by nature and eventually disappeared into one with nature. I'd like to get involved in this world as something else. That's why Atashi wants a superior spirit!

Utility's eyes show will to Wintier with a strong light. Wintier took a small hand of Utility when he saw a definite readiness in his eyes.

"Uty looks like me back in the day."

"What? Atashi, you're not as solid as Wintier, are you?

"Rather, as a superior spirit, I think I'm in a ruinous category, though. Let's just put that aside. As a matter of fact, when I was a fairy, I used to be more impotent than you."

"Oh yeah??

Uty was also surprised by this. For Utility, who remembers embarrassing Utility's behavior on something and sometimes being sentenced to butt slapping, Wintier was the same with his harsh parents.

"Speaking of which, you may not have heard of the old days of Wintier"

"That would be so. I was born in Schteem, but I wasn't here for 10 years."

"Oh, so what were you doing?

"I was flying out of Steam and traveling with humans"

"Buh."

The utility blew out unexpectedly. I didn't expect Wintier to do such a powerless thing. The fairy is basically forbidden to engage with too many humans, but I had no idea Wintier, the head of the inner rear, was doing it himself, a servant utility or thought.

"You can't talk about people!

"Right. But from here on out, we're serious. It's also a story Utility needs to talk about in order to be a superior spirit. Listen to me."

"... ok"

To Wintier, who will sometime be a serious face, Uti will also correct his dwelling and take a proper seat in the air. And Wintier's mouth told the story of the shock.

"I used to fall in love with humans"

"Huh?"

"... I thought I told you to ask me seriously?

"Oh. I'm sorry. It's too much of an imaginary diagonal."

Uty rushes to join hands and show her sorry will.

"... Fair enough. I flew out of Schteem, and so did the prairie. So I hooked up to a trap to catch a bird, and I couldn't get around."

"... I can't talk about people, Jean..."

"Something!?

"No, go on because it's nothing!

An unexpectedly genuine utility rushes to wave and prompt the story. Wintier also exchanges one sigh to continue the conversation.

"It was a young man doing business there who took the streets. He helped me and I decided to accompany him on a journey for a while to repay him. I tell him that danger is imminent, and he escapes every time. In an era where there were still constant wars all over, we met with dangerous eyes many times, but he and I survived the crisis together many times. And how long have we been partners on the journey, and I've been fascinated by his honest personality. I wanted to be beside him and go for the higher spirits. Same back length, same gaze, I was wondering if he could love me."

"He was a total fan of you doing business, and it felt like he didn't mind losing money because he wanted to buy his products cheaply. How many times have you starved to death because of it? Every time I advise him, he always tells me this. 'It's not the product I'm selling, it's the hope. Even if I don't have the money, if there are people who would be happy with my products, that would be fine'.

Indeed, his personality called for people to smile in various places. Losses were often made, deceived, but few traded during the war at the time, and his presence gradually became treasured. Sometimes he was accompanied by a fairy named me, and his fame gradually grew. "

"And I was able to save up a little bit, and one day the merchant's job came on track. He was attacked by bandits. My mouth was sour and I advised him many times that I should hire a mercenary or something because his name was gradually selling, but he was the one who would donate all but the minimum funds to an orphanage or something... and he only had the money he didn't even have then. I was just out picking up nuts then and he was getting ready for a bonfire in the woods. But by the time I got home, I'd already found him with the bug breath.

I cursed myself for having no power. I also hated the bandits who attacked him, but more than that, I hit him eight times on the verge of dying to see why he didn't listen to me. Then he said: 'I thought if I wanted to make the Spirit my wife, I'd be a better person'. That's when, for the first time, I knew he felt the same way as I did, and I cried beside him. And at the same time as he died, I became a superior spirit. "

"How could you..."

Uty lost the word. Wintier remembers what happened at the time, sending a glimmer of tears to her cheek.

"Do you know the difference between a fairy and a superior spirit, Uty?

"I thought the upper spirits were closer to nature, but..."

"That fits in a way. But that's not all, we're willing nature's protectors. It must never be a physical law that moves only for nature, but a being that moves for all of this earth. That's why we need a clear will. But fairies are things that come out of nature, so many people don't have a clear self at birth. Even now, these Schteem fairies have very little self, and there's no individual difference, right? I mean, beings like Uti are not heretical, but rather fairies like you are the individuals to further sublime. And it is only when such individuals acquire new emotions and truly desire further power that they qualify as superior spirits for the first time. In my case, the emotion was' grief '."

"I had that reason..."

Uty put his arms together and started thinking. Thinking about it, I think Uti has been taught a lot of things by Wintier. It was the emotions that were unrelated to Utility, such as patience, moderation, and discipline, that Wintier might have been trying to teach.

"But it's still best to engage with humans if you know your emotions. Humans are the most emotional creatures on this earth. I'm sure they will be the key to leading us to the higher spirits."

"And that means... that it's a good idea to go with the Alphilis and the others?

"Right. I'm sure you do."

"What! You're the same as before!

Uty smiles all the time.

"Then Atashi needs to take good care of the Alphilis! Because they're dangerous."

"You don't just want Uty to tell you, they are"

"It's Hung! I'll make sure you tell them you can't do it without me! Then I'll follow those kids!!

And Uty pops out to the Alphilis and the others. While dropping that off, Wintier thought you were the kid who wouldn't come home once he popped out, as if Claston's fruit were when he would fly seeds, but where Uty's voice was no longer visible, she screamed.

"Wintier!"

"Thanks for everything! I'll definitely come back to show you my face!!

"Heh heh, that kid"

There's no sign of Uty already, and I guess he's already gone. She was lit or never said to face, but make it a wintier. That was a little appreciated. Because I'm sure Wintier would have cried, too, if she'd told me to face it.

"I'll see you again. I'm sure."

And Wintier also commanded the fairies to go in and prepare to retreat inside.

Continued