The "Wood Leak Day", when the Black Iron Transport Corps walked away, was dim and very quiet. Soon the night book was down and the thin, moonlight was plugged in from the skylight. Apparently, the rain stopped.
When he heard the upstairs door open, Zeke hurried up the stairs.
"Did you wake up, Mariella………"
"Fantasy Sleeping Incense" can be a good dream if you smoke it in a water flue pipe through the medicine solution, but if it burns like incense as it is, it gives you a short deep sleep. I guess the incense has expired. Mariella, who woke up, was standing in the hallway, looking blurry at Sieg.
"Sieg, what about Lynx............?
"Captain Dick and the others took him home."
"Yes..."
Nestled like a ghost, Mariella slowly walked to the door leading to the roof after staring at Sieg for a while.
"Rain, you stopped it."
Siege chases after Mariella to the rooftop with a blanket.
Byowo, and the spring wind won't blow.
Is there a stronger wind up there, or the rain clouds that rained so much, being blown away by scattering. The moonlight that was pouring into the store earlier on the 'Wood Leak Day' is almost invisible because the moon hid in the clouds.
On the roof of a terribly dark night, Zeke walked over to Mariella feeling like Mariella would be taken away at night.
"Mariela, it's still cold at night"
That said, hang the blanket in your hand to wrap Mariella around it. Mariella looks up at Sieg and tightens Sieg's chest when she finds out that she has a painful look, although her face is dark and not clearly visible.
"Sieg, I..."
Mariella opens her mouth. At times like this, it's good to listen to them. Better let it all spit out. Even though I know that, Sieg wants to block the words Mariella tries to say. I found out Mariela was trying to say something that would hurt her (Mariela).
"It's my fault."
There's no way that's happening.
There's no way that Lynx's death was Mariela's fault. Even Mariella was about to be killed.
'Cause I said I wanted to go get herbs even though I couldn't protect myself.'
"No. There were two B-ranks. Twenty-three hierarchies would be excessive. Even last time I came home without difficulty. No one can expect such an unusual gush to happen."
Sieg runs out of words so as to block Mariela from blaming herself.
"It's my fault. I didn't even give him the potion. Even if I have it, I can't use it right away."
"We're the ones who decided it wasn't necessary. Our mistake, Mariella, is nothing wrong."
Objectively, Mariella is not bad. Sieges are escorts, Mariella is a client. It is the Sieges who put Mariella at risk that have the nonsense, and Mariella is more of a victim.
Mariella, however, gets upset and shakes her head as she sifts.
"No, no, no, Sieg. Me, me…………………"
Mariela looks up and stares at Sieg. With so many tears that it seemed to spill in those eyes.
"I wanted to live quietly in the city."
Mariella continues with her overflowing tears. The strong sense of loss of Lynx reminded me of a flood (stampede) of the Devil's Forest 200 years before I lost everything.
"When the Devil's Forest was flooded, I fled alone. Because I can't help anyone from demons, and nobody helped me. Yeah, no. Guys, you let me get away with this. Because I knew staying in a defensive city wouldn't help. I ran away by myself, and I was saved by myself..."
Even then, the season was spring.
Winter alone in the Devil's Forest was so cold and cold that it seemed to freeze to my heart that I thought spring had finally arrived, but the Devil's Forest flood (Stampede) took it all away.
If I woke up at the end of the frozen time I said sleep of temporary death, it had been 200 years and there was nothing left. I'm sure a lot, a lot of them have died.
All the acquaintances who were only a few were pushed away by the course of time, by the location (connection) of themselves (with people) that did exist in the defensive city, and even by the cabin in the Devil's Forest that my master left me.
I thought winter was finally over, but the season is autumn, and winter is coming again -.
Mariella was not alone, though.
Lynx left me alone.
He's been next to me ever since we met in the Devil's Forest by chance. Even after the labyrinth city, he guided me through the city through "Yagoo's Bouncing Bridge Pavilion". He introduced me to a bunch of people he knew, and he made Mariela laugh a lot when he talked nonsense.
All the people in the city, they were all kind. He welcomed Mariella the stranger. She is also a regular person who comes through on a daily basis on "Wood Leak Day". I'm glad you came to buy medicine, but I was more glad you said, "I'm here to see your face".
Even the pharmacists, who were mean at first, now treat Mariella like a companion. "Because I took care of you," he tells me of valuable information. Mariella is so much better at taking care of her.
Even my friends made it. Emily to Hermella, Amber and Shelly to Master Cal. Everyone loves it, from people like your sister to kids like your sister. Mariela didn't know that chatting between girls and eating with them was such a fun thing.
And Sieg.
He stays with me the whole time. He's always cared for me.
When we were too commonplace together and went to the Earlyman Hot Springs, I was so surprised that I was used to having Zeke.
"Every day is fun, happy.
So I didn't even think about it. I know, I was out of my mind. That's how I thought we'd figure it out. Like the injured adventurers who helped me build the "Wood Leak Day," I didn't make a name for myself when I found out there was someone in trouble with no potion... "
I knew what the alchemists who survived the demon forest flood (Stampede) did 200 years ago in a coffin lined up in the basement of the Agwinas family.
I risked my life to find out I kept making potions. Still, I couldn't let go of my life on "The Wood Leak Day".
"Wholesale potions to the Labyrinth Crusaders aren't out in the private sector. Even though there are plenty of people in Labyrinth City who need potions. Even though you make 100 advanced potions every day, you still have the magic!
You should have spent all of your time in "Wood Leak Days" making potions!
I survived the Devil's Forest flood (Stampede) and lived happily ever after in the Labyrinth City.
"That's when he said to me," Omaenoseida ". I must have realized I was an alchemist. I knew I was all about myself, and I didn't help anyone who could."
So I'm sure this is punishment. Mariella thinks she's given Lynx the punishment she deserves.
"So this is...... Lynx died……. It must be my fault."
To a screaming monologue, Sieg accidentally hugs Mariella.
"No. No. No! It's not Mariela's fault. Mariella is not bad.
Mariela saved me, didn't she? Even those adventurers are back in the labyrinth with their injuries healed. There are plenty of people who have been helped by Mariella's medicine!
Don't really take what he says. You don't have to listen to people like that who just want to push their weakness on someone to cause misfortune.
Mariela. We didn't help Lynx because Mariela was an alchemist.
Lynx saved Mariella.
Even I didn't have a potion, and my injuries weren't healing, and as long as I lived, I served Mariella the same way. Mariella wasn't the only one healing her body.
So, Mariela. Don't say it like that. Don't blame yourself.
Don't waste Lynx's thoughts. I am, we are………………. "
Sieg is unable to convey the continuation of the words.
Because the day that Lynx told Mariella that he would confess to her when she reached the A-rank, she would not come forever anymore to convey that thought.
"Sieg......"
Siegmund just keeps hugging Mariela, who keeps crying.
"Sieg, me"
As she decides, Mariella spins her words.
"I want to kill the labyrinth."
Shoot the labyrinth, Lynx said that at the end. If that's what Lynx wants, I want to make it happen. The Labyrinth is the enemy that took the Kingdom of Endalgia 200 years ago, the defensive city, the result of a flood of demonic woods that took Mariella's place (Stampede), and took Lynx.
"I'll make potions for that. Because I cannot fight, I will name myself a Labyrinth Crusader and make potions. Because I don't want to lose anyone anymore."
Even if you can't come back to 'Leaky Day' again. If you can spend everything you can and kill the labyrinth with it. It was a strong determination similar to the oath.
Still, Mariella didn't want to be alone, even if she decided to be so strong. In the fear of just one impending death, it was terrible to go somewhere like a dark grave by yourself, like that time when you activated the magic formation of temporary death.
That's why.
"Sieg, please. Do not leave me alone………"
Squeezing Mariella's plea sweetly binds Sieg.
"Of course, Mariela. I'm all yours..."
Mariella's plea is not a slave's "order" or anything like that. There's not even a small amount of magic there.
There is only one Order that Mariela has made Sieg. 'Don't tell me you're an alchemist'. That's all.
Save Zeke's life from soul to soul, and she wanted nothing. On a serene daily basis, he was satisfied with his family-like affection and sincerely wished for Sieg's freedom.
How thirsty I have been for her. How much I have prayed to be wanted.
It doesn't matter what kind of emotion Mariella wants.
Even if it hurt deeply and just came falling into this hand in search of temporary healing, I didn't mind anything if I didn't have to let go of this muddy arm that I do feel right now.
Siegmund embraces Mariela, who trembles weakly and cries.
Were the moons that peered from the clouds missing or full?
The wind sent clouds, and in the darkness where even a few moonlights had been lost, the two nights were quietly further apart.