"older sister?"
Philia is puzzled by the hull suddenly beginning to cry.
"Your sister is yours!"
Philia embraced the hull, crying as if she had cut a dam, gently hugging her as she had Aldis just before. Slowly stroking his head and tapping his back like Aldis did when he was painful or sad. As I felt the temperature of Hull in her pocket, I recall the warmth that Aldis poured on them and felt that Filia knew the meaning of being a little adult.
Hull, who has gradually calmed down, begins to talk about his situation. Hull was born and raised in a rural area about two days walk from the town. Hull's daily life, living with his father, mother, and his seven-year-old sister, collapsed without a trace due to the civil war involving the entire Alban kingdom. Hull's village did not fall on the battlefield, but his parents evacuated to a large town as soldiers who fled from the battle and mercenaries who lost control in the losing battle became robbers and attacked nearby villages. Decide.
However, unfortunately, a robber was attacked on the way to the town, and both parents died and managed to get to the town with their sisters. I was fortunate to be able to enter the town before the traffic to the outside became severe, but there was no satisfactory job for the refugees who came suddenly, and there was no place to live or eat.
The calamities and hulls will be hit further. One day, armed men rushed to the refugees who were being driven to the corner of the refugee town. Armed groups scuttled the opposing humans and reportedly caught a young woman from the refugees, centered on a carriage and carried away.
"Hmm, I see ..."
After hearing the story of Haru, Rona murmurs with a transliteration face.
"What do you mean?"
Rona simply answers Philia's question.
The person "I'm reaping the refugees in the turmoil and chaos of the civil war. If I sell it, the merchant will make money. Well, if the order is out of order, it will spring up everywhere."
"That's terrible .... is Alban allowed to do that?"
Kidnapping "At least it's illegal in this country, maybe in any country, but it's all about making people out of luck. Of course it's ostensibly. No matter how many refugees go missing, the townspeople will not be troubled and the voices of the refugees will not reach the lord to appeal. It's a hassle-free, all-you-can-reap savory situation that doesn't cost any money. ''
"That's like ..."
Hull desperately begs for Philia, who loses her words as she is brought to reality by Rona.
"Please, help your sister! You'll be taken if you're not fast!"
"Are you taken?"
According to Hull, her sister was sold for sale, and a buyer was decided yesterday noon.
Philia recalls the scene she just saw. It is a spectacle where people are taken on a carrier. I don't know if those people were brought or bought, but at least Philia knows that their future is not bright.
"Why do you know that the buyer has been decided?"
"Hit ...!"
Hull asks Rona to settle, but she feels more like her sister. Start explaining with a brief silence.
"... The sold people are transported by wagon from the hut in the slave city to the firm, so it seems like the person who bought it from the firm's building the next day will take him. I'm sure she will be taken today because she was moved! "
It seems that merchants who have used armed groups to reap refugees already know. Hull, who had been monitoring movements around the merchant since his sister was taken away, knew exactly how the merchandise would be sold. Judging that there was no longer any delay, he entered the building of the firm to rescue his sister, but was found immediately, and Philia rescued where she was sanctioned.
"I'm asking! Help my sister, help her! I'll do anything! My dad and mom are gone! I only have my sister! So please help ..."
A squeezing voice squeezes Filia's chest to Hull seeking help. He lost his parents, and Hull and his former self, who had only Liana as their heart, overlapped. If she had been separated from Riana before meeting Aldis, she would wrap herself in indescribable suffering.
"... Okay, I'll do something, don't cry"
"……Really?"
Hull turns his eyes wet with tears while sipping the drop.
Philia was aware that she was saying irresponsible things. But I can never give up Hull. It seemed natural for him, saved by Aldis, to save Hull, who could have been his past. Even if I couldn't save Hull here, I felt like I would lose my significance.
"Philia ..."
Rona calls Filia's name in such a tone.
Rona knew what she wanted to say, without words. The previous fight. Despite the fact that there were three, there was a trained combat expert who wasn't a combat expert, and even though he was surprised, it was dangerous without Rona's follow-up. It would be a good idea to recruit Hull's sister by infiltrating a firm where mercenaries might be guarded with such a capacity.
Philia feels helpless.
"Rona, please. Help me."
Her eyes heat up and she desperately appeals to Rona while desperately holding onto what is likely to fall off. No matter how determined he was or what his mission meant, Philia knew well that she was not capable. In order to fulfill Hal's wishes, there is no choice but to use the help of Aldis and Rona. Scolding While being disappointed with such a miserable self, it makes sense to still choose a realistic method.
"I'm alone ..."
Seeing the desperate Philia, she sighs from Rona's mouth.
"I don't want to put Filia in danger when Al's eyes are out of sight. I'm scared of the rest ... I guess it's no use after joining Al? And Al is sweet to Philia. ''
"But it may not be in time. I'll have to rescue Hal before she's taken away."
"I don't mean I'm going to be taken away right now. I don't think Al will take that long."
"That's right."
Hull slips out of Filia's arm, which shows her hesitation.
"... What happened to Hull?"
There was a slightly disappointing color in my eyes pointing here.
"Spring?"
In response to Philia's call, Hull distorted his face as if to speak, then turned around and started running.
"Hal, wait!"
"Philia!"
Rona stops Filia, who tries to catch up.
"I'm sorry Rona. Even if Aldis says no, I ......... I am!"
With his feet stopped and turned around, Philia showed a crying face and said so, and ran to chase Hull. He may be upset by Aldis, be amazed, or maybe abandoned. For Filia, abandoning Aldis was as scary as being separated from Riana.
Still, Philia can't forsake Hull. Prof. Liana: I wondered what to do if it were Liana. In the past, they thought the same thing without saying anything and shared the same values and thoughts. It is undoubtedly an irreplaceable opponent, but he is more likely to feel uncomfortable and misaligned than before. Carina says that is normal.
Philia thought she and Riana were unusual. Ordinary humans just walk outside and are not hit by stones. Ordinary humans are not sold as real people just because they have lost their parents.
If they had a normal way of life, that would probably be because of their encounter with Aldis. I also wanted to be a person who brought such encounters to someone. But Philia didn't know how to become such a person.
Then, first, follow the ideal image in yourself. The ideal image of black hair in Philia never abandons Hull.
"I can't save everything"
He said so.
But he does not say that he is not going to save. Behind those words, I felt that I really wanted to save if I could save.
So Philia thinks.
If Aldis's hand is filled with Philia and Liana, Philia tries to reach out to her with both hands, protected by Aldis. If someone you save saves someone else again, that's the same as Aldis saved. Philia cemented her will with a reason that Liana would criticize as a quibble.
While running, Philia watches her hull to keep track of her hull. Not so far away. A big shadow suddenly appeared beside Philia, who would run as fast as she could.
"I can't help it. If Al gets angry, can you help me responsibly?"
Philia's feet are lightened by her strength. Philia replied with gratitude to Rona, who complained and offered help implicitly.
"Leave it to me!"