"... Now, Liana. Did you think about the harvest festival I talked about earlier?"
"Eh, oh ... yes, yes ..."
As usual, with twins looking around the village, Din walked in and asked to shy away next to Liana.
As she speaks, she holds her head in her mind as to how she answered.
I don't hate Din. Din and Carina are two of Riana and Philia's few acquaintances of the same age. He was Cyril in the same sense, but he was rather an acquaintance of Aldis, and for himself he was a strong tutor who taught me a lot. Diana and Carina are two of Liana's first friends.
But when asked if he had any more friendliness, he was struggling to answer. Even though I don't hate it, my mind hasn't shrunk so far that I'm thinking of spending a lot of time alone.
"... let me think a little more"
"Oh, I understand.
Leaving a simple word for Liana to hold, Din left Liana.
On the way home of the day, Carina calls out to Liana this time.
"You're a face that doesn't float. Rianna. Are you worried how to decline Din's invitation?"
"e?"
When she asks Karina as if she had read her heart, she shows surprise.
"How do you know?"
"Nothing by all means"
Carina smiles bitterly.
"Easy to understand because both you and Philia immediately appear."
"Huh?"
Liana immediately touches her face petapeta, but that doesn't mean she knows anything. Looking at the situation, Karina blows out small.
"Well, I know I'm embarrassed. Even if I'm suddenly summoned, I don't know much about Din .... I understand Din's feelings."
"Din's feelings?"
"It would have been a dream story for Din a while ago to spend the harvest festival with his favorite child. Din and her youngest girl were Marie, five years older than me, and seven years old. There was only younger Chelsea. ''
"Din's favorite child?"
"that's right"
"Who is it?"
"I don't know about Riana."
"... Is Philia and Aldis different?"
Not sure why only his name appeared there, Liana asked.
"Why is Aldis coming out of Philia anyway?"
Carina catches Riana's doubts with a mysterious face and expresses her face as if she notices something.
"Ah, uh ... you mean you've never liked a person?"
"I love a lot of people. I like Philia and Aldis, Nere, Cyrill, Din and Carina."
Karina sighs at such words.
"Huh ... I see. Din struggles."
For some reason, Karina, who is sorry for Din, begins explaining to Riana as if she were telling her child.
"That's Liana. I like Din differently from what you say. It's not like you're like a person, it means you like a girl as a heterosexual."
"What's different?"
Riana leans her head lightly without understanding what Carina is saying.
"Um, in other words, do you know if you like a special person even if you like it?"
"Philia is special."
"No, not really. In this case, just think of a man. Hmm ..... but, for example, isn't there someone who says," If you think about that person, you feel like you're tightening your chest? " "
I wonder if there is such an opponent, but Liana shakes her head when no one thinks.
"Other than that ... or someone who always wants to be together."
Someone you always want to be with. Philia and Aldis. But Carina should only consider men, so Philia should be excluded. This means that for Riana, Aldis alone is the opponent.
"In addition," I'm relieved to stay together. "
The word “relieved” immediately reminds Aldis of his face. The one and only person who has given Liana and Philia a meal, a place to sleep and peace of mind. Without Aldis, Liana would still have been a man, and even in his childhood he knew exactly what it was.
"" If he thinks he'll be gone, his heart will be painfully intolerable. "
I never thought that Aldis would be gone. At the same time, as soon as he thinks, inescapable sadness and fear strikes Riana.
Just a word comes to mind. Just as Philia is an indispensable half of her body, I realize that Aldis is not a comprehension that Riana is an indispensable part of being Riana.
"I want to see the other person's happy face."
I am happy if Aldis is happy. I want Aldis to always have a soft smile, and it should be aimed at me or Philia.
"Do you want to help someone?"
Aldis got a lot of warmth. That's why Riana wants to return something to Aldis.
Of course, there is little that I can do now. In a battle, you can only be a sword, you don't have enough knowledge to support Aldis, and you can't make delicious tea like Nere. Still. Just a little is fine. Not only was given, but also wanted to help Aldis.
As she shuffles Carina's words into her heart, she begins to question her feelings little by little. There is no doubt that Aldis is as important to Liana as Filia.
But with a pause, I ask myself again.
What is this feeling? The feelings for Philia and Aldis are slightly different. What made the difference? Liana began to dive deep into her thoughts without hearing the words cast by Carina walking next to her.
A few days have passed since then. A harvest festival is held the day after all the crops growing in the village fields have been harvested.
The harvest festival is a village with a population of about 100 people. At best, a large log fire lit a night in a plaza in the center of the village, and it was enough to enjoy a celebratory drink or a drink while surrounding the light. Penetration If anyone had a distant view of the village, he would have found the sleeping darkness of Canobis, and the shining needlehole that fell into the blackout.
It's a small celebration, but it's also the day for the village to make people smile the most in the year. The harvest this year seems to be better than usual, and the expression of the villagers who drink sake is bright. On the only platform in the open space, Sarah sits alongside the village chief, and the other villagers sit around a campfire and laugh, eat, and eat for the past year. I was delighted.
Liana sits down on one of those logs and includes a sip of diluted fruit wine from a wooden cup.
"Din's invitation was refused?"
Philia's voice began to ask from the other side across Aldis sitting next to him. Liana looks at Aldis for a moment and shakes her head silently.
"Hmm"
Philia, who is not interested in it, greets herself with the meat, which she holds in her hand.
Aldis seemed to feel a little nervous in contrast to Philia, who had a delicious face, and Aldis began to stroke her right hand on Liana's head. She doesn't mind her hair getting distorted, and Riana leans on her rough hands.
Liana until a few days ago did not notice. This is because Aldis is the partner.
I have been stroked by another person. A magician woman who is acquainted with Nere, Cyrill, and sometimes Ardis who came to the house of Caucasus.
However, Nere and Cyril do not treat Liana crudely and always gently stroke her head with a gentle hand. If you make a mistake, do not stroke your hair. If you do that, even if you're against Nere or Cyrillic, you've probably eliminated that hand.
The red-haired sorcerer was not only stroking his head, but also suddenly hugging and rubbing his cheeks, but to be honest, it was a very annoying story for Riana. Obviously, he did not feel sorry to see Aldi's attention and his humming. Moreover, I do not want to approach a large man with a scary face of a companion or a man who seems to have a cold impression.
Aldis is special. The more you ask about Rumina Carina, the more Riana becomes aware of it.
But I'm still not sure if this is what Carina calls "a special favorite that is different from ordinary liking."
What can be said with certainty is that next to Aldis is his place. Riana realized that this was the only place she had to be herself and that she and Philia could live on her own.