Ruth! Are you there ~!?
As I was trying to clean up the table, I knocked through the window.In the newly rebuilt inn, all the windows were made of glass, and although there was not much transparency, it was obvious that there was someone outside the window.
"Karen?"
"Yes, I brought you a souvenir because I was close by.Is it because you can get out? "
When Ruth opened the window, Karen stood there as expected.Is there a motorcycle on the side? There is a strange object similar to.
"What's the matter, suddenly?"
"I went to King's Landing with Grandpa Tomash, so I thought I'd show Ruth my face."
"Then it will take about three days from King's Landing to Hashimika Village."
"I have this kid, I'll be there in a few hours!"
That said, Karen bragged about the motorcycle next to her.
"Could this be 'Mr. Farney' in the letter?"
"Yes, Mr. Farney, number three!" It's finally done! I'm so happy! "
Ruth laughed bitterly at Karen, who talked passionately about performance.
You're completely captive to mechanical magic, Karen.
After the battle, Karen did not stay in Hashimika village, but headed for Tomash's laboratory in Dordorfahr, the western power.While he was teaching me how to use mechanical magic, he fell in love with it and decided to make it his apprentice.But naturally, Thomas didn't want to take his apprentice and was left alone.
But Karen doesn't give up on such a thing.I took the liberty of sitting in the lab, getting along with the research dolls, taking care of Tomash and Naf, who was one of the brave men, while creating my place.As a result, Tomash managed to recognize him and said he lived as an assistant rather than a disciple.Now he fits in with the knife to create a new magic machine.
"Mr. Nurf didn't come with you?"
"I left it in King's Landing!You just have to leave me alone... because I chose blue no matter how many times I told Grandpa Tomash it didn't suit me! "
That said, Karen had an unusual angry expression.
(Even if you say this, you two will get along....)
Ruth knows that the two friends are close to each other just because of the letters they send and the fact that they're acting together.And it's only Naf who gets angry at someone for being a good person.
(The world doesn't know.)
Karen, who was looking for someone like his brother Clark, seems to have left him somewhere unexpected.
"Speaking of which, Garcia and Eliza came to the lab the other day.He said hello to Ruth. "
"How are you both?"
"Yes, it was already rough.I can't breathe. "
"Hahaha....."
Two members of the brave party, Garcia and Eliza Beta, had been rescuing people in the airship Gilmore for some time, but had moved to Dodorphar about a year ago.Not the king's capital, the home of the two.
He said he had a vague ideal of wanting to live in the country from the moment he stopped by Dodorfahr on his journey.Garcia said she quit the King's Landing.And they got married in no time.It seems that a child will be born soon. Sometimes he comes to Tomash's lab and says the four of Naf and Karen are thinking about how to use mechanical magic for Dodorphar's future.
"But is it okay to deal with such noticeable mechanical magic normally?Some people still don't know it exists. "
"It's all right. I'm doing a good hidden magic trick, so for ordinary people..."
"--They found out that someone other than normal was approaching.Watch the border. "
Ah, Mr. Cyrus.
It was Cyrus who interrupted the conversation between Ruth and Karen - back in shape again.
"It's okay, because Grandpa Tomash used a special trick near the border, and he put on a little concealment magic."
"If you were supervising, don't let him run anything dangerous in the first place.Damn, it's sweet and annoying for Karen. "
"Oh, jealousy? It's okay. Come back to Dordorfell, and Grandpa Tomash will welcome you."
"You're not supposed to."
Cyrus lives in Hashimika village after that battle, without going back to Dodorphar or sleeping. And now...
"--Splash! Professor Fana says it's lunchtime!"
Little children are calling out to Ruth.They look like ordinary village children, but with nearly a dozen, their ages are also fragmented.
It was Cyrus who responded.
"Oh, okay, okay.Thank you. I have some errands to attend to, so eat without the teacher. "
Yes!
The children who were told to do so by Cyrus vanished across the road singing a joyful song.I wonder if I can't help looking forward to lunch.
Cyrus's “teacher” is on the board, too.
"Really, you look like a teacher. I can't believe it."
"Shut up."
Cyrus became the principal teacher running the orphanage in Hashimika village.This was due to a surge in the number of adults who were unable to support their children in the battle three years ago, and children who lost their parents.
"I didn't think I'd do this... but I don't like kids either."
But Cyrus couldn't leave the children who had lost their parents.I don't like negotiating with one father, but I built a house for them, and while I was looking after them, I became a prodigal “orphanage teacher.”Together with his large body, he is now one of the village's residents who are also relied upon in Hashimika village.
But if I do this, I think I'll be forgiven someday...
That's how Cyrus sometimes looks away.Behind his eyes is a son who died in a mistake.He may think about it for the rest of his life.
"... well, then, it's time for some annoying people to go back. I'm leaving."
That said, Karen handed Ruth the souvenir she wanted.
"Yeah, well, let me see your face again."
"Tell your father, 'Think old and quit your research.'"
Say it yourself.
"If I say it directly, I'll rub it through you."
"That's not true. Grandpa Tomash is a little stiff, but if I talk to him over and over again, he'll listen to me."
"I don't know...."
"Anyway, come see me once in a while, I'll be glad.... we're no match for our real son. "
Loose looked more sad than frustrated.I may have something to feel because I am by Tomash's side every day.Cyrus closed his mouth trying to say something about it.
"... okay."
"Promise! See you both later!"
That said, Karen boarded Farney III and rose to the sky and drove him toward King's Landing.I'm sure somehow I'm going to pick up the knife.
"That's why I told you to do your surgery faster... so you can hear the whole power sound."
"Hahahaha....."
As Cyrus said, he was using concealed magic, but the sound echoed around him as soon as the engine started, so he couldn't discard the possibility that the villagers would notice.
Speaking of which, what did Cyrus do?
"Oh, I need to talk to you for a second."
Cyrus retrieved a letter in his nose as he said so.
"I got a letter for Father Johann. What's going on?Maybe a former Cétian official sent him. "
"To the priest....."
Father Johann, who operated the church and orphanage in Hashimika, is not in Hashimika.
After the battle three years ago, I went on a journey with Aristotle Telesia to bring healing to the world.Aristotle thought it was necessary to redeem himself for what he had done.Father Johann followed it as a matter of course.That is why Cyrus decided to run the orphanage.
Although sightings of "seeing the goddess" were rising everywhere, there was no talk of two people settling somewhere, and Ruth and the others didn't know where they were doing it now.Three years after that, I still hear from travelers about the goddess who keeps healing people for free.How long will their journey last?
"The Sestias Church is gone... and we have to manage it in the village."
"I knew it... I'll give it to the village chief"
Cestiatics, which was widespread around the world.It was an organization with churches in various countries and strong global power, but it was dismantled some time after the events three years ago.
Because it became known that the four people who were taught to be gods actually existed and continued to be pillars for people.Because it was completely different from the church's teachings, people stopped believing.Célestine's mother, who was an ardent Célestian believer, stopped speaking her name after the battle three years ago.Rather, they even said it was the cause of the incident three years ago, and it became a taboo atmosphere around the world.
As for the rescue of people who have lost what they believe, it seems that new religions are being made everywhere now, but it is doubtful whether it will be as big as the Cétians, and if it is, it will be crushed and repeated.
"I don't really need to be a god, but there are a lot of people who can help me."
"However, there are some examples of generalism, so it doesn't mean anything..."
Before he knew he existed, Ruth didn't believe in God.But I know that faith can be saved.I only pray that what people believe in anew is calm.
"--Cyrus! Dinner!"
"Beard, Fanna"
As they were talking, Fanna - one of the brave men - appeared.
Fana is the one who arrived in Hashimika village three years ago after the battle.She said she was from an orphanage, and she couldn't see Silas running it without getting along well with the children.At first, it seems that I only intended to help for a short period of time, but that's what I said, and one day, three years later, I realized that I became an orphanage teacher.The children seem to miss Funa either way.
"Children will be worried if we don't eat together!Even people say, "Cyrus Sensei is not human!"
"... well, it's true."
"Whether it's a fact or a final lesson, the little one is afraid, so you shouldn't let her know now!"
"Oh, okay, okay, sorry."
Looking at Cyrus pushed by the power of Fanna, Ruth laughed small.
The appearance was not a feeling of management and employees, but only of parents and children who were easy to understand based on their age.In fact, Fanna also thinks of Cyrus as her late father now, and has been told confidentially.
"Ruth, Ruth told me, too.Don't pretend to be less human. "
"Yes, next time I see you cutting down a tree with your bare hands, I'll be careful."
"Again... that's why Cyrus!"
"Ruth, you're having fun."
"Hahaha, no way"
Ruth smiles as if she knew it was a lie.
Their quarrels are routine, so don't worry about them.
Well then, Cyrus seems to have to go to dinner, so I'll give the letter to the village chief.
"Oh, really, thank you."
It's too late for lunch now, so I don't particularly do the work at the inn where I don't serve lunch.It would be good enough to carry a letter.
When Ruth received a letter from Cyrus, he told his parents that he was going out and decided to go to the new village chief's house.Parents are as friendly as ever, so it's best to stay out of the way at noon.