As the sunset turns red, the corridor of the Grand Shrine runs east.
Before the area was immersed in complete darkness, Riesch stepped into the woods.
(Children's footprints, not Leo's, girl's shoes!)
Find the traces left on the ground and stare with a shallow breath.
(After all, the young lady is in this forest....)
I want to move in a hurry, but then I miss the trail.While soothing her shallow breath, Riesch observed the forest.
Some of the soil is exposed, and the ground is covered with fallen leaves.
There were only a few footprints left, but Riesch started walking without hesitation.
The scabbard of footprints is facing east.
Miriam should have gone this way.We followed it with a brand new trail of grass and a few clues.
Human beings fall into the large category of animals.
Though it is often forgotten, even a child Miriam is taller and heavier than most animals in the forest.
That's why we can use information such as the trail of fallen branches and torn spider webs.
(Calm down, calm down, make sure.The searcher that Lord Arnold is supposed to move will know where I've been walking.)
How to scratch the grass and remnants of a broken spider's nest.Traces of someone falling on a tree branch like a shoe or hoof.
Traces of large animals are distinguished from those of human children.
(If you make any mistakes, it may be too late....)
I had a nasty imagination, but I took a deep breath and pushed it to death.
Eventually, she finds her colored hair hooked to the skin of the tree.At the same time as reassuring that the direction was right, new concerns arose.
(Leo and I walked this far.I don't know about the trap ahead.)
But at that time, I felt different signs from the animals.
(... found it!)
There is a little girl's back somewhere away from Riesch.
It was definitely Miriam.Miriam sat at the root of the tree and wiped her eyes many times with the back of her hand.When I saw him, he tightened his chest.
Miriam!
……
After my shoulders jumped, Miriam looked at me from afar.
I wonder if I've been crying alone in such a dark forest.Riesch hurried to her to make sure she was safe.
Miriam-sama, are you hurt!?
"Riesh-sama...!!"
A small hand stretched out and stuck to Riesch.
"Does it hurt?Where have you broken your leg or been injured? "
Miriam sifted and shook her head to the side.In response, she stroked Miriam's head with a hug.
"Great....."
"....."
There was a sign of Miriam crying in Riesch's murmured words.
Instead, it was a question with a trembling voice.
"Why are you being kind to me?"
"Why?"
"Because I have a bad power."
Riesch blinked and slipped away from Miriam.
The face that could be seen instead was distorted to the point of crying.
"I thought Miriam loved me."
"Ah, of course...!! I love it!"
"Fufu, I'm glad.... then, even if Miriam had the power of a curse, would it be okay?"
That said, Miriam leans down and shakes her shoulders.
"... but my mom died then...!"
From honey-colored eyes, there was plenty of shizukura.
"The day I was so angry, I shouted, 'I don't like my mom.'My mom fell down that night and didn't come home like that.... "
Miriam continued to squeeze her face.
"Because I said that.Even though I have such a bad power, I really love it now.But it's my fault, Mom! "
"Miriam-sama....."
In her life as a maid, Miriam didn't mention much about her mother's death.
Richie didn't dare touch her face because she didn't want to talk about it.
I didn't realize that the reason was because I had such a wound.
"Ah, you know, Mr. Riescher."
Once he started talking, he couldn't stop talking like he'd cut a weir.
Miriam desperately spins her words as if they were synchronized with overflowing tears.
"I was thinking of getting my dad to hate me.Why don't I just stay away from my dad so I don't have to do things like Mom's? "
"That's...."
"That's why I decided not to be a troubled child.If Daddy hates me, he'll send me back to the orphanage! "
Miriam wipes her eyes many times as she snorts.
"... I love you so much"
Miriam, who had repeatedly refused her father, said so in a trembling voice.
"If you're going to die because of me, it's better if you don't like me and kick me out.I don't want to be around anymore, so I want my dad to be healthy, so... "
"Miriam-sama....."
Until now, I've been fine.When I wasn't really angry, saying something I didn't like didn't cause a curse.But yesterday's carriage and today's dress are all because of me.... "
Riesch gently wrapped Miriam's hand as she tried to rub her eyes.
"And you just said, 'Stop all my self.'"
……
The little head nods with a sniff.
Apparently, it wasn't something done by the congregation.
Miriam must have come to the conclusion that she thought it through herself so that no one would be hurt any more.
"My real dad and mom must have abandoned me because they were cursed kids.... like in Leo, Bishop Schneider asked my dad to do it, and he became my father's son. "
Riesch fell in love with it.
Miriam told Leo when she had dinner with him during the day."Because the blood is not connected, don't inadvertently tell your father."
The words against Leo and Schneider were as cold as Miriam's.
But it wasn't meant for others, it was Miriam's reflection.
He already knew your father wasn't bleeding.
That's why you told yourself you should distance yourself from the Duke.
"But Daddy's so sweet... if you want to give back all the 'I love you' to Daddy who raised me instead of being a real kid, you can't wait to be kicked out."
"... so, did Leo tell you where the orphanage was and you wanted to leave?"
"Uhh...."
Miriam stared Riesch in the eye and cried out in agony.
"I'm so sorry for flying the ribbon tied by Mr. Riesch on purpose...!"
……
Once again, Miriam's body, which was soaked with tears, hugged again.
"I'm the one who says I'm sorry. Lady
"Hik, uhh, uhh...."
"Even though you had a pretty face from time to time, I couldn't stroke you like this.--Really, until the end. "
I wish I hadn't done such a thing to leave Miriam alone.
Even if she wanted to be alone, I should have hugged her a lot and asked her, "Why is it so hard?"
"You tried so hard to protect your father."
"Eh, eh...."
"Miriam is a lovely lady.If you say you're leaving, your father will cry a lot. "
"Eh, Daddy....?"
Reese nodded with a smile at the unimaginable sound.
In fact, the Duke of Jonal was in trouble with tears, such as Miriam's wedding eve.
Whether or not there is a blood connection has nothing to do with him.
"Let's go home to your father, Miriam."
But Miriam still shakes her neck.
"... I can't, I can't go home...!"
"Miriam."
"I don't want to be with someone I love!I wish I wasn't my dad, not my mom, and I wasn't dead anybody else...!! "
Miria-sama!!
At that moment, pushed by the power of her body, she was a little away from Miriam.
……
I heard something playing.
It is a sound with a hard sound, like hitting and ringing metal.Reflectively gazing around, Riesch notices Miriam's heel.
Then, the heel, which is about a centimeter in height, is entangled with something like a very thin string.
(No way....)
It was only for a moment that a series of thoughts went through.
The reason Miriam was crying here and the metal sound in the high position.A technique that used strings to speculate that she might have fallen.
……
Was there a trap in what I saw in my past life that entangled the target's foot and set a 'goal' in the direction where the string was pulled?
That was definitely a poison arrow trick.
"No!!"
Riesch reached out aggressively.
She grabbed Miriam's shoulders, hugged her in a cover, and trapped her in her arms.
Mr. Riesch!?
"-------------!!"
Immediately afterwards, I ran into severe pain on my neck.