The Witch, Who Once Was Called A Saint

It was a child around the age of ten who showed up on the spot.

The very mundane boy, with brown eyes on his brown hair, had a grin and a smile.

"Is that a tenan? What's the matter, in here?"

"You know Ios?

"Oh.... forgotten about the one who headed for the sky today"

Hearing that, Astraia thought of the woman who prepared the tea. If they say it's her son, it's definitely shadowy. The boy called Tenan is just like a woman and has a very gracious face.

"Sister, you dance so well, I'm surprised. The battle is strong, and amazing."

"Oh, thank you"

But Astraia felt uncomfortable with the tenan with a pleasant grin.

Tenan may be acting bright by pushing his sad heart to death. But if that's all it is - how can you be here?

This is the third floor of the fort. Even if there were survivors attending the Soul Festival, I feel strange to be staying here. Ios looks strange too.

With such discomfort, Astreia knelt down to gaze at the approaching tenan.

And then I looked at him, and I remembered.

(... I was about this kid when I was in the army)

And it was also about these years that I lost myself - yes, when I lost my mind for a moment.

The boy hugged me - the moment I thought so, I was struck sharply by the belly.

Unexpectedly Astraia opened her eyes.

There was no voice.

"Sister, why... how come, before your father died, you didn't knock me down?

"... eh"

"Hey, why?

To the feeling of being hungry, Astraia thrust the boy.

And stay on horseback.

"Knife!?"

"Just a minute, wait!!"

You'd be surprised that Astraia suddenly thrust the tenan. Ios was still calm. I tried to get close to Tenan without letting him in for a while, but Astreia desperately stopped.

(... this child is under the magic of Kimyra!!)

How could I not have noticed sooner - yes, Astraia struck her inner tongue.

Kimyra's poison is basically a poison that invades your body.

But there are times when you come to a mental abnormality - especially if you must have been a young, multi-sensed child.

(of his father's wreckage, touched the burn and moved, I guess)

Then Astraia tries to hold the boy's arm, wondering if it is from her hand that he is being invaded by the poison, but she does not grab the arm of the violent boy. Astreia narrowed her eyes.

"Sorry."

And when I said a word, I dropped my fist in my belly. The boy stopped moving.

"I'll be cured soon."

Astraia first looked at the boy's right hand, making sure there was no abnormality, then also looked at his left hand. My left hand had changed from near the base of my pinky finger to my wrist, like a mole.

(There was)

Astreia saw it and put her strength at hand.

I see things will get worse again, but still, I'm glad I'm restoring as much power as I can heal the boy now, honestly. He takes on Kimyra's poison and burning pain from his fingertips, and instead loses tons of magic from within himself. My breath gets rough naturally, too.

(No, I have to concentrate more... even though I have to)

The boy's heartache, he can't take it on.

But if it's poison that erodes the boy, I can take it. This will be the only thing Astraia can do, to the fullest.

I just - at the same time, I can't help but think that you wanted to be stabbed in a different place if possible.

(before Ios, by the way)

Eventually the treatment was over and Astreia withdrew from the top of the tenan.

And I sat straight on the floor. At the same time, I felt warm on my back. Ios.

"This accident, Kimyra, the, the sequelae, That kid, he's not bad. I'm fine now that I'm cured."

To Astreia, who tells her in a broken voice, Ios says, "I'll hear you later, first in the infirmary...!," he said, roughing up his voice. But Astraia controlled it by twisting her body.

"I don't want the infirmary. People, don't say."

"But in the belly."

"It's okay, I'm okay"

The pain is terrible.

Even when the knife is piercing, the immortal force repairs the body. Destruction is repeated, and terrible severe pain is repeated. Astreia bit the sleeves of her own clothes to avoid biting her tongue. And I pulled the knife out of my stomach all at once as it was. And he threw the knife away, and breathed deeply.

Oh, the end time is coming, he said.

I thought so, and suddenly a chill ran over my back.

It's over, it's broken, what do you think?

"I'm gonna stop the bleeding. Get your hands off me."

"So I don't want it...... come on, get out of the way!

Get out of my way, don't look, go that way - Astraia hit Ios with such a messy emotion as it was. But Ios didn't flinch either. Ios went around to the front of Astraia, put that arm away - and it was solidified.

Astraia, who saw it, lay down her face.

(... is it broken?)

The costume is white. There's no way there's no trace of blood left.

But I don't see a drop of blood in Astreia's costume already. Ios seemed surprised, but calmly abandoned, knife. Astreia was aware that the blood had already disappeared from the knife.

The blood that would otherwise be there is already returning to the body at the same time as it is repairing the body.

(That's not gonna work, is it?)

I was going to be in a grip, but until earlier, it was a fact that I didn't want you to notice even though it was rampant, but the emotions that would boil if they found me were terribly light. I did it, I failed. It was a strange feeling that such dry emotions just toured and looked at me from the outside somewhere.

It's impossible for me to live with a normal person.

Yes, there was just some emotion floating around that I gave up somewhere.

However, still, I couldn't confirm what Ios looked like.

"This... is..."

"Hey, it's okay, right? Rest a little longer, and you'll be fine."

From doing the healing, there is not much force in the whole body.

Still, the abdominal pain was almost pulling off. All that remains is the poisonous numbness of Kimyra, but this will soon heal, also in terms of quantity.

Ios doesn't care about anything. Regardless, I also felt more perplexed by the sound of my voice.

So Astraia pointed at the boy with her eyes closed, keeping her face up.

"The child, in a safe place. It's an accident. Probably because I don't even remember the kid. Sad heart, fuelled by Kimyra's poison."

"... ok. Can you stand?

"Stand up. So, you ask for the child"

Quick, I want Ios to walk away from this place.

Yes, Astreia strongly wished.

I already have blurred vision, and if I stay like this, I might expose myself to what I don't look like. At the very least, I don't want to show you what you're not dressed for. So come on, take Tenan somewhere...

But such Astraia's wishes didn't quite reach Ios. Ios holds up the tenan, but he can hardly move around.

"... soon, because I'll be back. Just for a minute, will you wait?

……

"Wait, will you?

To Astraia, who does not reply, Ios asks overlapping.

But Astraia has no answer. Wait, what will it be?

Do I have to be considered creepy or do I have to ask that?

That made me want to run away like this.

The silence, not necessarily very cozy, dominated the area.

"Hey, say something"

"... eh"

If there's anything I want to do, I'm saying it anyway -!

Yes, when Astraia put her lips on, what a cheerful nose song came from afar.

"Ah, fuku! I found it!

That was Morga's voice.

Astreia and the others were turning drunk more intensely than when they left the ballroom.

But when Ios saw Morga like that, he rushed over and pushed Tenan against Morga.

"I slept there. I'll take care of it."

"Huh? Huh?

"She's out of shape, I'll drive her to her room"

Because he heard such a voice, Astreia stood up with all her strength on her knees.

You have to run, thoughts like that dominate your head, but you can't move quickly because of the poison you haven't sublimated and the magic you lost, and then the force you put on your body to repair.

As a result, Ios easily caught me.

I am held up, trying to escape by twisting myself, and I am not frightened by an unprecedented strength. Still, I can't help but give up. Astraia is...

I continued to resist.

But he arrived in the room where he was staying, before escaping from his arms.

Ios, who entered the room, walked in a straight line to the bed and grated Astreia on top of it.

"I just picked up the knife. I don't think that kid's gonna get any worse."

……

"I'm just going to make sure you follow up just in case. Besides, I have to take care of my heart."

What I really want to do is not do that.

I think so. To Astraia, Ios breathed deeply once before spinning his words in a calm voice.

"... you were a witch with healing powers."

That was Astraia's unexpected word.