Late in the day, early in the evening...
A circle of flowers blossoming in hot sand - why has it come with metamagic to Samaran, the town of Oasis?
Maybe I'll see you here. Yes, because I thought so.
To whom?
Head to Central Avenue from in front of the church without a clear answer.
The colorful tents lined up to fill both sides of the road. but only half as many people and things to go out with as they once did.
This town was as disenlivened as the Wang capital.
Continue down the street and stop in front of a café and tavern with a familiar open terrace.
However, I had a cold drink with Stellas at this store.
These stores, where people gather information, would be perfect.
Glancing through the open entrance into the store, there was not a single guest.
"... I don't think so."
In the first place, how did you come to this desert town before?
Keep walking, with the memory bug unfilled.
A long way from Central Avenue, there was a pompous little purple tent. When I tried to pass in front of a lone wolf-like tent off the group...
"... Troubleshooting... Paid"
I was held back by a cool voice.
A girl in an astrologer's outfit shows up with a crystal ball in her hand from the tent.
Her name is... I once knew her because she was sent here by mistake to the last church.
"Oh, Mr. Luluna. It's been a while."
……
The girl nodded nagging cocklessly.
Yes, I was looking for her. I felt like I could see Luruna in this town.
……
"How have you been lately?
"... looking for the stars"
"Stars?"
"... yes. I can't find it."
"Is Mr. Luruna's search for a star some kind of metaphor?
"... why?
For a moment, she looked very much like her...... that's what she looked like, but another girl looked overlapping like a phantom.
A migraine runs at the same time.
"Ku......"
"... kill me?
"No, I'm not. I'm not a lady knight... but I haven't even woken up yet, but headaches seem to be working too much lately."
"... yes"
Keep your voice on it, and Luluna shrugs at you for not being interested. The gaze looks up at the blurred void and I don't know what I'm still thinking.
"... Consultation... Free"
"Oh, you make a lot of dynamic price cuts. In one of the other successions to the throne, didn't Mr. Luruna become more facial to the royal palace as well? Tsuji, even if you don't continue to divine fortune, you will live elegantly simply by consulting nobles and merchants in the Wang capital."
The girl rocked her hair left and right full.
"... stars... because I can't find them"
"If you look up at the stars and the sky at night, it's glowing with sesame seeds, isn't it?
"... because it's a special star"
"Really? It doesn't mean anything's good if it's a star."
Luruna nodded small.
From among the many stars, she seems to continue her journey in search of only one.
"Mr. Luruna. What is that star like? It seems a little different from the stars that gleam in the night sky."
"... I don't know"
"Yes? I don't know what I'm looking for......"?
Unexpectedly, a grain of tears slipped down the girl's cheek.
Two grains, three grains and Shizukuishi fall and disappear into the sandy path of a desert town.
This is not just about you.
"... I'm looking and I don't know what I'm looking for..."
Luruna, who lacked emotional expression, hugged me to close her eyes and jump in.
"Oh... it doesn't seem"
"... messing with"
"Oops, excuse me"
"... Come on, you can do it."
There was no reason not to swallow the demands of a girl who allowed her with a faint and weak voice.
When he gently strokes his head, step by step Luluna regains her composure.
"Take your time to talk somewhere calm"
An idle bird chirping shop that took me down the street earlier came to mind.
Sit face to face at a table on the terrace along the street.
A parasol created a shade of trees and ice-based magic chilled lemonade moistened his throat.
Luruna also empties her glass of drinks and she orders a replacement and stares at me.
"... a treat?
"Yeah, I'll treat you."
"... with additional sandwiches"
The clerk says, "Yes, sir," and gives a small compliment.
Words leaked out of my mouth as I exhaled by accident.
"That's unforgiving."
Well, I can't help but say that this figure thickness seems to be Luruna. I was a little disturbed by her tears earlier, but it looks like we finally got some calm with each other in reunion.
"Bye, Mr. Luluna. Think with me about what you're looking for."
"... yeah"
From the leather pouch she wore on her waist belt, she took out a picture tag and offered me one.
It's a tarot card implied by the stars. A naked woman is depicted. Each hand holds a water bottle and also looks like it is pouring water into the fountain.
The water moistened the earth, and the trees were sprouting. There is one blue bird on the tree.
Eight stars shine in the sky.
He saw such a picture tag from me and placed it in the middle of the table in a positive position.
"Is a star an implication of a card?
"... the stars are hope"
Go on. She flips up and down the card.
"... and despair"
"But in the positive position and the reverse position, the meaning changes."
Kokukoku and the girl nodded.
"... heaven and earth, earth and water, trees and birds, two water bottles... relationship..."
"Is it a relationship?
"... yes. Connected analogues...... that's the star"
I have no idea what that means. but Luruna was serious. Maybe she can only complain in fragmentary terms because she doesn't “know” either.
"Could you please compare it to a few more words that I can understand?
"... light and shadow, life and death, right and left hand, curry and nan"
"I think the last one has a slightly different color."
"... self and others"
"Something similar and different to yourself...... right? Another person who looks just like Mr. Luluna, for example."
"... twins"
Pompous and the girl shrugged.
"Twins... I see, it's odd to say"
While we were talking about that, a replacement lemonade and sandwich were carried.
"I'll have..."
Hands a sandwich with both hands like a hamster, Luluna eats a pucker.
"By the way, does Mr. Luruna not have any sisters or brothers?
"... alone... of, should"
"Should? Say?
"... When I was a kid, someone protected me... I feel"
"In childhood, they sometimes imagine“ friends ”that no other human can see."
But Luluna was chased home.
As an unfortunate child, someone named Sage instigated the villagers to expel Luruna.
It is unclear whether this instigator is the same person, but in recent years it has been confirmed in direct confrontations in Malikha that there have been people who have named and insinuated Sage.
Are you even trying to burn down the Demons and shake the peace in the King's capital?
Whatever, by sage Luruna is......
"Mr. Luruna was chased through his hometown village, wasn't he?
"... uh... deported... to be sent to the Church of the King's Capital..."
Me and Luluna have been silent.
I can't get through. If she had entered a church monastery or something, she should be a cleric apprentice or nun, not a fortune-teller.
"... dropped out... because I did"
"Oh, did you"
I didn't know what to say. Want to check some more?
"It's been since you first came to my church..."
"Weddings......"
Suffocating everything, Luluna uttered the conclusion.
"That's right. You were unwanted by a senior demon pigmy. We repelled it... it fits, right?
"... probably"
Luruna herself is somewhat anxious. It was just like me and her.
I feel like I'm being trapped in the thread of my destiny by an invisible hand.
Girl's eyes stare at my face.
"What's up?
"... this story... I don't think you'll believe it"
"If that's what you noticed, please let us know about anything"
The girl remained a mysterious face and thought for a moment before continuing.
"... this world may perish"
"Sometimes an Incredible Prophet tricks the end of the world into waking up a religion and gathering followers... that's not what this is about, is it?
"... I don't know. Dreams...... so"
I'm breathtaking.
Luruna's fortune doesn't hit me. Even if it had hit me, I often hadn't even noticed who I was divining.
but when it comes to the intuitive fortune she shows from time to time, it's highly credible.
"It could be a sign of something. Can you tell us more?
The girl dropped her gaze on a plate of sandwiches she had eaten at some point.
I said to the clerk, "Excuse me. I'd like another plate of the same," he put the order through.