We were rocked by Mentila's carriage, and we were moving around the desert in a different way from what we had seen earlier.
This carriage not only has a ceiling like a caravan, but also a wall beside it.
But the sunlight even penetrated it, relentlessly raising the temperature in the car.
"Tsukai"
Alice opens her mouth sloppily.
I don't say it, but I could easily imagine everyone thinking the same thing.
In the meantime, Mentila opens her mouth.
"This is a desert that hasn't been around that long, so I want you to be patient."
"... ok"
Alice silences herself again to Mentila's words.
An irreplaceable landscape, illuminating the sun.
Alice the boulder also wants to refrain from talking.
Mentila laughed a little and raised her voice as I was fed up with the sand on one side as I got rid of the sand tangled in the bandage on my right arm too.
"Sekiguchi. Beyond that, the Noels are right in front of you."
Mentila's words unwittingly brighten the atmosphere within the company.
But that hope was soon to be crushed.
We were collecting the sand that came into the car because Mentila told us to wait in the carriage while we were talking to the warden at the station.
"Mr. Alice, what kind of person is the head of the Noel family?
"Hmm? Er, Borderline Uncle is a dog monkey's friend, a lovely woman... or a girl."
"... girl, is it?
In response to the word girl, Sophia opens her mouth.
"Say girl, you're older than me, right? I mean, there are rumors that he's the same age as Uncle Borderline."
"... is that a girl?
"Don't think you should stop saying that because it turns all the women in the world to their enemies. Women will always be girls."
... Not sure if it's deep or shallow.
"But I say you're the same age as Uncle Borderline, but I don't care how you look at it. Even if they say he's my age, he won't be surprised if Aruba does."
"... are you that young?
"It's not the dimension of being young or anything. For some reason, I'll always look the same, so I'm honestly creepy, I envy you."
"… I want to grow up soon"
Alice can hold her body without question as to whether Sophia's words have come.
That's when Mentila turned up in the carriage.
"Well, um, can I have a word with you?
"Huh? Oh, yeah"
"Well. The bandits will be here for a while, so the good news is the gatekeepers will arrange an inn."
He bows his head over and over again looking sorry.
In the meantime, Alice was the first to open her mouth.
"There's no detour route?
"Oh, I'm sorry. Other places are closed to traffic."
"What's the cost?
"... about that, too, sorry. Don't help me if you let me out for a second."
Mentila's words end. No, no, she takes the wipes out of her nostalgia and checks the contents.
At that time, only two letters of fear appeared in her eyes.
After that, he had arranged for an inn with a horse cabin, and was seated on the ground in each room of the four facing each other.
"Mr. Mentila, how many days is the traffic stop?
"I don't know, but he said as soon as it's safe, so I think it's gonna be late"
... I see, so Alice is staring into the void with her vain eyes like a broken doll.
From the fact that I know I'm not surprisingly stupid on behalf of Inn, I can only fit my hands in with how she looks.
"In the meantime, I'm tired, so I'm gonna get some sleep. You can wake me up if you need anything."
"Good luck. I'm going to walk around the city for a bit, right? I'm going to find out something about witches."
"Okay. But don't do anything dangerous."
Mentila grovels to bed yawning after saying so.
Sophia grabbed my sleeve as I opened the door and tried to get out, too.
"... I'll be there too"
"Okay. But maybe there's a witch, so don't go too far."
"That goes for Lasalles, too. Can't you fight with that arm?
Before she dropped her gaze, my right arm wrapped in a bandage.
... Well, it would be the mountain of Sekiyama that would be my toe now.
I gently bow my head to both of you and get out of the room.
At that time, I noticed the sky was turning red, but I went outside without worrying that it would be okay if I went right back.
It was an amazing crowd out there in the evening.
Men who would be merchants, boys and girls who would be their children, are dressed like white ethnic costumes.
The township was likewise strewn with houses and tents made of white bricks, all of which were stained with sunset colors.
I also step on that sunset color-stained sand and walk through the streets.
"Lazareth, may I ask you to walk a little slowly?
"... Huh? Oh, oh."
When I noticed there was no sign of Sophia nearby, and I had left her a little far away.
... before I knew it myself, was I in a hurry?
As I walked out to her, I accidentally noticed the sky was red.
The sun also shines red, dyeing this town red, which was orange until earlier.
"... what, this"
"Beautiful,"
State your thoughts on the city as Sofia twinkles.
I nodded to agree with the words, but at the same time I thought:
"Something's wrong," he said.
Originally sunset is when only the red, the strongest color of the sun's light, reaches the Earth, so the sky and the sun appear red.
For this reason, it is obviously more than enough to emit more bright and red light in the present situation, where the sun is also about to set.
"... Sophia. I have a bad feeling, don't leave."
"Huh...?
I grab her hand with my undamaged arm and start going back the way I was.
That's when I heard a sudden explosion from behind that made my ears squeeze.
"... explosion!?
I run out to the inn to be caught in the sound.
But that's when I looked back.
I looked back.
There, a man and a woman, wearing a large number of worn cloths and an iron collar around their necks, walked towards us.
That number would have been a wide market, enough to cover this town, talking something out loud enough to likely reach the sky.
"What, what are you talking about...?
Sophia is clearly upset with a mixed look of agitation and fear.
But I wasn't. I understand the meaning of the word.
Because this word is the word of my world.