There's always a way!

Ed squatted in a chair in front of the fireplace, trying to cheer himself up.

Even now, if he is as dull as he can perceive, something is wrong. Looking at Felicity, who was smaller than him, was busy with his back, his mind swirled with countless questions, but he couldn't ask any of them.

He listened to Norway tell stories about the universe...... He knew that the world in which humans and elves lived was not the only world created by the gods, but the current situation was more like he had run to another time.

A time when he shouldn't have existed......

His gaze wandered unconsciously around the small cabin. Felicity's home was in a col some distance from where he had been, and the small village was silent in the night, as if it were uninhabited at all. But the cabin is warm and cozy, and it's quite casually tidy up, but it's not too cluttered. Weapons and animal skins hung on the walls, fragrant meat of unknown animals was simmering on the stove, and Felicity was humming a song while so-so cutting a turnip into odd pieces of different sizes and throwing it into the pot, if Nalya saw it, she would definitely grab the knife and grab her sleeve and do it herself......

No, Naria hates turnips the most, and she won't hesitate to open the window and throw that thing out.

- He may never see Narya again.

The thought that popped into his head made him immediately depressed again.

When Felicity turned around, she saw the black-haired young man holding his legs and curling himself up like a child, his chin resting on his knees. Listless, pathetic.

The girl licked the soup from the wooden spoon and thought about what to do with the guy. Along the way, she dug up almost all of Ed's secrets. She knew he was returning to his home, Klossersburg, with his friends. He probably didn't know that his home had been breached by the enemy, and that his loved ones had either died or fled...... It is said that no one surrendered until the end, and the old queen, who was hiding in the castle, set fire to the entire castle.

The Chrysian dynasty has come to an end. His "friends" probably won't come back to him again.

O little prince in distress...... It's still a bit silly.

The girl tilted her head, a slight headache.

The black stoneware cup that was originally held by Ed slipped off unconsciously and fell into several pieces on the ground with a snap, and Ed, who was awakened by the sound, almost jumped up. He looked at the broken pottery shards on the ground, and his face quickly turned red. He looked up at Felicity with an embarrassed smile.

- It's cute.

The girl nodded, and made up her mind. She had to tell the "little prince" who couldn't figure out the situation that he had no home to go back to. He had to go incognito and hide everywhere from then on. Of course, it won't be easy, but it's still much better than him running back to find death so stupidly, or being used as a banner for the restoration of the country. This is the border of Rutgar. It's pretty safe for now. But further south, it is easy to run into soldiers who are searching for fugitives and are already loyal to the new dynasty, and this guy in front of him probably can't even "hide his identity" at all.

But when she told Ed everything solemnly, the young man's eyes were not angry, sad, or frightened as she had expected—there was "surprise", and there was rest. It's more about "staying".

After a moment of froze, Ed suddenly took a deep breath. Sitting upright, with the most serious look he had ever seen since they met, he said solemnly: "I know it will sound strange, but I swear that everything I say is true......".

"My surname is Singal, not Chrisses, and I'm not a prince...... My mother was Vala of the House of Christus, and I know that she was great-great...... Grandfather was the ruler of the last dynasty in this country, but that was more than 200 years ago......"

Ed tried to make his tone sound more believable, and at this time he wished he could have the deep voice of Iss when he turned into a dragon...... He hadn't been going to tell Felicity about it — to be honest, he hadn't figured it out himself, but hearing the fact that the distant legends were actually happening, he could finally confirm that he had really run back hundreds of years. And the girl in front of her, who is only a teenager, will one day become the sage of the water god...... Maybe she'd believe him, maybe she'd know how he could go back? Nyo asked her to help him, didn't she?

He thought Felicity would be a little surprised—she did, but in an instant she had a look of sudden realization, and clapped her hands happily: "I know! You're a traveler from another time!"

"......'The other one?!" Ed literally jumped up from his chair this time, "Is there another one?who is he?where is he???...... does he know how to get back?"

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Felicity patted him on the head as if soothingly, "there is indeed another, and the old man of the village says that he is free to come and go at different times...... But he's not as nice and nice as I am. That half-elf, with hair almost as white as mine, and though he was good-looking, he was always cold and unhappy, and he would not allow anyone to approach his place......"

Ed laughed silly, and the smile grew louder and louder as the girl spoke.

"I know him!" he declared loudly, "though he may not know me yet...... But I know him!"

The girl stared at him curiously: "...... How do you know everybody?"

Ed smirked, "Keller Brian...... His name is Keller Brian, isn't it?".

Celebrian lives in a small valley far from the village, where no outsiders can enter. Felicity was rather unhappy with this.

"There is a fish in the stream of that place, and although it doesn't grow big, it's delicious! When I was a child, my father always took me to catch fish, but since the half-elf made it his own, we couldn't get in......

Celebrian probably set up some sort of barrier near the valley. Felicity pointed to the mountain in front of him with great certainty and said that this was the entrance...... But they couldn't find any place to enter.

They couldn't get in for several laps, and at last Ed simply shouted, "Celebrian, it's me, Ed, Singall, I know you may not know me, but I know you, long, long time later...... You've saved me, half-elf, please, help me again......"

He shouted so loudly that his voice was hoarse, but there was still no movement around him.

"Maybe he's not home?" Felicity guessed.

Ed was a little frustrated, but still roared unwillingly, "Karen!——"

He remembered that Scott had called him a half-elf, though he thought it was a girl's name......

Felicity grabbed him and jumped happily: "I'll tell you this is the entrance!

The mountain peaks that had been tightly blocked in front of them suddenly disappeared, and a path surrounded by trees and rocks quietly appeared in front of them.

Soon after walking along the path, you can hear the sound of flowing water—the valley is like a different season, the grass is verdant, the ground is full of wild flowers, but there is no sound, and nothing like houses can be seen.

"Celebryan?" Ed called tentatively, "Are you here?"

"Ed ...... Singh. A deep voice rang out behind him.

"Hey, can you stop being so sneaky?" Felicity cried out in dissatisfaction, startled by the sudden appearance of the half-elf.

Ed turned around, overjoyed to find that the half-elf in front of him was just as he remembered...... Like a ghost wandering the world.

Or rather, more like a ghost. The sunlight absolutely pierced his body! Was he already like this hundreds of years ago?......

"Why are you here?" the gray ghost frowned at a distracted Ed.

Ed was stunned for a moment before he reacted.

"You know me!!"

He screamed, almost crying with joy, and jumped over to hug the cold fellow, only to suddenly remember that Celebrian hated to touch his body when the other man stepped back in disgust.

Is it possible that he will disappear as soon as he is touched?

"You know me!!" Ed immediately shrank back, but repeated uncontrollably, grinning and giggling.

Encountering old acquaintances in a foreign land...... I won't be as happy as he is!

"Enough. Celebryan didn't look happy at all, "What stupid thing did you do again?"

"I didn't do anything!" Ed discerned aggrievedly, "we ran into Baie and his mercenaries on the way home, and I hid in a hollow in a tree when the fight broke out, and somehow I ......," he said, "here it is." ”

"'Didn't do anything'?" the half-elf asked coldly.

Ed shuddered in his gaze, which was colder than the breath of an ice dragon, and began to think desperately, "They are in a mess, but I can't help anything, Isis is injured, and Narya is also injured...... I shouldn't have let them get hurt......"

And then...... What did he do?

- He seems to have done something, but he can't remember anything about it.

Celebryan sighed softly, a hint of annoyance on his face, "Why are the people of the Chrysers family so troublesome?" ”

Ed would love to say that he was from the Singhal family...... The words came to his lips and he swallowed wisely.

"Do you know what to do?" he asked hopefully, "do you know how to get me back?"

"I do know. The half-elf looked at him with a hint of sympathy in his eyes, "But you have to think clearly, Ed...... What price are you willing to pay for this?".

(To be continued......)