The morning sun finally crossed the horizon, and Ikki pushed open the door of the room with a pair of dark circles under his eyes that were not obvious, and it looked like he hadn't rested well last night.

"Good morning, Sister Irene. ”

Erin apparently got up earlier than he did, and even mopped the floor all over again.

"Morning. ”

Erin sat on the couch and nibbled on bread, vaguely greeting Ikki.

Kazuki also walked over and sat across from Erin.

"What's the matter, you don't look very happy. ”

"Hmm? No...... No, how could I be unhappy......" Yihui hurriedly squeezed out a smile, but muttered in a low voice: "...... It's weird. ”

As soon as he remembered what Leolu had said to him just now, Ikki was a little afraid to face Erin.

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Earlier, inside the room.

"Kazuki, what are you going to do?" Leolu looked up at Kazuki, who hadn't slept well all night, as Leolu frustrated himself as he stroked Zoroa, who was about to lie on top of him.

Leo Lu guessed the scene outside the house last night through Waveguide, and he could see that Ikki had also understood.

It's a pity, but it's a choice that Ikki has to make, even if it's a little sudden.

"I ...... I don't know. If you can make the little fire horse happy, then let it go on the path of happiness. ”

Kazuki patted his cheek vigorously and began to change into his usual clothes.

"But you know, the object that the little fire horse really likes is Erin, and it belongs to Erin. ”

Leolu knew he was telling the truth, but he still didn't want to force Ikki to make a decision.

So he picked up Zoroa, looked at Selia, who had not yet woken up, and climbed out of the window.

"It's up to you what to do...... Just make the choice you least regret. ”

Watching Leolu and Zoroa disappear out of the window, Ikki stood in place for a long time, and sighed: "What should I do?" ”

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"Hey, hey, hey, wake up!"

Ikki was pulled out of his memories by Erin's voice, but as soon as he came back to his senses, he saw Erin's eyes observing him at a very close distance.

"Really, children must rest early at night, even if they play with elves too late!"

Under Irene's coercion, Yihui had no choice but to nod.

However, Erin obviously made a mistake about the reason why Ikki didn't rest well, but luckily she was mistaken, otherwise Ikki really didn't know how to explain the little fire horse to Erin.

Remembering what he saw last night, there were little fire horses and Otachi talking and laughing in the moonlight, and Kazuki didn't know what to say at all.

Listening to Leolu's meaning, he wanted the little fire horse to stay by Erin's side, but after traveling for so long, he can be regarded as having a certain feeling, although the little fire horse always pounces on him and makes him wet, but it is indeed a good partner.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you wandering again?"

Erin patted Kazuki's head and looked at him in distress.

"If you don't have a good rest, then hurry back and sleep for a while while it's still early, don't you still have to hurry?"

Erin tossed the last bit of bread into her mouth, then slapped the crumbs off her hands and walked towards the room where Leo Road had been wounded.

"I'll go and clean up the things I didn't tidy up yesterday, and come to me if there's anything. “

So, only Yihui was left alone in this room.

He had absolutely no idea what to do.

Little Fire Horse loves Erin far more than he does. He also knew that the elves should be allowed to choose the path of happiness.

But he just couldn't do it, he just couldn't explain it to Erin.

As someone who has never had a friend, Ikki never imagined that there would be such a day, and he realized that he really had thought too little.

"Oh......" he sighed, "Let's go see the little fire horse......"

The path still needs to be chosen by yourself.

The little fire horse is still tired of standing with the tail, and it looks exceptionally good.

Erin also explained to Ikki that the little fire horse was also taking care of Otari when he was born, so although they are not the same kind of elves, they are also close to the family. After they reunited, Kazuki understood that it really wanted to live with people he knew more than to travel with a trainer who appeared out of nowhere.

Ikki lay on the edge of the house, only one eye peeking out. But the more I looked, the more Ikki felt that his heart was getting tighter and tighter, like a balloon that had leaked air.

"I see......"

Leo Lu began to discuss this with him when he went to bed last night, and at first Ikki thought that Leo Lu wanted him to return the little fire horse. After all, Leolu's tone was very tough at the time.

But now he understood that Leolu's words were not unreasonable.

The little fire horse and Otari look like this, and it would be cruel to separate them.

Back in the cabin, Kazuki collapsed on the couch and muttered to himself, "I'm sorry, Leolu, I misunderstood you. ”

But what to do? Ikki had no idea at all.

Now that there is not much time left before departure, how do you explain it to Erin? Or just leave with the little fire horse as if nothing had happened.

Maybe that's the way to go.

"Ahhh......h

At this time, Ikki suddenly felt a sinking on his shoulders, and when he turned his head to look, he found that Selia had come behind him without knowing when, and showed him a pure smile that he hadn't seen in a long time.

This time Hui panicked, but still pretended that nothing had happened, and greeted Celia with a wry smile.

"The ......," Selia's mouth moved, but instead of continuing, she looked around.

Kazuki didn't know what she was going to do, so he said to her, "You're going to find Leolu, right, he's going outside with Zoroa now...... Hmm!"

Before Ichiki could finish speaking, he was covered by Selia's mouth.

"Shh......h Yihui, don't ...... just yet. Speak. ”

Ikki originally wanted to subconsciously take Celia's hand, but Selia's attitude was very tough, so he had to sit obediently.

After a while, Celia finally let her head stop spinning around, let out a long breath, and slowly took the hand that was pressed on Ikki's face.

“……”

Selia smiled again, but it always seemed to Kazuki that something was wrong.

Then, Kazuki determined that something must be wrong with Selia!

The girl walked to Erin's place and sat down at once, looking at Ikki with a playful look.

"Uh...... Celia, are you not feeling well?"

Ikki felt like he was looking at another person, when had that quiet girl ever made such a gesture?

"I, of course I'm fine, but you, are you still hesitating about the little fire horse?"

As soon as Selia said this, Ikki didn't care about her changes, and nodded silently.

"As for the so-called trainers, they have a lot of responsibilities. It is necessary to constantly train the elves and form a deep enough bond with the elves; At the same time, you have to think about the elves and help them choose a good way out. Selia leaned back comfortably on the couch, her fingers drawing meaningless circles in the air, "But the only one who can do this must be the trainer, and if you let the little fire horse follow you, then the little fire horse will still follow, even if he is reluctant!"

"Eh, won't you......"

Selia nodded firmly: "It's a little hard to understand, but it seems to have become the default norm in this world...... Otherwise, there wouldn't be many elves who would have suffered misfortune. ”

The more she spoke, the quieter she became, until at last she was completely silent. But before the second hand of the clock had passed two scales, the girl's body suddenly shook and regained her spirits.

"So, Ikki, it's not a matter of explaining anything to Erin, you need to see the wishes of the little fire horse. Although the kid is still a little simple, it can still tell which side he prefers!" Selia said and stood up, "Then I'll go first, you can think about it yourself!"

Just as Celia was about to turn away, Ikki chased after him, and his eyes were full of gratitude to hold Selia's hand, but Celia deftly avoided it, and his expression changed to that of being frightened.

"You...... What do you want to do?"

"That...... Uh......" Ikki scratched his head in embarrassment, "I just wanted to thank you, thank you for telling me this." ”

Selia snorted lightly and waved her hand: "I'm just doing my best to help you, and I'll leave the rest to you!"

Then, without waiting for Ikki to say anything more, the girl ran to the door and quickly opened the door, and when she closed the door, she didn't forget to stretch out a hand and make a "V" gesture to Ikki.

Now that the room was quiet again, Ikki stared at the door for a moment, then slowly walked back to the couch and sat down.

With the sound of Erin cleaning up the clutter, Ikki gradually came up with the answer.

Then, Selia's door was pushed open with another "squeak", and Celia walked out rubbing her eyes.

"Plug...... Selia?!"

Kazuki turned his head and looked at Celia who was still dozing off in disbelief, and then at the door that had just closed, and was stunned for a moment.

"Hmm...... Morning, Ikki. ”

Selia was still very frugal in her language, and her speech was as intermittent as usual, completely different from what she had just looked like - even two people who looked very similar.

At this time, Erin also came out. Her body was covered in dust, and it seemed that the things she was packing hadn't been touched in a long time.

"Ikki, what are you talking to yourself in the living room just now? If you really don't have a good rest, you can sleep for a while, and if you travel, you can't have no energy!" she said, and she was about to walk up to Ikki to see how he was doing.

But before Erin could put her hand on Kazuki's forehead, Kazuki pushed her away.

"Don't worry, I'm fine!"

Yihui secretly gritted his teeth, the corners of his eyes twitched vigorously, turned to look at the door and said to himself: "I kind of know what's going on, you actually trick me with this method!!"

Outside the house, Leolu walked leisurely on the grass with Zoroa, who refused to get off him.

"Suo~?[Leolu, why do we use this method to deceive the master?]"

The way Zoroa and the fire dinosaur call Ikki has also changed, and I heard Zoroa say that he didn't want to be the same as the name of the fire dinosaur's muscular head, so in order to show the difference, he changed it...... Although it makes no sense at all.

Leo Lu shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently, "I just think I can't do it if I apologize to him like this." He looked down at Zoroa, "But your ability is not very proficient, you will need to practice more in the future!"

When Zoroa heard this, he immediately pursed his lips, and his head shook to the side: "Suo! [It's not that I want to cover Leolu with you, if it's me, it won't be a problem for as long as it takes!!]"

"Okay, I'm dragging my feet!"

Leolu slowly stroked Zoroa in his arms. Thinking that he was touched like this by Kazuki and Yukino before, and now that he finally got such an opportunity, Leo Lu does have a sense of superiority in general. And Zoroa does feel good to the touch......

But for Zoroa's willfulness, Leolu can only surrender obediently, he is really not used to dealing with such a guy.

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When it was finally time to leave, Leo Lu and Zoroa also found Kazuki and Selia talking to Erin at the door of the cabin.

It's just that when the two of them entered the sight of the three of them, they suddenly felt a chill.

"Oh, they're back!" said Erin, cross-legged, embarrassed.

"Yes, it's finally back, it's coming, it's coming!"

Although Ikki is laughing, it just gives people a sense of bad intentions.

"European ...... Oulu. "Suo...... Solo~. ”

Leo Lu really didn't expect Ikki's revenge to be so strong, and he began to want to run away with Zoroa.

Kazuki suddenly rushed over, grabbed the back of the two of them by the neck, and carried them back stiffly. Of course, on the surface, it's still that deceptive smile.

Can...... Celia had no idea what was going on, and her gaze kept switching back and forth between Leo Lu and Kazuki.

"So...... I wish you all a smooth journey!"

Erin beckoned, but was not ready to see her off, but turned and walked up the steps.

"Wait!"

Kazuki put the two of them at his feet and stopped Erin.

"Anything else?"

Erin looks at Ikki, only to see that he is holding a Poké Ball.

"Here's for you!"

Kazuki raised his hand and lifted the Poké Ball as high as possible under the railing.

"What is this?"

"This is your little fire horse, and I'll give it back to you now!"

Erin was stunned, but she didn't take the Poké Ball: "But, don't you need it?"

"I do need it, but I think the will of the little fire horse takes precedence over my own needs, so I'm going to give it back to you now!"

Leolu and Zoroa, who were sitting on the ground, looked at each other, then at Ikki at the same time, and laughed at the same time.

"The will of the little fire horse...... You're so weird!" Erin leaned on the railing, looking at Kazuki, who was trying her best to lift the Poké Ball, and laughed, "I've seen not many trainers, but it's not a few. But this is the first time I've seen a trainer like you!"

"yes, you're just going to treat me as a fool!" Ikki threw the Poké Ball hard. He didn't know what was going on, and after doing all this, his heart seemed to be much lighter.

At this moment, Erin couldn't help it at all, covered her mouth and laughed: "Then I've never seen such a powerful stupid person!"

After catching the Poke Ball, Erin had almost laughed enough, and nodded towards Kazuki: "Okay, since it's the little fire horse's will, there's no way, let me take care of it next!"

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With the map given by Erin, Ikki finally determined the direction, so the group finally headed towards the original goal, Kikyo City.

"Ikki...... Are you so angry, can't you put me down and talk about it?"

Leolu's eyes were upside down, and if anything, because Ikki was clutching his feet tightly, not letting go for a moment.

"Hmph, who let you lie to me with such a bad joke, so you must be punished!"

"Hmm...... Isn't it just a little taller, if I can be taller......"

In order not to let Kazuki hear, Leolu could only complain quietly.

"But for the sake of your help, let's get here first!"

Ikki then flung Leo forward, and the latter quickly adjusted his body in the air and landed firmly on the ground.

"What?!, are you going to continue?" Leolu's face was filled with horror.

"Hmph, of course!"

Leo Lu reluctantly glanced at Zoroa, who escaped at Ikki's feet because of the sentence "It's still small, it was taken by Leo Lu", and he was in an uncontrollable cold sweat.

"Suo!"

Sure enough, the kid had been waiting for the time to jump on Leolu. It's true...... Stand!

"Kazuki, you can carry me up again!"

"Huh~ You're not tired, I'm too tired, don't!" After speaking, Yihui shifted his gaze to the map, ignoring Leolu no matter how much he asked for help.

Zoroa was now riding directly on Leolu, his two little paws clutching his ears tightly, and Leolu couldn't move no matter how much he swayed.

"Suo~!Suo~!"

"Ou-Oulu !!"

Listening to Leolu's cries of near collapse, Celia didn't react at all.

"Although...... I don't understand, how do you ...... But...... Like、Such a ...... Brother...... It's also very gentle!"

Then, from an angle that no one could see, Celia looked at Leo Lu and smiled a touching smile that was enough to wipe out all negativity.