"Is Emilia awake?"

"You're so annoying. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 info Pleiades, if you really can't find something to do, just carry a bucket and help me fetch water. ”

"Got it, Ram. If Emilia ......"

"If Mistress Emilia wakes up, I'll let you know as soon as possible. Garfield, Alto, drag him out, it's too much of an eyesore to stand here. ”

"Yes, sir. ”

"Hey, hey, don't trouble Miss Ram anymore. ”

There was a sound of distant footsteps outside the door, and Emilia, who had already opened her eyes on the bed, turned to the side and looked wordlessly at the wall in front of her. Now she doesn't want to say anything, as soon as she closes her eyes, the scene of being killed by Lan keeps appearing in her mind.

"It's your destiny. Minerva's words were like a bell that reverberated in the bottom of my heart, spreading out complex ripples.

How can Emilia trust that the person who has always been by her side and who protects her will swing a knife at her?

It's all fake, it must be so.

Go to Arashi's side, go now!When such thoughts appeared, Emilia found that the impulse in her heart had accumulated to the point where it was irrepressible.

Lifted the quilt and jumped out of bed, eagerly putting on his boots. The girl who slept in her clothes opened the closed door and ran outside.

"Mistress Emilia......" Ram, who was waiting by the door, was surprised by the girl's sudden move. Before the words blurted out were finished, the figure of the other party had disappeared at the door.

The sun overhead is the same as yesterday's, similar but different white clouds are still floating in the sky, and the lush flowers and plants blooming on the path still maintain their original appearance.

Emilia, who had gasped all the way to the pond, immediately saw Arashi sitting on a rock, smiling at her presence.

"What's wrong?" Looking at the girl holding her knees panting for breath, Arashi jumped off the stone and walked in front of her, wondering, "Did something happen?"

The concern from the other party dispels the uneasiness in my heart little by little. Emilia, who didn't know how to speak, had to purse her lips and shake her head desperately.

"You!" said half-helplessly, Lan reached out and patted the girl's silver hair, "I don't know what happened, but thinking about it will only add to the trouble." If you have a headache, you can wait until it happens. ”

"I ...... Had a nightmare. Emilia, who lowered her head, hesitated for a moment before speaking.

"And then?" Arashi smiled, taking her arm and walking over to the stone and sitting down. Red Lotus also jumped onto Emilia's knees and looked at her with big dog eyes open.

"I dreamed that I was killed by you. With a little crying, she grabbed the girl in the corner of Lan Yi with her fingers, her soft eyes immediately turned red, and the visible moisture was already brewing in her eyes.

For what the girl said, Honglian, who was the first to understand, suddenly raised her eyebrows. On the contrary, Lan, who didn't react, was stunned for a moment before she understood what the other party meant, and then a hearty laugh rang out.

"Stupid, is this what you're all about?" Arashi, who still thought it was funny, began to ravage the other party's silver hair.

"I mean really. With her hand swept away Arashi's teasing right hand, Emilia, who puffed out her mouth, glared at the laughing Arashi with a little shame.

"Did I say anything in that dream?" Arashi, who showed some curiosity, asked cooperatively.

"You said I shouldn't have come here, and then you said to me, 'I'm sorry. The falling tone based on the number of words dropped, after experiencing the beginning of the tone, the volume dropped all the way. By the time Emilia finished the last three words, even Arashi, who was sitting next to her, couldn't hear it clearly.

"Impossible. ”

"Huh?" Emilia looked at Arashi who was shaking her head in a hurry, faintly expecting the words that were about to come out of the other person's mouth.

"I never apologize for killing. Lan, who had a serious face, suddenly winked at the girl, "Don't you think that's very tasteless?"

"Arashi--"

Emilia, who was choked with breath, shouted the other party's name again, and stubbornly turned her head to the other side.

"Eldest sister, Lan is joking with you. The red lotus squatting on the girl's lap stretched out her tongue and licked her fingertips, opening her mouth to comfort, "You are our important partner." ”

"Partner?" whispered, and Emilia repeated the words she heard.

"Yes. The smiling Red Lotus nodded.

"Who's going to be a stupid partner. Emilia, who lost her temper like a child, took a soft breath after saying this sentence again.

"Arashi!"

"Eun ......" responded to the girl's call, and Arashi smiled and turned her gaze. Then he saw the girl leaning her head gently on her shoulder.

"Thank you!"

……

……

The evening of this day was the fourth day after Arashi arrived in the Sanctuary. After last night's failure, Emilia decides to come to the cemetery again, despite the dissuasion of everyone.

Facing the trial called 'Sooner or Later Disaster' again, the girl once again gets a bitter result. No matter how strong and brave she was in the trial, she couldn't escape the fate of being killed by Arashi in the end.

That slender karmic thing is like an insurmountable fate that straddles them. All the efforts fell under its sharp edge.

On this night, Emilia challenged three times. This night, too, she failed three times.

The results of the repetition made Emilia understand. If she couldn't defeat Arashi inside, she wouldn't have been able to pass the so-called trial.

So, she gave up on the trial.

Temporary――――

The next morning came in a hurry, and the Sanctuary that had awakened from the quiet night was already in a state of hustle and bustle.

"So Otto and I can get out of here?" said the disbelieving Nanatsuki Pleiades, looking at Ruori and Garfield in front of her.

"Yes!" Ryuori nodded, adding to what Garfield had just said, "You are different from us, just ordinary humans, and the seal of the Sanctuary is not binding on you. ”

"That Emilia ......" subconsciously Natsuki looked at the girl sitting alone with tea opposite.

"Don't give me extravagant expectations, bastard. As you've seen in the past few days, Mistress Emilia is qualified for trials. Garfield, with his hands on his chest, had to raise his chin because of his height limitations.

"Then why did you ask me to leave first, everyone obviously came in together......" Caiyue Yue looked a little unhappy, and her tone began to be stiff.

After being woken up by Garfield in the morning, Natsuki came to the hall and got the news from everyone that it seemed that he was going to run away alone.

"Pleiades!" Putting down the teacup in her hand, Emilia called the other party's name, "It's been a long time since we left the territory, and if we didn't go back as soon as possible, we have already broken my trust with the villagers." It would be a dereliction of duty to let them fall into the panic of the lord's nowhere to be found. ”

"So, I can only ask you. Bring the news of our safety back to the Merthers Territory. Emilia picked up some papers from the coffee table beside her, "And these, the ordinances I signed on behalf of Rozval. The rebuilding of the village of Alam must not be interrupted. ”

"I ...... I know. ”

Even if he was unwilling in his heart, in the face of the girl's order, Caiyue couldn't find a reason to refute it. Maybe it was out of a mentality of making amends, or maybe for some other reason, he finally chose to accept.

"I will do what Emilia wants. (To be continued.) )