"You...... Are you alright......"

A voice with a bit of hesitation and shyness came, and although he couldn't see it clearly, Arthur could already feel the worry. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

"I should have asked you that. After slowly opening his eyes, Arthur instantly let go of his hand and stepped back. He couldn't have imagined that what he was holding just now was a young girl who didn't look fully developed.

The girl has chestnut shoulder-length hair, a small twisted braid with a pink ribbon on her left cheek, which matches the pink bows on both sides of the headband, her slightly round face is cute and a little pitiful, her fair complexion is ruddy like innocence, and her small mouth is also ruddy, as if she wants to say something, and her chestnut eyes are the same color as her hair, looking at herself upright.

"You!" After seeing that the girl was wearing a foundation skirt with a pure white apron, Arthur stepped back again, but his eyes were finally closed, and he was soon attracted by the half-hidden legs under the white gauze stockings, and looked up along the pink and white boots, and he could see the pale pink bows on both sides of the stockings deep in the thighs.

"You, you, you, cough...... Are you a servant of any house? But it's cute. Wait, it's not that, it's about, why are you so small?"

"It's a work suit, and in addition to helping my father and mother with medicines, I'm also responsible for taking care of patients. The girl lowered her head to look at the short skirt she was wearing, then looked up at Arthur, and in less than a second she looked away in embarrassment, "This was the way it was when I died......"

"You really died at a young age. Just as he was looking back, Arthur leaned back and poked the girl's forehead with his fingertips, "Don't die in the future, don't hear it, if you die, you won't hear it." ”

"Uh......h Be...... Hearing the master's ......, "covered her head timidly, and the girl hurriedly agreed.

"Ah, don't call the master, just call me Arthur. Helping the girl to stand up, Arthur pointed to Werther, who was still dazed, "His name is Werther, he has played with me since I was a child, and he is my only friend." ”

Witt couldn't believe it for a while: "Arthur, you can't ......"

"Hmm. Arthur smiled and nodded, "I made a contract with this guy, and she's my ghost from now on." ”

While Arthur was giggling, the girl bowed politely to Werther: "Hello, my name is Nein Helier, the ...... Thank you also for protecting the cedar ......"

"Ah, that's nothing. Seeing that the girl was so polite, Witt was a little embarrassed, "Just call me Werther, you don't need an honorific title." Fir...... I didn't do anything, I'm sorry. ”

Arthur drew his sword and withdrew his scabbard as he said, "Hey Nain, you have the strength now, don't you save the cedar tree?"

Naine watched the cedar tree full of memories burning, and shook her head slightly: "No...... It's good to ......."

"Hey, what is that?" Someone in the crowd suddenly pointed at Nayin, and everyone immediately shifted their gaze, and there was confusion, anger, and fear in the discussion.

"Hey, it's annoying, Nayin, Brother Vitter, let's go. Taking Nain's hand, Arthur turned around and walked away. Witte stepped forward and whispered, "Well, let's go." ”

Naine lowered her face and let out a soft "um". She was pulled by Arthur, step by step, stepping on the medicine field she had guarded day and night, looking back at the townspeople she had sincerely blessed and leaving the cedar tree that burned in the raging fire and had promised to stay together for the rest of her life.

Because Nain said that there was a place she wanted to see, Arthur and Werther followed her. They thought they would see the cemetery, but when they stopped, they saw a large number of abandoned houses, only shop signs squeaking and fluttering in the wind, showing the prosperity of the place.

"No...... Mom and Dad's grave, and me...... There is no ......" Nain, who was shocked by the sight of him, seemed to have been drained of all her strength at once, and fell to the ground softly, and the sound of sobbing soon appeared.

Arthur and Werther looked at each other, both a little overwhelmed. They remembered that the old man had said that when Toba Town was in its heyday, many people from nearby villages and towns came here to do business and settle here, and in order to accommodate more people, the town expanded rapidly, but they did not expect that even the cemetery would be destroyed. After the trade in medicinal herbs decreased and the town gradually declined, the dwellings built on the bones of countless people were also abandoned.

After finishing speaking, the old man sighed and said, "As a result, what did the people here get?"

Arthur walked up to Nayin, crouched down and whispered, "Don't cry, isn't that okay? ”

"Here...... There is no trace of it, there is no home, there is no grave, it is dead, there is nothing......" Wiping her tears with her hands, Naine felt that she was as dilapidated and empty as the desolate and abandoned scene in front of her, "This is ...... It's like I never existed......"

Arthur, who inherited Yulinda's dislike of women crying, scratched his hair irritably, he pressed Nain's head, stroked the soft maroon hair, forcibly twisted her face towards him, and said loudly: "Death is dead, what can be done? The past is gone, the important thing is that you are still alive! You, Nein Helier, as the spirit of my Arthur G. Montagu, exist here and now!"

"Here and now......" Looking at Arthur, who was calm and determined, Nayin's tears still couldn't be stopped, since the corpse decomposed and disappeared, more than a hundred years have passed, as if bathed in the gradually revealing sun, she finally has a sense of "living" again.

After Nayin's emotions calmed down, Arthur asked her, "Nayin, why are you blocking the pathway and not letting everyone get close to the medicine field?"

"This ...... Because medicinal herbs are different from ordinary crops, especially some precious medicinal herbs, they rely very much on the nutrients in the land to grow. But the land is becoming barren due to excessive planting, and the deforestation to expand the town and the land reclamation are gradually draining the aura. In the past, the parents had dissuaded the mayor at the time, but they were not taken seriously, and they could not do anything because of the wartime needs. After the war, maybe it was because my body was rotting and melting into the soil, I could sense the change in the land, and I could feel that the land had reached the point where it had to rest, so I did that. ”

"So, those people just burned the cedar trees, or couldn't they grow medicinal herbs?"

Naine smiled and shook her head: "After all the years I stopped, the land has been restored, and the burned cedar trees can also provide a lot of nutrients, my work has been completed, and everyone can grow medicinal herbs again." ”

"Are you! Because of this, they even burned trees...... Hey, you're stupid!" Glancing to the side, Arthur poked his chestnut forehead with his fingertips again.

"Uh...... I really can't find the meaning of continuing to exist. Covering her head with a slight pout, Naine laughed embarrassedly and whispered softly in a voice that no one else could hear, "Now I found it...... The here and now where Arthur is. ”

With his fingertips still pressed against Nain's forehead, Arthur suddenly felt that his eyes were dark, and his body fell straight to the ground with a short questioning snort from his mouth.