"Sister, what are they doing?" Ellie seems to be asking Ji'er, and as if she is asking herself. She had been in this tent for almost a day, and her sisters had not come back.

"Empress Fiona has to deal with the affairs of the whole country, and Mia-sama will be there to help. I didn't come to see Her Royal Highness the princess, probably because I was too busy to take a break. Ji'er said on the side, after being in contact with Ellie for a while, Ji'er had already grasped Ellie's personality and spoke more casually. In addition to eating all day today, Ji'er was talking with Ellie, chatting from the sun to the sunset.

"yes, it's busy...... "Ellie muttered to herself, looking up and seeing a sea of stars like the Milky Way, "The night sky is so beautiful at night." ”

"Because of the high altitude of Bradas, you can see the night view that you can't see anywhere else. It can be said that the night view of Bradas is the most beautiful. Ji'er explained on the side.

Ellie nodded in agreement.

"Your Royal Highness, it's late, you should go to bed." After a while, looking at the sky outside, Ji'er said to Ellie.

"I want to watch it a little longer, Ji'er go to bed first."

Ji'er hesitated slightly, "This...... All right. But Her Royal Highness the Princess must not be too late. ”

"Well, don't worry."

After receiving Ellie's answer, Ji'er laid out the futon and left the tent.

Ellie sat on the grass in front of the tent and looked up at the starry sky, where the largest and brightest star caught her eye, it was so dazzling, like the North Star on Earth. In the past, every summer, Ellie would look at the stars with her sisters on the rooftop. Sister Mia will point out the constellations in the sky to Ellie and tell interesting stories about the constellations. Sister Fiona remained silent all the time, like a perfect listener. The silent night was only the crisp chirping of cicadas and the sound of harmonious conversations between family members. Unfortunately, that was only a long time ago.

"Ellie? Why haven't you slept yet? A voice called Ellie, who was lost in thought, back.

"Sister Mia."

"Can't sleep, what are you thinking? Tell my sister that maybe you can solve Ellie's troubles. Mia sat down beside Ellie and looked at her with a smile.

"It's been a long time since I've been with my sister to look at the stars."

"Are you just thinking about it, little fool?"

Mia helped Ellie to lean on her shoulder, "Before Ellie returned to the academy, my sister accompanied Ellie every day to see if the stars were good until Ellie got tired of seeing them." ”

"Sister, I'm not a child anymore."

"Okay, okay, Ellie is an adult now."

Mia laughed out loud and looked at the stars in the sky. Those beautiful stars are so dazzling, but so strange, this is not the earth anymore, it is really a long time since I have been with Ellie.

"Sister......" Ellie cried softly.

"Well, I'm listening."

"Sister Fiona...... She...... Why did she go to war with Kosnes. The girl hesitated, but asked. She wants to know more about what her sisters are doing now, and make up for the gap that everyone has been separated from this year. Perhaps, a little selfishness.

"Ellie wants to know, but I want Ellie to live happily, there are some things that Ellie doesn't need to bear......"

"Sister!" The girl who has always been well-behaved and obedient interrupted her sister's words for the first time, she sat up and looked directly into Mia's eyes, Ellie's eyes flashed with the reflection of starlight, "I've grown up, according to this world, I'm an adult, so, don't treat me as a child anymore, I can be strong and can withstand things that I couldn't bear before, so, sister, tell me, I can already be a person who can be alone." ”

Mia seemed a little surprised by what Ellie said, and was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Ellie like this.

"I'm sorry, Ellie." Facing the serious Ellie, Mia suddenly hugged the girl, "Sister didn't expect Ellie to grow up so fast, can you forgive my sister?" ”

"I didn't ...... It's okay. Ellie was also a little embarrassed, her face was slightly red, she didn't think that her sister would react like this.

Mia smiled, stroked Ellie's supple hair, and said to her, "Then I'll tell you the reason for this." ”

The Land of Mountains, as the name suggests, is one of the highest elevations in El Monte with a mostly mountainous territory. Bradas boasts eight million mountains, forming a unique landscape that is very different from other countries, but the roads to the outside world are extremely scarce. There are two land routes to the outside world in the Land of the Mountain, one to the city of Deja in the Kingdom of Kosnes, and the other to the neighboring Duchy of Carmel in Kosnes and Bradas. Bradas is steep and steep, and if you don't take these two roads, it will take more than three times as long to get to the outside world, and it is easy to encounter unexpected dangers. Therefore, these two roads can be said to be the "Silk Road" of Bradas, which is related to the fate of the country.

And what Mia wants to tell Ellie is the passage between Bradas and Kosnes. A month earlier, a batch of Bradas weapons and equipment had been seized by the city of Deya in Kosnes, and negotiations had been made for seven days, but Kosnes refused to return the equipment. That's what started the war.

"So, as long as the weapons are recovered, Sister Fiona will retire, right?" After listening to what Mia had to say, Ellie asked.

"Maybe......"

Listening to her sister's ambiguous answer, Ellie couldn't help but tighten her hand holding Mia's arm, as if she was afraid that Mia would suddenly leave her, and the girl's head rested on Mia's shoulder.

"I don't want my sister to be hurt, and I don't want my sister to hurt others, I miss my old life so much, I can talk and play freely." Ellie said quietly, thinking about it and laughing at herself, "I'm really useless, I don't have any ambition at all." ”

"It's okay, my sister will support her whatever she wants, and maybe it takes a lot of courage to decide on an ordinary life."

"That's nice."

"What?"

"My sister is still my old sister."

"Little Fool......

"Hmph." Ellie laughed happily.

……

"Ellie, look, there's a shooting star, everyone says that making a wish on a shooting star will come true."

A star streaks across the sky, and Mia happily calls Ellie, but the latter doesn't respond.

"I'm asleep."

Looking at Ellie's cute sleeping face, Mia smiled slightly, carefully picked up the girl, and walked towards the tent.

I've really grown up a lot. Mia hugged Ellie and thought to herself, but it wasn't enough, it wasn't mature enough, it wasn't strong enough. Even if she told Ellie about the development of the matter, however, with the girl's innocence, she couldn't imagine that deep, war is fighting, that's what she thinks. If there is a real desire for war, any incident will be the fuse, and any reason will be a high-sounding excuse. But Mia wouldn't tell Ellie that much.

As an older sister, it is not advisable to blindly protect her sister, but if you tell her the dark side of things directly, it may directly destroy her will. Ellie is so fragile, like a pure lily, as a gardener who loves flowers deeply, she can't bear to see the flowers she has carefully cultivated being polluted. However, the gardener will also have times of slackness, and at this time, the flowers themselves need to resist the temptation of filth and live strongly.

Looking at the stars in the sky, Ellie's favorite thing to do at night was to look at the stars, even if she and Fiona were not with her, she would often come to the rooftop alone to see them. But she didn't know that maybe the biggest and brightest star she saw today would not be visible tomorrow, and the brightest star she would see next time might already be another, and the faint stars around it were the brightest ones yesterday.

The stars in the sky are like a person's life, when they are in the prime of life, they desperately shine on themselves, and in their later years, they become a foil to other stars, it knows that there will always be a day to leave, so when they are about to disappear, they interpret their gorgeous ending with a meteor attitude.

It is impossible for herself and Fiona to stay by Ellie's side all the time, her life has to go on on her own, and her dreams have to be pursued by herself.

Put Ellie on the bed and tuck the quilt, the mountain wind is very cold at night.

Raising her head, another meteor streaked by, and Mia silently thought in her heart.

I hope my Ellie will always be strong and happy.