"Xiu, thank you."

Sakura sat on the edge of the hallway, her little feet covered with pure white socks, and her small clogs swaying slightly. Maybe the clogs are too heavy, and they will always slip off involuntarily, and the thin shoe rope slides on the soft white socks little by little, and falls down little by little. Whenever it is about to fall, the little feet will always be gently raised, and the clogs will slowly fall back into place.

She looked at the white-haired boy sitting beside her with a quiet smile, at the faint wrinkles on his face caused by his thoughts, at the occasional flickering strange light with his crystal purple pupils, and at his thin lips pursed.

"Are you thinking about something that bothers you?" Sakura asked.

"I'm wondering how I can get Rin to hang out with us."

His arms were on his knees, his eyes wandering unfocused over the greenery of the yard, not knowing what he was looking at, or if he wasn't looking at anything, just a little irritated.

"You...... Are you really thinking...... You're really ......" Sakura suddenly didn't know what to say, she knew what she wanted to say, but she suddenly didn't know how to say it.

Of course, how could she say it, how could she tell the boy that the knight was useless no matter what he thought.

"Of course I want to. I promised, and of course I will do it. Knights don't make promises easily, but once they do, they must be fulfilled! Xiu said very seriously.

"......" Sakura's lips squirmed slightly, as if she wanted to say something, but she couldn't say anything. In the end, all the words in his stomach turned into a soft smile, and he looked at the boy quietly.

"So, is there anything you can do?"

"No......" Xiu grimaced, with a hint of frustration, "I don't know how to do it, but I'll find it." I think I'll find a way..."

"Actually—" Sakura lowered her head and stopped talking. She gritted her teeth quietly, and seemed to say the rest of the words with great force and difficulty: "You don't need to work so hard. ”

"Huh?" Shu looked back, but saw Sakura's strands of hair hanging down, covering her cheeks little by little.

He couldn't see her expression.

"You don't need to think about Rin that much. Rin's illness is more or less clear to everyone. She said slowly.

"Everyone?" Xiu realized something.

"Well, yes, everybody. The people in the village all knew about Rin's illness. Her body has always been weak, and every time it rains or colder, Rin has no strength in her body, and her body aches every time. Although she said it wouldn't hurt too much, it was always there, it always was, it was always on. ”

"Can't anyone in that village be able to do anything?" Xiu's expression became a little complicated.

“... Yes. Everyone came up with a lot of ideas, many, many, many, so Rin was treated and tortured by them in one method after another... Rin was silently enduring it, but it didn't work at all, and even made Rin's illness worse because the method was too bad......" Xiu noticed that her hand was clenching a little bit, "If it weren't for her father's herbs, Rin might not have survived now......"

Sakura...... Will you be mad at them? ”

"Angry... No, I shouldn't be angry. Everyone is well-intentioned, how can I be angry..."

"So, what did you do then?"

"Nothing was done, and my father didn't say anything. He said that everyone was well-intentioned, and although they helped the poor, they did not mean badly. ”

"Did they come up with ideas later?"

"Yes. They took a lot of strange things, saying that they were medicine, that they could cure the disease, that they could save her, but I saw many, many terrible things—dried bugs, dried big claws, dried fish covered in thorns... I can't imagine that those horrible things are life-saving medicine at all! She seemed to be a little excited, but she seemed to realize something, slowly calmed down, covered her chest and whispered to herself, "Father said that you shouldn't be angry, you shouldn't be angry." Don't be angry, don't be angry..."She calmed down for a long time, many times.

"But... But—" Sakura's face was still clouded, and it was getting deeper and deeper.

Suddenly, she looked at Xiu as if she was frightened, and the gloom on her face disappeared, turning into a panic at a loss.

Because her hand was grabbed by Xiu.

"If you weren't angry, how could your hands be so tight." Xiu looked at his hand, Sakura's subconsciously clenched hand.

His fingers ran across Sakura's slender snow-white fingers, pink and crystal nails, guiding and soothing little by little, making her fingers loosen little by little.

"It's a really tight grip. If you have a stone in your hand, it will all be broken. He made a small joke.

"I... I—" She hesitated for a while before she suddenly withdrew her hand as if she had reacted, and looked around with panic in her eyes and didn't know what she didn't know, "This... It doesn't mean anything! My own sister was hurt like this... But I wasn't angry! She wanted to explain something.

"So I think you should be angry."

Sakura looked at him with a stunned expression.

"Rin is important to you."

"Of course! She's my only sister! Sakura said without hesitation.

"Uh-huh. But they hurt her, so you should be angry. Even though they were well-intentioned, they still hurt Rin. Before you come up with an idea, you should know what kind of effect your approach will have. If it can't be cured, it will make her condition worse, so she should be angry. ”

"But the shrine maidens who protect the villagers can't be angry with the villagers," Sakura said hesitantly.

"No, I didn't want you to complain to the villagers, but... If you're angry, say it. ”

"Say it or something..."Sakura thought about how angry she looked, her eyebrows furrowed, her little face huddled together, and her teeth bared. And then imagine yourself like that and say, 'I'm angry, I'm angry'

Puff~

She couldn't help but laugh suddenly.

"That must be ugly, I don't want it."

"I just don't endure it like you do..."Xiu said with a somewhat frustrated face.

"You're... Don't you want to see me angry? The pupils of the water blue rolled into the corners of his eyes, and he quietly looked at the boy with a depressed face.

"Well, I just don't want you to be angry." repair

"That's... What if I'm really angry? Will you keep me from being angry? ”

"Then, then I'll find a way to make you happy!" Xiu said without hesitation.

She couldn't help but laugh.

"Okay." Sakura smiled, "I'm angry right now, so how are you going to make me happy?" With that, she quietly watched him, wanting to see what he could do.

After thinking about it, he actually stood up.

"Sakura, do you know how to ride a horse?"

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