"It's not too early." The old man shook his cup and found that the liquid in it was gone, and then looked up at the sky and found that the time had come to the afternoon. "Let's go, let's go back. Thank you so much for today, Ver, for spending an afternoon with me, an old man, and listening to my chatter. ”

Will smiled, and instead of speaking, he stood up and helped the old man to his feet.

Then he bent down, picked up the two stools, and placed them on the trolley.

"It's not troublesome, anyway, I have nothing to do, and it's also a good thing to listen to the good words of the old man."

"Haha, you are very good at talking, thank you for making me happy in front of my wife again." The old man's legs were a little numb, and he walked to the front of the tombstone with a slight crutch, "I'm leaving, I won't come this winter." …… You're fine, I'm fine, and after a while, I'll be free, and I'll be with you. I'm not going to leave next time...... Really, happy? ”

The old man gently brushed the stone monument as if he were touching his lover's hair.

Then he turned around and saw Vere standing next to the cart, and everything on the floor had been cleaned up.

"Let's go."

“…… Let's go. ”

So saying, Vere pushed the cart again, and walked out of the cemetery with the old man.

"Boy, do you have a lover of your own?" The old man spoke in a more natural tone than when he came, and even began to gossip about Vere.

“…… Yes, it's just that I won't see it for a while. Vere paused, then said.

"Well, then you're going to have to come on." The old man didn't know what was in mind, "Resistance is a bad situation, but it's not all bad. ”

"You have to come on, don't give up, as long as you work hard to pursue, that person will definitely be able to feel your heart. …… This is some advice from someone I've come to you, and although it doesn't sound useful, that's it. ”

"However, we are a little far away...... I don't know if I can ...... it. There was a hint of sadness in Will's eyes, which was the saddest part of Wille's heart. And the old man's words evoked Will's memories.

"If you don't give it a try, how do you know." The old man's tone suddenly became serious. "Boy, I can see that you are not such a person who gives up easily, so don't hesitate, no matter how far away you are, it will not be farther than the distance between hearts."

"Don't give up on your heart, when you get to the end of your life, it's not good to leave a sigh in the air." The old man patted Wille on the shoulder.

Ver looked at the old man next to him, then nodded.

"Oops, it's your cabin. …… Thank you, young man, I'll just walk the rest of the way myself. The old man gave a gentle push to the handlebars, and all that was left of the cart was a broom, and the rest of the things were either placed in the cemetery or eaten in the stomach.

"It's not sinking anymore, and the ground is much better than it was in the morning. …… If you are going to be here for a while, and have any trouble or difficulty, go to me in the town, a two-story house next to the tallest house over there. ”

The old man gestured in the direction of Birch Town and said to Will.

Weir, on the other hand, nodded in a trance, said goodbye to the old man, looked at his slightly clumsy figure walking into the distance, sighed softly, and then walked back to his room.

The moment he opened the door, Wille had an urge to hope that the home in front of him was familiar.

However, when he pushed the door open, all he saw was a cold stove and an empty room.

"I ...... Can you really go back? …… And, regrets? Ver thought and came to the bed in the back room in a trance. Lay on it all at once.

In the darkening hut, Ver felt only a chill...... A chill called loneliness.

Veel felt very tired, although he was not tired at all, but mentally, he felt extremely tired.

Homesickness, the affection of family...... And what can be separated?

……

"Huh? Just now, it seems that something is wrong...... on the table. Will, who had been lying for a while, suddenly opened his eyes, he now had more important things to do, even if he couldn't go back...... At the very least, find Boreth and Hierro.

Will came in in a trance, so he didn't notice a piece of paper on the table at first.

Wiel picked up the piece of paper and wrote in handwriting, "Three rings tonight, the harbor shed." ”

After reading it twice, Ver had just placed the paper on the table, when it suddenly turned into a cloud of green smoke and disappeared on the table.

"Huh? ~Alas~? ~Is it so six? Vere looked at the paper that had disappeared in front of him, and realized that underneath the paper there were several pieces of crumbs.

Will picked up some of the crumbs and looked at them in front of him. "Stones? Moon Rock? …… Well, it seems to have traces of magic...... On paper? And then these things come to trigger. ”

Thinking so, Wille whipped the stone shards to the ground, mixing them with the dust on the ground, and there was no trace of them.

"Burn it after reading...... It looks like this, so to speak...... Is the action about to begin? Wiel's eyes grew brighter and brighter in the darkening hut.

……

At night, the huge bright moon hangs high in the sky, and the weather is a little cold, making the silver moonlight appear a little purple and bewitching, such a time, it is the most suitable for some conspiracy.

"Where the hell is it?" Will came out of a nearby wood, and slowly came to a high ground above the shed. His eyes looked into the shed.

On the other side, the hut where the patrol had rested was gone, and only one of the Night's Watch torches was still lit during the night.

Since the fire in the patrol's hut, the number of night watchmen has increased considerably, especially in the vicinity of the shed.

Wille looked at the place opposite where the original hut was, and could still see many burnt marks in the moonlight.

"The guy I cheated on...... Is it called Fate? Weir's mouth pursed, and there was something unpleasant in his heart.

As a young man with a good moral education, although Weier has let go of himself a little because of some hardships after coming to this world, he has not hurt a person of the same kind as himself in the real sense until now.

Although the people here call themselves Star Spirits, Veel automatically turned this word into a human being.

And that fire...... It would be fine if the person named Captain Fat really wanted to harm himself, but the person named Captain Fat was half of his life-saver.

And the other half of the lifesavers were scared away by themselves......

And this one, called Fate, was engulfed in an arm by fire.

Vere didn't quite know what an arm was for the soldiers of Birch Town who defended the pirates, otherwise she would have felt even more guilty.

The old man said that Captain Fatt had resigned from the patrol after the fire, and seemed to have gone to the barracks in the desert north of Birch Town.

Shaking his head, "If you have the opportunity in the future, let's repay him again." Vere thought. I don't know if I'll be able to meet him in the future. ”

The moonlight grew thicker and thicker, and there Veel lay down on a 'fur cover' and fell asleep.

The fur covering was all bought by Vere himself, and now he was lying on it, extraordinarily warm, and some small wounds in the places where Vere could not see were also quietly healed.

The night watchman yawned, and suddenly heard a voice and remembered, "What are you listening to?" ”

A person next to him said listlessly, "Hmm~ It's a big stupid bird, and its eyes are like copper bells." ”

"Oh~ cats."

"It's a tanuki, are you stupid?"

"What about you?!"

"Am I not bored?"

"Look at the feet!"

"Meow~!" "Meow~!" "Meow~!"

"Three sounds!" Ver opened his eyes suddenly, sat up, and put his mask on his face, and put on the robe by the way.

In the middle of the shed, a doorlight flickered a few times, a few times, and a few times. Then there was calm.

"That's it." Will put his things away, first stretched his waist, then turned into a black shadow, and quietly came to the door, and the black shadow flashed at the door.

All was at peace.