The axe in his hand faded away.

"Let's do it here today." Veel looked at the starry sky, wiped his sweat, and put the last piece of wood into his backpack on the ground, then picked up several backpacks that had been placed on the ground.

Vere returned to his well-established haven.

Along the limestone rocks three people high behind him, Wille erected some stone walls on both sides, and on this beach, there were quite a few large boulders.

Even Wiel found a little bit of moon rock.

The stone wall enclosed the place where the wiel was, and some planks were placed on top of the stone wall, and a simple wood-roofed stone shed appeared.

Heavy rain fell in the sky, lightning flashed in the distant sea, and rolling thunder followed.

The rain was heavy, but it didn't reach Will, and the leaves on the planks scattered the rain on both sides.

The place where Vere is located is on high ground, and in addition to the fact that there is a lot of water flowing from the limestone behind him, the place where Vere is located is also dry.

Wiel added some fuel to the campfire.

Before the rain came, Wille went to the bamboo hut and saw Pease sitting there with his head buried in some sadness.

Ver picked up the conch beside him and beckoned him to come with him to take shelter from the rain.

Pease looked at him, looked back at the door that had been closed and could not be opened, and followed Vere towards the campfire.

"Not happy?" Wiel looked back at Pease, who was sitting on a thatched mat.

"Hmph~" Pease didn't know if he understood, so he nodded.

The crackling of the firewood was drowned out by the thunder, and Pease would subconsciously shrink back every time the thunder came.

The child's heart is very lost, which is far more sad than having no hope.

Giving you hope and then withdrawing that hope is more frustrating than simply withering.

……

There was a noise in my ears, and I couldn't distinguish between words and the sound of a torrential rain.

The firelight, the sound of the ship cracking, the black figure, the shadow of the ship.

A vague impression came.

The thunder of that day rumbled as it is now.

Drifting on the sea, shaking.

When he woke up, he was there with the leaves and fed himself water to drink.

The water is sweet.

The fish was raw, and he chewed it up and fed it to himself.

When I was able to go, it was a long time.

He would communicate with himself, ask for warmth, and teach himself a lot of things.

Until one day, an inexplicable force came from afar.

He seemed to realize something, and stopped waiting at the entrance of the cave, and wouldn't let me in.

He built a house.

He put two beds in his room.

The first thunderstorm night was spent with him in that room.

Spend many thunderstorm nights on your own.

Every rainy night, I dream of that terrible dream.

He began to become untalkative, always in a daze, ate and slept, slept and ate.

I want to communicate with him, but he just recognizes himself, why?

Why doesn't he talk to me anymore?

It wasn't that long ago that a white light flashed from the sky, and he talked to me again, trying to get me out of here.

But how can you let him go?

……

Bang! Another thunderclap came.

Pease tucked his knees, and though it was warm, Pease was scared.

Weir looked at him, picked up the conch in his hand and looked at it, "I haven't blown ...... in a long time"

Wiel whistled......

There was a slight pause at first, then a quiet, melodious and crisp sound came from Veel's mouth.

Through the thunder, through the fear.

Conveyed to Pease's ears.

He looked at Will, and leaned forward cautiously and uneasily, not understanding why such a voice was heard.

Gradually, the child came to Will.

Ver glanced at him and stopped whistling.

Pease looked at Vere and nudged him, snorting incessantly.

"Do you still want to hear it?"

And so, to the simple whistle of Wiel, Pease fell asleep peacefully.

His demeanor was peaceful, and the thunder no longer disturbed him.

Wiel's mouth was a little sour.

He looked at Pease, who was sleeping quietly on the ground, and the night outside was even darker, and only when the lightning flashed by, could he see a glimmer of light.

——

A bolt of lightning struck.

A figure appears in the darkness.

"It's you......" Will looked up at the approaching figure.

It was the pig-man, drenched in rain.

Its eyes first looked at Pease on the ground, and when he saw that he was asleep, he stood at the end of the campfire.

"You hid it really enough, why did you come to me at this time?" Wiel stared at it.

"It's me." The pigman's eyes were full of light, completely different from the sluggishness he saw during the day.

"I have something to tell you." The pigman lifted his hooves and looked, "I'm not hiding...... I'm only now regaining some of my memories, and only now can I stay awake. ”

Wiel looked at it with suspicion. "Who are you fooling?"

"Today is the month of the rings......"

"I can't see the moon outside at all...... "Click! A thunderclap rang out.

"Is there only two suns this morning? There is only one day in a year. ”

“…… What about the Ring Moon? ”

"It's only in the year that I can recover my memories for a while...... This time, though, it's clearer than ever. ”

The pigman walked forward.

Wille stood up vigilantly and stood in front of Pease. "Stop."

Will shook his head.

"I don't believe you, who the hell are you?"

"It's hard for you to believe, but believe me, I don't mean it. Even if you're not a star spirit......" The pigman looked at Ver and suddenly made a judgment.

"You know the Star Spirit?" Weir frowned slightly.

"Of course I do, because I'm a star spirit...... Once a star spirit. ”

"......" Will looked at the pigman coldly, like rain flowing from the pigman.

"It's a long story why this happened......

"Huh?"

"I don't have much time, you have to trust me, there is something very important that you need to help me take out."

"Take it out? So, there are star spirits around here? Vere couldn't help but take a step forward.

The pigman nodded.

His heart tightened, and Wille asked, "Why don't you go by yourself?" ”

"Isn't it obvious? This is the only time I am awake...... So I can't do it......"

Ver groaned.

"And what are you going to tell me?"

"It's the seal of the devil, the devil ......"

"Seals?" Weir frowned, this was not good news.

"The power of the seal is getting weaker and weaker...... The sacred tree is no longer able to hold my sanity...... It is estimated that this seal will dissipate in the near future...... The Spirits need to be ready. ”

"How long have you been here?"

"I don't remember exactly, my last memory was on this night five years ago." The pigman looked at the sleeping Pease.

"According to the time I am awake...... Five years ago...... He was washed up on the shore that day...... I see it. ”

Wiel also looked back at the sleeping child, "So, you saved Pease?" ”

"Pease? Did you come up with a name? ”

"Himself. …… You saved him? The pigman nodded, then shook his head again.

"Probably...... Except today, my thinking is intermittent. ”

Ver pondered for a moment, let his guard down, and motioned for the pigman to sit down.

"I hope you can help me get the news to the Star Spirits."

"Good...... Where are the Star Spirits? We've been looking. ”

"You guys?"

“…… Yes, we took a boat looking for the Star Spirit, and we encountered a storm and I was knocked down by the waves...... Hopefully the two of them are okay. ”

"How many of you are there?"

"Three."

"Three?" The pig man was surprised. "What about the other Star Spirits?"

"Before I met the two of you, I had only seen one star spirit, where are the other star spirits...... It's all deserted. ”

There was silence for a while, and the pigman looked at his hands and hooves again. “…… Who is that Star Spirit? ”

Boreth ...... The only star spirit I've ever encountered before. ”

"The Sacred Tree Priestess Boreth? She's alive? ”

Veel nodded. "You know her?"

"Great...... If you can tell her the news here, there should be a way. ”

Ver smiled wryly, "But I was knocked down from the boat by a big wave...... We separated. ”

The pigman groaned. "Is there a boat?"

"There's only a small wooden boat that can be rowed by one person."

"In that case, you'll have to go here......" the pig man thought for a moment.

"Where?"

The pigmen pointed in a direction, and Wille found that it was they who had docked the raft slightly in the direction of the islands.

"Behind the islands?"

"Yes, you'll find a glowing sea route, follow that sea route."

"But why should I go in that direction, shouldn't I go after Boreth and them?"

"In that direction, one of your small boats is useless." The pigman drew an island and an arc on the ground with his hooves.

"This is where the storm is at its strongest, and it's here...... There's big waves, and here's the sea of big waves. ”

Will couldn't help but think of the big wave that had slapped him down.

"And how do I find Boreth?" Weir frowned.

"Behind this area of big waves, there are only two currents."

"Two currents?"

The pig man drew two more currents on the ground, "This one, far from the direction of the archipelago, is a huge whirlpool. And this one, if they were still alive, would definitely take this one, leading to the swamp. ”

"But the boat can't get through the storm."

"So I'm going to get around here."

The pigman nodded. "The current is very steady."

"And what's after that?"

The pigman shook his head.

"Okay...... Finally, I won't rush forward. Vere looked at the picture on the ground.

"That's all I want to say." The pigman sat on the sidelines, and could see Will's confusion. "While I'm still sober, if there's anything you want to ask me, just ask."

"Where is the seal you said?"

"Underground on this island."

"Underground?" Veel remembered the place where Pease had taken him, the place where the bees were. "Where there are bees?"

"Have you been?"

"No, it's just to the mouth of the cave."

"That's it, you're going to go some more inside."

"In the deepest part of the cave? The seal. ”

"Yes, that's true of all seals. Buried deep underground, relying on the power of the sacred tree's root system. I can feel it now, the power of the seal is fading. ”

"And the Sacred Tree here?"

Ver raised his right hand, but the prophecy stone rune did not point to the light underground.

"Prophecy Rune...... If you don't pray to the sacred tree, the sacred tree will not guide you...... Moreover, there is no sacred tree here," the pig man cried out.

Weir couldn't believe it.

"No wonder I didn't see the sacred tree in the cave...... The seal? ”

The pigman nodded, "The sacred tree is gone...... Only some power remains here...... I guess that's why I'm only awake for a few moments a year...... The power of the sacred tree is almost no longer able to sustain my existence. ”

The pigman thought for a moment and placed his hoof on the back of Wiel's hand, which shone slightly.

"I remember those bees in the cave helped Pease a lot, if you can, take a look at it for me, they won't hurt you."

The two were silent for a moment.

"What age is it?"

"Now? I don't know, but it's probably more than 1,500 years. ”

"The Astral Age 1500...... Has more than a thousand years passed? ”

Weir looked at the pig man in surprise, this star spirit hidden under this skin has been guarding this place for so long?!

"How did you survive all these years?"

The pigman smiled, "Everyone has their own way of living. ”

"......," Wille glanced at the pigman in a daze

"I still remember some things from the past, my hometown is an unknown small village, although it is very dilapidated, but the flowers and rivers there are very beautiful, it is too long, it is estimated that it has long disappeared, where is your hometown?"

"Me? My home, far from here, is looking for my way home. ”

The pigman nodded.

"You're going back, it's really nice to have a home to go back to."

Weir sighed and looked at the rain outside.

It's getting smaller.

"It's almost dawn, you ......"

"My name is Vere."

"Well, Wiel, can you trouble you?"

The thunder outside gradually subsided.

"You say."

"Leave here with this child of the star spirit, and find his relatives, this child ......." The pigman looked at Pease, "The power of the sacred tree is weakened, and I don't think I can take care of him anymore." ”

Will was silent for a moment, but after all, he did not tell the pig man, and now the child was already taking care of it.

"Take him away, look at the way he is now, he still depends on you...... Aren't you going home? Take him back with you, too. ”

Vere looked at the weakening campfire.

"He's going to be sad."

“…… Be sad, be sad, he'll forget......"

“…… I promised you. ”

"Please be sure to find Boris, find the Star Spirits, and let them seal the demons of this place."

"Hope to see you next time...... I'll see you again. ”

The pigman stood up and walked towards the bamboo house, and when he reached the outside of the shed, he turned around.

“…… Tell Pease...... I was ...... to have him with me for a few days Forget it, forget it. ”

Then he walked out.

Will looked at the pigman's back hidden behind the knoll, and then at Pease.

The pigman returned to the bamboo house, looked at the darkness before dawn, took Pease's conch in his hand, and watched quietly, his eyes showing reluctance. The morning light shone on it, and its eyes gradually became dull. "Huh~?"

The thunder stopped, and a faint glow rose from the surface of the sea.

Suddenly Wille thought of something, stood up, ran two steps outside, and stopped.

"I haven't asked your name yet... What should I tell Pease..."