The girl had a classical feel, about the same size as me, but very light, really too thin, and felt like a gust of wind could blow it down.

Hearing movement in the bedroom, I thought she should wake up, so I went into the room with hot water.

"Ahh

"Huh?"

Her screams scared me so much that I almost didn't hold my glass. Just as I was about to say, "What's the fuss," I saw her standing there helpless and swallowed it back.

"When I saw you fall to the ground, I brought you back. Your clothes are in tatters, so I'm getting you a new one. I smiled at her mildly, "Did you escape from the bandits?" ”

She was a little dazed, then nodded.

"Then you are safe now, there are patrolling guards outside the village, and if the bad guys come here, the whole village will fight with them."

She paused for a moment before nodding.

Seeing that she was a little absent-minded, I guessed she still had something on her mind.

"By the way, this is Summer Village, my name is Lianyi."

“…… Thank you, Miss Lianyi. She made a warrior's salute.

"You're also a martial artist?" I asked curiously, after all, it wasn't like it was so weak.

"Huh! ......" she suddenly felt a little weak, "I ...... My father was a warrior! I'm influenced by him! ”

It's obvious she's hiding something, but it's probably because she hasn't trusted me yet. Having just escaped from the bad guys, it's natural to be cautious.

"Don't be afraid, if it's something you don't want to say, it's okay not to say it."

"No, I ......"

She seems very restrained, is she afraid of life?

The girl didn't dare to look at me, but looked left and right, and her gaze rested on a painting on the wall.

It was a gift written to me by Chi Xing's sister, which I used as a souvenir, and the writing was very atmospheric, not at all like it was written by a 15-year-old girl.

"Look up at the same sky."

Behind it are the signatures of the five of them.

But the girl was suddenly frightened in disbelief.

"What's wrong?"

"Don't come here!" She shouted in a panic.

"What the hell is wrong with you?" I looked behind me again, and there was nothing to be afraid of, huh? Am I terrible? Or is there something mentally wrong with this girl?

She seemed trying to keep herself calm and asked a question: "What is your relationship with Tianxiang?" ”

"You know her, too?" This time it was my turn to be surprised, but looking at her expression, it didn't seem that she liked Tianxiang very much, and I had the impression that the child could not have any conflicts with others, "Sister Tianxiang is my savior, I was seriously injured at that time, and I was about to die, she found me in time and saved me." ”

The "......" girl didn't speak and seemed to be very entangled.

"By the way, I don't know your name yet." Seeing that she was no longer afraid, I tried to get closer to her again.

"Snow—" She suddenly got stuck there.

Name? It's summer, and of course there won't be snow, so what she's talking about is the name, right? But why did you stop halfway through?

"Snow ...... I can't remember......"

Amnesia?

Although I don't believe in this half-remembered amnesia, I think that she may have been persecuted by the dead winter...... Maybe it's still that...... So it's not surprising that there is amnesia or something.

"Forgotten? Do you remember what happened to you before that? ”

She immediately shook her head.

"Hmm, shall I give you a name?"

“……”

She didn't refuse, so let's take it as an agreement.

"Snow - this surname is really good, so let's do it, my surname is Lian, why don't I call you Snow Lotus!"

"Snow Lotus ......"

"How? The legendary relic. ”

"Hmm." She nodded, acknowledging the name.

"Come, drink this glass of water, if you don't drink it, it will be cold."

“……”

She took the teacup but hesitated to drink it.

Could it be that she fell into the thief camp because she drank the drug? Why are you so careful about drinking water?

"Do you remember your home?"

"I ...... There is no home. ”

"Huh? How so? Although you are too thin, how can such a delicate face and body be a wanderer? ”

"Exquisite?"

"That's right, you're so beautiful, there should be a lot of people pursuing you, would you rather wander than get married?"

“…… I don't remember. ”

I could see that as soon as she got to something that was difficult to explain, she blamed it on amnesia. Forget it, it's not good for the brain to pursue too much, and it's useless for me to guess.

"Hey, I originally thought that Sister Tianxiang was already very mysterious, but you turned out to be even more mysterious."

"They're mysterious?"

"Hmmm! Although they said that they were looking for traces of demons, they still felt that they were hiding something from us ordinary people...... Ah, it's not good......"

Oops, I accidentally told the demon about it, because Ji Xing said that until I understand the meaning of those strange words, I should not talk about it to others......

"Demons? You're saying they found the devil? ”

Sure enough, she noticed.

"Forehead ......"

"Please tell me the details!"

Although I felt that it would be meaningless even if she knew about it, her weak eyes made me can't bear to refuse.

"So, I'll start with the injury—"

……

After telling her almost everything that had happened, I found that after she learned about the demon, instead of worrying, she was-

Feeling a little excited?

"That Chi Xing said he was a sixth order, right?"

"Hmm."

Snow Lotus suddenly seemed to be completely relaxed, and drank the water in her hand.

"Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......"

"Drink slowly." I hurried over and patted her on the back and found that she was no longer dodging me.

"Uhhh

"Thank you, Miss Lianyi."

I don't know why she let go of the knot, but finally she doesn't have to carefully guess the conversation.

"No thanks! You're still weak, so let's take a break! ”

――――――――

At dinner, the father who came back learned about Xuelian's situation and asked her again.

"Do you have no memory of where your home is, or do you not have one?"

Snow Lotus shook her head.

"I didn't know who my parents were when I was a child, at first in a well-wisher family, but then the family had a hard time, and I didn't want to embarrass them anymore, so I left alone. I've been wandering since then......"

"Good boy, you make this your home." Mother said, "If you don't have parents, you should treat us as your godfathers and godmothers." ”

Father nodded emphatically.

"This ...... Why are you so nice to an outsider like me? ”

"Hehe......" I said with a smile, "in our place, it is very difficult to do such a good thing in a lifetime, let us meet, others will envy us." ”

Looking at Xue Lian, who seemed to be shocked by my answer, I continued to add: "Tianxiang said that no matter how ordinary a person is, there are things that can be done by themselves. ”

“……”

Xue Lian lowered her head, and after being silent, she said, "...... No, I can't stay here. ”

"Huh?"

"I don't deserve to be here......"

Xuelian was a little sad when she said this, but I couldn't understand why she said "unworthy", and my father and mother looked at each other, and could only shake their heads with a wry smile.

So the next day I tried to figure out what she wanted to say and stop talking about.

"Why did you refuse? Have you been wandering for so long and don't want to have a home? ”

"I can't say yes, otherwise both you and myself will regret it in the future."

"Why regret it? I've wanted a sister since I was a kid and I really want you to stay! ”

Xue Lian smiled bitterly: "I can't stay, I still have something to do." ”

"What's the matter?"

"......" Xuelian shook her head, refusing to tell me.

"With a weak body like yours, how can you be reassured after you go out?"

"It just looks weak."

This guy is still hard-mouthed! Looks like I'm going to have to be a little stronger!

"Then stay at our house until I think you're healthy enough!"

Her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something, but in the end she just lowered her head and muffled out a word.

"Hmmm......"

――――――――

A good thing happened in the evening, Brother Pan returned. He didn't even go back to his own home, he came to me directly.

"I heard you were injured on the prairie?"

I was sitting at the dinner table drinking tea with Xuelian, and I was very surprised by the appearance of Brother Pan.

"It's okay, don't you think I'm okay? How do you know I'm hurt? ”

"A child named Tianxiang said, I still want to be injured so quickly, and I am relieved to see that you are really alive."

What kind of words, jumping around...... How does Tianxiang describe me like this.

"It's still dark, why don't you go for a walk?" I propose.

"You two...... Then I won't bother you with that. Xue Lian said.

"Where did you think of going......" I felt a little blushing.

So Brother Pan and I started walking on the path.

"That girl is beautiful, isn't she?" I asked.

"I ...... There is no denying it. ”

Brother Pan had an expression that wanted to say that she was beautiful but was afraid that I would be jealous, which was really funny.

"Do you want to ask who she is? She was picked up by me outside the village~"

"Huh?"

"Anyway, it's probably a girl in distress, but then again, how are you doing? I heard that there were bandits on the way to Natsume Village, did you know? ”

"We found the thieves' den yesterday, but we didn't find their leader, and we let a few people escape from the secret passage where I don't know where, it's not completely successful, but at least they won't be there for a while."

"Eh—that's why you had a chance to come back from leave?"

Brother Pan nodded and took out a piece of paper: "By the way, I will bring back the list of people who have not been caught, and hand it over to the village chief tomorrow morning to paste it so that everyone can pay attention to it." ”

I took it, and the first name immediately attracted me - "Leader of the Remnant Winter, Snow Tiger".

"Snow-Tiger? Is there a lot of snow in the surname? I asked.

"Not much, our country used to worship summer, and there were almost no surnames such as Xue, Bing, and Mei. Why are you asking this all of a sudden? ”

"It's nothing, in fact, I think this surname is pretty good, right?"

"It's not so particular now, but after all, the surname is handed down, and no one will change the surname themselves."

Saussurea...... Snow Tiger?

"Snow Tiger, this is a male name, right?"

"Of course it's a man, according to the description, it's a 30-year-old strong man, and he has been an orphan since he was a child, so it's not surprising that he will become a bandit. It's quite hard to be able to practice to the sixth order strength, in fact, if he appears, we might have to work a lot harder, but he has been missing since yesterday morning, which is very strange. ”

The timing is just right!

If Snow Lotus is Snow Tiger, her strange performance before can be explained...... But I personally changed her clothes, I saw both above and below, she is indeed a girl......

Could it be -- Tianxiang?

At that time, the skill that Sister Tianxiang used on me, I really felt like my body was being restructured. If that trick can actually turn a man into a girl?

Phew—Am I in trouble?