She said - I want a lean, I want a sword that won't break. At that time, my sword-forging skills were not so good, so when I heard her request, I just thought about how to refuse her. ”

Parker sat down on a stump, and the rings on the stump section seemed to mock the mercilessness of the years.

She may have sensed my thoughts, but she still refused to give up, and to this day, I can still remember every word she said to me at that time - I have now recognized that I am weak, and the weakest part is the heart. I don't want to make up for my own immaturity with a good sword, but I just want someone to support me. So that I can continue to maintain my dignity and protect the people I want to protect, I want a sword that is like my doppelganger, my partner. ”

-- An unbroken sword, an unbroken heart.

Parker seemed to recall every word she had said in the voice of the Nine Moons.

"You must have thought she was a very unique girl. Integrating one's spirit and matter into one is the way of thinking in the last era. Nowadays, the form of casting swords with casting molds and mass-producing swords has spread throughout the continent. Even among the Knights, there are very few people who regard a particular sword as a special existence. So, she made you who you are, right? ”

Alan felt as if he could understand something, the face that was stuck in the memories but still had a happy expression. The reason why I always feel sad when I remember my mother may be because I haven't experienced enough.

"Nine Moon is the only and precious existence in this time. A sword that exists for the master, a heart that is no longer broken, touches me like this, but the sword I forged can't save Jiuyue. Although the knife is not broken, but in this world, there are three hearts that are broken forever I am so, and so is Mei. ”

Alan gently patted Parker's shoulder. In this world, there is a kind of pain that only those who are left behind can experience.

"Actually, I should have told her the truth. There is no sword in this world that will not break, no matter how strong, will break one day. So it is with the sword, and so it is with man. If you use a sword for a long time, not only will the raw materials reach your limit, but the blades that hurt humans or animals will also rust due to blood. The sword is rusty, and at most it is broken, but the heart is dead."

Parker got up again, his expression returning to his usual face,

"When you're older, it's easy to remember the past and make you smile."

"No, Parker, you'd want to make such an agreement, and for the sake of the Nine Moons. You're much gentler than you seem. ”

Alan smiled,

"I accept your promise. Parker, let's stand at the top of the world together. ”

Although Alan only came to Parker and didn't like to shake hands, he still held out his right hand to him.

"Sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun!"

With a loud high-five, the agreement between the two was reached.

"May, how are you?"

Cershir finally waited for Parker and Eren to return to the house, and she wondered if they had been swallowed by the Ash Forest. It's all dark, and I haven't come back yet.

"I'm fine, Cershir is with me."

Mei replied obediently. Parker didn't say any more, left everyone behind, and went into the back room alone.

"It's getting late today, you can't get out if you don't leave, and I don't have room for two people as big as you in this room."

Parker's voice disappeared at the end of the hallway, and May shrugged helplessly at the two of them,

"Parker is right, our house is too chaotic to stay with you. Sehir, hurry up, it's not safe to be late. ”

May put away Sehir's broken sword, and wrote a receipt, and drew a large hand-drawn stamp of 'Briza' on the back, and when everything was done, she handed the receipt to Sehir.

"'Blizza' special stamp! This is the only one, no piracy! Hehe, guests, we look forward to your next visit. ”

With a lovely smile, May watched Alan and Cershir leave.

Looking at the chimney on the top of 'Buriza' not far away, it was like all ordinary people's homes. Sehir finally breathed a sigh of relief.

"Congratulations, I thought I couldn't help it, but now I can repair the sword, it's great."

Alan walked beside Sehir and congratulated him from the bottom of his heart. But Sehir doesn't seem to be so happy,

"Is that really good? Alan, your sword"

"Nothing bad, didn't I get this?"

Alan pointed to the shovel he was carrying behind his back and smiled.

That was the shovel that May gave to Alan before leaving, saying that Parker asked Alan to take it. Sehir originally thought it would be a very different shovel, but when you look at it horizontally and vertically, it is an ordinary shovel, except that the word 'Bliza is engraved on the handle, and that's it.

"This Parker, he actually gave you a shovel, is it too unreliable to ask you to go farming?"

The thought that his sword had been entrusted to such a strange swordsmith made Sehir feel a little uneasy for a moment.

"Hehe, maybe it's us who are unreliable."

Alan's words were very soft, and there was some wind in the forest at night, and those words were blown away in the air by the wind. When the two came to the crossroads they had walked before, Alan handed over the homeless man's leash to Sehir,

"Next, you're going back to the Self-Defense Forces, and it's time for me to go home, be careful along the way."

After Allen finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave, when Sehir's voice came from behind him,

"Alan, although I can't even beat a homeless man now, you see, one day, I will become a first-class swordsman, catch up with you, surpass you!"

Alan looked back and saw the tears in the corners of Sehir's eyes, and he smiled and said,

"I believe in you, you will definitely become a first-class swordsman. I'll hear your name on everyone's lips, Sehir. Canterlot. ”

"Alan!"

When we meet again, you must, remember me, and even if I don't achieve this goal, I hope you don't forget me

Sehir silently read these words in his heart, but in the end he couldn't say it,

"Goodbye."

"Well, goodbye."

Ilte's excited cheers and Dasty's complacent laughter rang out. Alan was pulled back to reality from his memories by these familiar voices. As if the door of memory had been opened, Alan looked down at Mistetin in his hand.

――The unbroken sword, the unbroken heart. Parker, Sehir, are you still working towards this goal? (To be continued.) )