……

Yumina crawled out of the rubble, and then dragged both Neuer and Greo out little by little.

She sat on an open field, a little overwhelmed.

Neuer gradually woke up and saw her sitting there in a daze, "What about Elendi?" ”

"They've all been arrested...... she replied blankly, not knowing if she was right.

"This place can't be stayed," Neuer kept a relatively cool head, "do you have any other hiding place in the Bigg or Rogue systems?" ”

"I took you out and waited until you woke up......" Yumina turned to look at him, "I don't think it's safe there." ”

"Let's go see first." He slowly stood up and looked down at Greo, who was still unconscious.

"Greo, I'm carrying it." Yumina stood up and pulled Greo on her back, "I restrained Shadow Rose, the toxin didn't seem to work on me. ”

Neuer stared at the purple-black blood on her cheek for a few seconds, but did not speak.

……

Another ruin.

Yumina was a little devastated.

Neuer narrowed his eyes slightly, "Do you know anything else?" ”

"I'm in the Rogue system for the first time." Yumina sighed.

"Me ......too," Neuer bit his lower lip, "if there are any settled elves or villages in the neighborhood?" ”

“…… No. Yumina half-closed her eyes, "Nothing." Plus, we can't afford to fly out of Beagle now...... What should I do......" She frowned slightly, and only then did she feel a burning pain on her face.

"There are no elves, there are always empty rooms left." Neuer jumped on the large piece of rubble and stood at the highest point looking into the distance, "There seems to be a small elf village ahead, go and see." ”

Empty. Not a single elf. Like, their hearts are the same now.

There was a sense of despair.

In the depths of the village, there is a house that is not too badly damaged, and the right to enter and live here temporarily.

Putting Greo down on the bed, Yumina rubbed her sore shoulder, and looked at what seemed to be something in the corner, not paying attention. Suddenly, she realized that something was wrong, and turned her head to look at it......

"Ah——!h

Neuer, who was searching the room for anything suspicious, heard her scream and stopped, thinking that Gleo and Yumina were together, and his heart tightened, and he walked quickly into the room, "What's the matter, Yumina?" ”

Yumina stood up and ran to Neuer, shaking her hands and pointing to a pool of blood in the corner. A mostly intact elf lay there, silently as if asleep. It's just that it will never wake up again......

Neuer chuckled in his heart, he had seen too many similar images in the Black Soul Organization, and the intermittent memories of the dark days that he thought he had forgotten came flooding back, and he stayed where he was.

"No...... Neuer ...... "Yumina grabbed his arm and was so frightened that she couldn't speak, and she turned her head to look at him a little stiffly, the corners of her mouth twitching.

"It's okay...... Neuer gently lowered her stiff arm in the air with one hand, and put the other hand around her shoulder to try to comfort her, "I...... I'll deal with it, you can go out first......"

Yumina took a deep breath and tried to relax, but inhaled the smell of blood, which made her feel sick. She walked out of the room on her somewhat stiff legs, and glanced at Neuer again before leaving.

Neuer stood there for nearly a minute, then reacted to something, quickly cleaned up the body and bloodstains, and then went out to a stream in the village to wash his hands and face.

He crouched on the shore and covered his face, his mind full of unbearable memories of the past.

The water of the stream is clear, but it is not easy in the war.

Yumina sat next to him, her legs submerged in the water, and she turned her face to look at him.

"I'm fine." Neuer spoke, turning his head and smiling reluctantly at Yumina.

Yumina smiled back, looking down at the slow spread of the toxin in the water, half of her face covered in purple-black dark lines.

"I can't see the elves anymore." She said this unhurriedly, and her tone did not fluctuate.

“…… It's okay, it's still good-looking. Neuer, who is not good at words, tried to scavenge some words out of his mind to comfort and comfort the big sister.

"Believe your nonsense......" Yumina's eyes were clouded with moisture.

"You're really good at hiding."

Neuer and Yumina turned their heads in unison.

Berlin Blue put the long sword in his hand against Greo's white neck, and the corners of his mouth pulled a dangerous smile.