I haven't seen you in a while.

In front of the ruins of Ulysses' house, Amy stopped, and the pale and sickly figure of the girl was reflected in the dark pupils.

"Yuria—" He whispered the girl's name.

"Amy. ”

The long silver-white hair was scattered behind her, and the girl in the wheelchair was as pale as ever.

"Listen to Joshua," said Joshua, "without hesitation, the young high priest betrayed his friend," and you intend to retreat to the Order's headquarters with the sword-wielders. ”

"Hmm. ”

A low voice answered, and Yulia did not speak.

"Can you tell me why?" After a slightly awkward silence, Amy approached her sister and naturally pushed her wheelchair to take her for a walk down the ruined avenue as she had done years ago, "I respect your decision, but it was too hasty and too sudden. ”

"I want to see," the blind girl brushed her hair from her ear, "and look at the outside world." ”

"That's it......" This reason, Amy can understand, but understanding does not mean that she can accept it - no qualified brother will let his sick and weak sister, who is not yet an adult, go to a foreign land alone and embark on a journey destined to no return, "Can you think about it again." ”

He pursed his lips deeply.

"It's been thought out very clearly. Yuria's calm voice didn't ripple, "Forgive me, Amy—I have a reason why I have to. ”

"Don't just want to go outside?" asked the black-haired, black-eyed teenager.

"That's just one of the reasons. The girl replied in a cold voice.

"What about the others?" said Amy, after a pause, half-jokingly, "I don't want my sister to be kidnapped by another handsome boy." ”

"I just don't want to involve you. Yulia raised a delicate brow, and her voice unconsciously lowered and lowered, "Don't think about it." ”

"I'm your brother. Amy said half sighing, half emphasizing.

"Oh. "Meaningless words.

"I have a responsibility, and an even greater obligation, to take care of you. The boy let go of the hand pushing the wheelchair, leaned down and patted the girl's cheek gently, "Don't be willful, isn't your business my business? ”

"Spoiled?" Yulia repeated, puffing out her cheeks, "I've grown up, Amy." ”

"Yes, yes, little Yulia has grown up. Amy doesn't argue with this, and while Yulia has always been his sister in his eyes, she is past the age of needing to be taken care of by others, "and she's not clingy at all." ”

He said with some emotion.

In addition to having an abnormal vigilance against him when his ability was just awakened for a few months, Yulia gradually adapted to the changes brought about by the awakening, becoming very clingy to him, and had to be with him most of the day, even if she slept, she had to sleep in the same bed, and as soon as she took her away, she cried and fussed, as if she had seen something quite terrible, and trembled non-stop, even her parents couldn't do anything about her.

Although Yulia, who is now mature and independent, is not bad, she still misses that little crybaby a lot.

"I've grown up," said the sickly girl, somewhat embarrassed, her silver hair falling down to cover her cheeks, "and what she looked like when she was a child." ”

"Shy?" the boy deduced from the gnats-thin voice.

"If you think so," the deliberately elongated tone, full of inorganic coldness, "whatever you want"

Nope-

It's just that I'm angry.

Amy couldn't help but think of this, and scratched her head with some distress: "Yulia, even if you grow up, you don't have to be so rusty, you can rely on me like before - brother, although I am not a particularly powerful person, but thanks to the gift of time, I am now the high priest of Hemtika, and in terms of force alone, there are only a handful of people who can be stronger than me, even those big people in the council have to sell me a little face." ”

"For you, Amy, this should be a matter of course. The girl in the wheelchair was not surprised by this, and the young high priest was rightfully unaccomplished, "If there is a real need, I will rely on you again, but not now. ”

"Why?" The teenager asked.

"Because it's something I can fix on my own," Yulia looked up at him, and although her eyes weren't open, Amy still felt her glance at her, "You have your mission too—there's no need to accommodate me." ”

"What a stupid thing," Amy reached out and nodded her forehead, her voice full of pampering, "You are my sister, I don't accommodate you to anyone." ”

"But I can't rely on you for everything," the silver-haired girl sighed softly, if she could, of course she wanted to rely on her brother for everything like a real sister, "I want to really grow up." ”

Sensing Yuria's courage and determination from the sonorous voice, the young man stared at the quiet face that was close at hand, and then let out an incomprehensible sigh: "If this is your decision, I can understand it, but it is only the headquarters of the Order...... Once there, I'm afraid it will be difficult to come back. ”

Unease is only one of the reasons, and more importantly, he is reluctant.

The ancestors said: Life and death parting - at the moment when the world outside the fire has become a seedbed for demons to breed in the deepest night, there is no difference between life and death.

"I'm prepared. Yulia calmly gave an answer, "If nothing happens, I will be able to come back early next year." ”

Say it as if you can come back if you want to.

The young high priest couldn't help but think that any large organization has strict control over the flow of people in the organization, and there is no reason to say that it is just a matter of leaving.

It's just that there is no need to remind her of this, it's good to let her suffer a loss.

After all—

It was Yulia's decision, and it would be better for her to go outside and break through if he was able to manage the risk on the sidelines.

Love should never be a bondage.

Amy was so convinced, even though even he didn't know why he believed in it.

"How about thinking about three more days?" After a short pause, Amy gave advice - these three days are not only time for Yulia to think, but also time for him to prepare, "At any time, don't make hasty decisions, observe more, think more, and then act." ”

"Amy still treats me like a child as always. The girl's voice was still cold, but she could hear her being in a tantrum, "But, I promise you, I'll think about it again." ”

There was still nearly a month to go before the arrival of the Floating Fleet at the Order Headquarters, and Yulia couldn't think of a reason to refuse.

Besides, with her understanding of teenagers, if she doesn't give in, it will inevitably be another lecture.

- Really, you always treat me like a child.

Thinking of this, she puffed out her mouth quite childishly.

"We're just going to go for a walk?" Amy continued to push her wheelchair and glanced over the messy ground around her, "Maybe it's not a pleasant place here, and it's already dark, but it's been a long, long time since we've walked together like we did today." ”

To be exact, it should be since the disappearance of my parents.

"Hmm. Low, soft, the girl nodded, letting the gentle breeze ruffle her hair.

The young high priest took her to walk through the ruins of Hemtika, the corpses and blood spots everywhere were shocking, and the rubble everywhere made the road uneven, but walking on this path in the twilight, sharing this plain and sincere warmth with his sister who could not see, his state of mind was rare to calm down, and he appreciated the magnificent beauty of this twilight of heaven and earth without a wit.

"Amy. ”

The girl in the wheelchair suddenly made a sound, and the black-haired and black-eyed teenager stopped and looked at his sister.

"What's wrong?" a quiet and graceful smile appeared on his face, and after the dust settled in Hemtika, during the time he walked with Yulia, the restless mind that had almost never stopped fighting and fighting gradually settled down and gradually became peaceful, "Yulia. ”

"I grew up. The sick girl said in a rather serious tone.

"yes," Amy gently brushed her long soft hair, "my Yulia has grown up. ”

- This is something he has known for a long time.

From the time they met the Tower, he knew the girl's decision.

Although for him, it was all too fast, too fast, too fast, so fast, so fast, so sudden, so unacceptably fast.

Although the young high priest had foreseen the day since the relationship between the two had slowly drifted apart and ceased to be intimate, he still could not take it in stride when the foreseen future finally became a reality.

It's just that...... Just as silkworms will eventually spin silk and weave cocoons, caterpillars will eventually pupate into butterflies.

The little girl who was once attached to him, dependent on him, and was as delicate as a doll, will eventually grow up one day.

"That's good. ”

As the sun set, the blind girl raised her head slightly, her still closed eyes aimed at the direction of the sunset, and she sighed with unknown meaning, and a smile as bright as spring appeared on her beautiful face.

"yes, that's nice. ”

With that, the black-haired and black-eyed boy walked towards the afterglow of the setting sun.

Even if everything in front of you is a false dream-

At least the relationship is not false.

The high priest who had insight into the reality of Hemtika thought about it, and then cherished the time he spent with Yulia even more.