Kael: ...
How does soone say that with such nonchalance!
Kael shook his head and mock scolded, "Isn't that line usually said by boys?"
"Do you think my father didn't raise as a boy from the start?"
"So, do you want to chat?"
Elanna's voice rose slightly, "Sure!"
Her voice beca a bit exuberant.
Kael opened the window and looked in the direction of the White Bone Christmas Tree, rembering that today it should stop creating light pollution.
aning that tonight in the Royal Capital, one could see a sky full of stars.
Kael sat on the windowsill and earnestly asked, "Elanna, can you see the sky from where you are?"
Elanna walked out from the camp's tent, greeted her teacher, picked up a Magic Lamp, and walked to a more secluded spot before she raised her head to look towards the heavens.
"The sky? Yes, I can."
Kael, "Can you see the Crown Star in the sky?"
Elanna turned off the Magic Lamp in her hand, walked under the night sky, and looked up at the stars.
Even though Kael wasn't in front of her, Elanna instinctively nodded and said,
"The Crown Star... Ah, I see it."
Kael asked, "It's very shiny, isn't it?"
Elanna seriously responded, "Yes, it is."
Kael said with a light laugh,
"The Crown Star is the brightest star in the Big Bear constellation, shining all year long in the northern sky above the Duchy of Anglance. It's the origin of the saying, 'The Crown's glory never fades, shining through every long night that guards humanity.'
Ah, right, the Guardian Hexagram below the Crown Star is also a constellation that we can see all year round."
Elanna, curious, asked, "Kael, do you like stars?"
Kael shook his head and said,
"Not exactly fond of them, but you know I took 'Astrology' as an elective at Mage Academy, so I do understand a bit about these things.
But soone did tell before, 'The nitrogen in our blood, the calcium in our teeth, the iron in our blood, and the carbon in the food we consu are all ford from the remnants of countless stars scattered from a great explosion.
So every one of us is a guest from the stars, and fate connects us all together, which is the greatest fortune in this world.'"
Elanna pursed her lips, her gaze softening a bit as she spoke,
"Then, when I get the chance, I'll take you to a place where you can see a sky full of stars!"
Kael's laughter ca through the crystal on the other end, "Then I'll take you to places you want to go as well."
Elanna questioned, "Ah? Why?"
Kael's voice grew fainter as he said,
"Why do you ask? Of course, it's because I want to see you happy!
You also decided to take to see the stars for my sake. A mutual journey isn't just about going places I want to go, but taking you to the places you want to visit."
Elanna was sowhat troubled,
"But I... haven't thought at all about where I want to go. As long as I can be with you, by the river in sumr, on the Royal Capital's comrcial streets, in the silent study room of the archives, watching a movie in the Magic Screening Room...
It's all fine, as long as it's with you."
Kael laughed softly, and for so reason, his mood eased, leading him to utter words he'd never normally say,
"Is that so? I really wish I could see you right now!"
Elanna instinctively glanced around the camp, noticing no one attentive in her direction, her cheeks flushing slightly as she pondered what expression he might have used to say those words.
"Mhm, I miss you too, Kael. Once I complete this trial, let's go out together."
"Alright, it's a promise."
"Good!"
After disconnecting the communication, she nearly buried herself in the lawn, unable to lift her head, her ears burning hot.
That Kael... seems to be getting better at sweet-talking.
He's really picked up so bad habits!
Seriously, I feel the sa longing to see you!
Suddenly, her teacher's voice ca from the direction of the camp:
"Elanna, it's late. Can you keep it down? Are you even listening to ?"
Elanna didn't respond, just continued looking up at the sky.
A teor streaked across the heavens.
"Make a wish!"
...
[Location: Duchy of Anglance·Border]
A mber of the Lion Heart Battle Group, Iron Cross, Sky Splitting Cavalry Team nad Brahim was gazing at the stars.
Riding a Griffin, rushing through the moonlight, he felt he could almost touch the moon.
...
I often heard my father discuss how to kill that bird in the sky.
Each conclusion required the formation of eight official mbers of the Sky-splitting Knights.
Eight for one, and even then, it's not guaranteed!
They are true "birds of prey," formidable hunters who can take a man's head silently.
Influenced by continuous exposure, I too beca sowhat fearful and asked my father:
"Richard, will I beco one of those eight n soday?"
Father rarely joked.
The pressure from that "bird of prey" often made him serious.
But at that mont, he actually laughed, a heedless, hearty laugh.
He said nothing, just laughed loudly.
As a child, I didn't understand what that laugh ant or what it was about.
"If you can't figure it out, go think about it, child. Before that, you need to grow up quickly."
I was sowhat perplexed, but I firmly rembered that sentence.
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