Chapter 376 - Episode Twenty-Two - Attack of the Doom Tribe (2)
No one said a word for a while.
a, who had been very strong until she ca here, had beco very quiet when she was actually in front of Firo.
a is not the type of person who can take a strong stand when she ets soone for the first ti.
The only thing is, as if to appeal to Firo, she grasps my sleeve tightly and forcefully.
“Blue hair …… I see, So you’re the girl Abel has been traveling with. I’d heard about you on the way here.”
The silence was broken by Firo’s muttered words.
“Why don’t you co inside the room for now? There’s not much space, because it’s a single person’s room, after all ……”
Firo invited a in.
a looked at as if to confirm.
I gave a small nod.
She walked into the room and Firo sat on the bed, I sat beside her, and a sat on the chair she had pulled out of her desk.
“…… Well, it must be rough. You didn’t co all this way by herself, did you, Firo?”
“Yeah, of course, but Gizel-chan is here, too. Shibi is also here, and even Lil from the Liefel family has been brought in as an astrologer. Geez, It’s been a really tough ti for .”
Firo let out a big breath.
I’m really sorry about that.
“E-Even if you say it like that …… I’m sure Abel had a lot on his mind when he made his decision, too ……”
a said in a low voice
“What? O-Ohhhh, I guess. I may have been a bit out of line …… Sorry.”
When Firo said so honestly, I felt a little uncomfortable.
When I think back on it now, all I did was run away from the problem at hand and hope that the people around would do as I wished in the anti.
Perhaps if I find myself in the sa situation, I’ll do the sa thing again ……
“Well, the reason why Firo is a bit harsh is because it’s her way of hiding her embarrassnt …… Everything she says is correct…”
“Hiding my embarrassnt, you say, Is that how Abel always looked at !? Then you knew everything, but until now you’ve been acting like you didn’t know ……”
Firo blushes and clenches her fist.
“S-Stop! I’m sure you misunderstood what I ant, but that’s not what I ant ……!”
“Sohow, Firo-san seems to get along with Abel well ……”
a shrank back in her chair and beca small.
“N, no, it’s true that Abel and I have been foul-mouthed friends since we were children, but it’s not like there was anything wrong with us or anything like that ……”
Firo explained to the depressed a.
I suddenly noticed sothing strange.
“Huh, so the adults didn’t co, huh? Only the children ca outside, huh”
Firo stiffened.
“…… W-, we had to split up while looking.”
“You even split up ……”
I slumped my shoulders.
Although Firo said it quite gently, it still seed to have beco quite a big deal.
I had hoped that my father and the tribe chiefs would take it as a little adolescent journey of self-discovery, but it seems that it was just a selfish, wishful guess on my part.
“Huh ……?”
Why is the division so neatly split between children and adults ……?
“Firo …… How many people were in the adult group? Where are they planning to go now?”
“I think there were six of them. They went to the water city of Neferusia or the mountain city of Nouraun ……”
“Why are the adults group more nurous? And it seems to that they went to a lot of tourist attractions …… Hey, Firo, what the hell is going on? Don’t tell , sothing bad is going on and you’re hiding it?”
“I-, Is that so? I’m not too familiar with the na of the place, and I didn’t rember it very well, so I might have ntioned the place I did rember ……”
“That’s okay then ……”
Firo was sweating as she quickly looked away from .
It seed to that she was hiding sothing from , but I wondered if she was really okay.
If the situation arises, I can ask Lark or Peter to lend a hand, and if that doesn’t work, I can use force, so I don’t want her to hesitate to tell , though.
“Er …… I didn’t introduce myself yet, right. I’m Firo, and I’m an old acquaintance of this Ortem fanatic. I can call you a-san, right? You don’t have a stone on your forehead …… but I’m pretty sure you’re a Doom tribesman.”
Firo looked over to a.
“Ah, yes ……”
a nodded sowhat uneasily and turned her head.
Firo was looking at a’s face intently, as if to observe her.
“You know. I’m not going to go back to the village just yet ……”
I have a number of plans I’m working on in the Fage territory.
The alchemist division would be confused if I suddenly left.
…… It’s also possible that I retire and Altamir could take over this area.
However, if I leave before Count Julem’s issue is resolved, Peter will go crazy and Kudor will go on a rampage.
My na would be etched in the history books as the person who destroyed a country because I went ho.
“Huh!? Y-You’re still talking like that at this point. You know that Gizel and the others will be here soon.”
“Uh-uh …… that’s right ……”
When I hold my head, Firo lets out a big sigh.
The timing of the two coincided at the worst possible ti.
I’m sorry, but there is a possibility that I will not be able to participate in the Count Julem issue.
Of course, I don’t intend to go ho when weighing the country and the hocoming.
I’m sorry to Gizel, Firo, and the Marrens tribe, but that’s not the point.
But with this Gizel right around the corner, I’m sure I won’t be able to give my all to the Count Julem issue for a while.
If I were to see her face to face, I’m even confident that I would fall asleep from the guilt alone.
I have no choice but to accept it because it’s my fault.
I can only hope that Count Julem will not move just now.
“By the ti I moved, I thought it was the only way ……”
A whimper escaped my lips.
I rember doing a lot of bad things with Firo.
It’s not that I didn’t notice, although I did make a quick excuse earlier.
I was aware that Firo was conscious of .
Besides, Firo was cute and had a good personality.
She’s a little unreliable, but she’s easy to understand, and more importantly, she would never do anything to offend anyone.
She is very caring and takes good care of people.
When I was in the village, I was also aware of Firo.
However, I didn’t feel that I had to rush into marriage at the age of 16.
I guess I was dragged down by the experiences of my previous life.
In addition to that, Gizel was attached to , and I myself was so devoted to magic that I couldn’t pay much attention to other aspects of my life.
Now, I have a beside .
I can’t look at Firo the way I did when I was in the village.
“Sorry ……”
The words ca out of my mouth.
“It’s okay.”
Firo answered in a rather weak voice.
“If you think you can’t face Gizel-chan yet, I’ll cover for you. I can give you so cover to hide sowhere. If you have a ssage for her, I can say it to her, or I can convince her to finish her journey and go ho. I don’t know if they’ll listen to , though.”
“Firo ……”
“But I have a condition! You have to make it back to the Marren Village at so point! Alright! If you don’t, I’m not going to let you get away with it next ti At that ti, I’ll chase you to the ends of the earth!”
Firo stood up and said at the top of her voice.
“…… Thanks, Firo. I’m really sorry, that helps.”
I bowed my head to Firo.
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