Chapter 69 (1/2)

Chapter 69

「Never expected that you would cry like that.」

In the carriage, while hugging her knees, Roury mutters something while crying her eyes out.

The three already left the Elven country and are on their way to Toura.

Souta grasps the reins while listening to the voice from the coach seat. Dina hands her a handkerchief without saying anything.

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On the day Roury decided to leave, after dinner, she told Arezel that she would head to Toura with Souta and Dina.

Arezel who heard that turned pale. She stopped her meal there and went to shut herself in in her room.

Everyone was calling her from outside the room, but there was no reaction.

Next morning, Arezel had still yet to show her face and still secluded herself.

In the end, the three started to prepare for their departure.

After the preparation of the carriage finished, and all they needed to do was leave the workshop. The only one there to say goodbye was Narasu.

Hidden beneath her usual cheerfulness was a shadow of gloominess. The inside of the carriage was filled with a depressed atmosphere.

Souta didn’t open his mouth. He operated the carriage silently and proceeded to the checkpoint in the valley.

The process took some time, but because of the dagger, the talk proceeded more smoothly than before.

Even the matter of Roury accompanying Souta, although they were reluctant, they allowed her to pa.s.s.

And then when they pa.s.sed the inspection and wanted to board the carriage, a voice calling for Roury from afar can be heard.

It was a mystery how she caught up to Souta’s carriage in time, but Arezel really reached them before they left the checkpoint.

Roury got down from the carriage and walked toward Arezel, who was out of breath.

After handing a letter to Roury, Arezel began to cry loudly on the spot.

「I’m sorry, in reality, I wanted to talk more, uwwaa~~!!」

Hearing that, Roury also shed tears in the same way.

「It’s fine… I suddenly… said that… it’s because I didn’t say it properly!!」

Then the two continued to shed tears while arguing who was at fault.

Souta and Dina watched them with warm eyes, while the staffs who were around only looked from afar, amazed.

About twenty minutes later, the two whose tears had finally stopped exchanged their words of farewell.

「Roury-sama, I’m sorry I ran away. We’ve been together for so long, so in shock, I didn’t know what to do…」