Volume 5 Chapter 6 (2/2)
El put on the coat and the fur collar tickled his cheeks
Should he leave a e for Matthias?
Shenryl-chan took proper ainst the cold weather, I’ out with me If that’s the case, Matthias will eventually hear about it
He halted in front of the door for a while before he left the roo in the second shelf, then thrust his hand in his coat pocket
El began to walk ahead
I have a feeling that I can do it today
“Shenryl-chan also goes to school, right? Will you be in third grade next term?”
“Yes”
“I’ll be in fifth grade, so it’s a two-year-difference?”
“The difference is three years”
“Really? I am older than you but you really converse well”
“This much is natural”
“Is that so…”
The sound of cruching dead leaves clearly reverberated in his ears Theypoor words that cannot be considered a conversation
It was still daytihtly dark El scolded hi Shenryl-chan walk inside without hesitation and without stu on the tree’s roots
I did not intend to do so like that, but it is true that Matthias took care ofI stole her big brother But she invited hiood terms
“That is the flower I wanted”
After a long time in the depths of the forest, Shenryl-chan finally stopped
“This red flower?”
“Yes One basket full of these”
There are two red flowers at my feet
“A full basket, huh… It looks like it will take time since they don’t bloom in once place”
They bloohtly away from each other, and there were only a few of the two baskets of the floill be a lot of work
I’ll pick flowersof that, El reached out to a flower he caht resistance
When he looked beside hi flowersIt appears that she isn’t worried even when her skirt which protrudes froround eitherShe is accustoht he saw an unexpected side of her
He put it in the basket and looked for the next flohile taking uncertain steps If he wouldn’t find a flower, he will call out to Shenryl-chan and then they will round He merely repeated that earnestly
It hen they had filled the basket with about two-thirds of flowers
“Hey, this…”
He called out to her whilebelow all the tihtly far away froht
“Shenryl-chan? Shenryl-chan?”
His voice grew louder and becaround which he walked carefully until a while ago, and went around the saradually increased his range He did not see her from her usual position
“Not here…”
The sky turned red, and the forest is going to greet the dusk soon
The mushroom with a red speck round
“This is my fault Because I didn’t pay attention What do I do? What do I do? What do I do?”
What do I do? He repeatedly said this in an incoherent ed Because I took ot lost, that fact only unnaturallyof his chest harder
As his shadow stretched longer, his steps gradually became fast He did not see Shenryl-chan even when he walked and walked
“…ah, I see It already became this dark”
The day came to a close The existence that illuminates the forest sunk, and the world dyed red turned dark He felt a floating sensation later on, and he was falling before he knew it He frantically placed his hand on a tree’s trunk for support If he thought about it, it ht be the first time he went outside at this time Is it already time for dinner? There are neither a lamp nor an illumination sold in shops, and the darkness of the forest’s depths ination even worse His body shook due to the cold
“Shenryl-chan!”
In this dark, it is difficult to walk due to the tree’s roots However, he kept on going forward This is his responsibility as the older one From the distance, the howl beasts reverberated In that place where he did not knohat is behind and in front of him, what could he have felt?
He let his foot take a step forhile feeling around for the tree’s trunk using his right hand
Even if his eyes becas are co of the pain, El did not find Shenryl His hands and the feet had becoround He had to use all of his strength for walking on the mud before, so he is worn out mentally and physically
The bad visibility shaved off El’s physical strengthStill, he did not let go of the basket he was holding
“Shenryl… chan?”
He repeatedly called out her na a fleeting light overhead
“I came here before This lake, I remember it”
Some composure settled into his e lake as if he is drawn into it He placed the basket beside him and bend down to his knee then looked into the lake Reflected back to him is an expression as if he would cry any moht El turned his face as if to run away, and the basket came into his view
… Only several petals and two flowers remained in the basket He fell several times, and they also fell at that time
“Haha What are you doing, El That’s no good After getting lost, now you lose the i…”
El’s dry laughter stopped at once
How pathetic He violently gripped the flower and threw it out to the lake with all his strength But the floas too light so it did not flew far It floated on the surface of the water whilea ripple
It will go underwater before long, El saw at it slowly fall under To the pitch-dark bottom of the lake
He unconsciously reached for the flower and gripped it A drop of the water dripped from its stalkHe clenched his hand around the flower and felt relieved for some reason he cannot understand
Right at that ht red color
“A mountain fire?”
When he looked up, the interior of the forest is burning That place brightened like daytime
The instant that the wondrous scenery snatch his rasped the basket and flowers immediately and stood up
——– I’m sure Shenryl-chan is over there
He began to run without hesitation