86 [77] The battle is over.txt (1/2)
In a deep, deep forest.
Because the sunshine is reaching us, it's not dark, but it's strangely gloomy.
In such a forest, an elf girl was standing as if looking up at a tree so huge that it covered her vision.
(Ah, well, it's your dream...)
The elven girl - - Meldina becomes fed up with the situation she finds herself in.
She has been having these dreams many times since the day she left her hometown, albeit irregularly.
Lucid dreaming (lucid dreaming) - - You are aware that you are in a dream where you are standing right now, but you are unable to control your actions.
And while you want to wake up, you also know that you can't escape this dream.
When you look at your own gaze while letting out a sigh in your head, a number of elves are standing around Meldina.
'＊＊＊＊＊＊＊. ＊＊＊＊＊, ＊＊＊＊＊＊?
****, ＊＊＊＊＊?
＊＊＊＊＊ and ＊＊＊＊＊＊.
I don't know what they are saying, but judging from the expressions on the elves' faces, they don't seem to be accusing Meldina of anything.
Rather, they are looking at Meldina with a worried look in their eyes, as if they are trying to persuade her somehow.
One of them, an elven man, steps up and tries to touch Meldina, but...
(Don't touch me! I'm not a tool for you!)
She didn't even try to hide her disgust as she shook off his hand.
In that moment, Meldina's consciousness was pulled into the white world - ━━
When Meldina wakes up, her best friend (Cunaria), who is breathing comfortably in her sleep, jumps into her field of vision.
Moving my gaze to look around, I see that it seems to be Virum's room.
(Mio's not here. Where did he go?)
Meldina twisted her body to get up in search of her partner (Miserio), but she couldn't help but frown as she felt heavier and more languid than usual, perhaps because of her imagination.
''Good. Looks like you're awake.''
Meldina, who was a little fumbling with just getting up, turned her gaze in the direction of a voice that should be familiar, but felt somewhat strange, and saw Virum standing there with a tub of clean water and a hand towel.
After placing the things he brought with him on the table, Virum brings a chair over to the side of the bed and sits down.
'Hmm? Fuu~...muy muy. Ah, Master, good morning.
Yeah, good morning.
Cunaria wakes up at the noise.
She still wants to sleep, she rubs her eyelids and fights against it, but her head is shaking unsteadily as she feels dizzy.
Seeing her condition, Vilm smiled a small smile and wet the hand towel he brought with him, wrung it out lightly and handed it to her.
''Do you two have any pain anywhere?''
Ummm... it doesn't hurt, but you're a bit lazy.
'Oh, me too. It's weirdly hard to move, or maybe my body doesn't listen to me...
Meldina, who rubs her arms and wipes her face, and Cunaria, who is fully awake after wiping her face, respond to Wyrm's question with a slightly troubled expression.
''It can't be helped. Both of you have been asleep for three days now.''
Three days? Why....?
At that moment, Meldina and Cunaria, who must have remembered the events before they fainted, approached Vilm without stopping to pay attention to the body that was difficult to move.
''The Rastabel Army! Are the spirits safe? I can't even see Mio... No way!
'Hi Sierra, you're hurt badly too... Are you okay?!
The expressions on the two men's faces are desperate themselves, and you can see how worried they were about Heishela and the spirits.
If they had their usual calmness, they would have realized the meaning of Virum's presence here, as he cares for his family and friends.
'Don't worry. It's all taken care of.
A few moments after hearing those words, the two of them came to an understanding and sat down on the bed heaving from an extreme sense of security.
When Virum saw them, he got up from his chair and slowly, deeply, bowed his head.
''Mel, Kuna, thank you so much for protecting everyone. It's because of you two that I was able to save my sister Shi and the others and also defeat the invaders. As a member of the village, I want to thank you.
'What? No, no...
Oh, Master? Oh, please lift your head.