Episode 11.6-7 (2/2)
But there's something he needs to say first.
”Eda. You're kindhearted.”
”Eh?”
”Did you feel sorry for Gyom?”
”U-un.”
”You thought he'd die if he were left alone didn't you?”
”Un.”
”That's why you healed him.”
”T-that's right.”
”Did he pay you?”
”N-no. But in exchange, I asked him to keep what happened an absolute secret.”
”I see. You're kind. That's a good thing.”
”Y-yeah.”
”But Gyom-san wasn't a man befitting of your kindness.”
”U-un.”
”After making that promise with you, Gyom went straight to the temple and sold you out.”
”....”
”That's just how this man called Gyom-san was. Your inability to perceive that is on you.”
”U-un.”
”You thought the job to Kogurus was great, didn't you.”
”Un. I'm really sorry.”
”You must have accepted the job for my and Nike's sake.”
”Yep. It's true.”
”You thought it'd make me and Nike happy.”
”Un!”
”Thus you took the job before anyone else could.”
”I'm sorry. It's my bad.”
”I feel happy for that sentiment of yours.”
”...Eh?”
”Thank you, Eda.”
Eda stares at Lecan with a confused look on her face.
”However, you really should have consulted to Nike before accepting that job. You should have asked me and Nike whether it was okay or not to accept this job.”
Eda nodded with watery eyes. Her tears fell on the ground.
”You never had someone who would teach you. What is right. What is wrong. How you should react to things, how to deal with them.”
With tears streaming down her face, Eda keeps staring at Lecan.
”I'll teach you.”
Eda's eyes opened wide.
”From here on, I shall teach you.”
Eda stares hard at Lecan with a look of blank amazement
”I'll be learning how to mix medicine under Shira's tutelage for the remainder of this year.”
Eda nodded, un, while wiping her tears with her right arm.
”You'll be my pupil during that period.”
”Pupil?”
”That's right. Pupil for magic and adventuring.”
Eda looks at Lecan with clear eyes. Her gaze is straight forward.
”Ask me if you stumble upon something you don't understand. Don't hold it inside.”
Eda nodded strongly.
”You're still a kid. Rely on adults more.”
”Un.”
”You'll be 15 next year.”
Nobles record the exact date of their birthdays.
However, there is no custom to record birthdays among commoners, so their age changes as the year does.
Since it's the middle of the fourth month right now, they've still got more than six months before new year.
”Un.”
”I haven't decided what I'll be doing next year.”
”Un.”
”You too can decide what you want to do yourself when that time comes.”
”Un.”
”You're free to go to a temple somewhere if you wish.”
”Un.”
”Don't decide now. Now is the time to learn.”
”Un. Lecan.”
”What is it?”
”I'm sorry. Thank you. And, I'll be in your care.”
”Yea.”
Eda does tend to act rashly.
But there's no malice behind her actions.
The root of her mistakes comes from good intentions and honesty.
If that innocence is what made her apt for
, then Eda's innocence is precisely what saved Lecan's life.
Fine then, I'll keep her company for the next half year, so thought Lecan.