I used to be in a cabin on prime of a rocky mountain.

Probably the most considerable factor on this home have been books that stuffed the massive bookshelves. I spent most of my time studying them on the spot.

This cabin had its personal entrance yard. Colourful flowers bloom there with out regard to the seasons.

Maybe it was some type of magic. Because the flowers stored blooming, I casually picked them and adorned the within of the home. It was one of many valuable pastimes.

“I’m bored…”

I closed the ebook I used to be studying and stretched my physique. Arsene had advised me that I didn’t should do something, and certainly, there was nothing a lot for me to do.

Learn a ebook for some time, have the meal ready by Arsene, learn some extra, go admire the flowers, and if I discover a gorgeous one, I’ll deliver it again house and use it as a ornament, then learn some extra. I pressed my eyelids laborious as a result of my eyes felt stiff for some motive.

I had forgotten as a result of there have been all the time folks round me.

Proper, being alone like that is really a lonely factor. It was a well-known factor after I was Ha Sohee, nevertheless it felt unusual now that I used to be Mary Conler.

If Arsene was right here, it will have been just a little higher. However Arsene was busier than I believed. He was gone all day and didn’t return till the night.

I absentmindedly gazed on the ceiling and determined to go for a stroll to clear my thoughts.

I didn’t know what sort of magic it was, however there have been new flowers blooming within the entrance yard right now as effectively.

Possibly it was Arsene’s consideration, telling me to benefit from the view as a result of I used to be all the time caught inside the home. Whereas I used to be admiring the flowers, I discovered a toddler lurking round behind the fence.

“…… Hi there?”

The kid, who had been stealing glances at me, was startled by my greeting and instantly turned away. It wasn’t something out of the extraordinary, nevertheless it was my first time seeing that youngster.

Furthermore, the kid appeared smaller in stature in comparison with others. The kid ran away at a brisk tempo.

I didn’t have any intention of chasing after her anyway, so she didn’t must run like that. The kid ran precariously, as if she have been about to fall, then stopped for a second and circled to have a look at me.

She appeared stunned that I used to be nonetheless her, and after me for some time, she ran off once more.

I wished to have a dialog along with her, however I didn’t really feel the necessity to catch her when she seemed so startled.

Nonetheless, as I held the flowers in my arms and entered the home, I barely regretted it.

‘I shouldn’t have greeted her.’

Surprisingly, there’s a village on this rugged rocky mountain. There didn’t appear to be many individuals residing there, and it was principally kids.

After I first arrived right here, Arsene had assured me that the god of the underworld would by no means discover this place.

Though it was stated to be situated in a hard-to-reach space, the orphanage I had been in earlier than and Tahata, which I had visited as soon as, have been additionally situated on the prime of a mountain.

Particularly right here, regardless that it was small in scale, it seemed like an extraordinary village, so I secretly questioned if that individual couldn’t actually discover this place.

Nonetheless, after I noticed the magic inscriptions on the stones surrounding the village, I understood.

Since they have been very historical magic, I couldn’t perceive every part, however they have been undoubtedly protecting magic obstacles.

After I noticed the stone barrier as in the event that they have been decided to guard this village, I naturally turned tongue-tied. They have been meticulously erected with such consideration to element that it reached an obsessive degree.

Being secluded from the world like this, the folks on this village have been cautious of me.

When Arsene arrived, they have been glad and didn’t know what to do, however once they noticed me, the visitor introduced by Arsene, they hurriedly ran away.

Nonetheless, they nonetheless got here to see me, regardless that they have been cautious. I couldn’t fathom whether or not it was as a result of I used to be a newcomer or in the event that they discovered me intriguing.

In response to Arsene, there curiosity was sparked by the arrival of a stranger who had black hair and black eyes.

In fact, that was solely pure, however the gazes of those that checked out me have been combined with one thing extra intricate.

At first, I attempted waving my hand and initiating conversations with the youngsters who got here to see me, however I naturally gave up after watching them run away like that each time.

Effectively, I received’t be staying right here for lengthy…

Since folks hesitated to make use of and even point out this sorcery, there wasn’t a lot data out there.

After I requested him about it, he stated with a sullen face that he had solely collected what he might whereas touring round.

Arsene advised me that even when there was only a point out of a narrative associated to it, he would go to any distant place to acquire it.

There have been even unusual languages that I noticed for the primary time in my life, however Arsene kindly supplied translations as effectively.

Because of the shortage of supplies, regardless of studying and rereading to the purpose of memorizing, I nonetheless couldn’t comprehend this sorcery.

It’s stated that the god of loss of life used this magic to make folks hate one another and even trigger conflict.

‘Two individuals who have lived equally…’

Tia Bluea and Sofia Bruno.

What might be their similarities? Why was Tia Bluea summoned right here? What was she planning on doing?

The place’s Sofia Bruno? Simply after I was misplaced in thought, sitting on my spot…

Knock, knock.

I heard somebody knocking on the door.

“Ouch!”

Startled by the knocking sound, I tumbled off the chair. Nonetheless, I used to be so targeted on the knock that I didn’t even really feel the ache of hitting the ground.

May it’s that Arsene had returned? But when it was Arsene, he wouldn’t be knocking on the door. I approached the door cautiously, on excessive alert.

“Who’s there?”

No response got here.

How ought to I deal with it if it actually was that man? Such a factor wouldn’t occur. If somebody touched the magic barrier, I might instantly sense it. I remembered Arsene’s recommendation to carry on and endure it doesn’t matter what occurs.

I recalled the assault magic that I had memorized.

“Um… earlier…”

A voice so fragile that it appeared as if it might simply break reached my ears. Lastly regaining my senses, I peered by the big window subsequent to the door to see who had come.

It was the kid who had run away from me earlier on the fence. I might inform from her hunched shoulders that she was nonetheless fairly tense.

Why did she come? After I opened the door with half a doubt, what I noticed was the small prime of her head.

“……what’s the matter?”

I nearly laughed as a result of the highest of her head was cute, however I requested politely.

“I felt responsible for operating away earlier…”

The kid held out a basket of cookies with trembling fingers. I acquired the cookies in daze.

The kid’s cheeks turned shiny crimson. By some means, it jogged my memory of after I first met Rex.

She was nearly precisely like Rex again then. I circled and cautiously grabbed the kid’s shoulder, asking fastidiously.

“Would you want to return in?”

After hesitating for a second, the kid shortly nodded.

“Oh, I’m sorry for operating away…”

“Ah.”

Feeling inexplicably flustered, she scratched the nook of her eyes. She introduced this cookie as a result of she was frightened about operating away as if she had seen a monster.

Most people on this village reacted the identical method, however seeing Jenny in entrance of me, I believed she was cute. I even took out the bread I had been saving.

It was the spoils I obtained with nice effort, barely clinging to Arsene as he was leaving within the morning. Jenny’s eyes widened in delight as she took her first chew. That is what the world tastes like.

“Each time the opposite older sisters and brothers talked about seeing you, I turned curious too!”

As Jenny’s nervousness appeared to dissipate after consuming one thing scrumptious, she started to chatter away.

It appeared like she was thought of an outcast among the many younger ones within the village, as they didn’t embody her of their group.

Working away after gawking at me appeared to have turn into a pattern, however these kids have been nonetheless people in spite of everything…

Though she was crammed with guilt, I couldn’t probably blame younger Jenny for something, so I merely put one of many cookies she introduced into my mouth. It was agency, however had a average sweetness, and it crumbled in my mouth.

“What the older sisters and brothers stated was true.”

“Huh?”

I couldn’t reply correctly as I chewed on the cookie. However Jenny continued regardless.

“They stated you resemble the saint.”

“The saint?”

I replied, wiping the crumbs from the nook of my mouth.

Maybe Jenny preferred my response, as her pink sausage-like legs wiggled fortunately. I appear like the saint… It felt considerably uncomfortable. Is that why folks take a look at me like that?

“Sure! The one who created this village.”