Bijo to Kenja to Majin no Ken

"He... Redmond, you say, is here, right?

Celestia unexpectedly whispers a word of confirmation.

I was naturally aware that I was approaching Redmond.

But the fact that he's right on the side (...) inadvertently strikes her mind.

Celestia felt the beating in herself gradually getting faster and louder.

"You mean Redmond, the person...

Actually, it was difficult to have a solid dialogue.

So we couldn't even know his name. "

When Kay heard the officer in charge, he frowned small.

- Maybe it's my fault after a while.

But "I couldn't (...)", and then I really care that I told you in the past.

Besides, even though we already have someone like Redmond in custody, the situation of the officer in charge has been very calm since the beginning.

Looking at that response - my own imagination really leans in the wrong direction.

"Can I see Redmond?

In response to Kay's frankly released question, the dog face officer took a breath before answering.

- Let me show you around.

Hearing that word, Kay and Celestia look at each other.

Finally, the time for face to face is near.

"Just..."

Once again, Kay turned to the officer in charge.

As they wait for words to follow, the officer begins to speak with a caged voice about what will continue to be difficult to convey.

"It's just that maybe the person looks a little different (...) from what you remember. Don't be too surprised by it."

The expression stirred up further imagination.

Exactly when I'm told that much, Celestia also understands what she should assume and be prepared for.

And after knowing them, she asked the officer in charge for guidance.

"I'm ready to accept everything.

Let him meet Redmond. "

"Okay. I'll show you."

When the officer in charge said so, he slowly rose off the couch.

Accompanied by the officer in charge, Kay and Celestia headed to the facility just behind the official building.

Because the facility is built in the direction of shade, it is still terribly dim, even though it is still time for the sun to shine.

The fact that it is also made of stone was also a place that felt a chilly atmosphere compared to the official building.

When the officer in charge walks inside the facility, he speaks to the werewolf-faced beast man who was waiting there.

Then the werewolf-faced beast man lured Kays further into the back of the facility.

A werewolf-faced beast leads the passage and unlocks it from the smaller door that is at the stake.

Going past the door like a lurker, it was like a detention center, lined up to the left and right.

"- There's Redmond here?

When Celestia asks him to squeal, the werewolf-faced beast shook his head (wearing it) at her.

"No, not here.

It will be the end (...) down the stairs at the edge of this aisle. "

――――

Kay and Celestia take a small breath and follow the lead of the wolf-faced man.

"- We were detaining the person on charges of theft and clandestine immigration in an attempt to take the horse"

To the words of the officer in charge of adding explanations while walking, Kay thought it was in the past (...) again.

I'll catch a glimpse of Celestia, but she hasn't reacted in any way by looking closely ahead.

Kay went down the stairs following the guide of the wolf-faced man, taking into account her feelings.

At the end of the staircase, the scene is different from the previous location where the cabin was lined up.

There's nothing as innocent as an iron lattice there. It was just a sloppy, inorganic space.

Something like some large pedestal installed in that vast space makes me imagine the meaning of this place even if I don't like it.

Kay stepped in there as he was led, what a cold place for the air - I thought.

Celestia, who descended on the spot shortly after Kay, stiffens her expression to the point where she looks around and finds herself clear.

"Behind here."

The wolf-faced man proceeded to a place surrounded by unnatural silence, leading the Kays further into the back.

- No longer, there is no question.

Walking silently through a place she couldn't feel alive, Kay found out her own imagination wasn't wrong.

And the dog-faced officer who stopped in front of one pedestal quietly opens his mouth.

"- Please check your face.

Unfortunately, when we realized the morning after we captured it, we were already in this sort of thing. "

When the officer in charge who told him so signaled, the wolf-faced man rolled up the cloth hung on the pedestal.

And then...

There was one wreck (...) that turned into an unspeakable figure.

――――

Long disturbed hair. And a mustache covering his face.

Seeing the figure lying on the pedestal, Kay was unable to immediately grasp the certainty that it was Redmond he was pursuing.

But if you look closely at its characteristics, you realize that it looks familiar to the deep face of the sculpture.

The appearance, which had a snug and beautiful impression, no longer had a shadow to see.

Kay spoke to Celestia, convinced of the identity of the wreckage (without).

"Ceres -"

Celestia continued to keep an eye on Redmond's face with a harsh look on her face when she saw it.

There is no shouting, no crying.

She didn't move from the spot, just staring at the unspeakable presence that lay at the moment.

I can't really see the emotion Celestia has right now.

But Kay looked at the immobile side - she felt some kind of heart moaning heavy emotion propagate (stark).

It's - it's not like just sadness.

Somewhere, something like her own sense of powerlessness (...) seemed to be leaking around.

"- How about that?

To the inquiry of the officer in charge, Kay nodded quietly and deeply as he closed his eyes.

Seeing that, the officer in charge is also losing his word as it is.

"Ceres"

Kay spoke gently to take into account Celestia's emotions.

But she doesn't respond to the voice at all.

"Ceres -"

Celestia didn't even try to return the words to the voice Kay hung up to whisper again.

When Kay saw how it was - she kept praying that the time that passed would heal her heart a little.

How long has it been since then?

Kay and Celestia, who had stood up for a long time, told Xu (Omoro) to thank the officer in charge and leave the place.

Kay also considered carrying the remains to Harland, but it is difficult to treat those who have left the country as sinners, even though they are deceased.

Besides, there was no reason to leave it like this for days.

After this, Redmond's body is likely to be plundered and buried in a joint cemetery in Roar.

"Please have this"

――

Shortly before Kay and the others left, the officer in charge offered something like a small amulet.

"This is -?"

"There was no major equipment and nothing hidden in the asset (inventory), but only this amulet (amulet) seemed to hang on his neck.

It doesn't seem to be particularly dangerous, so please give it as an artifact. "

Kay received the amulet, but he doesn't look familiar with it himself.

If you look closely, is it a good luck amulet, mimicking a four-leaf clover with a small blue gem.

When Kay tried to speak to Celestia, she saw the amulet and created a more gloomy look than ever.

"- Thank you very much. I'll take it."

In response to the officer in charge, Kay sacrificed the amulet to his own assets (inventory).

I'm sure Celestia looks familiar with this amulet.

But it's not sneaky to remind her of the memories of Redmond now.

When Kay and Celestia received the horse they had kept in the official building, they pulled the horse as it was and slowly walked out.

Lenz, the commander of Farica, tells me that it is okay to keep the horse used outbound in the official building of Ceilia.

Nevertheless, that is a statement that came out of Lenz's generosity, and it would be better to return what was originally borrowed to its original place.

The sun had already inclined around me and the sky had begun to fade red.

Celestia does not cross a horse, but walks down a street that leads out of town.

Naturally, you can't reach Farika within the day if you ride on a horse.

But Celestia - she no longer lost her reason to hurry (...).

Given the state of the settlement, which must contain the transfer gates, both Kay and Celestia should return to Ferim as soon as possible.

But I didn't think Kay could let Celestia, whose heart wasn't clear, go.

Celestia, who reached this town while suppressing her popular feelings, was set to leave Ceilia behind with the exact opposite emotion.

Now her hindsight is solid with her footsteps.

But that step seemed to me to be (...) losing sight of where we were headed.

Kay and Celestia continued to walk down the street without exchanging words until the time the sun fell.

From the streets, the shadow gradually disappears, and if it is no longer illuminated by the magic of the light source (light), it becomes a darkness that does not even clarity underfoot.

- Celeste, let's wait around here for the night to dawn.

Kay says so, pointing in a direction where there is a river on the border off the street.

Celestia nodded silently at it, continuing to walk near the river at the border as Kay led her.

When they tie the horse to a nearby tree, they find a suitable place to fall asleep and sit in line there.

Be wary of goblins and cobolds appearing in the dark, but there are times when the barbarians are not far off the streets and there is no sign that they are stupid.

- Kay, you need to rest first.

For the first time in a long time, Kay felt like she had heard Celestia.

It has a slightly sweeping voice, but the words are clear and clear.

"Okay. I'm sorry, but I need to rest first."

There may be no great danger, but it is too little to be alarmed that we both fall asleep at the same time.

Kay lay down first and closed her eyes quietly as she peered at Celestia.

"- Ceres?"

When Fu and Kai wake up, there's no sign of Celestia, who's supposed to be next door.

But Kay ascertained the moonlight and the star's position and immediately understood that it had not been so long since he closed his eyes.

Looking around, the horse connected to the tree remains intact.

When Kay stood up quietly on the spot, he started walking towards the river at the border, holding something somewhat like a hunch.

Then, over the dirt close to the river, I notice Celestia sitting on the slope.

Kay tried to speak to Celestia for a moment, but approached her side without saying anything.

She just remains silent, looking at the river at the border.

As Kay sat down next to Celestia, she turned her gaze only for a moment and looked at the river at the border again.

Kay stared quietly at the side of the queue and couldn't find the words to hang against her.

The blurry moonlight illuminates the brilliant outline, and his silent gaze peers through the curve.

Kay realized the scene in front of him simply with the word "beautiful”.

Maybe I could have found more words to describe that sight.

But Kay didn't think he needed a decorative word to represent her now.

Usually, the appearance of Celestia, who is supposed to be powerful, disappears when something overlaps.

An unusual, potentially broken presence with force seemed to highlight her beauty all the more.

And how long would you have done that?

As Kay was entrusting herself to the hour of silence, Fu and Celestia opened their mouths to Kay without changing the point of sight.