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Lesson 27: Cowardice to Loss

Sylvia and the others resting in the inn.

It was a similarly worn Illis, but she had gone elsewhere without resting in the inn.

The inn that we are allowed to use is a luxury inn that we have been allowed to use before. Originally, because the evacuees were pushing over, every inn was full, but the hero who saved the city was able to get a room specially prepared by the lord.

I'd like to welcome us to the other side.

If I'm in Krashel, my family can go home to Alistair and rest. However, because it is a room that was prepared in my favor, I decided to let her use it.

"Illis."

"What?"

He calls from behind because he sees him.

Iris turning around was faceless. It's not like I've never felt anything. I desperately indulge in wanting to cry by being faceless.

"You can cry."

Again and again Illis shakes his neck against my suggestion.

"For me right now, this is my hometown - not a place to stop and go home when I feel like it every once in a while"

"Still, you can grieve if someone you know dies"

It was the cemetery next to the church where Illis was.

Many people have been frozen to death by the cold since the Ice God began to break out, and some have suffered from severe illnesses due to illness.

Casualties that come out like every day.

I just want to bury you properly, but I could only do the least for you because of the fact that you come out one after the other, and the fact that you're busy supporting even more living people.

The bodies are now arranged in the corners of the cemetery.

This was the best I could do right now.

"I don't know anyone"

"Oh, really?"

Immediately after he decided to move freely, Illis went to church.

I just thought I went there to make sure I knew someone I knew was dead.

"I don't know anyone. But many of the kids that are put to sleep here are in the same situation as me. Maybe I was put to sleep like this at that time too"

"Ah..."

Illis is losing his family in a war that was there thirteen years ago. At that time, only one person was lucky enough to survive and be kept in an orphanage.

And I was lucky because I was helped at a critical place.

"Maybe I could have helped, but I couldn't"

"But..."

"I know!

It was this morning that we learned of the damage caused by the Ice God.

The damage has been done for a few days now, and the bodies arranged here are mostly those from before yesterday, and the bodies that came out after we rushed them are those that died today because of their debilitation until yesterday.

I was doing what I could after I found out.

"Still..."

Iris was imprisoned for self-blame because Krashel was his hometown and the place where he lost his family.

"Then you're the only one left in Krashel?

If you wanted to prevent damage beforehand, you'd have to stay in Krashel and learn about the disturbance at an early stage.

"No..."

He refused to leave me because of his strong sense of responsibility.

"My family is in Alistair. So where I'm going now is Alistair"

"Right."

It is easy to convey words of comfort.

Still, there's no point in communicating any word within the Illis that is self-reprehensible.

"My family matters... as much as I fear losing it"

…… How could you do that? "

Families where all those who have been separated from their families like how they lived and died.

I think the most timid of them all is Iris.

"What did you want when you became a family member?

"What...? I don't care what they say all of a sudden..."

It was over three years ago.

Still, I get it.

"You tried to get your lost family back."

I think that's why I've come to acquire skills such as [Heaven Healing] and [Sword of Application].

"At that time, what you wanted more than anything was the treatment of Mr. Phillip or Mr. Dalton. I hoped to bring Mr. Eric back to life, who died more than that.

Skills specific to the family reveal their own temperament.

Sylvia had inherited her talent as a bandit from her father. As a bounty hunter, Ira was rolling all over the place with her sword in her hand. Melissa, a smart girl with magical talent. Noel was suffering from rough weather.

Illis, who hoped for recovery and resuscitation. However, no matter how many family skills they had, they were not strong enough to achieve resuscitation, so they became healing specific skills.

"You were afraid to lose your family over and over again."

"Yes."

That's not all.

"I'm afraid to lose it. So you're even more afraid to get a new one."

"That, is..."

Iris adores the Sierra's even if she's not her own daughter.

It is only because I don't mind certain children that I can get close to them without complacency.

"Mr. Phillip just told me."

Once, Mr. Phillip met Sierra for the first time when he returned to the mansion in Alistair.

Sierra was also nearby because she wanted Ira, the only mother she had ever returned to, to stand by.

"Why are you refusing to have your own children"

"That's because I have a problem getting out of the party..."

"Right. If you pull out, you're gonna be in skill trouble."

If you get injured like this one, you absolutely need the [heavenly healing] or [sword of application] of Illis. And it's only emergencies that require two skills, and it's quicker for Iris to be around.

Plus I have skills that will help me act together.

Still...

"Is that what you have to accompany me until I have patience?

I'm pretty sure you like kids if you look at Illis when he's taking care of Sierra.

"I 'm-"

A leaning iris holds his fist.

"- After my family disappeared, I was only desperate to replace Mr. Tiana for Mr. Phillip and the others. But I walked away from Mr. Philip... and I didn't know what to do with him being pushed away. So I thank the Mars for accepting me!

Have fun with everyone.

It was the first time I had someone my age that I thought I could stay with all the time.

"Ira at first. I was so jealous of him holding the newborn Sierra and making him happy. I don't have any blood relatives either. So I know exactly how Ira feels."

I was able to get what I lost in a different way but in a different way.

"At that time, I started to think I was seriously jealous too"

It wasn't until Alf and Sophia were born that that feeling changed.

"I thought I had more kids and I wouldn't protect these kids, either. But more than that, I got scared when I lost these kids."

Dion and Riel are cute too.

That's why I became anxiously attacked when I saw my five children.

"To be honest, I'm afraid to have my own children"

Fear prevailed more when I thought about when I lost it.

"But... if it stomps on me, will you?

"It's not stingy to cooperate, so tell me when you use it."

"It's okay, because I never use it in silence like the four of us"

When you bend in front of a lined body, you use magic to produce a bouquet of flowers made of ice over your hands.