The airship passed by many cities. Reina, who was traveling in the sky on an airship for the first time, liked to stand on the deck and look down at the ground, although the wind was fierce. Her excellent eyesight allowed her to see the people moving slowly on the ground. They were as small as ants. Some birds with big wings liked to follow behind and on the side of the airship. Reina felt that she could reach out and touch them.
It was really interesting.
However, at this time, she saw two rows of long black lines on the ground. Looking carefully, she found that it was a neat army. Seeing the long line, Reina realized that the war was not a rumor.
"That's the army of our Ica Empire. There are only 20,000 people. I was supposed to be among them."
Suddenly, Carter's voice came from behind. He stood behind Reina, as steady as Mount Tai.
Reina turned around. Carter grabbed her hand, but the latter was like an eel, easily pulling away.
Carter was a little surprised. He didn't expect the other side to withdraw her hand. Maybe it was because he didn't use his strength.
Over the years, he trained hard. Under the guidance of his master, the Silver Knight Sieg, he had become an excellent warrior. Although there was still a long way to go, at least he was close to the strength of a dark adventurer. Men were generally stronger than women, so he was no longer the little boy who couldn't beat Reina. He should protect Reina.
"It's dangerous here. You may be blown off the ship."
Carter said quickly. In order to hide his embarrassment, he put his hands behind his back.
"Don't worry about me. I've been to more dangerous places than this. You see, I'm still alive and well."
Reina said.
Carter frowned and said unhappily: "No matter how many dangerous places you've been to, you shouldn't put yourself in danger. Come back to the cabin with me."
"I want to stay here for a while. It's boring inside. I want to take a breath."
Taking a breath, the rapid wind made it difficult to breathe. At least Carter felt that his breathing was not smooth.
"Don't do such a dangerous thing. Come back, okay? Don't be as capricious as before."
Carter shouted. He seemed angry.
Reina was silent. Was she capricious before?
When someone mentioned her shortcomings, Reina was stunned for a moment, and then she thought about whether she was really willful. Thinking about it carefully, she seemed to be right.
"Alright then, let's go in."
Reina stopped arguing. She decided not to be so willful. She turned around, bid farewell to the beautiful scenery, and walked towards the dull cabin.
Once the iron door was closed, the sound of the wind outside seemed to have been cut off. Not a single sound could be heard from inside.
"We're almost back to our hometown. With my master's help, we found your home, but …"
Perhaps because she was apologetic, Kate's voice became much gentler.
"But what about it?"
"You may be disappointed, but I believe that when you go back there, everything will be back to normal."
Why did he like to keep her in suspense?
Reina was bewildered.
…
After three days, Reina finally returned to the Ika Empire, her hometown, as Kite had said.
But strangely, after returning here, Reina didn't feel at home at all. She still felt that this place was so strange.
It just so happened that the town where the spaceship landed was their destination. Kite asked for two days off for her to take her back to see if she could remember the past.
The first place they went to was the street where they used to work. According to Kite, not much had changed here. As Reina walked down the street, Kite pointed to the street as he spoke, describing how they used to go home together after work. Reina fell into deep thought. Perhaps it was because she had been traveling for too long, but she had a hazy feeling about this kind of stable life.
Along the street, passing by the food street, Kite bought some food for her that she had eaten before. Reina couldn't remember if she had eaten this kind of food before.
Then there was the Adventurer's Guild here. He said that in the year when Reina left, a major event happened in the Guild. The whole building collapsed, and the city was also damaged. But fortunately, with the efforts of the Silver Knight and a group of adventurers, the enemy was defeated.
Watching the two of them pass by, an old man sitting at the entrance of the Guild suddenly put down the newspaper and squinted at the two of them.
The next stop was Reina's house. Walking along the wide road to the suburbs, there were shadows of farmland, but not much. Next to it was a big forest. No one who came and went knew Reina, which made her wonder if she had lived here before.
The houses here were very strange. They were piled up with stones and looked like bumpy balls. The chimney was still smoking, indicating that people could live inside.
Finally, he took Reina to a ruin. There were blackened stones and covered by weeds.
"This is my house?"
Reina was confused.
"Hmm … On the day you left, you burned down the house. When we found out, everything had already been burned down."
Kite said lightly.
It was burned.
Reina looked at the ruins and felt a little pity. Maybe when she left, she didn't think about coming back.
However, just as she sighed, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her head, as if something had drilled out of it.
"Ah!"
Hearing Reina's scream, Kite looked back and found her on the ground with a pale face.
"Reina?! Reina, what's wrong with you? Don't scare me, what's wrong with you? Can you see me and talk? Reina! "
Kite's voice was getting farther and farther away. Reina felt as if she had been sucked into a whirlpool, and the force was extremely powerful.
"Mom, are we going to live here?"
A childish voice woke Linnai up. She opened her eyes and found herself in a chaotic place. She couldn't tell up from down, left from right, and there were moving pictures everywhere. Moreover, they were densely packed, covering her entire vision.
"Well, look at this round house, isn't it cute? Go and see what it's like inside, maybe there are dwarves. "
"Well! I'll go and see! "
A voice attracted Reina's attention. She suddenly turned her head and saw a person in the picture behind her that she missed very much. And she saw herself, the one with golden hair. She didn't remember having such a memory at all.
"Mom?"
Linnai looked at the person in the picture. She had the same white hair as her. The only difference was her face. That kind face that had experienced the vicissitudes of life. Linnai's eyes instantly moistened.
"Cough, cough!"
Just as her young self excitedly ran into the house, she coughed in a low voice and opened her palm, only to find that it was full of blood.
This deeply stabbed Reina's heart. However, just as she stretched out her hand and wanted to touch the person in the picture, a force dragged her outside.
"No! Wait! Wait a minute! "
Reina shouted, but she could only watch as the pictures flew away from her and flew far, far away.
She looked at the pictures, and there were only brief fragments in them.
"Haha!"
At first, it was laughter. She was dancing happily in the field. She had a small braid, and her mother was holding a hoe. The fields were just emerging, and there were still green crops.
Then there were scenes of eating and washing clothes by the river. In the picture, she always had two cute little dimples.
However, at some point, the style of the picture changed.
"Witch!!"
"Witch's daughter!"
On a cloudy day, she saw her young self being chased away by stones thrown by the surrounding children. In the dark sky, there were many crows flying. She hugged her head and ran wildly on the stone fence path, as if she was running away from something.
It was home.
"Mom!"
She saw her young self timidly push open the door of the house. There was a waxy candle lit inside, and there was a plate of unappetizing food on the table.
Under the illumination of the light, she saw her emaciated and extremely weak mother. She stretched out her hand, her eyes still gentle. She stroked her young self and said something softly.
She didn't hear it. Why!
"Ah!! Ah!! "
Reina shouted and wanted to crawl back. She wanted to know what her mother said, but she couldn't.
But she couldn't do it. That force was dragging her, and she couldn't stop.
That scene was deeply imprinted in Reina's mind. Then, the scene became darker and darker. Unfamiliar adults barged into her room. She hid in the corner and watched through her shadow as they carried the quilt out. She saw white hair in the ruins of the quilt.
Her face was frighteningly pale. Someone walked towards her. She opened her mouth and bit at them like a madwoman.
Even Reina was frightened by that scene. She couldn't imagine that she was actually … like that.
She felt terrible. She didn't want to continue watching, but she kept her eyes open.
When the adults left, they looked at her strangely.
She lived alone in the small house. She became thinner at a speed visible to the naked eye. Her hair became dirtier, and so did her clothes. She could even smell the unpleasant stench.
Her eyes were bloodshot. She wandered on the streets and by the roadside. Sometimes, someone would give her some food, and sometimes someone would hold a broom.
Looking at herself getting more and more haggard, Reina felt a sense of despair.
She saw her little self hiding in the room. She took a stone that she picked up and drew something in the room day after day.
It was a scary picture. It looked like a magic circle, but it was crooked and different. It didn't look like a good magic circle. Could it be …
She had a bad feeling. Could it be that her young self wanted to …
Revive her mother?
But she soon realized that she didn't understand herself at all. Because she heard her young self say something terrifying.
On the night of the full moon, she knelt in front of the magic circle. Something extremely dark appeared behind her.
"The strongest and worst demon lord! I beg you, help me destroy this world! "
Reina saw a strange thing. That thing didn't belong to this world. Her magic took effect. What was even scarier was that she said those words.
Just as she saw that strange thing suddenly spit out a person, everything left her.
"No!!"
All the images gathered in a black spot. Then, the world returned to its original state. She was back.
Reina, who was sweating profusely, got up from the ground. She turned around and saw Carter, who was covered in wounds, standing in front of her. He was surrounded by insect-like monsters.
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