166 – Litigation (1)

When I opened my eyes, I saw bright sunlight and boat-like clouds floating in the blue sky. What was carried on the wind was a mixture of the fragrance of flowers such as golden oak and freesia and cattleya. The scent of flowers blooming everywhere regardless of the season.

The sunlight filtering through the clouds and falling like a curtain shone brightly on the flower field.

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Iva muttered as she watched it blankly.

“Asphodel…?”

I came up with the name of the countryside where the perennial flowers bloomed. A beautiful garden where flowers bloom regardless of the season, weather, and climate.

“Oh, I got rid of them all.”

A wide field that was once overrun by Morbe and made to rot. Most of the perennials were at that time.

Thinking about that, I was able to conclude that I am not in Asphodel.

“No, maybe you came to the past this time…?”

The past of this world, not the previous world. Since it moved through the rift, there is a possibility. Eva put her hand on her chin and began to ponder a little.

“…Iva?”

At that moment, I turned my head around at the sound of someone calling from behind.

“Stella.”

“Eva!”

The two ran to each other and hugged each other like a family separated for years. Even if the time is short, longing can have a big effect. After going through hard work or troubles, it is a law that misses the person you love especially.

Waking up from the commotion, Wiz clung to Stella’s back rubbing her sleepy eyes.

“Don’t just have fun with each other, join me too…”

If it was the same as usual, he would have taken into account his true colors, but now Stella is in a very good mood. Without hesitation, she released one of her arms to make room for her to enter.

“hehehe…”

Wiz smiled as he embraced the two of them with his short arms. Happiness is when the person you like hugs each other and chews on the joy of reunion!

“Hasn’t it been years since I haven’t seen you?”

“It’s been less than three days.”

“Really? We haven’t even been a day.”

Stella and Eva exchanged glances and then smiled.

“…What are you doing?”

In the meantime, Lilia woke up. It was similar to the scenery of her hometown, and she felt warmth in a corner of her heart, but when she looked right next to her, her blood cooled.

“What is it? Sharing the joy of reunion.”

“Why would you bother hugging mine in front of the owner when you’re just talking?”

“Lilia, I am not yours.”

Eva retorted, frowning her brow.

“Right… This bar belongs to Stella…”

Wiz agreed. It contained the meaning of ‘I have to borrow it from Stella from time to time’.

“No, that’s not it…”

“Didn’t I tell you earlier? Do you think I will respect your wishes from now on?”

“Maybe…?”

“Kuhm, yes I will. I will ignore it a lot. So now I’m going around announcing that you are mine regardless of your will.”

Lilia crossed her arms proudly. Sensing her bewilderment, Eva let out a deep sigh at her.

“Yes, do as you please… I did as I please…”

Her arms were already loose. Eva took a meaningful look at Stella as she untied her embrace. Stella was stung by that look in her eyes, but she passed it on, saying that it must be because of her mood.

Reviving memories and realizing the truth.

It was enough to reassemble the relationship.

The moment of ruin and the beginning of freedom.

A relationship that has already been created, but a relationship that was re-established later.

As it is a relationship and an incident established beyond time, the complex aspect was great.

Eva’s worries have not yet been completely resolved.

“Hey, hey…”

While she was thinking about the future path in a pedantic and complex way, a crying sound came from behind.

“Who doesn’t have perfume…? I can’t get rid of the smell of blood…”

It was Innis who had just killed the owner of Iba and moved due to the influence of the rift. She washed away the blood that had been splashed by Stella’s magic, but the smell that was deeply ingrained didn’t go away.

Innis struggled at this fishy, yet hot scent.

“Ah Innis…”

As a result, it became a complicated and sinful life, but he was the one who cut off the beginning of that life. I guess I should say thank you. As Iva approaches to thank her.

“Oh, don’t come!”

Innis strongly refused.

“Why?”

“I stink right now! Don’t come! Never come! If I come, uh… Would you hate it? No, this is a bit too much… Uh, it’s going to disturb Iba’s sleep for a while!”

“Wouldn’t it be better to hate me for a while?”

What the hell happened to the value judgment? Iba tilted her head and stepped back as Inis said.

Inis was relieved at this, but saddened by the fact that he could get away with just one word. Humans are inherently contradictory, but love feelings have a stronger tendency to be like that.

Even if you think about it, it’s an annoying and contradictory feeling, so Innis wanted this love affair to last forever, but also wanted it to be controllable.

Of course, it was an impossible wish.

“Innis, stay still.”

At that time, Lilia, who made a makeshift staff by weaving flower stems from the ground, exclaimed.

She wielded a wand made of flowers, carrying the scent of her flowers.

Fragrance.

It was a magic developed for my mother, whose hobby is making perfume.

I removed the fishy smell of blood from Innis and filled it with the scent of the flower garden that had been carried by the wind. She drove away the discomfort that hovered around her with a simple task and time, like changing her clothes.

“Wow!”

I was amazed. Innis looked at Lilia with sparkling eyes. Lilia, who was the object of that gaze, pretended not to be like that and was proud.

Ennis spread his hands wide and said.

“Iva! You can touch it now!”

“…?”

With the active movement, Innis’ huge chest also moved actively. Eva, whose gaze turned to it for a moment, began to think about the meaning of ‘you can touch it.’

“Oh, no. You can hug me…”

Innis corrected his words, turning his cheeks red. Even so, his open arms were not folded. Eva took her into her arms without hesitation.

“…Thank you.”

“Ugh, huh? What?”

I felt her shoulders twitch. Still, this kind of lie is clumsy. She often makes misleading remarks. It really didn’t change.

It didn’t take long for this hug.

After a few pats on the back, Eva loosened her light embrace.

“Ah…”

I heard Innis’s voice of regret, but she laughed bitterly, and she didn’t hear it again. Now she was more difficult to deal with than Lilia.

She

Can’t do justice to these confused feelings, so until she does, she wants some distance.

Innis’ desire to get rid of the smell of her blood was fundamentally the same as her.

“So where is this place?”

“It’s not Asphodel…”

“Asphodel? I miss you. That’s where we first met.”

“It’s not the first time. You just remembered that time. It was the first time I met Wiz.”

“Hey… What are you talking about…?”

Only Innis, who had no memories of Asphodel, felt lonely. Wiz naturally went between Stella and Iva and held their hands. It was happiness that I felt in a small place.

At that time, someone was running from over the ridge. It was a pretty quick move.

“Huh? Is someone coming?”

“Iva, don’t kill me this time, okay?”

“…Don’t kill me.”

Pokes where it hurts. Eva replied, narrowing her eyes.

Even at that moment, the figures on the other side of the ridge were heading this way every moment. Petals rose around it as if to bless someone’s arrival. Literally a flower road.

I ironically felt that the lives dying from the strong run were more lively than anything else.

The silhouette of the approaching shadow gradually became clearer as the petals fluttered.

“…Isn’t this Earth?”

“No. Why would you take us there again?”

“What is it? Have you guys been there too? The name of that strange world is Earth… Hey, why didn’t you tell me about this?”

“It was knowledge that I didn’t need to know. Wait, Lilia.”

Looking at the curve, it belonged to a woman. Her arms and legs were quite long, and the way those long limbs stirred the air was quite feral. The most distinctive part of her was, of course, her hair. It was because she could see something like a decoration near her head.

“Coming.”

No, it wasn’t decoration. It moved vividly and was overflowing with vitality to be called decoration. Listen Fluffy ears commonly found in dogs. Something like that was attached to a person’s head.

Mine. Among them, the number of dogs.

Eva immediately remembered a person. But she quickly got it out of her mind.

‘He’s still young…’

I wasn’t that big of a person.

Pabababak! The sound of footsteps gradually drew closer, and the others around them became more wary. However, Eva was not very wary of her.

Should I say it feels like watching a dog running towards its owner? It was as if she couldn’t be sober.

Finally, the beast stopped right in front of them. Its ears and tail trembled wildly, and its blue eyes shone so much that it could not be compared to the sun in the blue sky.

“Wow!”

Papak! As she teased her body, in an instant, the distance with Iba grew closer. She cried out in amazement as she thrust her own face close to his.

“Is it true to what the master said?”

She moved her body again and went behind her.

“Whoa! Whoa! It’s real!”

She hopped around him with her arms outstretched high. Because of this, Wiz, who had been holding her hand for most of her time, had to let go of her hand. Clear eyes resembling stars glared at the beastman as if to kill him.

However, Suin didn’t care at all and observed Eva.

“It’s gotten really small! It’s the same as when we met!”

“…Are you Rumia?”

Eva put into her mouth what she thought was absurd.

She was a person that others did not know, but she knew that very well.

I couldn’t help but know. The girl who almost became an assassin who was able to save this world for the first time.

“Yes! That’s right!”

Eva tightly closed her eyes.

She was not here in Earth’s past. It wasn’t even the past of another world.

This is the future.

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