There Was a Porter Who Would One Day Be Called a Prophet

36 – I will decide where I will be

The day the porter left Camille Village with a party of warriors.

The two-story house with a large yard was somewhat bustling.

“Sonia. Have you packed your things?”

“Yes. Get down now.”

The baggy bag looked like it would be difficult for even an average adult man to carry, but Sonia carried it over her shoulder as if it was no big deal and came down the stairs.

“All we have to do now is go.”

Looking at that though, Linda was happy to see her daughter acting after love. On the one hand, she was trying to let go of the child she had lived with, so she looked sad in many ways.

“It’s a good idea, but there’s no need to leave today…”

“It’s okay. He told me to pull out the horns as well, so I’m going today.”

She smiled at her daughter, who was different from before, at the words revealing her impatience, as if it were still late.

“Whoops. Do you like it that much?”

“..You might want to go fast.”

“Isn’t that what your mother said about the Empire?”

“…”

“Oh, look. You don’t even cheat anymore. When did my daughter become a woman like this?”

Sonia was furious to hear that, but she couldn’t say anything more.

The image of her being hugged by him when she parted with the porter became the talk of the town. Because of that, I wanted to leave the village as soon as possible.

“Okay. I’m going.”

“What’s wrong ~ You’re going to leave her mother without giving her a hug?”

“..Haa.”

She approached and hugged her with the thought that she would lose only this time, since she had the same thoughts as Linda about living apart.

‘When did she grow up like this?’

Is it because Linda is also a mother?

She seems to know what her daughter is feeling insecure about, with just one hug. She comforted her daughter by hugging her tighter.

“Sonia, don’t be so impatient.”

“It was my mother who was optimistic and all..”

“I thought there would only be good things. Are you a coward now?”

“…It’s my first time doing something like this…”

Seeing her daughter’s voice creeping in, she felt uncomfortable.

“Mom.. What if she forgets me? I’ll always be with pretty people like that..”

“Is that so disturbing?”

Seeing her daughter nodding her head in her arms, she looked at her past self.

“Can you tell me how her mom got married to her dad?”

Kkeut.

Sonia’s ears pricked up like an elf, as if she was interested in the words that came out of the experienced person’s mouth.

Seeing her, Linda stroked her daughter’s hair and opened her mouth.

“Your dad was popular too. There were a lot of girls around him.”

“Dad…?”

“So. He was a talented man who worked at the post office in the imperial capital. Who would refuse to do so? If her mother hadn’t seized the opportunity, she wouldn’t have been able to hold you like this?”

“A chance?”

Did she have an intuition that those words were the path she had to take? Looking at Sonia like that, Linda recalled memories with him.

‘He was really cute too.’

“Listen Sonia. How did Mama catch her Dad…”

She didn’t say anything because even if she thought of herself, she wasn’t in a very proud way.

“..Even if you don’t tell me, if you’re a mother’s daughter, you’ll take care of yourself.”

“What is it.

Is it because of love that the daughter’s face full of disappointment looks particularly pretty?

“Wouldn’t it come over if I hugged her tightly like she would a mother? My daughter seems bold and different from what she looks like~?”

“Ah! Mom!”

When she left the house as if she was running away from her mother who teased her until the end, her father was talking to Uncle Toby, the coachman, outside her.

“I’ll take good care of my daughter until the empire.”

“If you go all the way to the transfer station in the middle, it’s an empire. I’ll serve you comfortably.”

After the story, Dad came over and asked.

“Sonia, are you sure you’ll do well?”

“Sure. Whose daughter is it?”

Unable to hold his grown-up daughter, James was content to stroke his daughter’s hair instead.

“I hope you go and achieve what you want.”

Sonia hugged James’ waist as if she noticed James’ feelings.

“Just ask for a hug and you’ll have something.”

She was a daughter who showed Dale’s level of filial piety when touched, but to James, who was moved by the way she approached her first, she was an irreplaceable filial daughter.

“Sonia..”

Linda came out and looked at the two of them happily before meeting James’s eyes.

“You can come here too.”

It was a family that shared each other’s warmth until the very end, but the baby bird, who was covered, had to leave the arms of her family.

“Come on, Sonia.”

“Yes. I’ll be back.”

After the daughter got on the carriage and left, only the couple who looked at her back remained, engraving the traces in their eyes until the end.

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James muttered, lost in the afterglow.

“Will my daughter be able to do well…”

“Don’t worry honey. Sonia will take care of herself.”

‘You know…?’

Suddenly, James felt uneasy.

She’s the reason Linda was able to silence all the women who approached her and take a seat next to her.

“You can’t… You didn’t say that, did you?”

“You are too. How do you say that anyway.”

“That… Is it? I…”

“Sonia will know when she goes and sees it, right? It’s not time for her to decide between means and methods. If she looks like me, she’ll take care of herself.”

“…”

She remembered the first time she met Linda. Those days when we checked each other’s hearts and slowly prepared funds for the future, thinking that if she wasn’t this woman, she wouldn’t be.

There was a time when I wanted her to love me as much as I loved her… I was wrong.

When women approached me even after announcing their relationship, I thought it was possible to show off affection like that. In fact, I was happy inside.

One day when it snowed.

Seeing her waiting trembling in the cold to meet me on her way home from work, I couldn’t let her go. He brought her to her single room where she lived temporarily, washed her, fed her, and then went away. Moment.

I became a father.

After she found out she was pregnant, her wedding was held in a small way, and she couldn’t even buy a house in the empire with the money she saved up, so she came down to her countryside and lived by sharing the work of the capital. .

Now that I can afford it, I am rather thankful that I am able to spend a lot of time with her family, but I still cannot forget her eyes that put me in a chair and climbed on top of me. It was to the extent that it appeared in my dreams sometimes.

‘If Sonia resembles Linda to that extent…’

Why does the place where the carriage left look creepy, different from just before?

‘…As a craftsman, I’m really sorry.’

I’m sorry, but it was James who couldn’t give up as much as his son-in-law.

***

– Wow.

A carriage stopped in the imperial capital and a woman stepped out of it.

“Thanks Uncle Toby.”

“What kind of thanks do you have for giving me a ride on the way home? If you’re James, you’re still the kind of person who wants the institution to come to the capital as soon as possible. Think of it as scoring points.”

The coachman checked the condition of the horses one by one and soon put on a troubled expression.

“Maybe it’s because of the metastasis, the horses are having a hard time, so I need to give them a break. I’ll have to go alone from here, is that okay?”

“It’s okay. I have a map.”

“Yes. It would be nice if you could spread your will in the Empire.”

As the carriage disappeared in the distance, Sonia turned her back to take in the scenery of the capital.

“This is Romer..”

Here is the means for me to stand next to him.

‘Because my seat is next to you. You’d better leave it empty. If not…’

Resolving once again, she relied on a piece of her map and moved her steps toward the place where the knights training camp was located.

***

“Stop. Reveal your identity and business.”

As she approached the entrance guarded by the guards, she stopped herself.

“My name is Sonia from Camille Village. She came to join the Knights.”

“Did you report it beforehand?”

“That’s not it.. Did she have to do it..?”

“Hmm. Wait a minute.”

When the guard returned from entering the building for a while, she moved away from her seat this time.

“You may go in. So next time I can report it in advance.”

“Yes. Have a hard time.”

As I entered the building and looked around, the woman next to me in charge of reception greeted me.

“Welcome to the Arachnian Knights Training Center. What business are you here for?”

Through her upright tone and the outfit she was wearing, I could tell that the woman in front of her was also a knight.

“I came here to join the Knights.”

“Even if you’re a woman, the walls of the knights are high. Do you still hope?”

“It doesn’t matter.”

“Okay, then let’s evaluate it through a test. The test is in progress right now, would you like to take a look?”

“Yes.”

“Your passion is amazing. You are a rare talent these days.”

She praised me to see if she liked me, and called the woman next to her.

“Bianca, take care of the receptionist for me for a moment.”

“Yes! No.. No, Viola senior!”

I looked at the woman named Bianca for a moment, then she sighed and turned her gaze to me.

“Follow me.”

As I moved inside her, I began to see sand on the bottom of her. Are you connected to the outside world?

“Is there any reason you want to join the Knights?”

I was walking while watching the growing sand, and I looked up at a question flying in front of me.

“I…”

It was then.

– Bang!

The hallway vibrated with a loud sound as if something bumped right next to it.

“Is that a test too?”

“Ah.. Not that, but.. Can I walk a little faster?”

When the corridor was over and I went out into the sunlight, I saw a parade ground covered with sand.

“Herald! Newcomers don’t have to do this to take exams!”

Viola sighed and shouted at the man standing in her entrance.

“It’s not me…”

When the man called Harald responded in an unfair tone, she raised her voice even more, perhaps thinking it was an excuse.

“You’re the only examiner right now, so I think that makes sense!”

Knap.

When the Herald points with the tip of her chin, her head turns and her astonishment soon turns.

“Everything… Captain?!”

“Oh yeah. How are you, Viola?”

An unreasonable situation in which a giant with red hair and a lion-like appearance is swinging a man with one hand.

“These days, applicants are not very good. Is it because they are tired of peace?”

With that, I threw the man who was wielding it against the wall, and I heard the same sound I heard in the hallway just now.

Viola arguing to see if she didn’t like the leader’s behavior.

“Where in the world did you come in… No, do you think you’d want to drop all of that? Even the current maknaes should take over!”

“If you try to replenish the number of people who come only after money and fame, you will only fall to the level of the Knights.”

As he was wiping her hands, he looked at me and asked Viola.

“So who’s next to you? Did you end up hiring a receptionist?”

“..This is the person to take the test.”

“You look too pretty for something like that? Isn’t it a waste to be in the Knights?”

Hearing that, he took a step forward and answered.

“I have a reason to join the Knights.”

“Hoo?”

I couldn’t just wait for him to come back. Anyway, I didn’t want to regret going then.

“I will decide where I will be.”

At those words, the captain approached me with an arc on his lips.

“Because she looks pretty, I thought a lady from an aristocratic family came out to see her…”

It feels like a beast is approaching even though it is clearly a human being.

A lion with a red mane opened his mouth while meeting his eyes with me.

“For a rookie, his eyes are alive.”