Episode -2 C

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  Beside Ugu, who had collapsed unconscious, Mond kept calling Ugu’s name, unable to find any way to help.

  Mond: “Ugu! Ugu... oh dear, Ugu, what do we do...”

  The ‘purple cloak,’ who had been watching those Barak, called out to the ‘brown cloak’ while thinking.

  Pad: “Roter!”

  Roter: “What?”

  Pad: “Do insects usually help each other like that?”

  Roter: “What are you talking about. Insects don’t do that! Stop the pointless talk~ and let’s just clean this up already.”

  Pad: “That’s what I know too... but look at them. Isn’t it strange?”

  Roter: “You’re just mistaken for a moment... it’s not that busy right now, but...”

  Roter: "What, do you want me to finish it up here?” [Stretching]

  Pad: “Mm... no. I’ll clean it up.”

  Roter: “...Do as you like.”

  Pad pushed down the uneasy feeling and stretched both arms toward the Barak.

  This time, unlike before, he generated a white sphere with a purplish tint.

  Just as he was about to enlarge the sphere a little more and send it toward the Barak—

  Pad: “No... no!”

  Then he changed the nature of the sphere and launched it toward the gigantic Barak lying there.

  The sphere’s power lifted Ugu up, and then slowly began moving him far away.

  Pad: “Still, it’s admirable that he’s doing that instead of trying to survive alone... I’ll let you go this time.”

  Pad: “Yeah. Live.”

  For some reason, Pad felt he had to do that. It was a mysterious feeling he couldn’t explain.

  [On this day, Pad’s momentary decision will, later, bring about an enormous result.]

  Mond chases after Ugu, who is floating along as he’s moved.

  With a worried heart, he keeps desperately calling the unconscious Ugu’s name.

  Mond: “Ugu, Ugu~ wake up, Ugu~”

  Pad: “...Look at that, look!... Why are they doing that?”

  Roter discovers Eat, who had been pinned under Ugu’s severed foreleg.. and first, he tosses that foreleg away somewhere.

  Eat, who had been unconscious, gradually regains awareness, and after a moment, opens his eyes.

  Roter, checking the situation!... After a while, confirming that Eat’s consciousness is returning, he approaches his side.

  As Eat’s consciousness returns and his mind clears, it seems his lost memories have returned too.

  Eat: [Muttering] “Ah! I... right!! I have to run away!”

  Roter, who doesn’t know this situation, bows politely toward Eat and offers a greeting.

  Roter: “Greetings, Lord Eat! By order of the Olpin Supreme Commander...”

  While Roter is speaking, Eat begins to run off in a frenzy.

  Eat: “This is my chance! I have to go to the forest!”

  Roter and Pad watch the flustered Eat run away~

  Roter: “Excuse me~”

  Then he calls Eat once again, but Eat is as if possessed, busy running away.

  In the end, Roter forms a small sphere at his fingertip and sends it toward Eat.

  The sphere flies toward Eat, who is crawling forward with his whole heart and effort..

  The small sphere widened, spun, and swallowed Eat in an instant.

  As if trapping him in a soap bubble—then the sphere quickly began to shrink.

  Eat: “Aagh! What is this! Gwek, kwet, kwat! Weot!”

  The strong constriction made it impossible for Eat to open his mouth.

  Roter waits leisurely until the flustered Eat regains calm!!

  Eat: "..."

  Roter: “‘Red Rooster, Lord Eat~ greetings! It is an honor to meet you for the first time.

  Roter: We are Lord Polun’s aides, Roter and Pad.”

  Eat: “Puhh?”

  Roter: “It is an honor to meet you!... I heard you are a legend.”

  Eat: “Kwat?”

  Roter: “It is nothing else but this: Lord Polun said he would like to meet you, so we have come first to pay our respects.”

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  Eat: “Weot!!”

  Roter: “...Yes?”

  Eat: “Kweot!!!!”

  Roter: “Th-then what should we do? May we prepare a place right now?”

  Eat: “Yelp! Yelp!”

  Roter: “Huh?...Ah...”

  Roter: "Then we will prepare.”

  At the same time, Roter released whatever had been tightening around Eat.

  Eat: “Pooah... huff... huff...”

  Roter and Pad step apart from each other and bow their waists, offering greetings.

  Even in this chaotic moment, Pad’s mind is filled only with doubts about the Barak’s sudden behavior.

  Pad: [Mm... why did they do that?]

  Roter: “Then, we will bring Olpin’s Supreme Commander, Lord Polun.”

  Pad: [Could it be...!]Between Roter and Pad, a pillar of light rises up.

  That light spreads left and right, gradually taking the shape of a doorway, and within the dazzling glow, Polun’s silhouette slowly appears.

  At last, the door of light opens fully, and Polun slowly walks out from within.

  [Golden owl Polun—Olpin’s Supreme Commander. Long ago, and even longer ago,

  from a time so, long ago, he and Eat have been friends who have known each other.]

  Polun: “Oh! Who do we have here? Eat, it’s me! It’s Polun~” [He spreads his arms wide to show his gladness]

  Polun, for some reason, looks relaxed, but unlike that, his footsteps seem quite hurried.

  Acting calm, he waves to Eat in greeting, but inside, he is not entirely at ease.

  Polun tries his best not to show it. And Eat stares at him blankly.

  Looking at Polun, Eat recalled a memory from the past—of that day.

  Eat: “...Polun...”

  Eat looks at Polun once more, then looks down at his own hands, now small and pathetic.

  Eat: “...Everything that happened to me... Polun, it’s because of you.”

  As Eat mutters, Polun quickly steps in and grabs Eat’s hand.

  Polun: “It’s not because of me... no!! It’s not because of me.”

  Polun: “..It’s because of you.”

  Eat: “What!?”

  Polun: “Mm~”? ? ? ? ?

  Right now, Rogi... it has been only five hours since she moved into Dotori Village.

  Angry, she ran without thinking, but before she knew it, she was standing in a dead-end alley?

  As expected, Rogi doesn’t know this neighborhood’s layout at all.

  With both hands gathered under her chin, she looks as if fear is rushing in.

  She looks left and right, then runs again in a direction that feels right... after a while,

  she stops again. Now she doesn’t even remember the way back.

  In an alley with not a single person passing by, she keeps walking and walking, but where is this…

  Rogi is just afraid of everything. Again and again, she suppresses her urge to cry loudly.

  As her anxiety and fear grow, even her breathing becomes unstable.

  Tears well in her large eyes, and her face flushes red.

  She looks like she might burst into tears at any moment, but it’s almost surprising how she’s holding it in.

  Rogi calls out loudly for Dad.

  But of course, Dad’s voice doesn’t answer.

  She can’t hold out anymore. In the shaded alley, she sinks down.

  Just as she was about to break into tears,

  a white puppy walked up to Rogi.

  Rogi’s excited emotions calmed down in an instant.

  The puppy, whose identity she couldn’t know, wagged its tail as if saying, “Pet me,”

  and pushed its head right under Rogi’s hand.

  Rogi petted the puppy and found comfort in her heart.

  Peace came over the emotions she couldn’t control.

  "Puppy… where is this? I got lost.

  …What do I do…"

  At that moment, the puppy perked up its ears, looked around,

  then started running toward one path.

  Without realizing it, Rogi called out and followed after the puppy.

  "Go together! Go with me!"

  Before long, the puppy passed through a navy-colored gate and went into a house.

  There, an elderly grandmother with white hair

  was looking for the puppy.

  The grandmother, finding a small child who had followed the puppy—Rogi, terribly frightened—

  called to Rogi in a gentle voice.

  Grandmother: Oh my, who do we have here? That’s a face I’ve never seen before.

  How did you end up all the way here?

  Rogi: I moved here today… and I got lost.

  [Before she could even finish speaking, tears were about to pour out...]

  Grandmother: Child, wait just a moment.

  The grandmother noticed Rogi’s tender heart

  and took out a cold drink from the refrigerator, speaking warm words to her.

  After a moment...

  Grandmother: Ohoho~ They said there was a house moving in today! Oh dear!

  Rogi: Yes…

  Grandmother: So that’s why no one was around! Yes, yes.

  Then follow this old granny.

  Rogi: What about the puppy?

  Grandmother: Yes~ let’s leave the puppy to finish its meal.

  Rogi is walking after the grandmother.. The alleys feel complicated, twisting this way and that.

  When they leave the alley, far in the distance~ she can see the blue truck she rode to come here,

  and the house? she will live in from now on.. Having arrived safely, Rogi looks around for the grandmother who came with her.. She wanted to say thank you, but

  the grandmother was already mingling with the villagers, happily talking.

  Rogi bowed to the grandmother, then ran into the house calling for Dad.

  Rogi: "Dad!"

  [Dad’s voice was heard.]

  Father: "Oh~ Rogi, you’re back? Welcome.

  Shall we take a look around the house we’ll be living in from now on?"

  Dad and Rogi walk around the new house, looking through every corner.

  The moving boxes had already been organized, and the house had been cleaned neatly.

  Dad was going to finish the remaining work and prepare dinner.

  Father: "Rogi, wash up first and then come out for dinner. And…"

  [Dad handed over a device with a small screen and a bundle of papers.]

  Rogi: "Dad, what is this?"

  Father: "Earlier, a boy named Dabi said he was Rogi’s friend,

  and he left this behind. He told me to give it to you."

  Rogi: "Ah, red hair?"

  Father: "Yeah~"

  After washing up, Rogi finished her first dinner with Dad in the new house.

  Brushing her teeth and coming into her room, Rogi muttered.

  "Ah, I’m tired…"

  For a little girl, it was truly a hard day.

  Her emotions were complicated, and so many feelings mixed together that it was hard to describe.

  Then suddenly, the bundle of papers and the electronic device Dabi had left caught her eye.

  On the front of the bundle of papers, a few words were written in ugly handwriting.

  “I’m sorry. I’m sorry for laughing. I was wrong. Forgive me : )

  I’ll leave the story summary and Bermuda.”

  No matter how she looked at it, ‘Bermuda’ seemed like an old tablet.

  It felt crude and old, and awkward parts were combined, as if someone had repaired something broken.

  Then he had even carefully included the charger.

  "What a delicate guy!"

  Rogi lay face-down on the blanket and skimmed the story summary, grasping roughly what it was about.

  Then she examined the Bermuda beside it, found the switch, and pressed it. A typical computer loading screen passed,

  and before long, a chat window opened automatically. At the top, it said “Dotori Village Bermuda,”

  and under administrator, it said “Eli.” Seeing there was no chat history yet, somehow ~

  Rogi wondered if she might have eaten dinner a little early.

  "Ah!... I want ice cream?"