Chapter 12 boy and girl and white flower-12

Hahaha After taking three breaths, his throat moved as if he was about to swallow something unbearable. Then he gasped again and again. The wine that was a heavy burden had already been thrown away, and more than half of the water that was finally refilled in the wineskin was also poured out. The rain finally started to fall heavily in the forest, and Alies took off the wide coat that was wrapping around her feet, and covered her head. The happy aftertaste of the conversation just now is gone. Judging from Aliice's expression, she even wanted to throw away the coat covering her head so that it would be easier.

The number of times I lost control of my legs and hit my knees on the ground as if I fell down was beyond counting even with the fingers of both hands. Alice worked very hard. But mixed with that strength, there was a sense of wanting to rely on others. For Kuras, who had no energy left, he felt it as a burden rather than a joy. 【come on. 】 Rather than pulling Ariez's hand, Kuras said he was pulling her wrist, and every time he pulled her up, he said words of encouragement. Encouragement was actually closer to prayer. The reason why Aliice's legs began to fail was not only due to fatigue.

Probably there is also the reason why the blisters on the feet have been oppressed. The rain is getting heavier and heavier, and there is an illusion of walking on the shallows of the river. There are small streams everywhere, forming countless brown pools surrounded by green on the slightly potholed ground. I really want to get to the city quickly and drink warm porridge by the fire. Every time Kulas took a step, thoughts like "escape from the pursuers or protect Arias" kept echoing in his ears. I don’t know how long I’ve been walking, but I still haven’t walked out of the forest. Because of the thick clouds covering the sky and the lush forests, the forest is getting darker and darker.

There is nothing terrible about driving in a rainy forest at night. "Even if something happens, we're here." Holo didn't say that, and she didn't seem to have a clear solution at all. 【Miss Holo! 】 Finally, when he walked out of the open place in the forest, Kuras called Holo's name. [……..] Holo turned around without saying a word, panting continuously, looking tired. 【already……..】 "I can't walk anymore." Kulas didn't say the last words, and looked at Holo while supporting Arias who seemed to be sitting down. Holo is an elf who has lived for hundreds of years. She once said confidently, "If there is anything wrong, we will find a way to solve it."

Isn't now the "just in case" time? Kulas confides like that, and Holo, who is watching Kulas without moving, gathers her water-stained front hair with her hands, and looks down. 【Feel sorry. 】 【Eh? 】 Kuras was thinking about whether he had misheard the word "not leaving", but Holo said again: (Explain, the word Holo used here to apologize is "すまぬ" and "not leaving "This word is pronounced as 『すすまぬ』 There is only one sound difference between the two. 【Feel sorry. 】 Kulas, who was standing there dumbfounded, asked while hugging Arias who was leaning on him in pain:

[Why, what's wrong? 】 [Perhaps I can't save you two. 】 【That--】 Kulas stopped in the middle of his words. Even if Arias collapsed on the spot, Holo could only bite her lip with a sad expression. Some kind of unknown cold air spread from the ground to the legs, passing through the body as if trying to pull out the entire back. In the rain that was definitely not falling, Kuras heard a strange sound. It sounded like a spring overflowing on a rainy day. That might be the sound of fear emerging. Arias, who seemed to be aware of the voice in fatigue, turned around as if twisting her body, and Kuras heard the sound of Arias swallowing.

Kuras didn't turn around because he was afraid. Although he didn't turn around, but if he didn't move and didn't dare to look, he would be even more frightened. 【………】 Turn around what is in front of you. I don't think there are any living things. exist there. It seems like a huge tree, or a large rock, or a mountain. 【…….what………】 Kuras's knees trembled, his breathing stopped, and instead he leaned on Arias who was leaning on him. Judgment like "So poor, ashamed" has long since disappeared. In front of his line of sight was a huge deer that looked like it could be easily crushed by a cow. You had to raise your head to see it clearly.

【——】 Don't know what he said. However, that sound like thunder in a cave was quite enough to take away Kuras' rationality. It has an uneven body that doesn't look like a deer at all, and has two eyes that look like black moons. It has huge horns that seem to pierce the sky from its head. Kuras didn't even notice that he was so scared that he sat down on the ground. 【——. ————] The mouth of the deer without tusks is full of neat rows of teeth that look like stone mills, and every time it speaks, it makes a hard sound that seems to be able to grind even rocks. "If his head was bitten by his teeth, it would probably be crushed in an instant."

Kuras looked up at the giant deer's face like an idiot, only thinking about that scene in his mind. 【The so-called good trip】 The reason why he regained himself was because someone put his hand on Kuras' shoulder while saying that. 【It refers to having a good travel companion. 】 The side face of Holo who raised her head looked very vigorous, and her tail was also shaking bravely. 【——ツ!】 The strong snorting of the giant deer blew away all the rainwater in the forest, and in an instant, the rain stopped. Herds of deer all around are watching this side. It seems that if you get the wrong answer, you will either be crushed by the deer immediately, or your head will be crushed.

But even then Holo wasn't afraid at all and instead smiled boldly. 【——,——】 The noise around him may have been because the giant deer understood Holo's provocative language that Kuras couldn't understand. 【———…….——] (It’s so easy to turn over this kind of dialogue The giant deer approached while making the sound of grinding its teeth, and Kuras stepped back while keeping his butt on the ground. The reason why the stunned Alies was pulled over was not so much to protect Alies as it was because Kulas just wanted to simply hug Alies. Holo turned to this side and said quickly:

[It seems that these guys don't like us. 】 Holo tilted her head slightly, smiling awkwardly while shaking her ears. 【It seems that we brought you two backfired. 】 [Ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! 】 It didn't sound like a living thing at all. The moment the giant deer raised its head, it let out a roar that seemed to shake the ground. [Parting is always so sudden.It was a pleasure traveling with you two.Hurry up, both of you——] Holo's apologetic smile will probably be engraved in his brain forever. What happened, although I am sure, will it take some time? The giant deer, which should be at least a considerable distance away from Holo, filled the distance in an instant. Holo's thin body was knocked into the air by the giant deer's nose, and Holo's body was flying in the sky. The huge size does not match the sensitive movement Tsukuru caught up to Holo who was in the air. Holo's body was like a tree branch that had been cut down, and it flew out like a joke. In front of it was not a swamp but a steep slope. The giant deer jumped up, jumped over the slope and down. In the next moment, Kuras did not see the huge body of the giant deer flying down the slope, and then the ground shook, and Kuras knew that the giant deer had landed. After landing, the giant deer bit the huge stone Grinding teeth send out huge sound. Kuras didn't even know if he was crying or not. But Klass knew very well that something terrible had happened that he could not even imagine. The giant deer continued to make loud teeth grinding noises, but the surroundings became quiet after a while. The herd of deer surrounding Kuras and his party didn't even move. Later, there was another growl. 【Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow 】 Kulas let out a moan and started running as if swimming on the ground. Heluo who once said that he was "more than two hundred years older than himself" and helped him drive away the wolves; Heluo who played tricks on Kuras and easily deceived the stubborn Arias; gave himself bread and taught himself about The knowledge of money, although the back is very thin but Holo, who was very reliable, disappeared in an instant. Seeing that scene was enough to make Kuras forget everything and run away. Kuras ran with all his strength on the road where the water that looked like a river flowed. There is only that thought in Kuras's mind now. In fact, Kuras stood up and ran for a while before falling down. After falling, Kuras stood as if leaning on a wooden stick instead of a crutch. up. "I don't want to die, I don't want to be bitten to death by such terrible teeth" Dejected and unable to even stand up, Kulas rushed directly into the muddy water. "don't want to die" Horror lifted his head from the mud, and Kuras turned to look behind him. Then, the scene that came into view. Like a cursed horse emerging from the abyss of a nightmare, the giant deer slowly climbed up the slope and the white figure that was left behind. Even though she was covered in mud, she looked like a sheep from a distance, it was Arias. 【Ali...Ace...】 The hoarse voice had lost its full pitch. "Run away, stand up and run away" Even if she prayed like that in her heart, it was impossible for Aliice's feet to suddenly grow wings. Did Arias lose consciousness, or was she just there in a daze because she didn't understand what was going on as usual. It's also good to be in a daze.It's okay to be unable to cry because of fear. For some reason, when thinking of such a thing, Kuras's expression distorted miserably. Because the expression of Aliice who turned her head was very frightened. [Wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooow. 】 The giant deer roared for the third time. The body that was too huge disappeared on the opposite side of the slope bit by bit, as if it was about to step on the slope. The growl sounded like it was angry. "Now, now, it should be fine." "Stand up, just run ten steps this way" Kuras yelled in his heart, and felt anger and impatience that seemed to be torn apart for Alias ​​Kuras who didn't plan to stand up by himself. "Do not understand." That anger and impatience came from blaming himself for not saving Arias immediately. 【——………! ——…………! 】 The giant deer was yelling for some reason. Kuras plugged his ears, gnashing his teeth in hatred. The herd of deer, who had been watching Kulas and his party, narrowed the encirclement a bit. It's like trying to drive myself out of the forest. Or to keep those who cannot escape forever locked in the forest. 【Alice! 】 The reason why Kuras was able to make a sound was because he felt that it was the last moment. The giant deer raised its front legs on the slope, and raised its body as if it wanted to crush the mountain. Arias noticed that move and turned back. After that, he looked at Kuras again. Slowly extended the words to Kuras. 【Kuras...】 Kuras heard what Arias said, who was shouting like a whisper. Afterwards, the giant deer slowly waved its front legs. Although the distance was completely invisible, Alies was indeed at the place where the giant deer's front legs were about to swing down. The feet wrapped around her feet and the muddy water on her body Made a tick-tick sound like death Like saliva dripping from a god, it dripped down the back of Aris. Alice kept looking at herself. 【Alice! 】 Not thinking about running. Kuras didn't even know whether he was running or flying in the air, because in Karas's eyes, only Alies was in his arms, and he hugged Alies as if he was rushing towards him, and even fucked himself. When he didn't know the situation, Kuras picked up Alice stepped back. In the next instant, as the impacting giant deer swung its front legs, which could not even open its eyes, everything around it burst into praise. 【…………】 It can only be considered a miracle that Alies in his wrist is not there. Hugging Alyes and leaning forward, he managed to gain some distance before escaping the blow. Kuras stood up in a panic, and saw Arias trembling, with her lips tightly closed, praying with her hands crossed. After Arias, who was praying, noticed Kuras beside her, Arias pressed her forehead against Kuras' chest. Reflexively, Kuras hugged Ariais's soft shoulders even more tightly. "She has to be protected" Even so. Because even so, Aliice's shoulders are very soft. 【It's fine. 】 After finishing speaking, Kuras took a deep breath. The distance between the giant deer and Kuras was so close that Kuras could clearly see the bristles on the giant deer's body that seemed to be made of ropes densely covering his body.But even that should be a little distance, just As stated in the text, the giant deer, which can only be seen clearly by looking up, is glaring at him. Kuras's teeth trembled, and then he shook his head. A hero can smash a tooth with a single punch, and if he had a sword, he could even defeat a dragon, but Kuras had in his hand a wooden stick that he could always hold instead of a walking stick for some reason.But even then Kuras felt that there should be a way. It shouldn't be impossible if Alies escapes alone. For the first time, Kuras realized that it wasn't because he had the courage to force it out like mustard oil. 【Ariels, can you stand up? 】 Aries, who was trembling in her arms, raised her face, and Alies, who was clearly obedient but stubborn, nodded while biting her lips. 【Then come behind me. 】 Aliice didn't ask "why" but showed an unprecedented worried expression, but she didn't say anything in the end. Arias moved her body quietly without irritating the giant deer, and walked around behind Kuras. [You run as soon as I stand up. 】 [Eh, but, but. 】 【No problem, because I know the story of the hero who defeated the giant. 】 That's not a lie. It is the story of a hero who knocked down a giant whose head reached the sky, whose arms were as long as rivers, and whose feet were so big that no matter how big a lake was, it would not fit in. Compared with that, just a few deer are nothing special. Yes, nothing great. [Aims at his eyes.Those huge eyes.If he lost his eyesight, he probably wouldn't be able to catch up.no problem.Such big eyes must be easy to hit. 】 After Kuras finished speaking, he moved his cheeks and lips. Even I don't know if I have successfully laughed or not. Alice thought she wanted to say something, but after thinking about it for a while, she finally didn't say it.Seeing Arias nodding slowly, "I must have laughed smoothly," Kuras thought in his heart. [Going up. 】 Putting the cane on the ground, he took a deep breath. Aliice's hand was attached to her back, and it seemed that infinite power was coming from there. Julu shook his head and slowly lowered his body because he felt the domineering energy emanating from him. That terrifying sense of coercion. The hero of the story is not afraid. [Let's go to the sea together. 】 After leaving that sentence, Kuras stood up and ran out. Although the eyes of the huge deer are at a height that the stick cannot reach. However, there should be a chance. Just like how the giant deer dealt with Holo, there must be a moment when it leans its face closer. The giant deer swung his huge legs, and Kuras felt as if the air around him was being pulled away. Kuras was not caught in the airflow, but jumped to the side. A deer is just a deer after all. The legs that swung up just fell down like that. Praise the dirt next to Kuras. 【this! 】 Kulas just vigorously swung the stick in his hand, but the giant deer pulled his leg back with a surprisingly agile movement. Although he swung it forward, Kuras didn't panic at all. Instead, he was convinced in his heart that the giant deer was afraid of him. This time the giant deer didn't swing its legs, but stretched out its legs with such force that it could only kick a pebble away. However, I don't know if it was because of his too large body, Kuras easily dodged the protruding legs of the slow-moving giant deer. Not worth mentioning, not worth mentioning at all. Just a big deer. The club that Kuras swung with all his strength brushed against the giant deer's legs several times. Although I couldn't believe it, I was indeed fighting this giant deer evenly. Billowing white breath spewed out from between the gigantic teeth of the giant deer. Perhaps it was Kuras who ran away in a panic and made the giant deer tired, because the giant deer was too large. Kuras was also very tired.The hand holding the wooden stick tightly has long lost feeling, the muscles in the wrist have hardened, and I don't even know where is the wooden stick and where is my wrist. Kuras and the giant deer faced each other at a distance that they couldn't reach even if they wanted to pounce. The deer monster, which is said to be able to obtain the knowledge of the forest by grinding the antlers into powder and swallowing them, stared at Kuras with its dark eyes in the abyss. Are you thinking about something? What are you thinking about? Kulas was thinking that way in his heart, and Julu suddenly looked elsewhere. In front of her line of sight was the figure of Arias praying with her hands folded. Kuras seemed to spit out the contents of his stomach, but Arias did not run away.No, maybe it's just because I don't have the strength to escape anymore. Arias sensed the gaze of the giant deer. The giant deer started to move, turned its head towards Alies, kicked the ground three times with its front legs like a horse, and lowered the tip of its nose. 【——つ! 】 Kuras didn't even know what he was talking about. As if being pushed from behind by someone, Kuras also moved. Holding the stick in one hand, he ran with all his strength.Although there were many tree roots, puddles, and potholes trampled by the giant deer, Kuras didn't even look at those obstacles, and just ran while looking at the giant deer's eyes. Then, facing the face that was rushing towards it as if the whole mountain was in motion, Kuras rushed forward with all his strength. He wields the club held in his right hand like a spear that a hero pierces a giant's eye. 【Oh oh oh! 】 There was a muffled sound of "click". It came from near my right wrist, probably a broken wrist. Because he didn't think about the landing posture at all, Kuras brushed past the giant deer's jaw and rushed directly into the bushes. At the moment when he was about to faint, the reason why he was able to maintain consciousness was because he heard the sound of a huge object falling behind him. Is it because the giant deer was in unbearable pain? It let out a growl that made hair stand on end, and its feet made a "dong dong" sound. After a while, Kuras just raised his head and saw Arias staring at the giant deer in a daze opposite the giant deer that was about to stand up but slipped. 【Alice! 】 Kuras ran towards her while calling Alias' name. Alias ​​looked at Kuras as if taken aback, and then looked at the giant deer again. [Ariels run away! 】 【But, but his eyes, eyes...】 He was actually worried about the eyes of the giant deer who had killed Holo and was planning to kill himself. Kulas laughed angrily at such a bad person like her. But he couldn't be mad at her at all. Because that's what Alice is. [Run, if you are caught up, you will die! 】 As soon as Kuras finished speaking, the giant deer roared even louder. After turning around suddenly, Kuras saw the giant deer slipped and slipped into the swamp. After the giant deer made a sound like a landslide, the sound still echoed in Kuras's heart. [Hahaha, it worked!Alice, let's go! 】 【Eh, ah, but, but...】 Kuras approached Alies, and although he took her hand, Alies still did not stand up. Aliice's expression looked as if she was embarrassed by her feet buried deep in the ground. [Can't walk anymore? 】 Kuras passed the right wrist that was thought to be completely broken under Alias's right wrist, pulled her body over, and then passed the left wrist under her knees. The hero usually picks up the princess in such a simple way. Although Arias showed a confused expression, she was picked up by Kuras smoothly as if she had practiced many times. 【く、うつ】(onomatopoeia Compared with the hard bundle of straw that was tied tightly like a rock, Arias' body was like soft cotton. Having said that, if you want to run fast while hugging Alies, that's not enough. Kulas encouraged Alies, whose knees were still shivering, to walk out step by step. "Hold Aliice like this, escape from the giant deer, leave the forest and enter the city." Kuras gritted his teeth and poured strength into the left hand that made Aris's leg slip, while muttering in his heart. What happened to Holo made Kuras feel very sorry. Although she hated being teased by her, Holo was like an older sister who suddenly appeared to Kuras. "When we get to the city, after our physical strength recovers, we will look for her dead body and bury it well," Kulas thought in his heart. Of course, if he meets the giant deer again, it will not be as simple as making Xia his eyes. Arias's legs almost slipped off, and her feet had already touched the ground, but Kuras's left hand had no strength at all, and her feet were as heavy as if they were entangled in tree roots, and she couldn't move at all. But even then, there is the best future that Kuras can describe in his mind, and he thinks that he is indeed moving towards the future he has described. 【Already, already, already......】 Arias, who hugged Kuras's body fiercely, said in a voice that seemed to be about to cry. After Kuras smiled slightly, he finally stopped and replied: 【Feel sorry.You run away first. 】 After Kuras finished speaking, he collapsed on the spot as if he had exhausted his last strength. The sound of "boom" seemed to come from far away. Even with half of his face buried in the mud, Kuras couldn't even move. 【——つ????——つ】 Arias seemed to say something, but Kuras couldn't hear it at all. However, the rain that fell from above was as hot as boiling water. "Run away," Kuras muttered like that. "Escape first, and see you at the inn in the city later" In his fading consciousness, Kuras planned to say that to Aris. At least let Aliice live. because. Kuras closed his eyes. Because that's how he likes Aris.