I! Cleaner!

Is there a problem...how can this be okay?

Although it is not the real third-generation director, it is just the obsession left by the third-generation director because he failed to become the strongest blacksmith, but it does look no different from a living person, and the director led him to dig graves, even He also wanted to steal the old man's coffin board. No matter how much he thought about it, he felt awkward.

But...compared to this moral flaw, it is obviously more important to treat Senior Emma's injuries first, so she can only apologize to the little old director first.

After apologizing to the third-generation director with a slight sense of guilt, Leon exited the cemetery carrying his coffin board and ran towards an abandoned lakeside cabin... Before the director took him to dig the grave, Leon left Emma Senior is temporarily stored here.

"Help me keep an eye on the cemetery! Call me if there is any movement!"

After giving instructions to the little crocodile lying at the door, Leon carried the third-generation director's coffin into the house. Just as he was about to help senior Emma repair the damaged body according to the method taught by the director, he suddenly found that the cabin was empty. Senior Emma, ​​who was originally placed on an old wooden bed, has disappeared.

? ! ! !

Where are people? Isn't that crocodile always guarding the door? Why are there no people?

Shocked by the sudden disappearance of Senior Emma, ​​Leon quickly threw down the coffin board of the third-generation director and rushed out the door. He wanted to ask the crocodile god who was responsible for guarding the door what was going on, but he was found in the lake not far from the cabin. Next, I saw a familiar figure from behind.

"Leon?"

As if noticing the movement here, the tall beauty sitting by the lake turned slightly sideways, her long light chestnut hair gently falling down her shoulders, revealing her slender white neck and a soft and gentle face with a smile.

Even though the background behind him is not the blue sky and blue sea, but the dark Lake of the Dead and the lifeless gray sky, Senior Emma's mature and gentle smile still makes Leon's heart suddenly calm. .

"You're awake..."

After saying an out-and-out nonsense, Leon put down the struggling little crocodile in his hand and walked towards Senior Emma sitting on a round stone by the lake.

"Senior Emma."

After arriving at the white round stone where Senior Emma was sitting, Leon urged with some anxiety:

"The director has found an abnormal object that can repair your physical injuries. You just need to go in and sit for a while. I just brought it back. Hurry up..."

"Look at those birds on the lake."

After interrupting Leon's words, Senior Emma, ​​who was sitting by the lake, turned her head back, quietly looked at the death crows hovering above the black lake, and said calmly:

"Leon, do you know what they represent?"

"..."

Are you... feeling emotional after seeing the Death Crow? Do you want to talk to me about it?

Um... I'm not averse to hearing you confide in your heart, and I'm even willing to be a quiet listener, but isn't this the right time?

The director is still trying hard to drag the third generation director to return the coffin board after we are done with it. Isn't it a little inappropriate for us to suddenly start chatting here?

…

"It seems that the director should have told you."

After looking at Leon, whose face was full of "he hesitated to speak", Senior Emma smiled again, and then said softly with a somewhat lonely expression:

"These death crows are not mine, but belong to my tribesmen who died six years ago. After that day, while inheriting their lives, I also inherited these death crows that belonged to them.

Although I have never been to such a deep location, I have actually been to the Death Realm quietly many times and seen them many times. After visiting more times, I can even vaguely identify who these death crows belong to. "

"..."

"The one that has been flying at the top and refuses to fall, and seems to be desperately trying to stay away from me, should be the death crow that belonged to my grandfather... This kind of bird will inherit some fragments of the consciousness of the living, and it is just like my grandfather. That way, he wouldn’t even turn his head to look at me until the end.”

"The one that fell on the shore should be my mother's death crow. It often looks at me silently like this, but it's just looking at me. Once I walk over, it will immediately fly away from the distance. Kai, refused to have any contact with me.”

"The only one that will get close to me is probably the death crow that belongs to my sister. She is a few years younger than my sister. She has always been a very naughty child. She always liked to pester me..."

"..."

Although reason told Leon that he should immediately interrupt Senior Emma's narration and let her lie down in the coffin of the third-generation director to repair her body.

But listening to Senior Emma telling the origins of the death-causing crows one by one, and recalling the relatives they represented, the words that had obviously flowed to her mouth seemed to be blocked by something, no matter what I couldn't even spit it out until I heard the low "gurgling" sound of the little crocodile behind me.

No more delay!

Looking back in the direction of the cemetery, after seeing the signal that the red-haired director had made with him before, Leon stood up in front of Emma's surprised eyes, returned to the half-collapsed lakeside hut, and brought the third generation The director's coffin board was carried out.

"Senior Emma, ​​I actually don't mind hearing what you have to say, but I stole this thing... uh... I borrowed it from the Third Generation together with the director, and I didn't tell him when I borrowed it.

So we can't use this thing all the time, we can only use it for a short period of time, and when we're done, we have to return it to the owner secretly...quietly. Otherwise, you lie down first, and I'll cover the lid and we can talk later?"

"..."

If you cover the lid, I can't see anything, so what can we talk about?

After looking at Leon with a slightly reproachful look, knowing that he was embarrassed to interrupt her, Emma shook her head and hummed lightly, then got up from the boulder by the lake and lay down in the empty coffin.

"Leon, don't cover it, okay?"

After gently pressing the back of Leon's hand to stop him from covering the coffin for herself, Emma stared at the crows circling in the sky in a trance, and discussed in a soft and gentle voice:

"When we are outside the dead world, these crows will fly very high, and sometimes you can only see a small black dot. This is the first time they are so close, and I want to take a closer look. "

"But if it is not covered, it will affect the effect of the repair, right? And after returning the things, we can come back again..."

"It doesn't matter, as long as most of the problems can be solved, I can slowly heal the remaining small part by myself."

"Okay then..."

After seeing the slight pleading look in Senior Emma's clear eyes, Leon, who wanted to persuade her again, softened his heart and did not insist. Instead, he lifted one side of the coffin, found an angle where he could see the lake and the crows, and leaned it on his chest.

"..."

"Thank you."