The trail of the sky The light belongs to you

In the early morning of the next day, the first ray of sunshine in Lorient seemed to sweep away all the haze of last night. The sunlight fell on the top of the bell tower, accompanied by white birds flying from the ground.

At Airship Ping, after seeing off her father on a business trip, Estier came to the Guerrilla Association.

"Sister Aina, good morning!" Estier walked into the door with a signature smile, and was about to accept the task left by her father with enthusiasm, when she suddenly caught a glimpse of the golden touch in front of the counter, "Ah... Onasha, you Come too."

"Hehe, good morning you all. Because there are still many tasks, I want to come here earlier to help."

"Well, let's arrange some missions. There are currently three missions," Aina flipped open the record booklet in front of her. "They are the monsters at Passel Farm, the direct commission from the mayor, and the commission from the reporter."

"Passel's Farm... Isn't that Tio's farm?"

"Tio...is Estel someone you know?"

"Yes," Joshua said, "it's our classmate."

"So that's how it is..." Onasa pondered for a while, "Miss Aina, then I will handle the mayor's entrustment, and I will leave the Passel Farm to Estier and the others, is that okay?"

"Well, yes." Aina said after recording the assignment of tasks in the record book, "Then the third task can be arranged after you come back."

"Good~!"

After the tasks were assigned, Onasa went to the mayor's mansion, while Estier and Joshua went from Elize Street to Tio's Passel Farm.

Since I haven't seen Tio for a long time, they get together very happily. The farm is peaceful during the day, and the crops are full of vitality. It seems that there is no monster attacking at night...

However, when night fell, there was a sound of rubbing in the farm... Monsters came quietly under the cover of night...

Estier approached quietly from behind, and after a fight, caught the "culprit" in front of the Tiou family.

"Then...there should be no more mistakes, so we must kill them?" Estier looked at the monsters huddled together with a slightly sad gaze.

"What are you talking about, Estelle?" In contrast, Joshua's attitude was very firm, "They are monsters, so they will naturally be executed..."

However, the Tiou family also felt pity for these poor little lives in front of them... Joshua saw that the client insisted on this, so he had no choice but to give up his original plan.

The night was dark, and the day of the two of them was spent on the farm like this... The monsters no longer dared to approach the farmland. The farm was enveloped by the sweet breath of sleep, and the warm atmosphere replaced the worry of monsters invading.

However, Joshua's heart was not so peaceful...

"Could it be... Joshua, are you still thinking about what happened just now?"

"Yeah... I'm really sorry for making everyone feel uncomfortable..." Joshua stared blankly at the ground, and the scene just now was still replaying in his mind.

"It's nothing, besides, Joshua's proposition is correct..." Estier was interrupted by Joshua before she finished speaking.

"No, it's not a question of right or wrong." Joshua raised his head and looked at the girl in front of him, with a hint of sadness in his eyes, "It's just that I'm ruthless, and until now I still think that they should be treated without hesitation." Killing is the right thing to do. Unlike Estier and Tio, I have no intention of pitying them at all. At this time, I will unconsciously hate myself... Is it because of a flaw in my character? Maybe it's in my heart Some parts of it are broken..."

Joshua smiled wryly, "Joshua is a big idiot!!!" Estier approached suddenly and yelled loudly.

"Ai, Estier...?" Joshua involuntarily retreated to the side of the bed.

"In the past five years, I have been watching Joshua's affairs. I know the good and the bad. So don't ignore me and say nonsense!" Estelle frowned, step by step Pressing, "It's broken or something, I will never allow you to say that!"

"...I'm sorry." The boy's eyes moved to one side, and at the same time, he also harbored a trace of gratitude to the girl.

"...It's good to know." Estier put away her angry expression and laughed, "However, I'm a little happy..."

"Eh?"

"Because... Joshua has always been troubled by himself," Estelle walked to the window, "today he finally confided his heart to me..."

- five years

——The bond between the two deepens day by day

—— It’s not like Joshua didn’t pray to the starlight in the sky, hoping that such a day could last forever

"...The above is the report from this visit to the Emerald Tower."

Onasa sent the sparkling spar to the mayor's mansion, and went to the Emerald Tower together with the two who returned from Passel's Farm—that is, the place where they first met, and served as a reporter for the "Libel Communication" magazine The guard of the duo met Dr. Yaluwa who was investigating the Tower of Four Wheels in the Libel area on the top of the tower, and then returned to the association, and happened to meet Shirazade who was completing the work and reporting.

"Well, it seems that the task has been completed smoothly." Aina closed the record book, and looked at the two newcomers who had just joined the guerrilla team with satisfaction.

"...It must be the first time I met Estier in the Emerald Tower, and I have improved in stick skills and coordination." Onasa smiled and gave encouragement.

"Hehe, of course, she is the teacher's daughter after all..." Before the mature silver-haired woman finished speaking, Mayor Klaus suddenly opened the door and rushed in...

After a while of incoherent explanations, everyone knew that a major event had occurred in the mayor's mansion—the sparkling crystals transported back from the Maruga Mine disappeared.

Estier, Joshua, and Onasa and Shirazade went to the mayor's house. The room where the sparkling crystal was stored was in a mess. Countless books on the bookshelf were turned upside down, but they should have been put in a safe place. The shining spar in the safe has disappeared.

Shirazade went to investigate some relevant personnel, while the other three conducted on-site investigations.

"...the sparkling spar...is placed in the safe," Estier stood by the door of the safe, "then how did the thief open it, you need a password..."

"..." Onasa squatted down and stroked the keys of the safe with her fingers, "...As expected, there is a kind of powder on the keys of the safe. The thief probably used this kind of thing to obtain the password of the safe."

"The door lock has not been damaged, and there are traces on the balcony guardrail..." Joshua analyzed the scene with a serious expression, "Then it seems that the thief came in from the balcony."

"It was Onasha who sent the sparkling spar...was there anything suspicious at that time?"

"...Yes, and..." Onasa looked up to the door, "I should already know who the thief is."

"Anyway—let's go downstairs and meet Miss Shera first."

After the four met, they began to analyze the case.

"The target of the prisoner is Qiyaoshi, a gang of 3-4 people, who climbed in from the balcony on the second floor... Could it be a recent traveler...?"

After listening to Estier's story, Shirazade recorded the situation in the manual...

"So, Mayor Klaus, have any suspicious people visited recently?"

"Hmm... let me think about it," the mayor held his chin and began to recall the visitors in the past two days, but after thinking for a long time, he still couldn't think of any suspicious people.

"...Mr. Mayor," Onasa who had been silent on the side suddenly said, "Do you forget the girl from Janice King's College when I visited that day?"

"... Oh, you said Joste." Klaus seemed to have just woken up from a dream, and then showed a noncommittal look, "Impossible, she is such a well-bred girl, Aonasa, aren't you the same think so?"

"...I really thought so at the beginning, but when you, Mr. Mayor, put the Qiyaoshi into the safe..." Onasha's eyes were full of seriousness, "I noticed her eyes, as if a hunter It's like staring at my prey, because there was nothing unusual at the time, so I didn't take it to heart..."

"Then, so..." Estelle opened her fiery red eyes, "Is that Joste? The girl we met in church?"

"Esther, have you met her before?"

"Yes, we met her when we were collecting medicinal materials for the rector." Joshua also recalled the image of Joste in the memory of the meeting at that time, "I really feel that she is a very educated student."

"..."

"Onasha?"

"Estil, take out that leaf."

"Eh... ah, okay."

Estier took out the leaf in her pocket and handed it to Onasa.

The slender fingers lifted the leaves to her eyes, and the sunlight through the window fell on the surface of the leaves and the girl's fingertips, dyeing the azure eyes brighter and brighter.

"...Mysterious Forest," Onasa's voice suddenly dropped a little, "it's there."

The four went to the mysterious forest, and found the prisoner in the depths—a girl who claimed to belong to the "Capua Family", but her strength was still inferior to the four guerrillas.

But... In the end, he was rescued by the small airship that arrived in time. Although the Qiyao Stone was recaptured, the prisoner was not arrested. This operation did not go as smoothly as expected...

"Ah... so tired..." Estelle rubbed her sore left shoulder, "I didn't expect to even move that kind of thing out in the end..."

"That's right...they still have the upper hand...I'm afraid they are the sky pirates who committed crimes in the Perth area." Shirazade couldn't help feeling a little regretful that he hadn't been able to catch them successfully.

"..."

"Onasa?" Joshua turned his head and found that the blond girl had been silent and had a stern expression on her face, and her pretty face was a bit more mature because of this expression, "I didn't speak at the beginning...could it be because of the battle just now?" Were you injured in the process?"

"Huh...ah, no...!" Onasa turned her head in a little surprise, and stepped back involuntarily after seeing the worried eyes of the three, "I'm just...thinking about something just now...that's all. "

"What happened just now...I'm sorry I was impulsive...that's why..." Estier, who mistakenly thought that Onasa was regretting the prisoner's escape, lowered her eyes.

"Ahaha... No, I'm not worried about this, it's better to say that you guys, Estier, have performed very well as quasi-guerrillas," Onasa turned to Sherazade, "That's right, Miss Sheila .”

"Hehe... that's true." Sherazade showed a warm smile, "I can give you a letter of recommendation when I return to the Lorient branch."

"...Then," Onasa put away her smile again, "I suddenly realized that there is still a little thing to be done, and I will trouble the three of you if I am embarrassed to report it."

"Ah good."

"Then, goodbye..."

The blond girl turned around, her hair drawing beautiful arcs in the air, but her back left doubts for the other three.

"...I always feel that Onasa is acting weird today..."

——Inside the mysterious forest, a golden shadow jumps and sprints from time to time. Wherever it touches, the monsters are wiped out, leaving only the glowing chips in the night, swaying in the wind.

The blond girl paced back and forth where the airship had arrived not long ago—she had always trusted her instincts.

"Some troubles happened in Perth while you were away"—this is what the young man who came by airship said

"Capua"—this...is the name of that fallen nobleman, right?

If the Perth accident was really caused by them... There should be three members of the Capua family. Could it be that large-scale theft can be carried out without the presence of the other two leaders?

And even if it's theft... What is [Trouble]...

Fallen nobility...

If you have to go to the other extreme once you encounter misfortune...then she...

The sky was almost so dark that she could no longer see the ground clearly, but for Onasa... she never cared where she slept, day and night, the second floor of the Guerrilla Association or here, to her, it was just the environment difference.

And only in the dream...she could really gain a moment of peace of mind.

"Hey...becoming a guerrilla...until now...you, what the hell..."

The girl's slight sleep talk also turned into moist air and gradually faded away.

On the other side, Estelle learned a piece of unfortunate news—the regular ship her father was on was missing.

The gears of fate - at this moment, began to turn.