Chapter 03 Quarrel
A monster was approaching in front of me.
A wolf monster I once saw.
A monster with gray-like fur opened its mouth wide and jumped at me to eat me.
I deal with the monsters that rush straight in by moving sideways.
By doing so, the enemy's attack that had lost its target would have been in vain, and I would have been able to aim at the empty flank of the monster.
The monster’s failed attack pass by me.
I swing my sword up at the enemy's flank, which has become empty as I aim.
“Louis—!!”
That was the moment.
My name was shouted with a scream.
"Ah, aaaa, aaaaaahhh..."
My mother was being attacked.
The monster that was supposed to be beside me just now is gone.
In front of my eyes, my mother was being devoured by monsters.
In front of my eyes, the light disappears from my mother's eyes as she looks at me.
--- Did she protect me again?
The sword in my hand fell to the ground.
My body loses strength and my knees bend.
In despair, everything in front of me turned black――――
"...!, Haa..., Haa..., Haa..."
Buffing away the sheets, Louis jumped up.
(A dream, huh...)
Since then, Louis has been having nightmares from time to time.
It's been half a year since Louis started training with the sword.
Gradually, Louis became accustomed to handling the sword, and while the villagers no longer looked at him with pity, only this dream continued to plague him.
The content of the dream is that of a mother who is always attacked by monsters and his self who cannot do anything.
Louis gripped the sheets as he clearly remembered the contents of his dream.
"I have to get stronger..."
No matter how well Louis could swing his sword, monsters would definitely attack his mother.
attacked her mother and devoured her.
That scene seemed to imply that Louis still lacked training, and every time he saw this dream, his feelings grew stronger.
He didn't want to go back to sleep.
His obsession that he has to be strong.
Propelled by it, Louis got off the bed and grabbed the wooden sword he had leaned against the window.
Louie slowly leaves the room so as not to wake his sleeping father.
His back was illuminated by the light of the full moon that came through the window of.
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"--- Louis!!"
It was around the time when Louis had finished his daytime work and the sun was about to start to set.
After helping his father, Louis, who was swinging his wooden sword in the garden as usual, noticed a red-haired girl running towards him.
A girl with beautiful red hair――Claire was glaring at Louis with a very angry expression.
Leaving the bewildered Louis elsewhere, Claire, who arrived in front of Louis, cried out with even a few tears in her crimson eyes.
"Why didn't you come today!?"
Louis was deeply confused by those words.
He had been training since before sunrise this morning, so his brain wasn't working very well.
He spent a lot of time thinking...
"……ah"
I remembered.
Come to think of it, Claire told me to come to her house for lunch yesterday.
The way she communicated at that time was extremely brief, and because he had a dream, Louis had completely forgotten about it until now.
Claire angrily said to Louis, who was about to apologize for that.
"I've been waiting for you for so long...!"
To be honest, Louis couldn't help but think that she didn't have to get so angry.
He certainly should apologize for forgetting his promise. But she doesn’t have to get so angry about it.
However, yesterday and the day before yesterday, they played together. Louis thought that even if he couldn't play today, he should be able to play again tomorrow.
“――――Louis, you don’t remember what day it is today?”
Claire asked if she had such thoughts on her face.
Louis was impatient at hearing that voice that made you feel sad――and then came to a realization.
(...That's right. Today is Claire's birthday...)
Claire's face was filled with sorrow and sadness as she must have understood what Louis had come up with--That Louis had forgotten until now--.
“Louis, you idiot!!!”
Claire is furious that their promise was completely ignored, and that he even forgot her own birthday.
Her angry voice echoed throughout the village.
"...I don't care anymore!!"
Then she runs off.
She let her tears glisten on her cheeks, her eyes twisted into disapproval, and the rage that ran through her.
"W, Wait--!"
Louis, who restarted after a short pause, chased after her.
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