I’ve come across a lot of problems so far, but memory loss is a first.
“Sorry, can you put me down?”
“Ah, yes.”
I’m holding her in a princess carry to take her with me, but I put her down as she asks.
She doesn’t know what’s going on, but there’s no uncertainty in her strong eyes.
“Judging by the situation, I assume you saved me.”
“Yes, I did. Well, found you is more like it.”
“Oh, just having a friendly person with me when I wake up is enough to feel emotionally stable.”
“Ooh…”
The way she talks it’s like she’s being considerate. It feels like she’s pretty generous.
And as I think that she’s being very mature despite her memory loss, she starts generating hot wind around her to dry herself quickly.
“Was that magic?”
“Hn? Ah, I guess so. I used it without even thinking…”
It’s magic that Reina uses sometimes that’s like a hair dryer.
This kind of daily life magic is pretty sensitive, and Xellos said that he’s bad at it except with fire.
So if she used it without even thinking, she must be pretty good…
“You don’t know your name, do you?”
“Yes… That’s a problem.”
She looks at the sea, and then back at me.
“I feel a strange power on this island… What’s your name?”
“Toudou Arata. You can call me Arata.”
“I see. And I… Call me Noname for now. It’s best if you have something to call me.”
Noname smiles gently while her blonde hair flutters.
In any case, I can’t just leave her here when I have no idea what happened with her, so I take her home with me.
The path from the sea to the house is paved and easy to walk on, and monsters haven’t gotten close to this forest lately because they remember my smell.
“Incredible.”
“You can tell?”
“Yes, but I don’t know what’s so incredible. I just feel an incredible power in this path.”
She speaks well, looks good, and comes across like a military person.
She walks while looking impressed, but also keeps looking around with caution.
“We probably won’t be attacked by monsters.”
“Are they afraid of your power?”
“Yes. They are very wary of me apparently.”
Well, I go out hunting them with Tiltue or Luna, so that makes sense.
We get through the forest, and see Snow playing with a bamboo-copter outside.
“I’m back.”
“Ah, daddy!”
She forgets her flying toy, and jumps at me to hug me.
I pat her hair, and she looks up at me with a nice smile.
“Welcome back!”
“Thanks. Where’s Reina?”
A lot of times, when Snow is playing outside, Reina gets a chair and reads, but I don’t see her.
“She left in a hurry with grandma Merlin. She said to Snow to stay home.”
“In a hurry? What happened?”
I don’t feel Xellos’ and Merlin’s presence, so apparently they did go somewhere.
But it’s not like Reina to leave Snow, so it couldn’t have been just a small thing.
“Do you know where they went?”
“No.”
“I see.”
Then there’s nothing I can do.
I’m worried, but those three are used to this island by now, and are all veteran fighters, so they should be fine.
I also can’t abandon the girl without memories…
“You don’t have to worry about me.”
“I can’t not do that.”
For once, no one is here to visit, so there’s a chance the house could be destroyed by monsters if no one’s around.
Wil is sleeping in the back, so it would probably be fine, but still, we just have to wait.
“Let’s just wait inside for mommy to come back.”
“Yes.”
Snow nods, and looks at Noname with a puzzled expression.
She does that a lot with people she’s never seen.
“Nice to meet you?”
“Nice to meet you.”
“Yes!”
I guess Snow thinks something’s funny, because she laughs brightly, takes my hand, and starts running to the house.
A small smile forms on Noname’s face as she watches this, and she slowly follows us.
“A lot of things feel artificial for an island that seems mostly untouched by people.”
“Yes, a lot of stuff was brought from the continent.”
Noname is pretty surprised by the difference between how things are inside this house and outside.
I’m used to it, but a lot of the stuff Reina brought really does look out of place when the idea was to explore an undeveloped island.
According to her, stress relief was an important factor, and since there was the possibility of dying on this island, she brought all she could carry.
And that’s why we can live a pretty comfortable life.
Apparently Snow is interested in Noname, because she keeps roaming around her.
Anyway, I prepare some tea and give it to the girl sitting on a sofa, and think about what to do now.
“Do you remember anything?”
“Nothing.”
There’s a good chance she’s a noted mage, considering the magic she used.
That said, I’ve heard there are elves on the continent too, so maybe that doesn’t have anything to do with it…
“Is there something in the back?”
“Yes, someone sleeping that probably won’t wake up until night.”
“…”
She probably senses Wil’s power, because she looks a little wary.
“She teases a lot, but she’s not dangerous…”
“If you say so, I’ll believe it.”
I feel like she’s strangely trusting. Is it because I saved her?
Then I feel Snow pulling at my pants.
“Daddy… Play?”
“Ah…”
Without Reina or Katima and the others around, Snow looks a little lonely.
She usually has someone to play with.
But Noname is here…
“Then I’ll play too.”
“Are you sure?”
“A child looks lonely, so it’s an adult’s job to play along.”
Noname looks like a kid too, but she’s probably of a race with a long lifespan, like an elf.
And the sense of presence I get from her is not that of a kid…
But oh well, she’s offering, so I’ll accept.
It’s not like I can do anything else, so let’s play until Wil wakes up or the others come back.
“Go get something, Snow.”
“Yes!”
She goes to the box in her room, and starts rummaging through the toys.
Reina is going to scold her and say she has to put everything away, but she looks so excited now, that I don’t feel like warning her.
“Fu, your kid is cute.”
Says Noname with a very gentle expression and squinted eyes while looking at Snow.
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Hmmm…
I wonder if someone deliberately wiped her memory, or if it is just the old “bumped their head too hard” trope.