“Wah… The ground is so far down.”
Says Alice, sounding happy.
We’re both riding Reimar right now, and I’m happy that Alice is happy.
Oh, and Reimar and the others gave Alice lots of presents, and she was happy to take them. We’re riding Reimar right now, but the other gryphons and Scifo wanted to take us for a ride too.
After talking it out, we decided we’d be riding Reimar, but the others wanted to come along too, so they’re flying with us.
Doanea is riding Riruha, because Doanea is still too small.
I feel like it’s been a while since we’ve all flown together like this, even if everyone’s been flying on their own.
“Are you scared Alice? Are you all right?”
“Yes. Everyone here formed a contract with you, so I think it’s all right. So this is what it feels like to fly…”
“Yes. It feels really good, doesn’t it!? I think the scenery is really lovely from the sky.”
I’m really happy that she likes looking at the scenery from the sky too.
I think it’s wonderful that we share things we like.
The gryphons fly pretty high, but I’m relieved to see Alice doesn’t look scared at all.
“You see this scenery all the time, right Lerunda?”
“Yes. I fly by myself or with them.”
“By yourself… With the magic you used before?”
“I fly with magic, but what I did before was just float. When I fly, I create wings like this.”
I say while activating the magic to form wings, and when I’m done, the pure white wings appear on my back.
Alice’s eyes start shining when she sees them.
“Wah, incredible. So magic can do this too. Those white wings really suit you. You’re like an angel.”
“Thanks Alice”
I say with a smile. I’m really happy to hear Alice complimenting me.
“Magic is really strange. I can give it the shape I want like this, and fly around.”
We keep having fun talking, until I see shadows coming from the other direction.
It’s Mister Villa and other winged people. Alice hasn’t really met them yet, so she looks a little anxious.
“It’s all right Alice. Mister Villa and the others are our friends.”
I say, and Alice looks relieved.
Then I introduce her to them. They don’t look too interested in Alice, and they’re pretty curt.
Alice looks a little shocked about it, but she understands when I tell her that this is how they talk most of the time to everyone except me.
“Doanea and Doanea’s father, Mister Douroean, are gods to Mister Villa and the others.”
“Gods… And you know Doanea’s father?”
“Yes. They worship Doanea, and they say they can’t ignore me because I’m a miko of the sky god. Mister Douroean is going to fly over the village during the festival, so you’ll get to see him too.”
I tell Alice.
She probably can’t get close to Mister Douroean. It’s hard to get close to him because he’s so powerful.
She was already nervous about the gryphons and Doanea, so she’d probably faint if she saw Mister Douroean up close.
“I feel like there are a lot of things beyond my imagination around you. Races of people that I’ve never seen in the Kingdom of Migha, values I never come in contact with during my normal life…
It’s really refreshing and fun to see so many different kinds of people. It’s like I’m in another world.”
“I was really surprised when I went to the Kingdom of Migha too. It made me feel like my world was really narrow.”
“It’s fun how it’s all the same world, but it changes so much if you travel a bit.”
“Yes, it’s interesting how there’s so many different people with different ways of thinking around the world. And it’d be nice if we could make it so they can live together in peace.”
“…You really are incredible, Lerunda. Having a goal like that.”
“Alice… Do you have a goal too?”
“I… Don’t have any goals as big as yours. I just want to help Princess Ninaev. It’s a really small goal, but…”
For some reason, Alice struggles to say that.
“I think it’s really lovely.”
“But it’s not a grand goal like yours.”
“There’s no big or small goals. I think wanting to help Princess Ninaev because you like her is a nice goal.”
It sounds like she was concerned about her goal being small, but that sort of thing doesn’t matter.
“Fufu, I guess that’s true. I’ll do my best for her.”
“Yes!!”
We keep talking up here in the sky.
And then, after having fun for a few days, it’s finally time for the spirit festival.
—Girl and the third spirit festival – Part eight
(The miko talks with her sister in the sky.)
