Chapter 89

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I trained with Kuro until I was tired enough to take a nap.

Even while eating lunch after waking up, I kept my mind on my spirit power.

Even when playing with Sara, eating dinner, and taking a bath, I was always aware of my spirit power.

Thanks to that, even though it was just one day, I felt I had a much better handle on how to use my spirit power.

After getting out of the bath, we returned to our room.

The sound of rain could be heard from outside.

"Luria, it's still raining. It's getting stronger."

"Yeah. We can't play outside. Daru doesn't mind the rain, though."

"Waf?"

Daru goes for a walk twice a day, in the morning and evening, even in the rain.

Though more restrained than usual, he still runs around outside with his attendant for about an hour.

"The attendant must have been soaked."

"Wau."

The head attendant laughed, saying it was good training for rainy weather, but the attendant looked quite miserable.

"I hope it clears up tomorrow."

"Yeah. Sara likes sunny days." "Waf waf"

Sara and Daru also seemed to like sunny days.

While talking about such things, we climbed into bed together.

Before falling asleep, I closed my eyes and circulated my spirit power within my body.

"...Luria, what are you doing?"

"Kuro taught me a training exercise. Do you want to try, Sara?"

"Sure!" "Rya~"

"Does Loa want to try too?"

Loa also seemed eager to practice, so I decided to teach her.

The method for circulating spirit power and magic power is not much different. I taught Sara and Loa how to circulate their magic power.

Sara and Loa were both very skilled at manipulating magic power from the start.

"Sara and Loa, you both have a real knack for this."

"Really, we do."

"Is that so? Hehe" "Rya rya!"

However, Sara and Loa, being so small, fell asleep during the practice.

I was also practicing with my eyes closed and must have fallen asleep without realizing it.

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"Luria, Luria."

"......What is it?"

In the middle of the night, I was woken up by Sara.

"I, I need to use the bathroom."

"Okay, I'll go with you."

There is a bathroom attached to this room.

But it must have been scary for her to move there in the dark.

I held Sara's hand and moved to the bathroom in the dark.

Koruko and Daru were sleeping in the bed, but Caryo followed us.

"Caryo, you should go back to sleep."

"Kyu."

Caryo seems to keep watch even in the middle of the night.

It's very helpful, but I'm worried about her.

"Luria, it's so dark."

"Yeah. There's no moon or stars out tonight."

I could ask Kuro to shine, but he must be tired too.

"Luria, will you wait outside? Caryo, can you help Sara?"

"Okay, thank you." "Kyu~"

Caryo went into the bathroom with Sara, so I waited outside the door.

"Luria, are you there?"

"I'm here, don't worry."

"Okay, hehe."

Sara seemed scared and kept calling out to me.

I'm used to the dark.

In my previous life, I lived in a dark barn.

"Luria, the rain is really heavy, isn't it?"

"Yeah."

The sound of the rain pounding against the window and the strong wind grew louder.

Sara might have been woken up by the intense noise and then realized she needed to use the bathroom.

"I hope there's no flooding..."

In my previous life, I was sometimes called to help with flood prevention.

I once spent a whole night supporting a breached levee to prevent water from overflowing.

I looked towards the window and noticed Loa was there.

"Loa, are you awake?"

"......"

Silently, Loa stared at me with a blank expression.

There was something about her that didn't seem like Loa.

Also, the presence of the lake beyond the guardhouse felt strange.

I stared at it, but saw nothing.

"Was it just my imagination?"

"Sorry, hehe." "Kyu"

Sara and Caryo came out of the bathroom.

"Are you okay now?"

"Yeah, thank you. How about Luria?"

"I'm fine. Loa, are you okay?"

I called out, but Loa continued to stare out the window without moving.

I'll carry her to the bed later.

Thinking that, I walked back to the bed with Sara's hand.

Just as we were about to reach the bed, the room lit up for a moment.

A few seconds later, a loud "BOOM" echoed.

"That was a thunderclap. It was close."

"......"

"Sara?"

Sara was frozen in place.

"Did it scare you?"

Sara tends to freeze when she's scared.

"It's a good thing you went to the bathroom."

If she hadn't, she might have had an accident.

I carried the frozen Sara on my back to the bed.

"Loa, are you okay?"

"......"

When I called out, Loa looked at me with the same blank expression.

She didn't seem scared, but she wasn't her usual self.

I should calm Sara down first.

"......Wau" "Kou?"

Daru was still sleeping, but Koruko was awake and looking at us.

"I'm fine. Sara was just scared."

Still, it's impressive that Daru didn't wake up from such a loud noise and light.

I laid Sara down on the bed and lay down next to her.

"......It's okay. Sara, don't be scared. Good girl, good girl."

After petting her for a while, Sara started to calm down.

"Luria, I'm sorry. I got scared."

Sara was still a bit shaky.

"It was a loud noise."

"Was Loa scared too?"

"Um, it was the thunder that was scary."

I wasn't looking outside when the thunder struck.

But if I had, I might have thought Loa, who was by the window, had glowed when the window lit up.

"Right. Thunder is scary."

The next moment, the room lit up again, and a few seconds later, a loud boom echoed.

The interval between the light and sound seemed to be getting shorter.

"Ah!"

"Sara, try to sleep peacefully."

I pulled the covers over us and hugged Sara tightly.

Caryo and Koruko snuggled up to Sara.

"This will make the noise less noticeable."

"......Okay. Thank you. Hehe."

"I'll hold you until you fall asleep, Sara."

"Loud noise" "Got scared" "Hug me"

The spirits, who weren't there before, came and lit up the inside of the blanket.

"Sara, the spirits are here, so it's bright and safe, right?"

"......Yeah. The spirits are cute."

"Sara" "Warm" "Hug me"

"Loa, come over here."

"......"

But Loa didn't move from the window.

After hugging Sara for about three minutes, she and the spirits finally fell asleep.

"Phew. Thunder is scary."

I got out of bed and moved to the window to pick up Loa.

"Loa, are you scared?"

"Yaa"

Loa was trembling. She made a small sound and pressed her face into my chest.

"Of course, you were scared. I'm sorry."

"Rya"

Maybe I should have hugged Loa before putting Sara to sleep.

I gently stroked Loa.

"I hope the goats are okay."

"......"

Loa was already asleep. She must have felt safe in my arms.

While returning to the bed, I looked outside the window.

The heavy rain continued, but the thunder seemed to have stopped.

"......Auu"

Daru had been sleeping the whole time.

"If Daru is sleeping, it must be safe."

Daru may look unreliable, but he's dependable. He would wake up if something really dangerous happened.

"......Where is Kuro?"

Maybe Kuro is with the goats.

Thinking about that, I must have fallen asleep without realizing it.

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