08-19 An Ending
“Last but not the least, I’ve got something I want Elsa to hear.”
“It’s about Mine.”
“Mine! Is she alright!?”
“Yeah. She’s already awake and recovering.”
“I’m glad…”
“Elsa, it could be said that Mine was the one who tempted you and made you go through that dangerous experience. Despite that, you’re worried?”
“Mm. But, when I was in danger Mine protected me with her body. Of course I’m worried.”
“Sigh, of course indeed. I guess that runs in the blood.”
“Rai-nii, what do you mean?”
“Mine is your real mother, I think.”
“Rai-nii! Is that, true?”
This time Jin answered.
“Ow.”
Jin and Reinhardt both worriedly ran over to her. As Elsa and Reinhardt were poor at sitting in seiza, five cushions had been stacked for each of them and so the height difference had been large.
Elsa said and stood up while rubbing her butt, pulled the cushions towards herself and sat down. She had tears in her eyes but you couldn’t tell if it was from the pain of falling on her backside, or from the happiness of knowing her real mother.
Elsa looked Jin in the eyes and said. Jin pondered her request. Then he came to a conclusion.
In addition, Reiko also approved of that.
“The environment’s also good there, right? If you lived there then I’d be relieved too. Also there’s no way Mine would be employed again either.”
“In that case, I’ll go back to Tellurs for now.”
“Of course. Because you don’t want to come in the Celuroa Kingdom’s region of special precautions, just tell me when to take a detour or something so we can meet up again.”
Lately, the tuning for Magic Energy wavelengths reached great successes, so that they could make calls on around 1000 channels without interference. Compared to radio waves the amount of channels is not at all that much, but as it could cover all the members of Hourai Island it was a very important thing.
“I see, that’s good. Right, I suppose I’ll make contact regularly. I wonder if nights would be okay.”
“In that case, I’ll also go meet Mine so let’s go to Tellurs together.”
And so, Jin and Reinhardt along with Reiko were seen off by Elsa and they warped to Tellurs.
“I probably don’t particularly need to see Mine. Give her my regards.”
Reinhardt returned to the hotel, while Jin headed to Sally Milsson’s clinic.
This time, there were no patients in the clinic.
Sally said and greeted Jin.
“Hm? That’s probably okay. But she can’t work too hard, alright?”
Jin said and Sally looked relieved.
She said. And so Jin went to sickroom.
Mine tried to sit upright but Jin stopped her and,
He asked. Mine smiled and said,
However, Jin replied,
“If not here, then where? …Could it be?”
“Ah, you’ve already got a faint idea? To where Elsa is.”
Mine said and hung her head in unease. Good grief, is this really Mine, Jin thought due to the large change. Maybe the evil spirit in her came out or something, Jin thought.
Jin said, and Mine stared at him in wonder.
“Y, yes.”
“Doctor, thank you for your help.”
“What, you also helped me a lot. I too will try researching restorative medicine. First I’ve decided to test with my own blood.”
Soon after they went to where the carriage was, and after confirming no one was around got in. Only at the moment of going through the Warp Gate in the carriage Jin supported Mine, and instantly they warped to Hourai Island. Elm and Ash guarded the carriage.
“Come on, let’s finish this quick for Father.”
“O, oi, what is that?”
Some bystanders were surprised or doubtful but no more than that, and in two hours Reiko had moved the carriage to the ruins.
Bringing Mine along, Jin returned to Hourai Island. Mine’s eyes darted around in confusion after her first Warp Gate experience.
And, in front of the mansion there was the figure of a person. Of course, it was Elsa.
Elsa also froze when she saw Mine.
“Mo…ther.”
One step, then another, slowly step-by-step she approached Mine.
“Mother!”
At first Mine’s arms wandered about in the air as if she didn’t know what to do, but eventually those arms held Elsa tight.
“Mo…ther.”
“…I had no idea my real mother was this close all along. I wasn’t alone.”
“Mm, it’s…fine, already.”
The two wanted to stay there like that until it was pitch black, but Jin was worried for Mine who was still recovering and called out to them in the end, and finally the two separated.
Afterwards, the two once more went through a Warp Gate and to the mansion in Kunlun Island.
Elsa who had come here earlier already knew, but Mine had a little, nay, a very strained look on her face.
“Mm. Thank you for everything.”
“Mine, get better soon.”
“Mother, huh. Lucky for Elsa.”
On the way to the Warp Gate, suddenly he looked up at the sky and the whole sky was full of stars. And then, after returning to Hourai Island Jin finally began to go all out.
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