Almark – Northern Sword, Southern Wand

When everyone returned home, fewer than twenty students remained in the dormitory. Almark and Morgan ate in a rough dining room.

The dormitories, which were rarely popular, were usually full of students.

In addition, it seems that at first about twenty students were half of the students who failed in the exam. After five days, they finished the exam and returned to their hometown happy. In the end, there were about ten students left.

Almark spent this vacation as meaningfully as he could.

Meditate in the morning and evening, go fishing in the woods with Morgan during the day, or go to the city to buy Morgan. Morgan came frequently to invite me, so Almark couldn't refuse either. In the evening, I read various books I borrowed from the library.

Almark thought this wasn't a bad life either.

In the meantime, Morgan waited every day for a letter from Wendy. I was told to write when I got home, but I couldn't get a letter.

Wendy's letter finally arrived 12 days after the holiday began.

I'm here, I'm here!

Morgan entered Almark's room with great joy in an envelope with his name on it.

It took me a long time to get here.

Almark nodded as Morgan did.

"It must have been so much fun at home that they forgot about us."

and responds.

I guess so. Will Wendy forget about us? [M]

Almark felt a little unnatural on the day he received the letter.

I wonder if something happened.

Open it...

Morgan's face, which opened the letter with a full smile, quickly clouded.

"Eh...."

"What's wrong?

Almark snapped his eyebrows.

"Almark, this."

Morgan looks up and shows Almark a letter. And in Almark's eyes, at the beginning of the letter in Wendy's handwriting,

Almark, Morgan, I'm sorry.

I saw something written on it.

"... what do you mean?"

Receive and read a letter from a thoroughly refined Morgan.

The text of the letter was full of apologies and meticulous attention like Wendy. Conversely, the contents were difficult to understand, but this was the case briefly.

Wendy's father, Sir Elmond, is still in his thirties and is now a great aristocracy minister in the Kingdom of Galai, and it is said that he will eventually become Prime Minister.

However, Sir Elmond also had many political enemies, as was often the case with young headliners.

It is unclear whether one of them hired unknown individuals to harm Sir Elmond himself or his family, or whether he intends to threaten them, but the shadows of suspicious individuals are often seen in the vicinity of Garentle's Bar Herb house.

Anyway, recently, small animal carcasses have been placed on the gates of the Mansion and threatening statements have been sent suggesting harm to the family.

Sir Elmond is not a cowardly man of that magnitude, except for his beloved daughter, who has returned home.

Wendy returned early and, on instructions from her father, separated from her parents and spent time with the butler Ward and the others in the original Bar Herb Mansion, further north of the King's Capital Garentle.

"I asked my father to help me stay in Garento for a little bit, but he didn't give up because it was for your own safety."

It was written in Wendy's letter.

Wendy is now in a city called Miletos in Bar Herb Territory. Garenthal only has Sir and Mrs. Elmond and Wendy's brother.

That was why the letter arrived so late.

"It's over...."

Morgan mutters.

"... my vacation is over now. What are we going to live for?"

That's an exaggeration.

That said, Almark was not disappointed.

It was a pity that they couldn't go, but it was painful for Wendy to spell "I'm sorry" and "I'm really sorry" repeatedly in her letter.

How does Wendy feel about her vacation right now?

Almark stared at Wendy's beautiful handwriting.

The next day, Almark invited Morgan to fishing.

Morgan, who was totally out of breath, didn't seem to get along very well, but he forced him out to change his mood.

I tried hanging the fishing line side by side in the usual stream, but I can't catch fish at all on these days.

Morgan sighed and murmured.

"Even though the nuts are so beautiful... my heart is gray."

"... Morgan, what are you doing now?"

Suddenly he turned to Almark and Morgan was calm.

Huh?

"What did you just say?

"My heart is gray."

"No, before that."

"The nuts are so beautiful....."

"Yes, that's it!

Almark got stuck in Morgan.

"Where is it blooming? Nutmeg Tachia Oi."

"Eh... there it is."

Looking at the tip of Morgan's finger, it was true that the part that had been just a green bush until now was colored in bright blue.

Almark was stripped of his eyes by the vibrant blue that seemed to stain his eyes. Flowers I've never seen in the north where Almark was born.

It's beautiful.

"Even my house blooms. I heard it blooms here, but I've never seen it since I'm not here in the middle of the summer."

and Morgan.

"I've never seen it before in my life. It's my first summer in the south."

Almark said.

And I remember Wendy who said she wanted to see this flower.

I want to show it to Wendy.

I naturally thought so.

It is unlikely to be native to the Bar Herbal Territory north of Garentle.

Give this flower to Wendy.

I remembered Wendy's face when I dropped her off.

"Let's go."

Huh?

Morgan looks up at suddenly rising Almark.

Let's go, Morgan.

Morgan looks confused.

"Well, where are you going?

Almark had already made up his mind.

"To see Wendy. Let's go show Wendy that flower."