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“Really, no one shows up when it’s time for practice. It’s about time you came to the dojo!”
The stern voice of the old man echoed through the square. In an instant, the children who had been making noise quieted down and ran toward the dojo as if to escape. Some of the children were still struggling, but when the old man glared at them, they seemed to give up and headed for the dojo.
The moment she saw the old man, Carla’s face lit up.
“Master!”
The old man whom Carla called her master is the master Miter who teaches martial arts to the children at the dojo, and is also Carla’s foster parent. Of course, Sol and the others had known him when they had been in town before.
“Oh, Carla. You’re back?”
“Yes, I’m back! I had some business to attend to!”
“I see. Well, why don’t you go say hello to your parents and come in the dojo through the back door so the kids don’t make too much noise.”
“Okay!”
Carla replied cheerfully to Miter’s words.
Sol wondered if the greeting to her parents was about that setting. He had not yet heard directly from Carla, but she also had a serious past setting.
But Sol was soon distracted by something else. Behind the miter, a young man with blue hair.
He was Odie. Miter’s own son and Carla’s rival. He is also the character who is positioned as Kara’s “important person” in “Lian’s”.
Odie was not even looking at Carla, his eyes were downcast.
“Oh, Odie! It’s been a while!
Carla spoke to Odie with a smile, not caring about his condition.
“Hey, hey, hey! Let’s play for the first time in a while! I’m even stronger than before!”
“…..Oh, I’m sure you’re right. But I’m busy today, so I can’t.”
“Really? I’ll always make time for you! I’ve been looking forward to fighting with you!”
“…I see. Sorry, I have to go.”
With that, Odie turned his back to Carla. Sol’s heart was aflutter at the sight of Odie.
Compulsion.
Such words echoed in Sol’s head.
Indeed, even though Sol acted differently from the scenario, things were going according to the scenario in the end. And the voice he heard in his dream also said “compulsion”
In Pasionia, the scenario was slightly different, but it could no longer be said that Zed and Lacto remained on good terms, even though the miasma was no longer affecting them. What if this is also a “compulsion”? Sol is afraid that Carla and Odie will face the same situation, even though the effects of the miasma have been eliminated.
No, no. The only thing that has clearly disappeared is the effect of the miasma. The proof was in the children’s love for Carla, he thought to himself. Sol told himself. Zed and Lacto also apologized to him before they left, although he did not know the reason. Therefore, he was sure that he would not be disliked unconditionally like in the original story.
“Hmmm…I wonder what happened to Odie? Are you tired?”
Carla looked at Odie curiously for a while as he walked away. However, she turned around and smiled at the three
“I want everyone to come to say hello to my parents!…Is that okay?”
The three nodded in agreement to Carla’s words. They will probably go there, Sol thought.
Even though his best character was Celes, he loved all the main characters in “Lian’s”. So, if possible, he hoped that Carla’s smile would not be clouded any further. Sol wished strongly.
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“…… here, is it?”
Lepios said, lifting his glasses with a grimace.
The place that Carla took them to was a cemetery. He was familiar with Sol as a setting, but he remember being surprised when he played the game for the first time.
“Haha, I’m sorry for the short notice. Actually, my mom and dad are no longer with us.”
“I see …… are both of your parents are gone because of some accident. ……”
“No. They were killed. Actually, a long time ago, this town was attacked by a group of thieves. Back then, it wasn’t as much of a martial arts town as it is now, and there weren’t many people who could fight. Mom and Dad couldn’t fight either, so they died protecting me.”
Celes, who was listening next to her, looked at Carla with a startled look on her face, as if she had realized something.
“Hey, could it be that this band of thieves is ……?”
“That’s right. The ones we defeated. I never thought this trip would be about avenging my parents.”
The main storyline is also regularly accompanied by events involving the bandits. In the main story, the player only thinks that Carla is very active in defeating the bandits, but after the ending, the player learns the true meaning of Carla’s words by listening to her story in this town.
Of course, Sol knew all this from his previous life. But it was hard to hear it from Carla’s own mouth after having actually spent time together.
Sol had a question he wanted to ask Kara. Something that had never been depicted in the main game or in any of the other media that had been made into a media mix.
“Does Carla feel any better now that she has avenged her parents’ death?”
Sol asked, and Carla laughed, as if she were troubled.
“I don’t know. Even if I beat them, they won’t bring my mom and dad back to life. But I’m sure that now there will never be another child like me again. I’m glad to think about that. Or so I thought. ……”
For some reason, Carla stared at Sol.
“I’m just thinking that if Mom and Dad come back to life and I get to see them again, I’m going to be so happy.”
“Carla ……!”
Celes called Carla’s name accusingly. Sol didn’t understand why for a moment, but then he remembered the forbidden technique that Behe would have used. The same thing probably occurred to Celes.
“.. Carla’s parents cared so much about her that they risked their lives to protect her, didn’t they? If so, they definitely would not have wanted Carla’s name to be used in the forbidden technique.
I’m sure Carla’s parents would want her to live happily ever after.”
At these words, Carla’s eyes widened, as if she were upset, and then she looked away from Sol.
“I agree ……. I think so too. It has been more than ten years since I last saw them, and I don’t know what I would say to them if they came back to life. My parents are my teachers now, and Odie was there. I’ve decided that because of what happened, I’m going to become stronger this time and protect people.
I thought it was because of my mom and dad that I was able to do my best, and I wanted to grow up to be able to protect someone like my mom and dad. but……”
Carla stops in front of one grave. Then she crouched down in front of it.
“Hey, Mom and Dad? What is it to protect?”
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