Episode 4 – Those who relied and those who did not

The fact that the demon king had already fallen means that Sol did not wake up for that long.

For Sol, who has a sense of his previous life, it was a wonder that he was still alive when he was swallowed by the rubble. But this is a game world. It was a matter of course that even if you were burned by fire magic or shot by lightning magic, if the opponent was weak, you would only be grazed, and even if you were seriously injured, you would be able to manage with recovery magic.

So Sol had no doubts that he could move normally even though he was still alive and had been in a coma for a long time.

But when a loud rumbling sound came from Sol’s stomach, both Sol and Celes couldn’t help but laugh.

“”hall we have a meal? But we don’t have much to eat here.

Sol suddenly wondered at Celes’ words. He wondered why she was in a place like this with Sol, who had not woken up.

If you look closely, this cave was the hideout of the bandit group that you visited during the main storyline. The bandits had already been destroyed when the event occurred. In the game, even after the event, there were still some small fry enemies that were assumed to be survivors of the bandits, but since this was not a game, there was no endless springing up, and it would certainly be a safe place to go. Nevertheless, it was too disproportionate a place to say that Celes was nursing Sol.

But that question was soon put to the back of his mind. As she tried to stand up, Celes stumbled to her feet and crouched down on the ground.

“Are you okay?!”

“….I’m fine. I just got a little dizzy. Nothing serious.”

“But ……”
　
When he looked at Celes’s face again, he noticed that her eyes were severely dark circles and her complexion was pale. And it was easy to figure out that the cause that

“I’ll prepare the meal! So, Celes, lie down!”

“No! You just woke up. ……”

“I’m fine enough that I don’t care about that! I don’t know why, but Celes took such good care of me, didn’t she? So now I’m asking you to let me take care of Celes!”

Sol said this to Celes, in his “Sol” way, but with all his heart in his words. Celes looked at Sol with a smile and a few tears in her eyes.

“Really, Sol hasn’t changed at all since we met.”

“Eh……?”

“Do you remember? Every time I tried to prepare the meals, Sol scolded me and told me not to try to do it all by myself and to rely on someone else.”

　
When Celes said that, Sol also somehow remembered that time. In the first campout, Carla seasoned the food appropriately and made it tasteless, while Lepios disregarded taste as long as the food was nutritious.

However, preparing meals in the camp was not easy. Of course, it was the fault of the three of them for not being good cooks, but Celes was always trying to move even during breaks, and before she knew it, she was exhausted and dizzy. Sol thought he could at least clean up and prepare the tools, but even that was stopped, and he remembers saying so.

Then the roles were divided up, once again assessing their strengths and weaknesses. Sol himself was taught to cook a little when he could afford it, and he is now able to do simple things on his own. Even after the miasma had taken over and hit Sol hard, he cooked several times, despite complaints, so as not to be a burden

“Thanks to your dependence, I’ve learned to cook simple dishes! Don’t worry, I won’t burn it anymore.”

“Fufu. You’re right. But this time Sol just woke up. So, ah yeah. How about we cook together and then we both get a lot of rest?”

“Haha. That’s one way to do it! We could do it quickly and then take a nap.”

“That’s a good idea. Let’s do that.”

Sol stood up at Celes’ words. And then, to make sure that Celes would have no problem wobbling, Sol held out his hand to Celes. Celes also stood up, this time without wobbling, leaning a little on Sol.

“Was there a galley over there? Let’s get going!”

With the map somewhat in his head, Sol ran out of the room he was in. He was so light that it was hard to believe he had been asleep for so long.

Celes stares at Sol’s back, looking a little sad.

“You spoiled me like that, but you did everything on your own and didn’t even ask me for help.”

She traced her body and remembered the warmth she had felt when she hugged Sol earlier.

“This time, I won’t make the mistake again. I’m going to spoil you so much, just like you did to me, that you won’t be able to live without me. And then I will lock you up in this place where no one will ever come. How I thought I would do it. ……”

Celes takes out a magic tool for communication that was in her pocket. There were many messages from Lepios and Kara.

“Lepios. Kara. I’m sure you two will understand what I’ve done. Don’t you?”

Celes laughed to herself.

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