... live free!

As soon as I got to the village, I headed towards someone with Mr. Elena's home. There was no one outside to work on what was going on in the village on the road because there was a lot of snow. There were a few houses, but as far as I can tell, about twenty? I'm not saying the neighbors are close to each other, so there may be other houses further away...

Elena said she was walking with that in mind.

"The house you see over there is my house."

That being said, the place where Mr. Elena pointed her finger was the house, close to the river and the mountain. Apparently, there's Mr. Elena's house around the outside of the village.

"You're on the far end, aren't you?

"It seems that your father lived near the mountain because he was a hunter. Well, I don't even know what the truth is..."

"You never asked your father?

"That's because your father died early..."

and Elena said that with a bit of a bitter laugh.

"Oh, really..."

I wonder if I might have heard something extra...... and Elena said, "Never mind, it was a long time ago," thinking about it. Maybe Mr. Elena died when she was little. and walking with that in mind, I arrived at Mr. Elena's house.

When I arrived in front of the house, Mr. Elena knocked on the door. Then the door opened after a while when a woman called "Yes" heard from inside the house.

"Who could it be?

It was the woman who said so and came out. Perhaps Mr. Elena's mother? I thought so and looked very similar to Elena when I peered into her face. Is she a little lower than Mr. Elena?

"Ha, I'm home"

When Elena said that she was afraid, Elena's mother began to talk with a happy hug when she found out she was her own daughter.

"Not Elena!? You haven't been home in a long time. And you're prettier than you were before."

"Ugh, yeah."

Apparently it's been a long time since my daughter has been happy to be back and tense. Is she a calm, gentle mother from how she usually looks like Mr. Elena? I was a little surprised because I thought so, but maybe I can't help but be happy at my first reunion in a long time because Elena said she hasn't been home recently? And I thought that. Well, it's not like Elena and Elena's mother have similar personalities...