Magi Craft Meister

Time went back a little bit, the night before Elsa and Meine's disappearance was discovered. in one of the hotels in the regional city of Icasanato.

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Elsa, back in her room, was crying without a voice.

Marquis Eisen knows. He came from time to time because the territory was next door and he was also my father's superior officer.

Small fat shape on head with no hair. He says he had a tight body before he retired, but Elsa couldn't imagine it.

Before, when Beana was proposed to Count Kuzma, she was asked by Beana at the time what she thought of her marriage to Jen.

At that time, Elsa remembers thinking, I like Jen, but I can't think of anything to say that I'm going to live with her when I get married.

"But that one..."

I didn't like it. I didn't even like being with the Marquis. I didn't like being the wife of such a person any more. Chills run just because they stare at me. Elsa bit her lips off and could only weep.

But as a daughter born in a noble house, she must obey her father's orders. Well, if it was a fringe that would benefit the house, everyone around would be happy. Except for one, Elsa of the day.

That's when the door was knocked.

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As Elsa did not reply, the door was gently opened and Meine came in.

"Lady."

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Still not responding to Elsa,

"You don't have to say anything. You don't like marrying the Marquis, do you?

Meane says. Elsa accidentally saw Meine's face.

"I know. She's the girl I've been watching since I was a baby."

Meine smiled gently and held Elsa's head gently.

"Meine......"

Finally, Elsa, who can no longer contain her emotions, calls Meine's name. At the same time, tears overflowed again,

"Meine, meine..."

Elsa kept crying for a while while while she was held in Meine's chest.

Meine opened her mouth in anticipation of Elsa calming down a little.

"Lady, here are two paths. One is the path of dowry to the Marquis as he was told as an aristocratic woman. The other way is to abandon your aristocratic status and gain the freedom to make your own decisions."

"On your own, decide, freedom?

Elsa looked up to the sound of it.

"Yes. We commoners are less determined than nobles. For that matter, it can be hard, but the hard work pressed and the hard work of your own choosing. You can't say which is generally better, but don't you think it's better to have the hard work of your choice anyway?

Meine's temptation had gained time.

As a matter of fact, I've been secretly preparing for a lot of things, waiting for the day I come to this city close to where I come from. To grab Elsa.

But if Elsa could have gotten out of it by her own will, it would have been good to say that she was lucky enough not to want any more for Meine.

A trick, a ploy, Meine was trying to make Elsa care about it.

"I'll do it myself, I'll do it, I'll be free"

Again Elsa repeated.

"I may never see Master Reinhardt again. Because that one is noble. But Master Jin is a common man, and in a year or two, when most of them are cold, we may be able to meet again."

That's what Meine added. Might as well call it ingenious. Elsa was concerned about Jen, and she inspired the emotions she admired well.

"Jin, I'm sure..."

If I could meet Jen, Jen might make me meet Reinhardt well. Elsa with such hope as well.

And how long has Elsa been snorting at Meine?

"Go"

That's all I said. Meine hugged Elsa again,

"Ma'am! You've made a good decision. Meine will protect your daughter even in exchange for her life."

That's what I said and stroked Elsa's back.

They disappeared that night.

Wear common people's clothes secretly prepared by Meine, through the back door, and sneak.

No one would expect Elsa to escape, so there was no lookout.

There were guard soldiers, but they didn't stick all the time, they only patrolled regularly, so it wasn't hard to get away with anticipating their absence.

I left all the accessories, the tenacity, and the extra baggage that I could see at a glance as aristocratic. And daggers and rings.

The ring was removed, so when I realized it, it was not a situation where I could go back and get it. Though the truth is that Meine dared to make such a situation when she knew Jen had given it to her.

(But that's all)

Only the brooch Jen gave me for my birthday was Elsa, who snuck it in her chest pocket.

Elsa, who also wanted to take the dagger, was drawn a little back in her hair, but was drawn by Meine's hand and walked towards the darkness of the night.

Only Panse and Lily from the Secret Mobility Unit (SP) were watching that. But when Jen had nothing to do with it, he did nothing but drop it off.

Meane, who was storing the bulk of the salary she received as a nanny for the day, told Elsa that she didn't have to worry about the money for the moment and almost got out dressed.

Meine's home is next door to Icasanato, in the town of Sassad. He's a pretty wealthy merchant, but I'm not going to rely on him because he'll be able to look into it first.

In the dark, Meine goes to the 'convenience store' she hired. It had already crossed on the outbound route, and in that sense it was an action as planned.

"Welcome to this. So, you're the example lady?

"That's right. I brought him out tonight. I'll do what I'm supposed to."

He said, "I know."

Meine, who had originally intended to capture Elsa in Icasanato, had already set the stage for her escape.

"Well, we don't have much more time tonight. Stay here till tomorrow night. Don't worry, I'll never find you."

That's what the convenience store said and led Elsa and Meine to a room with a bed. It's a room that can also be properly locked from the inside. They were mentally tired so they fell asleep right away.

The next day we wait for dusk to enter into action. That it was a long time. When they left the convenience store safe house, they both looked stunned.

First, use the horse to go northeast.

Apart from via Icasanato, there are other ways to enter the Kingdom of Celluloa. Well, most of them are illegal.

Elsa and Meine rode their horses down the fine path that was laid in the mountains, the path used by those in the backyard who came and went from the Kingdom of Celluloa to the Kingdom of Egerea and vice versa.

In the mountains the narrow path stretches about the trail. The ridge is on the border, and piles showing boundaries are struck everywhere. This pile was a magic guide, and an alarm was issued when a human crossed between the pile and the pile.

For this reason, the manufacturing method is kept secret. Well, Jen would have easily analyzed the structure.

"Come rest here till morning."

There was a small cabin close to the border. It is a base for "convenience stores" to use at times like this.

Elsa and Meine, who had advanced through the darkness on horses in the middle of the night, were exhausted and, as they were told, dressed in the blanket they had been given.

"... not tasty"

"Just a little more patience, ma'am"

Two people filling their hunger with the bread and soup that the convenience store had prepared. Naturally, the taste is out of the question, and Elsa complains about it.

The procedure for the day was to creep through the border line broken down by the 'Passenger' and enter the Kingdom of Celluloa's side, waiting for the night in a cabin on a high platform overlooking the Torres River.

"Passenger" is a middle-aged exorcist who, with the help of exorcisms, builds a kind of tunnel where piles and piles are spaced wide apart.

If the tunnel was twisted, the pile would not send an alarm, and Elsa and Meine could safely cross the border.

"Now, all you have to do is go down the mountain to the river, ask the 'handler' to cross the river, and it's the Second Central District of the Kingdom of Celluloa, and you won't be caught by a chaser for a second."

That's what the convenience store I came with told the two of them and led them to a cabin on a high platform overlooking the Torres River.

"Stay here till night."

That said, the convenience store left. The remaining Elsa and Meine face each other.

"Ma'am, we're almost there. If you can cross the river, you don't have to be scared of the chaser anymore. Let's rent a house and live together."

"Yeah."

Meine gently hugs Elsa like she's tired of traveling. As it were, Elsa fell asleep. Meine looked at Elsa's sleeping face like that,

"Pretty girl. You will protect me at all costs."

And he was Meane, who gently combed up his hair upon his forehead with his fingers.

It gets darker and darker outside, and eventually the night awaits.

"Come on, let's go."

A convenience store voice sounded and the cabin door opened. It is already dark outside.

Watch your step.

Even so, the moonlight alone is quite difficult. Elsa and Meine stepped down to the river plain as they hung over several times.

There's a boat there.

"That's the handover."

The shadow on the boat lowered his head for a moment.

"Thank you, thank you very much"

That's what Meine said and made him hold a bag of gold coins in the convenience store's hand.

"Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey."

Opening the mouth of the bag and checking the contents, the convenience store laughed lovingly and disappeared into darkness.

"Come on, lady"

Meine pulls Elsa's hand and embarks on the ship, a five-man boat.

Take Elsa to the ship first. The handyman lent a hand, and Elsa boarded at risk.

And as Meine boarded, the ship quickly left shore and proceeded towards the opposite shore. The handover was moving the ship forward with something like a "".

"Now all we have to do is wait to get to the other shore."

Meine, who exhaled heavily, said so gently holding Elsa's worried shoulder.

The moon in this world is small. Still, the river surface reflected innumerable lights in the moonlight, like scattering silver sand. Elsa looked at it blurry.

The boat slowly crossed the river.