Since people cannot predict the direction of the future, they can have good expectations for it.

If she were healthy enough, she might be as hopeful as Sister Eula.

However, when she learned that she would inevitably meet her end, she could not imagine how much harm it would cause to her sister Eula.

She even needs to keep this secret well.

Not only that, but Barbara's side is also...

Under such circumstances, she still had to contact three other people and become close friends with them.

It would be fine if she really was a despicable woman who could ruthlessly exploit others, but she was not. She just simply wanted to survive.

All kinds of thoughts popped up in her mind, trying to reduce her guilt, but no matter what, Youya couldn't accept such behavior calmly.

...We must, must find a way to leave no regrets.

While Youya was thinking with a serious face, the sound of "click" and "click" footsteps were heard at the door of the room.

Then a fiery red shadow rushed in and threw itself into her arms.

"Hey! Youya, I'm here to play with you!"

"Ah, Amber... don't you have to go to training with Grandpa today?"

Youya was dazed for a moment, then realized it was Amber, so she quickly collected her thoughts and changed the subject.

"No. Did you forget, Youya? Grandpa needs to go out on duty today, so he can't take me with him."

Amber didn't notice anything was wrong with her and just responded with her silly, sunny smile.

However, the meaning of the words gave Youya a headache.

As the captain of the reconnaissance team, Mr. An naturally couldn't stay at home and play with them every day. Instead, he needed to go out on missions regularly. For example, the free time he had when he was making wheelchairs was also a vacation given after completing a long-distance reconnaissance mission.

Now it is almost the end of the month and the target of the next long-distance reconnaissance mission has been issued. They need to set up camp at the designated location in advance and make all the preparations necessary for the reconnaissance.

So, during the week from the end of the month to the beginning of next month, Amber and Youya will be the only ones left at home.

Usually at this time, Amber would temporarily stay at the homes of some elderly people in the reconnaissance team for a while. This was also something the old man had arranged in advance.

It also prevents the clumsy granddaughter from setting the house on fire while cooking, or simply going crazy and running around, causing trouble for others.

She wasn't afraid of being hungry, after all, the first scout knight skill Amber learned was finding food.

Climb a tree to catch bird eggs, go down to the river to catch a fish. These are the most basic things.

She usually has a lot of food to eat, so there is no need to worry about her stomach being upset.

And Youya can also cook. Although it sounds a bit exaggerated, she knows from her previous memories of "Little Youya" that she not only can cook, but also can cook deliciously.

Maybe it’s because I’m afraid of being hungry... I have a particularly pious heart towards food, so I’m very motivated when it comes to cooking knowledge and have been studying it seriously.

I just haven't had many opportunities to practice.

So the good news is that the cooking problem has been solved and they don't have to go out of their way to stay at someone else's house.

But the bad news is that letting her stay with Amber for a week is really unbearable given the girl's clingy personality.

This worry was soon realized.

After lunch, the two took a short nap, but when Youya opened her eyes again, she found herself sitting in a wheelchair without knowing when, and Amber was next to her, ready to go.

"……Um?"

The sleepy Youya thought she was dreaming, but she didn't expect Amber to come close to her and said excitedly: "Youya, let's go for a walk outside!"

"Eh? But... Grandpa also told Sister Eula that I can't go out casually, at least not in this state."

Youya was awakened by this, and quickly shook her head and tried to persuade him kindly.

"Besides, if Amber and I go out, our other friends will definitely misunderstand us! If Amber wants to go out and play, she can just go out by herself and don't worry too much about me."

"...But, I just want to go out with Yuya."

Amber became much more depressed after hearing this.

She rarely went out this month and basically stayed with Youya around the clock. Even when her friends asked her to go out, she refused.

Thanks to this, the small group she used to belong to no longer wanted to play with her. Besides, it would be too boring to just hang out alone.

It would be better to stay at home with Youya. At least she can tell stories, cook delicious food, and she is soft and fragrant when you touch her.

"…Not yet. We can't let Grandpa and Sister Eula worry about us. If we really encounter bad guys, I won't be able to protect Amber."

She would not allow herself to make a mistake at such a critical moment where anything could go wrong.

"Okay, okay. You can stay in, but Yuya, can you let me see your Eye of God?"

(Although it may not seem like a problem at first glance, why do I feel so ashamed?)

Youya blinked and became a little conflicted about whether to show it to her.

Perhaps because the location of her Eye of God is quite special and cannot be removed, Youya is somewhat reluctant to show her Eye of God to others.

Obviously, Barbara's Eye of God can be taken off at will, but her Eye of God is completely embedded in the anklet, and it is tied tightly according to Youya's leg shape, so it cannot be taken off. If she wants to show the Eye of God to others, she has to lift up her skirt.

And given Amber's personality, I always feel that lifting her skirt in front of her is a very dangerous thing.

You might hear some childish and depressing words like “Hey, Youya, don’t be so shy! We’ve taken a bath together and our bodies are all exposed. There’s nothing strange about it!”

Chapter 49: Flying to the Sky

Youya and Amber came to the courtyard. The overall area was not very large. The vegetable plots were divided into four pieces in the middle. The leaves looked green, and there was a well not far away.

A few steps to the right you can see the kitchen of the house. The items are old, but they are more than enough for daily cooking.

"Hurry, hurry, Youya, let me see!"

After Amber pushed her over here, she impatiently surrounded her. If she was not afraid that Youla would come back and tell her about Youya, she might have really lifted up Youya's skirt.

Seeing how anxious and expectant she was, Youya couldn't help but smile. Then she slowly lifted the hem of her skirt, revealing her smooth jade-like feet and ankles that were so slender that they seemed to break at a touch. The anklet was right above her, and a little green light illuminated the girl's curvy and soft calves.

"Oh!" Amber also let out a small cry: "So beautiful!"

It's not like she had never seen it before, for example, she could see it occasionally when they took a bath together, but this was the first time she had seen it so close.

"Amber must be talking about the Eye of God, right?"

Yuya said with her arms folded, somewhat embarrassed.

"Yeah! Of course~" Amber nodded her head, and the red rabbit ear headband on it swayed, making Youya inexplicably have the urge to grab it like pulling a carrot.

"However, I heard from my grandfather that people with the Eye of God can control elemental forces, just like Eula can keep the meat of animals fresh at home. What can Youya do?"

Amber couldn't help but fantasize.

"It must be able to fly, right? It should be able to fly without the wings of wind!"

"Uh... Although I don't have the heart to hit you, I really can't do it."

Youya quickly shook her head. She didn't want to be misunderstood by Amber.

"Without the aid of tools, a human body cannot fly. Even if the wind is strong enough, it is not flying, but being blown away, right?"

"That's true... Yuya's body can't use the Wings of Wind either, what a pity..."

Amber's little face suddenly became depressed.

"Even though Youya finally got the approval of the Wind God, she still can't play around freely."

“…I don’t think so.”

Youya folded her hands on her thighs, her tone was complicated, but her expression was relaxed and full of contradictions.

“In my opinion, freedom is a pursuit, or should I say something like will.

Although freedom gained through physical freedom is one type of freedom, Mond's history has long since explained what true freedom is - it is the people's resistance to injustice and their will to overthrow their oppressors.

For me, who is fortunate enough to be noticed by the God of Wind, even though I still need to use a wheelchair, compared to the past when I didn’t even dare to resist, this is already a hard-earned freedom.

Now I am just waiting, waiting for an opportunity to take off with the wind.”

"Hmm... It sounds so complicated, but I seem to understand it a little bit." Amber looked like she understood, but not completely.

"It doesn't matter if you don't understand it for now. Everyone has different freedoms."

Youya put her hand on her head and rubbed it gently. The soft and delicate touch made her unable to let go. She finally understood why Sister Eula and Old Amber liked to inflict this kind of "touching punishment" on her.

"Amber will find her own freedom in the future."

"My freedom, um... I feel like I'm very free now. I'm more troubled by another thing than this."

Amber laced her fingers together a little sheepishly.

"what is it then?"

Youya asked softly.

"I feel like... Grandpa seems to value Eula more. You see, Eula knows everything and learns things very quickly. She won't always make Grandpa angry like me..."

As she spoke, her red rabbit-ear headband seemed to sense the loss of her spirit and began to sag down.

"Sometimes I wonder if Eula is more suitable to be my grandfather's successor than me. If I set her as my goal, won't my dream of becoming the best scout knight never come true?"

"I see. Even Amber sometimes thinks about some deep questions."

Youya withdrew her hand and replied in a teasing tone.

This naturally made little Amber unwilling. She jumped up from the ground, her little face puffed up like a puffer fish. She seemed to have not expected that Youya did not comfort her, but teased her instead.

So, she soon became like a deflated ball, no longer puffing up, but accepting this unrecognized mediocrity.

That’s right, Yuya must like her sister more than the clingy herself.

Especially since Eula was really good at everything she did. Compared to that kind of existence, I was just a little puppy that could be seen everywhere on the street.

Thinking of this, Amber felt that her past self was really useless.

For a moment, the atmosphere fell into an unpleasant dullness.

However, Youya's purpose was not to bully Amber.

She looked thoughtfully at something in the corner of the yard, and then said, "Before, Amber asked me if I could fly without the wings of wind, right?"

"Ah, yes... Youya also said that she couldn't do it, right?" Amber also remembered her previous impoliteness and her expression became depressed: "Sorry, it's all my fault for asking a stupid question..."

"Oh no! It's not a stupid question, it's a very creative idea."

Youya tilted her head slightly, revealing an expression of admiration.

“Actually, before you asked, I had thought about this myself, but at that time I felt that I definitely couldn’t do it.

But I seem to have forgotten something very important... Really, I forgot something so important and should not be forgotten, and I was actually teaching you what freedom is. I am really ashamed."

She shook her head somewhat ashamedly, and when Amber still looked puzzled, she just said softly, "Can you please bring me the broom over there? No need for a dustpan, just a broom will do."

"Huh? Why?" Although confused, Amber still obediently took the broom. This was the kind of big-headed broom that often appeared in movies and TV dramas.

After taking this ordinary, unremarkable broom, Youya gently stroked the stick with her fingers and spoke.

"I don't know why, but... I always feel that if I don't try this, I will definitely regret it in the future."

The sound of wind gradually rose around them, and the breeze blew past the two of them. Yuya's divine eyes slowly revealed a green light, and the invisible power of wind was poured into this not-so-strange broom, just as Yuya had imagined.

In this world, there are too many unknown and new things waiting for her.

If you always think that you can't do it, just give up.

Sooner or later, you will become a person who is willing to be trapped by rules.

She didn't want that, so even if it was just a little girl's naive fantasy, Youya was going to give it a try.

She let go of her hand, but the broom did not fall down. Instead, it seemed to be held up by an invisible wind and floated gently in the air.

"Amber, in your favorite fable book, there is a very simple sentence that is worth pondering."

"Yes, what?"

"It's not the strong wind but courage that makes you the first flying bird in the world—"

She held out her hand to the surprised Amber, her drunken face breaking into a broad smile.

For Amber, this was something far beyond her imagination, especially the broom floating in the air in front of her and the words from Youya. There were so many things she didn't understand.

However, the only thing she knew was that if she really sat on it, her life would change drastically.

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