Hearing this made me uneasy. Mr. Athos, a warm man. My favorite beastman uncle.
He had gone out and had not come back.
I had been cautious about going out of the village because of the attack on the cat beastman's village. Athos was the head of the village and was very capable, so he would only go out alone when necessary.
They were not worried that Athos would be able to handle it.
But when Athos did not come back at the time he said he would, the whole village was in an uproar.
The whole village was in an uproar. Everyone was saying that they had never seen anything like this before.
Father ......"
Gaius looked anxious, as if his usual cheerful mood had changed.
I tried to comfort him, but I didn't know what to say.
"Ran, sir."
After Gaius left me alone, "Leave me alone ......," I held Lan's hand.
I felt uneasy. I became afraid.
After the cat beastmen came to the village and I heard their story, I felt that the anxiety I had been feeling was coming true.
I don't know what will happen now. That is what worries me. I wonder how things will turn out.
Is Mr. Athos safe? Is Mr. Athos, is Mr. Athos ...... safe? I was anxious and scared. Lan-san squeezed my hand back. Mr. Lan also has a difficult look on his face.
"......, Mr. Athos," he said.
'...... you are worried, Lelunda.'
'Yes,.......'
I am stuck. I couldn't even follow Gaius. I just keep thinking. I squeezed Mr. Lan's hand. I couldn't move for a while.
Mr. Lan told me, "You will catch a cold if you stay outside ...... all the time," and we went to my house together. Surrounded by Mr. Lan and the griffons, I found myself asleep.
When I woke up, I heard that some of the adults had left the village to search for Mr. Athos.
I hoped they would find Athos. I had hoped. He felt sad and bitter that he could not see Mr. Athos' kind smile.
Gaius has always had a downcast look on his face. No, it's not only Gaius. Everyone loves and cares about Mr. Athos, so they are all saddened by the fact that he is not coming back.
I think it's because they heard about the cat beastmen that they are even more anxious about the possibility that ...... they might have lost Athos. I, too, am very anxious.
The adult beastmen who went out to look for Mr. Athos.
---They said they were going back, but they didn't come back.
I thought they said they would be back by when, and even if they didn't find Athos, they said they would stop there and come back. But why didn't they come back? Why didn't they come back?
My anxiety is growing.
Not only me. Everyone is anxious. They look sad. I, too, am in pain.
For a long time, I was alone in the village where I was born and raised. There were many people around me, but after my grandfather who taught me so much passed away, I just lived. I was like that, but now I have a precious place where I can think that everyone loves me.
When everyone is sad, it is painful.
I wish they were smiling. I couldn't smile in such a situation.
Athos, and everyone who went looking for him.
I can picture their faces in my mind.
Each and every one of their faces, the memories of spending time with them. For me, they are my favorite, kind, and happy memories.
.........It's painful.
I wonder if they are all going through a hard time. I wonder if the people I love are feeling the pain. Just thinking about it is painful.
Even though I was thinking like that, I couldn't do anything. I wondered if there was anything I could do for those who had disappeared, but all I could do was hope.
I just kept hoping that they would be safe. I wanted them to come back.
The griffons and seafo were divided into two groups: those who were protecting the village and those who were going to look for everyone. The children who went to look for the others have not returned yet.
But Gaius?
Gaius, the son of Mr. Athos, had not been able to wait for as long as he wished or hoped.
One day, Gaius disappeared from the village.
He probably went out to look for Mr. Athos, that's what he told me. I got scared. I wondered if Gaius would disappear, too. The thought of that made me nervous, and I realized that I, too, had run out of the way of Mr. Lan's words to stop me.
All I could think about was Gaius. I just had to catch up with Gaius, that's all I could think about.
----The Girl and the Missing 2
(Probably, the girl who is a godchild, and she runs away from the village.)