"Did you perhaps ran away from home?" He looked back at me and said "I guess...it looks like you ran away too, we're on the same boat then"
Then his food was finally cooked and gave one to me, it was a bun, and I ate it but then, I suddenly asked again "Why are you helping me....? I'm a stranger...." I said while looking down, he looked at me and then he replied "You remind me of my young brother....and even though you are a stranger, I'm helping you because I've been seeing you that corrupted monsters kept chasing you, I killed them so that you can escape but I guess you won't be that safe if I left you alone" that time, when I heard those words, I cried, not because I was sad but because the first person who I met when I went out is also the first person that saved me.
"Hey, don't cry..." He wiped my tears while I kept eating the bun he gave me then he saw that tears was still dropping from my face, he sang a song for me to comfort me "🎶A bun for you~ A bun for me~ Let's sing along while the snow sway~🎶" His song actually made me giggle and he smiled while he finally saw me happy, then he said "Well....now that I think about it, I still don't know your name...do you want to exchange names?" When he asked that, I wanted to say my real name but then, I thought if he will know my real gender, he might think of me differently, so I gave him a nickname instead "Ire...my name is Ire, and you are?"
"My name is Lian" at that time, I really thought that really was his name, but...at the same time, I thought, it really wasn't his real name, I know he must've a reason for it.
I was together with him for approximately 3 months, at that time, it was already spring and we became close friends since then, until, that day, we were chased by people I don't know but it had connections with him, we needed to hide somewhere they won't find us, then suddenly we went near the shore, he told me "Ire...if you keep staying beside me....your life will also be in danger, so we need to part here...." When I heard that, I wanted to cry, I don't want to part ways with him knowing that I don't know anything about the world, I kept crying and then he comforted me "Don't cry, you can always think of me whenever you see this bracelet, it will keep you safe too" he gave me an ice crystal bracelet and what's more surprising to me is that the ice did not melt, then he made a boat that was made in ice and drifted it on the water, he told me to get in to the boat and said that "don't worry.... this boat will move on its own to a safety location"
"Wait... what about you?"
"I'm sorry but this is for your own safety, Ire..."
The boat slowly went far away from the shore while it kept moving, I saw a piece of paper, and it was a music sheet, I realized it was his belongings, I wanted to go back ang give it back to him, I extended my arms to where the island is but I ended up crying because the boat was moving so fast that the island wasn't visible to my eyes already, I wanted to go and meet him again and bring this paper back to him, I still don't want to leave that place
'wait...wait....I.. don't want to leave....yet'
...
"IRE! DON'T LET A SMALL PARASITE BEAT YOU!" Jiro said while near to her and took out the parasite behind her neck, and slowly she regained her consciousness and she saw, that one person she wants to reunite the most, she went for a hug to Jiro, and he also wrapped his arms around her, she started calling him in another name "Lian....Lian...." She keep stating the nickname he said to her when they first met while sobbing so hard, he patted her back to comfort her and said "It's been a while....Ire...."
"Let's go back together" Jiro said happily while Claire nods but she was still crying, "Stop crying, everything will be alright now" he said while he was wiping her tears, Claire kept nodding and was finally able to smile but tears kept streaming from her face, Jiro then, carried her on his back and they kept talking while walking, heading to where Lilian and Ril is.
While their situations were resolved, Clarisse who was with her father in the underground room while still pointing a sword on his throat "Where are the shards?"
"Hah! Haha, too bad, those shards are already on their possessions"
" 'Their'? Who-"
Without a second, he took his own life so he could not tell any informations to them, Clarisse was startled by his actions and made a horrifying face while smiling "You're still a very coward man, hah!" She turned her back and slowly went to the exit while keeping herself calm but her real emotions was seen in her eyes, her eyes was full of anger but mixed with tears. When she left the underground room, she destroyed the whole place to pour out her mixed emotions.