Riese - 05

Stay healthy and stay hydrated!

# ５

Episode 5

A few days passed since. Shinkan-sama was still gentle and caring.

He feeds me and cleans my body; he almost looks like Mama.

He left a bell for me to ring in the case I was feeling unwell, then left the room.

Then, in the evening, he brought a picture book and read it to me.

I felt bewildered, living this near dream life.

Could it be that Mama worried about me and sent Shinkan-sama from heaven?

Shinkan-sama smiled at me when he noticed I was inadvertently staring at him quietly.

"I bet you're bored being all day inside the house, right? Your condition seems considerably better now. Shall we go to the garden for a bit today?"

Saying so, his hand closed the picture book while smiling.

"……Ah, aa, aahー."

I wanted to say okay, but my voice didn’t come out.

If I knew letters, I could probably tell him.

However, I can neither read nor write.

"It's not good for your body to spend too much time indoors. Let's go take a walk outside."

Holding me in his arms, Shinkan-sama took me outside the room.

"Ahー……"

Outside, there was a beautiful flower garden.

There were a lot of different flowers and trees.

And there was this beautiful light fluttering around the trees and flowers.

With just a glance, I knew these flowers grew up while being loved.

It's because the color of the light is very gentle.

In such a situation.

There was one place where the light quietly and softly gathered.

How to say it, it's such a mysterious light.

I've never seen it before.

But still, this light feels a bit nostalgic.

That place was fenced, all the weeds were cut and it looked really clean, however, the flowers were beautifully shining even though they were not blooming.

"Aa, aahー."

Shinkan-sama, what's in there? I tried to ask, but then, I immediately shut my mouth.

That's right, I forgot that it would be weird saying I could see a light.

Mama told me that I should never tell anyone about it.

Even then, Shinkan-sama seemed to have guessed from my stare.

"Ahh, over there? That's the place where I planted the seed of the Holy Tree. However, it just doesn’t sprout."

"Aaaー? "

If I'm not wrong, I think the Holy Tree is the guardian deity that's in the center of this city and protects it.

I feel like I heard something like this from Mama a long time ago.

"I'm researching to try and make it sprout. If your health improves, I'd love if you could help me with my research on this."

Saying so, he sat next to the flowerbed.

Me helping him?

Can I be useful to Shinkan-sama?

Then――Is it alright for me to stay here?

I was delighted by Shinkan-sama's words.

I always wondered how long this life would last?

I was scared I would be returned to that hellish mansion again.

But that means it's okay for me to stay here, right?

Then I'll hurry up and recover, and then help Holy Tree-san sprout.

"Well then, it's time to go back inside. It's not good to stay outside for too long."

Saying so, Shinkan-sama smiled at me.