“…”

(⊙_⊙)

There is no doubt that Lienia Avenue is really spacious and flat.

But, it is also very desolate...

Walking on this road, nothing else could be seen except weeds, scars and the desolation of the "old vines, old trees, and crows".

There are no pedestrians, no business trips, no villages, and no small bridges and flowing waters. There are only two pale dead bones that occasionally reveal the grass, wandering dead men, rusty weapons and armor, and the nameless beasts aimlessly foraging on the wasteland.

“…”

(′???`)

"It's really not a single person..."

(°〼°〃),

"Do you still keep moving forward?"

("?ヘ?)”

After looking around, Anne couldn't help but hesitate if she should continue moving forward if she should continue.

This situation is known without much guessing. Due to the wars that had been broken for many years, the closure of the Magic Academy of Reala Lukalia, the deep sleep of the Queen of the Cagliar royal family, and the destruction of the bridge passage to Nimgefu, the Lienian region, including the supposedly prosperous Lienian Avenue, has all become the desolate scene in front of you.

Even though the full moon queen Lenara has awakened now, even though the Real Lukariya Magic Academy is now preparing to lift the seal, and even if the Caglia royal family is planning to rectify the Lienia area, it is definitely not easy for them to have no one and no money to rectify the area and restore order in a short period of time.

Anyway, Anne had never seen any normal people on the road along the way. As for the Cagliari Royal Knights and soldiers who had been sent to patrol and clean up before, she didn't even see any shadows.

“…”

(⊙﹏⊙)

"never mind!"

ε=(′ο｀*))) Alas

"It seems there is a town ahead, so let's go there and take a look..."

～o(▽｀ o)=3 =3

Although the journey was not very pleasant, Anne was not very discouraged. She just sat on the shoulder of the bear Tibers and continued to sway forward.

Anyway, she is not the one who is rushing, and she doesn't need to be distracted from "driving". Her bear has the fully automatic navigation function, so she just needs to say the destination, and she doesn't have to worry about hard work or anything.

(…)

(￢?￢.)

(Tibers ignored it, but continued to stagger forward, heading towards the so-called "town" mentioned by its worries little master.)

...

Soon, Anne discovered that it was indeed not a town, but a ruin.

However, unlike the ordinary messy ruins, the ruins seem to have been purified, and there are not many messy monsters or dead people. Instead, there are some signs of inhabited activities?

“Huh?”

Σ(°△°)︴

“Those are…”

(°〼°〃)

So, following certain traces and some path that seemed to be someone walking out, Anne soon saw two hunched and thin guys from afar, trembling and sneaking towards a ruined temple outside the ruins.

"It looks mysterious, what do you want to do?"

?˙?˙)

Seeing this, Anne was of course a little curious, so she let Tebers follow him far away.

Not long after, she saw that in front of the broken eaves and walls in the distance, a young lady with eyes covered with cloth scarves was standing there to receive the worship of several hunched and thin guys gathered there, while both of them were still muttering something.

“??”

(?ˊ)????

"Isn't that Miss Haida?"

(?▽?)

"But, how could she be here?"

(???.????)

Anne expressed some doubts about this.

She knew that a few days before her Queen Anne's house, the other party left Stoneville City. According to the Fire Eye Knights who had received the reward, the other party was heading east, but why is the other party now here to the north of Stoneville?

“!!”

!(;?o?)o

"not good!!"

o(*'　〼')o

Suddenly, when Annie saw one of the guys who were hunched and thin in shape, and at a glance he knew he was sick, and his arms were as thin as a child. He reached out, picked out an eyeball from his face and put it tremblingly in the hand of the young lady Haida. Then, the young lady Haida was completely unaware of it, and she really planned to put it in her mouth after the one-eyed patient and his companions were keen and teleported directly.

"stop!"

?(ψ｀╭╮′)o

With a stern face, Annie shouted loudly, and almost stopped Hayda, who was about to put the disgusting eyeballs in her mouth.

"who?"

"Who are you?"

"Where did you come from? Get out of here!"

"Go away!"

"Hurry up! Drive her away!"

In amazement, they all turned their heads and found that the person was a little girl. The thin and rotten sick people stood up one after another, grabbed wooden sticks and stones, and prepared to yell, intending to drive Anne forward so that she would not disturb their worship and ceremony.

"snort!!"

???(??╭╮???)

Unfortunately, Annie just waved her hand and instantly froze those few noisy guys like a dead man into ice sculptures, making them shut their mouths all at once.

“??”

"Who is there?"

After hearing the mixed voices calmed down, Haida couldn't help but ask in surprise.

"I seem to hear the sound..."

"Is it Anne?"

"Yes or no?"

Then, Haida asked carefully.

Although she was blind, she was very sensitive to the sound and suddenly she could hear the sound of the sound just now being made by Anne.

So, Hada, who recognized the person who was probably the kind little girl who was entertaining her at Stoneville a few days ago and gave her the kind of grapes to her food world, did not rush to send the "grape" in her hand to her mouth, but turned her head and asked again to the place where Annie had just spoken.

“…”

(?)

Annie did not answer, but walked forward and came to the young lady Haida. She frowned and looked at the thing she was holding in her hand, and then asked hesitantly:

"Miss Haida, what you have in your hands..."

(ー`′ー)

Although I had guessed some of the whole story, and at the same time I began to feel nausea and some unknown fire, Annie was still not in a hurry to have an attack, but wanted to confirm it first.

"ah!"

"It's really Annie!"

After turning his head and clearly hearing the crisp and nice childish voice that belonged to Anne, Haida was sure that the person who came was indeed the little girl king she met in Stoneville City.

"This is the 'Sumberile Grape'!"

"Do you want to try it?"

"Give!"

"Although it's important to me, I can give it to you if it's you."

As he said that, Haida smiled very rarely.

At the same time, she took the yellow and rotten eyeball of the patient in her hand and saw that the skin was about to fall off. The inner layer was thick and soft, similar to a large ripe grape. She carefully handed the thing that had nothing to do with beauty or deliciousness, and even if you just look at it, you could make people sick.
To be continued...