The same time as Rudeus was saying goodbye to Cliff.
Two people were reuniting.
The location was the Church headquarters, the Spring park.
The beautiful garden where multicolored flowers will bloom in spring.
There are a number of trees slanting diagonally because of Rudeus's [Quagmire] the other day, but their life force hasn't weakened.
As proof, to replace the Sarak trees, the Balta trees are letting their flowers bloom.
In front of those trees, two women are facing each other.
One with blond hair, one with red.
Therese and Eris.
And then, behind Therese.
As if hiding behind her back, the miko stood.
While rubbing her knees together bashfully, she huddled behind Therese.
In addition, men wearing some kind of blue armor are standing in the background.
"Come on, Miko-sama. It's Eris-sama. Rudeus made time for us to meet."
Therese called out to the miko behind her back in a gentle voice.
However, the miko just bashfully curled herself up.
"Bu-, But... it's that Eris-sama."
For her, Eris is an object of admiration.
Ever since she was aware of her surroundings, and every time something happened and she was allowed to go outside, she had to look into the dirty memories of adults.
In a world with no freedom, she lived a life with no hope.
When she fell into a trap while travelling and was surrounded, she thought nothing except that it was scary, that she didn't want to die.
The one who appeared at that time was Eris.
An air of superiority.
Her movements were straightforward, yet no one could catch her, and what stuck in her memories was the afterimage of her fiery red hair.
It was striking.
At the time, the miko had no idea what had just happened.
It's good that the child is safe, said Eris.
The miko didn't realize that the said child was herself until after returning to the headquarters.
That was when she realized that she had been saved.
Then the miko remembered.
When looking into the fiery-haired woman's eyes, she learned the name of her savior.
Eris.
So her name is Eris.
While thinking that out loud, a strong admiration for Eris was born in her own memories.
Since then, the miko would imitate her.
Whenever she saw something she would loudly declare her impressions.
Whenever she decided something she would plainly declare it in a loud voice.