Day of departure.
Saying the final farewells to my family.
In front of the entrance way, my wife and two little sisters are seeing me off.
"Sylphy, I'll return soon."
"Rudi..."
With tears building up in the edges of her eyes Sylphy embraced me.
It's the sensation I've grown used to embracing this past half a year.
Small, but it firmly has warmth, almost like a small animal.
Such shoulders trembling.
"[Sniffle]..."
Sylphy wasn't making any noise, just sniffling with her nose.
When faced with this sort of response, it makes me not want to go.
...As I thought should I just stay home.
...Couldn't Paul get by somehow or other until the delivery.
...That's right, after giving it some thought, normally then it would take close to a year for the one way trip.
...Even if I just stay at home for another seven months or so, wouldn't it be fine to depart after watching over to make sure the delivery goes safely?
...Since it takes one and a half months to get there, even so isn't it like meeting within 10 minutes.
Such a thought was floating through my mind.
However, Gisu especially went out of the way to use the express post to deliver it.
On the Begaritto Continent, in order to contact other continents, it's a high speed post that only goes one-way.
Since you can't send anything other than extremely short messages, on top of that it's expensive, it's not something you can use any number of times.
He especially went out of his way to send the letter using such a method.
It's an emergency.
It's without a doubt a situation where every minute matters.
Even though I say that, we'll make it in time for the delivery.
It's something like going for a short business trip.
I wiped Sylphy's tears.
And then, I called out to my two little sisters standing behind her.
"Aisha and Norn as well. I'll leave things to you."
What I'm leaving to them I don't really know myself.
However my two little sisters nodded with meek faces.
"Nii-san. Please don't worry about anything, since I'll give it my best."
"I understand. Onii-chan as well, may the fortunes of war be with you!"
I quietly nodded to those words.
"Yeah. Anyways, both of you, make sure you don't fight."
"Yes."
"Yes."
The two who faithfully nodded were making bitter smiles.
"Sylphy!"
Elinalise who was on the horse approached us.
On top of the horse two weeks worth of luggage was packed, but it's movements haven't even slowed a bit.
As expected of Matsukaze.
"It's alright, even without the husband a child will still be born. Since I'm the one saying it there's no mistake."
"...Yes, Obaa-chan as well, please take care of yourself."
"There's no need for worry, everything will go well."
Elinalise gallantly flipped her hair back.
How cool.
It's almost like a female knight that comes out in a fairy tale.
If it comes down to this, I'll just have to pretend I didn't see the scene of Elinalise going back and forth the other day.
It will halve the moving impression.
Well, I guess it just means that the usually aloof Elinalise has her weak points as well.
Everyone has times when they lose themselves.
"Then, we'll head off and return."
I jumped up onto the horse.
Behind Elinalise.
It was a slender but reliable back.
And then warm.
Sorry about this Cliff, I'm borrowing it for a bit.
"Rudi?"
Sylphy tilted her head just a bit.
No it's not like that.
If I don't properly hold onto her then I'll fall I say.
"I'm heading off and shall return."
Let's depart.