ACIEL'S DIARY : INDIGO
SHEET 3.14: DISTANT LETTER

The sky had become quite dark, decorated with stars that became trinkets, making all the points of light in the black sky look very beautiful.

Between the points of light that filled it, there was a shooting star, passing far towards the south and disappearing.

After completing the search for Huflu and finishing it, then satisfying ourselves with that very good honey, it was finally time to return home.

Since it had not been long since the sun had set at the western end of the sky, it was probably still around seven o'clock at night. I've got Aunt An's permission, no need to worry about coming home a little night.

"Alright Mr. Aciel, then I will resign for the time being."

On the way back from the mountain, a grasshopper named Beida suddenly stopped and bowed his head to me.

It was very sudden so there was a slight freeze by my side and made me late in responding, it seems that the Master sitting on my shoulder also experienced the same thing. After a moment of silence, I flinched and made an awkward smile.

"Oh, ah, you're coming back now, huh? I-i understand. Then see you at the next opportunity, you can meet me if you get any other difficulties. No need to hold back."

I approached Beida and touched her shoulder, patted her then rubbed her slowly, then regretted it afterwards.

The texture of the skin felt a little rough with quite a number of small spines arising there, I really hope there is no poison whatsoever on the inside.

Beida looked a little surprised as I put a hand on her shoulder, it made her lower her head even deeper than before. He raised his voice, with a slight tremor there.

"Okay, I'm very happy with the sentence you gave me. For the last time let me thank you for all the help you have given in this Huflu search. I will definitely repay everything someday."

"I told you not to think about it too much, right? I also get the same help from you so the position we have here is equal. Without the help of either side, we would not get what we are looking for today. Therefore, I also say thank you to you."

"In spite of that, I will still thank you."

"Ah well, I understand so raise your head. The talk won't go forward if you keep your head down like that."

"Ah well, forgive me."

Damn, this grasshopper sucks. But I can't just say it, after all it's a form of sincerity that he gives. Huh ... It's troublesome, though somehow I don't hate it too much.

That's why it's all so annoying, my heart beats faster when this grasshopper says thank you and it all feels pretty annoying.

Damn, this has all become a lot more annoying since I feel uneasy like this without knowing clearly about the cause!!

"Huh ..."

All right, I gotta calm down.

"Mr Aciel, is there something? You breathe out heavily like that."

"Hm? Ah no, this is nothing so you don't have to worry about it too much."

"What's that? But—"

I put my hand on Beida's face, making the grasshopper a little surprised and took a step back.

I chose to ignore Beida's confusion and smiled sincerely.

"There's nothing, you don't have to ask anything further"

"—!! Sa-I understand, forgive me."

"Hm? Why are you apologizing?"

"No, it's just—Urghh!!"

Before Beida could finish her words, Master jumped on my face and extended her tail, wrapped around the necks of the two of us and shouted in anger.

"Whispering!! I'm sick of hearing repeated conversations like this so hurry up!! How long will you repeat it?!"

I removed the Master firmly attached to my head and removed his tail from my neck, then saw Beida who was emitting a lot of foam from her mouth.

Usually it was a common sight but the foam that the praying mantis was spitting out this time was caused by something completely different.

"Master, you strangled Beida too tight around her neck!! Quickly let go of that before anything serious happens!!"

"Huh?! Cih, you weakling!!"

After a few troublesome things, I was finally able to say goodbye and see Beida flying away and disappearing into the darkness of the moonlit night.

Seeing such a big locust flying gave me a strange feeling but I tried my hardest not to think about it.

"Then shall we go home?"

"Yes, I'm sleepy too ... Maybe I'll take a call from Hjorn tomorrow night, do you want to come?"

"Working? What kind of a call?"

I also seem to remember something like that before, where huh? It didn't really matter so I just forgot about it.

"The white bear asked me to come to his place today because he was going to throw a celebration party for me that made it out from within the seal a few days ago."

Ah, the invitation to the party, huh?, It's true, the bear invited Master earlier when we met him in the forest this afternoon.

Huh uh?

"But didn't you two just fight a while ago? Is everything okay with that?"

"Hm? Ah, it's just playing around. He and I are wasting their time so that's not something to be concerned about. Don't you understand such a small thing?"

No, I don't understand at all.

Maybe for the two of them it was something natural, I didn't need to think too deeply and feel confused.

"If there is no particular problem huh Master might be able to just come? After all, the bear had already bothered to prepare a celebration just for Master. It would be impolite if Master put it off, right? Dignity and honor are one of the things that high-level Spirits have."

"That's true too. By the way I want to ask you one thing, what do you mean when mentioning only? I'm a high-level spirit, you know?! My wish is a top priority."

"Eh ... Is that so? Isn't that great?"

"Fuckin' shit! I'm starting to realize that lately your mouth and manners are starting to slack off, I'm going to fix it!!"

Master jumped up and climbed up my face and placed his black belly all over my nose and mouth.

"ah! What are you doing, you fucking cat?! Don't cover my face!! I can't breathe!! The master!! I'm sorry so let me go!!"

"Well!! I'll wake you up to what a degree difference we have!! After understanding it, refine that rotten manners and reorganize your mindset for the better!!"

"I understand!! I understand so let me go!!"

It took quite a bit of time to calm the Master down and rid himself of the winding tail as well as his stomach. Although both of them had a gentle sensation, it didn't mean that I couldn't enjoy them.

After that we stopped by the store for a few warm baskets and gave them to Master. This cat instantly forgot everything as soon as I gave it away.

There's quite a lot going on today, but I think it all leads to good things. I try to think of everything like that—

Until I arrived at the barn to prepare the bed, I found a dull letter on the study table with a tanned color that read Ebi's name on the front.

I saw the contents, where it says if he will extend the time to find the place of his three sealed partners.

Is everything okay, huh? I hope so.