The Old Hermit's Final Rest
Shasa followed her two senior sisters and returned to Leon's side.
Her steps were lighter than before.
The anger from the earlier quarrel had already vanished, replaced by the quiet satisfaction of knowing that Rias had promised her a hundred roasted sunflowers.
She walked between Selena and Rias, occasionally glancing at them as though she were still getting used to the strange feeling of having people beside her.
For most of her life, there had been no one to walk beside her.
Now there were three.
Leon turned around and looked at her.
For a moment, his gaze lingered on the young woman.
Then he remembered the old Hermit who had adopted her.
From everything Shasa had described earlier, Leon already had a rough idea of what had happened.
The old man had probably died several days ago.
His body had been left inside that broken little house, exposed to the cold and gradually beginning to decay.
