The Reincarnated Young Girl Is Adored by the Spirits She Helped in Her Previous Life
I trained together with Kuro until I got tired and took a nap.
Even while I was awake and eating lunch, I kept focusing on my spirit energy.
Whether I was playing with Sara, eating dinner, or taking a bath, I remained aware of it.
Maybe because of that, even though it was just one day, I felt like I had gotten a much better grasp of handling spirit energy.
After finishing our bath, we returned to our room.
The sound of rain could be heard from outside.
“Luria-chan, the rain isn’t stopping. It’s getting stronger and stronger.”
“Yeah. We won’t be able to play outside… Da-u doesn’t care about the rain, though.”
“Woof?”
Da-u still went on his usual two walks, one in the morning and one in the evening, even in the rain.
Although he was more restrained than usual, he still ran outside with the attendant for about an hour.
“The attendant got all soaked, huh?”
“Woof.”
The head attendant laughed, saying it was good training for bad weather conditions, but the attendant himself seemed to be having a tough time.
“I hope it clears up tomorrow.”
“Yeah. Sara likes sunny days.”
“Woof woof.”
It seemed that both Sara and Da-u preferred sunny weather.
As we talked about such things, we climbed into bed together.
Before sleeping, I closed my eyes and circulated my spirit energy inside my body.
“…Luria-chan, what are you doing?”
“I’m doing the training Kuro taught me. Do you want to try too, Sara-chan?”
“I do!”
“Ryaa~!”
“Loa wants to do it too?”
Since Loa also seemed eager to practice, I decided to teach him.
The way to circulate spirit energy and magic power wasn’t that different. I taught Sara and Loa how to swirl their magic power inside them.
Both Sara and Loa were very good at controlling magic power from the start.
“Sara-chan and Loa, you both have a real talent for this.”
‘Indeed, they have great potential.’
“Really? Ehehe.”
“Ryaryaa!”
But since Sara and Loa were still small, they fell asleep in the middle of practice.
As for me, I kept practicing with my eyes closed—until I eventually fell asleep as well.
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“Luria-chan, Luria-chan.”
“……What’s wrong?”
In the middle of the night, Sara woke me up.
“I… I need to go to the bathroom.”
“Okay, let’s go together.”
Our room had a bathroom attached to it.
But she was probably scared to walk there in the dark.
I held Sara’s hand and guided her through the darkness toward the bathroom.
Koruko and Da-u were still sleeping in bed, but Carro followed us closely.
“Carro, you should sleep too.”
“Kyu.”
It seemed like Carro was really keeping watch even in the middle of the night.
I was grateful, but also a little worried.
“Luria-chan, it’s so dark.”
“Yeah, the moon and stars aren’t out tonight.”
It would be nice if Kuro could glow, but he was probably too sleepy.
“Luria, will you wait outside? Carro, I’ll leave it to you.”
“Okay. Thanks.”
“Kyu~.”
Since Carro went into the bathroom with Sara, I waited outside the door.
“Luria-chan, are you still there?”
“I’m here. Don’t worry.”
“Okay… Ehehe.”
Sara still seemed a little scared, so she kept calling out to me.
I, on the other hand, was used to the dark.
In my past life, I had lived in a livestock shed without any lights.
“Luria-chan, the rain is really strong, huh?”
“Yeah.”
The sound of the heavy rain beating against the window and the howling wind echoed through the room.
Maybe the noise had woken Sara up, making her realize she needed to go to the bathroom.
“I hope there won’t be any flooding…”
In my past life, I had been sent to help deal with river floods.
I had spent entire nights holding back the water until the broken embankment could be repaired.
Feeling a little uneasy, I glanced toward the window—and that’s when I noticed Loa sitting by it.
“Loa, you’re awake?”
“…………”
Without saying a word, Loa stared at me with a blank expression.
But the presence of Loa felt different, almost like it wasn’t really Loa at all.
Moreover, the presence from outside the window, beyond the guard hut and towards the lake, felt strange.
I stared intently, but there was nothing there.
“…Could it be my imagination?”
“Sorry to keep you waiting, ehehe.”
“Kyu.”
Sara and Carro came out of the bathroom.
“Are you okay now?”
“Yeah, thanks. What about you, Luria-chan?”
“I’m fine. Loa will sleep now.”
I called out to Loa, but he stayed still, staring outside the window.
I decided to carry Loa to the bed later. For now, I held Sara’s hand and walked toward the bed.
Just as we were about to reach the bed, the room briefly lit up.
A few seconds later, a thunderous sound echoed.
“A lightning strike, huh? It might be close.”
“…………”
“Sara-chan?”
Sara was frozen in place.
“Did you get scared?”
It seemed that Sara had a tendency to freeze when she got surprised.
“I’m glad it was after the bathroom trip.”
If it had been before, she might have had an accident.
I gave Sara a piggyback ride and carried her to the bed.
“Loa, are you okay?”
“…………”
When I called out to him, Loa continued to stare blankly, still expressionless.
He didn’t seem scared, but this wasn’t the usual Loa.
In that case, it would be better to calm Sara down first.
“…………Waa-woof.”
“Ko-woof?”
Da-u was still sleeping, but Koruko was awake and watching us.
“It’s okay. Sara-chan just got startled.”
Even so, it was amazing that Da-u didn’t wake up from such a loud sound and bright light.
I laid Sara down on the bed and lay down next to her.
“It’s okay, Sara-chan. It’s not scary. Good girl, good girl.”
After a while of stroking her, Sara began to calm down.
“Luria-chan, I’m sorry. I got scared.”
Sara was still trembling a little.
“It was a big noise after all.”
“Did Loa get scared?”
“Mm… It wasn’t Loa, it was the lightning.”
When the lightning struck, I wasn’t looking outside.
But if I had been, I might have thought that Loa was the one who lit up when the window flashed.
“I see… Lightning is scary, huh?”
The next moment, the room lit up again, and after a while, another thunderous sound followed.
It seemed like the time between the lightning and the sound was getting shorter.
“Hyuu.”
“Sara-chan, it’s okay to sleep peacefully now.”
I covered us with the blanket and hugged Sara tightly.
Carro and Koruko snuggled up to Sara.
“Now, you won’t hear the noise anymore.”
“…………Yeah. Thanks. Ehehe.”
“Sara-chan, I’ll hold you until you sleep, okay?”
‘The sound’s so big.’
‘I was so surprised.’
‘Hold me tight.’
The spirits, who hadn’t been there before, gathered around, making the blanket glow.
“Sara-chan, see? The spirits are here too, so it’s bright and safe now, right?”
“….Mm. The spirits are cute.”
‘Sara~’
‘So warm.’
‘Hold me tight.’
“Loa, come over here too.”
“…………”
But Loa didn’t move from the window.
After hugging Sara for about three minutes, she and the spirits finally drifted off to sleep.
“Phew. Lightning is scary.”
I got out of bed and moved over to the window to pick up Loa.
“Loa, were you scared?”
“Yaa.”
Loa was shaking, whimpering, and pressed his face against my chest.
“I guess you were really scared, huh? Sorry.”
“Ryaa.”
I should have picked up Loa before putting Sara to sleep.
I gently stroked Loa.
“I wonder if the goats are okay.”
“…………”
Loa had already fallen asleep. He might have been relieved by being held in my arms.
As I walked back to the bed, I looked outside the window.
The heavy rain was still pouring, but the lightning seemed to have stopped.
“…Auw.”
Da-u had stayed asleep the whole time.
“If Da-u’s still sleeping, then it might mean it’s safe.”
Da-u seemed unreliable but was actually dependable. If something dangerous happened, he’d probably wake up right away.
“…Kuro isn’t here either?”
Maybe Kuro was with the goats.
While I was thinking about that, I had somehow fallen asleep.
