As the sun sets, the sky is full of sunset clouds.
With the sparse light, Noah, holding a box in his hand, pushed aside the bushes, passed the trees, and after passing through the trails, the scene in front of him suddenly became clear.
Before long, an open space with a clear stream appeared in front of Noah.
And beside the river, a girl with eye-catching long crimson hair was staying there.
"Drink-drink-drink!"
Amidst the awe-inspiring shouts, Elisa, wearing cold armor as always, held a knight sword in one hand, like a Valkyrie falling from the sky, while flexibly running back and forth on the bank of the river, while waving her hand quickly. The knight sword brings up pieces of sword light.
"Choke-choke-choke!"
The crisp sound of sword strikes in the air was like a sharp piercing sound.
Looking at Elisa’s ghostly figure and the flashes of sword light, Noah seemed to see Elisa who was diligent on the river bank when she was a child, and she involuntarily brought a gentle Smile.
In a blink of an eye, so many years have passed, and both Noah and Elisa have grown up.
Unlike the original Elisa who could only jerkily contemplate the use of sword skills and grow up in a clumsy manner, now Elisa has already reached a level of superb sword skills, far from what she could compare to before.
Moreover, Elisa is no longer the novice wizard who has not even obtained the permission to work and can only stay in the guild and temporarily hone her magic, but a truly powerful.
Won the title of the only five S-level wizard in "Fairy tail" and the title of "Fairy Tail", and is known as the strongest female demon in "Fairy tail" The mentor is also one of the strongest candidates.
Thinking about it this way, Noah felt that what happened when he was a child seemed to be vivid, flashing through his mind one by one, so that Noah was immersed in the memories of childhood.
Unfortunately, this memory did not last long.
"Noah?" With a sound of surprise, the sword light flashing on the bank of the river disappeared.
Noah came back to his senses and looked ahead, and saw that the two knight swords in Elsa’s hand turned into a burst of light and disappeared in Elsa’s hands. Elsa herself turned her gaze to Noah. Some said in surprise.
"It's strange, you actually come here."
"What's so strange?" Noah shook his head funny, walked forward, came to the bank of the river, and looked at the water in the clear stream.
"This secret base seems to belong to me at the beginning, right? If it wasn't because you wanted to learn sword skills from you, don't you know this place, don't you? Why does it seem to be your own now?"
"Speaking of it, it seems that there is something like that." Elisa couldn't help but chuckled and came to Noah's side, stood side by side with Noah, and looked forward.
"I have been practicing here for a long time, and I have forgotten that you brought me to this place."
"I didn't expect you to come here all the time. If it wasn't for Mira and Lisana to tell me, I would still be in the dark." Noah spread his hands.
"If you tell Naz and Gray about the things you practice here almost every day, they will understand why you are so strong, right?"
"Don't say that, the two of them worked very hard, too." Elisa turned her head and said to Noah for unknown reasons.
"That said, it seems you haven't been here for a long time, right?"
"Yes." At this point, Noah himself was a little sigh.
"After all, it is difficult to improve my strength if I just exercise. Now, if I still want to become stronger, it will not work to exercise blindly. It requires more training in actual combat or deadly combat. Or find another way, the chances of coming here will naturally decrease, and it will even be difficult to have them again."
"That's what I said." When Noah said so, Elisa also recalled Noah's excellent close combat ability and unfathomable strength, and she couldn't help but sigh.
"You are indeed above me now. When will I reach the point where you can't rely on simple exercise to become stronger, will it prove that I have more or less caught up with you?"
"Don't say compliments, you are already very strong." Noah curled his lips and sat down directly on the ground, putting the box he had been holding on the ground.
"I have brought you a gift of consolation."
With that said, Noah opened the box, exposing the things lying in the box to the air.
That is a strawberry cake.
Elisa's eyes lit up, she immediately sat down, grabbed the cake on the ground without hesitation, picked up the fork placed in the box, took a bite, and then used it with some aftertaste. Said to Noah with a slightly cheerful tone.
"It's still delicious as always."
"Is it just as delicious as always?" Noah couldn't help but smile when she looked at Elisa, who only acted like a young girl in love when facing her most beloved food.
"I thought that compared to before, the cake shop in Magnogliari has improved the way of making cakes, and the taste will also improve a lot."
"En?" Elisa was taken aback when she heard these words.
"Have you never tasted it?"
"I prefer something lighter than sweet things." Noah responded casually.
"And, as I just said, this is a condolence for you."
"Really?" Elisa took another bite of the cake, holding the box containing the cake, her tone becoming illusory.
"Eating the cake you brought like this, I can't help but think of the scene when you gave me a cake for the first time when I was a kid."
At that time, Elisa still had some problems with one eye. She was covered with a medical blindfold. She was taciturn and would only stay in the corner of the guild. She sat quietly and did not interact with anyone. Little child.
"At that time, I just arrived in "Fairy tail (Fairy tail)" not long. You were the first companion in the guild that intersected with me. Just like now, you sent me a piece of cake. "Elisa shifted her gaze and looked at Noah again.
"Actually, I have always wanted to ask you, at that time, why would you want to give me a cake?"
Hearing this, Noah was silent.
why
Why do you want to give Elisa a cake, and have an intersection with Elisa
Noah did not forget his mood at that time.
"When I first saw you, I knew that you were a person with a great story." Under Elisa's gaze, Noah said this indifferently.
"Elisa, in fact, there is always a part in your heart that no one can touch, right?"
Hearing these words, the expression on Elisa's face instantly solidified, and all the expressions in her eyes froze.
"A child of such a small age can actually resist not having trouble with others in such a lively place. Either he is really afraid of living, or there must be a reason for him to do so." Noah seemed to have not noticed the changes in Elisa. , Said self-consciously.
"But you don't look like someone who is afraid of life, so I think you must have a past that you can't tell, and it's definitely not a very good past."
"Really?" All the expressions on Elisa's face disappeared, and the gaze towards Noah became uncertain.
"So, at that time, did you do that because you sympathized with me?"
"Sympathy?" Noah smiled and shook his head.
"It would be great if it was sympathy, but unfortunately, at that time, the only mood I had was envy."
"Envy?" Even Elisa was stunned on the spot when she heard such words.
envy
Envious of being withdrawn
Envious of having a bad past
Can this be envied
If someone else said something like this, Elisa would definitely think that the other person was laughing at herself, but Noah was not that kind of person.
So, what does this sentence mean
"Even if you have a bad past, a painful past, or even a desperate past, it is your past." Noah's face suddenly became complicated as if he had seen through what Elisa was thinking. .
"Isn't it enviable to have a past that can prove your existence?"
Elisa was stunned there, she seemed to think of something immediately, fell into silence, and couldn't speak.