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　The girl who had been staring at Thor stared at him intently, but suddenly became panicked and started moving her head around as if she was looking for something.

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　Then she tilted her head as if she had given up, as if she had no idea what she was in for.

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"Well, hello?"

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"Oh, good evening. Are you all right?"

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"Yes, um, I think I'm probably fine."

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　He accepted Thor's right hand, so I took him out of the wardrobe and sat him down on the bed.

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　Thor watched her with a calm face as she looked around the room with interest.

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　When she calmed down a little, he called out to her.

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"Would you like an explanation?"

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"Oh, by all means!"

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　Thor gave the girl a brief summary of what had happened so far.

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　The old man, her grandfather, had saved the girl from being seriously injured by stopping her with the .

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　He could not heal her immediately because it required a lot of money to do so.

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　The old man, who had worked hard to earn the money for the cure, entrusted it to Thor, whom he had met in this town, and then died.

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　Of course, the latter part is a lie.

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　Thor dared to hide his existence as a boy who was his childhood friend.

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　He could have taken the form of the boy he was when they parted by using .

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　But no matter how young he makes his body, there is nothing he can do about the fact that he is still a tired old man inside.

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　She will only be in trouble if she is indebted to this middle-aged man.

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　Thor's wish for the girl's happiness was his true intention.

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　That is why he did not change her appearance and brought her back with her old face.

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　With this appearance, the possibility of her being recognized as she really is is as small as possible.

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　There was one more major reason why he could not make her look younger.

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　It is the amount of magic power.

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　The amount of magic power needed to perform magic tricks stops increasing naturally in the mid-teens.

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　From that point on, the amount of magic power increases little by little through repeated use of magic tricks.

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　Therefore, the older a person is, the more magic power he has, and the more famous he is.

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　With the current amount of Thor's magical power, the number of times he can use consecutively is limited to five times.

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　He can use more continuously if he returns to the state where his magical power is recovered, but that would put pressure on the number of times he can use , which is only ten times.

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　If we go back to the age of 20s, the limit would probably be three times, and if we go back to the age of 10s, the limit would be two times.

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　Thor could not think of giving up this advantage if he was going to continue to be an adventurer.

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　The girl, who had been nodding her head at the suspicious middle-aged man's story, finally relaxed her shoulders as if she had understood the situation.

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"Oh, that's why you were in the wardrobe..."

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　As usual, his way of making sense of things is a little different.

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　The girl who had been staring intently into Thor's eyes stood up and bowed deeply.

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"Thank you for everything you and Grandpa have done for me. Thank you very much.

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"Don't worry about it, it's my job. You've got a lot going on and you're probably a little confused. Take the rest of the day off."

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Um, shouldn't I still be up?

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"Are you worried?　I'm going to sleep in the other room, so don't worry about it."

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"No, I just wanted to tell you more stories."

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　Just when you think you've come back from the brink of death, your relatives and the village you lived in have vanished.

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　As much as he wanted to be there for her, Thor was aware that he was not a good liar.

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　If he tried to get into a more complicated conversation, he would surely be found out.

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　The girl's eyes light up with joy as Thor scratches the bottom of his chin, at a loss for words.

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"Ah!　You haven't changed your habits, have you, Thor?"

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　Thor put his hands to his temples and exhaled longingly.

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"Since when?"

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"What?"

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"Since when do you think I'm Thor?"

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"Well, since when? Well, maybe it's because your eyes were so kind when you were talking about Grandpa."

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　The girl put her index finger on her chin and smiled cutely.

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"...... No wonder you never asked me my name."

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"Also, I knew about Grandpa's , so I'm sure this is thanks to Thor's ."

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　The girl, who had a sad look on her face as she stroked his neck, continued to speak.

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"But I was surprised. I was surprised that so much time had passed and that Grandpa had died. ......"

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　The girl looks up at Thor, and suddenly large tears well up in her eyes.

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　The girl blinked soundlessly, and the overflowing drops fell down her cheeks at once.

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"I'm sorry. I didn't mean to cry. ....... I don't mean to cry,...... but I'm so happy.

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　The girl's eyes looked straight at Thor while her lips trembled.

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"I'm so happy that you're alive, Thor, I can't stop thinking about you.

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I've been thinking the same thing. Thank you for being alive, Sola.

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"Wow! I'm so happy to see you again.

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　Thor was able to thank her for the first time in twenty-five years, and a sobbing Sola jumped into his heart.

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　When Thor did not avoid her, he caught her face, and the girl sniffled loudly with her face buried in the water.

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　Thor awkwardly pulls her thin shoulders.

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"Wow, I was a better big sister than you... Gussh, you've been chased away..."

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"Oh, you're an old man now."

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"Yeah, zzzz, it was so cool, it made my heart pound."

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"It's all in your mind."

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　Thor's words, which he dismissed with a gentle smile, made Sola laugh out loud with tears in her voice.

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　She presses her ear against Thor's breastplate and closes her eyes tightly so as not to miss the beating of his heart.

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　After a while, Thor notices that Thora's breathing has slowed down and calls out to her in a whisper.

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"Are you hungry?"

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　There was no reply.

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　When I pulled her away from my chest, she was breathing a small sigh of sleep with a tear-stained face.

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　She must have been relieved and relaxed.

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　I gently took the girl in my arms and tucked her into bed.

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　After removing her shoes and covering her with a blanket, Sola's mouth relaxed as if she was relieved.

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　Sitting on the edge of the bed, Thor let out a small sigh.

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　Now that her true identity was known, she would aggressively approach Thor.

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　Thor knew the personality of the girl who had been with him since childhood to the point of disgust.

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　She was laid-back, caring, friendly and unafraid.

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　However, when she decides to do something, she is very stubborn and has a lot of energy.

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　At this rate, he is sure to say that he wants to be an adventurer.

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　Thor, however, is no longer concerned, but he is aware of his bad reputation.

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　There was a good chance that the girl would get angry or hurt by working with him.

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　He considered going back to his twenties, changing his name, and registering as an adventurer again.

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　I would have less magic power, but now that has fully grown up, it would not be a dream to become a high rank adventurer.

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　No, much further down the road, I may become a hero who will leave his name in the history.

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　Or you can choose to forget everything and go back to the village where you and Sora disappeared and rebuild it together.

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　We can't restore the dead, but we can restore the buildings and fields destroyed by monsters with .

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　But that would mean throwing away our lives.

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　Thor could not bring himself to deny the days when he had worked so hard to live, even though they were full of painful memories.

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　He is an old man who has been scraping up mud at the bottom of the pile, and he has a stubbornness that he can't easily throw away.

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　Besides, in the twenty-five years that he had been in this town, even the unsympathetic Thor had made a certain number of people who were friendly to him.

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　I owe them more favors than I can count.

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　Thor could never have chosen the idea of silently changing his appearance or disappearing.

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"It's the only way I know how to live. ......"

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　Thor thought to himself as he recalled Sola's changing facial expressions.

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　Ever since he had heard the girl's first voice, his old memories had come back to him one after another.

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　Memories of his life in the village, his family and neighbors, which he thought he had completely forgotten.

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　And the warmth of the girl's touch still remained in his fingertips.

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　The girl who had been just standing there like a puppet, now moves, speaks, reveals her emotions.

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　Thor noticed that something he had not felt for a long time was rising up from the bottom of his stomach.

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　A feeling that he had been trying to keep away and forget since the death of the old man.

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　But a person who really wants solitude would not bother to feed a stray cat.

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"............ I'll see what I can do about it tomorrow."

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　Biting back a yawn, Thor rummages around and slips in beside the girl.

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　Now Thor actually does not need to sleep anymore.

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　He just needs to get his body back to the state it was in after a good night's sleep.

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　Likewise, if he gets hungry, he can simply return to the state he was in after a hearty meal.

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　With , we no longer need to sleep or eat forever.

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　Thor had a faint sense that he was close to immortality in the extreme.

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　But he dares to close his eyelids.

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　Then he spoke words he had not said for a long time.

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"Good night, Sora."

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"......Goodnight, Thor-chan. ......MushyMushy."

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