As the evening passed and the sun went down, I became more anxious.
I reread and reread Theodore's letter, which I had already memorized.
"Garcia is the guardian of our castle, so you can absolutely trust her and follow her."
Garcia.
I have to go to Garcia.
'It's useless to worry alone with a three-year-old who can't do anything.'
I decided to do so, and cautiously floated my luck to Dorian.
"Doriyan."
Dorian looked down at me with a loving face as I was getting ready to go to bed.
"Yes, baby?"
"Today I want to go stargazing."
"Stars?"
Dorian tilted his head, so I quickly made an excuse.
"Garcia... She asked me to come and see the stars. Also, tell her Mr. Ce's name."
"Alas."
Dorian looked in the direction of Mr. Ce and smiled.
Then I thought a little.
"But when you are away. Garcia is very busy..."
But now, without Alseid, Garcia must know.
There's a bad guy named Edipa Sischel out there somewhere, and he wants to steal me!
I pursed my lips in frustration, and Dorian's eyes widened in surprise.
"...You have to go today, baby?"
I nodded my head.
If I had to cry and cry to get there, I was going to do it.
Dorian let out a thin sigh.
"What should I do about this..."
It was the first time since I came to this castle that I had asked my nanny to do something.
The weak-minded nanny couldn't let me go, and after thinking for a long time, she managed to answer.
"If she is not there or busy, we promise to come back quietly, baby."
In fact, I had planned to wait all night to meet Garcia, but for now, I nodded.
Otherwise, Dorian won't take me to the West Tower.
Then I would have to go to the West tower alone to confuse the palace people, but I didn't intend to do that.
***
Even though the West Tower was only a building next door, two escort knights followed us.
I quickly looked around and counted the guards.
There were two knights at each entrance, and there were knights in the distance on the city wall.
"And they said that the wall was protected by Garcia..."
In my previous life, the Knights of Halias, who sighed just by looking at their shadows, were comforting in their own way, now that I couldn't protect myself.
When I reached the entrance of the West Tower, I was bewildered by the many stairs and tall towers in front of me.
Does Garcia go up and down these stairs every time?
Dorian giggled as she looked up at me on the stairs.
Then she asked the escort of the West Tower
"Is Garcia in the Tower?"
"As far as I know, yes."
The knight replied bluntly and opened a small door next to the stairs.
Inside the door was a narrow wooden room.
Dorian said as she stepped into it.
"If you go up those stairs, this nanny won't be able to walk tomorrow, baby."
I hugged Mr. Ce tightly and followed Dorian in, and the iron bars closed with a cracking sound.
"Do... Doriyan?"
Dorian held my hand tightly and reassured me.
"It's okay, baby. Garcia is a very smart and funny guy. And she doesn't do anything dangerous."
The escort shouted from outside.
"Go up!"
What?
And we literally climbed up.
'Wow...'
I realized with admiration once again for the guardian of the West Tower.
If Garcia had survived and protected Halias, I wouldn't have made it this far in my previous life.
When I came here, I was sad rather than happy.
"How long can the white-haired shaman protect Halias?"
After a while, the wooden room came to a halt after an extraordinary rise, and the iron bars opened again.
I could hear the old woman's laughter outside.
"Who's coming?"
Dorian bowed her head with a sorry face.
"I'm sorry, Garcia, I must be crazy...... It was the first time that she asked me to do something."
Garcia reached for me and smiled at Dorian.
"It's okay, nanny. Come to see the stars, I asked her first."
"Shall I come to pick her up in the morning?"
Dorian asked, and Garcia nodded.
"Let me do that."
"Then, please."
I was looking up at the sky from the top of the tower, which had no ceiling, and I forgot to say goodbye to Dorian.
Garcia laughed softly behind her back.
"Welcome to the Guardian's West Tower, Baby."
Thousands of stars were brightly embroidered in the sky.
***
The top of the tower, which had no roof, was as cozy as a lie.
Everything in the tower was a testament to Garcia's wondrous abilities, and the glowing sky seemed to be an illusion.
Garcia smiled.
"Is this old man right, baby?"
"Hmm?"
"I told you that you can see a lot of stars from the West Tower."
With that, I turned my gaze away from Garcia and looked up at the sky again.
"It's big star."
After a while, Garcia pointed to a large star shining at the highest point in the sky.
"Hey, do you see the big star? The star in the highest sky."
I nodded, and Garcia asked again.
"Whose star is it?"
I looked straight into Garcia's bright green eyes,
"Does the star have an owner?"
Garcia laughed meaningfully.
"Well, we don't know if the person or the star is the owner>"
I stared at the big star Garcia pointed to.
The brightest and brightest star at the highest.
If the star has an owner, it must be the owner of this earth.
"Altaid Halliart."
As I replied aloud, Garcia's eyes lit up in surprise.
"Oh my God, you're brilliant."
Then dhe explained.
"There are two stars that shine well on either side, the Caliphe and the Theodore."
I looked at the stars shining bigger under them and asked.
"Then the big star right below is Shion?"
Garcia smiled and nodded.
"That's right, baby."
Then she asked again.
"Then, under the star of Master Dhion, who does the red star belong to?"
I knew it as soon as I saw it.
I just knew.
That was my star.
"Me."
Garcia's green eyes sparkled brightly, not like an old man's.
"That's right, baby. At first, it was smaller than dust and cloudy, but it is getting huge. I think it will be as big as Master Shion's star.
Then she squatted down and made eye contact with me, and pointed to a star to his right.
"And that blurry thing is this old man's star. It used to be clearer, but now it's just a good thing it's there."
It was a sad but undeniable reality.
No matter how great a shaman is, she cannot live forever.
Finally, I took my eyes off the sky and looked at Garcia.
"I'm worried, Gardilla."
Garcia smiled and asked.
"Is it still heavy when I give it to the doll?"
I nodded silently.
Even if you share it with a doll, it's still heavy. Garcia patted the small bed.
"Then, sit here and speak, Baby."
***
I don't know how much Garcia believed my story.
However, the experienced shaman listened to the child's nightmarish story until the end.
"That's why you're afraid of a man named Edipa. You were afraid that he would come to catch you again."
I nodded, and Garcia pointed to the sky again.
"Did I mention I do astrology, Baby?"
"Hmm, yes."
Then Garcia pointed back to the faint star from earlier.
"As long as my star is faintly shining over there, baby."
Then she looked at me with a stern gaze.
"The children of Halias can't get hurt. Because, a long time ago... That's how you protected my children. Children who were mere soldiers..."
I see.
I couldn't help but feel Garcia's sadness.
"Originally, they had a short lifespan, so I sent them first... At least it didn't become meat rice. Living long and repaying all the favors is the dream of this old shaman. Do you understand me?"
I nodded, and Garcia's fingers drew an invisible line in the sky.
"Baby, try connecting the lines between the stars like this."
"Hmph."
I moved my fingers as I was told, and Garcia explained.
"Before you came, the stars of Halias were connected to the crow pattern."
"...crow?"
I took one look at Ingram, who was dozing in the cage on the desk.
"But since Baby came."
Garcia drew a straight line from top to bottom.
"This is how it takes the shape of a hawk. The balance of wings and tail is so wonderful.
Wow....
When I grumbled in disbelief, Garcia laughed as if she was amused.
"An astrologer cannot see divination falsely, Baby. That shortens your lifespan."
"Really?"
"Really."
I stood close to Garcia and looked at the sky again. The night sky was so quiet that time seemed to have stopped. It seemed that Edipa or even Bachel could not force our time to flow.
Then I noticed another red star a little away from my star
"Look, red star, again."
"You've found it, baby. Normally, you don't find stars so easily."
Garcia complimented him and continued.
"But it's not a star. It's the shadow of the big star over there."
This is where my mother's star used to be...
Looking up at the reddish mote, Garcia concluded.
"As long as the shadow of the stars remains, Cecilia will protect you."
I was finally able to ask Garcia.
"Gradilla."
"Yes, baby"
"Where are your eyes going?"
The old woman's rough hand stroked my cheek.
"I don't know that. I can only see the work of the living."
Then she whispered to me that I was disappointed.
"But you must have gone to a good place. You were worthy of it, baby."
I looked at the starry sky of Halias and fell asleep again.
It wasn't cold at all, but at some point, I felt a fluffy blanket wrap around me.
I think I heard a voice in my dreams...
"When the big stars form an unbiased triangle from above, the Earth becomes safe. That day is riot far away, Meridy's baby..."
When I opened my eyes, I couldn't remember much.
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