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Kyroyuri

(Y/n) POV

After running up the hill, I sat on a nearby rock for a while, sitting there thinking, "Why did I run from it?" I asked myself when I noticed Ren and Nora walking up. "you mean, why did WE run?" I look up at them. "I take it Kyuroyuri was your home?" Ren nods. "we will tell you why we ran too."

FLASHBACK

A pretty waterlily in full bloom floats on an aqueduct in the town center of Kuroyuri. Ren, as a child, looks eagerly at it with a smile. "Why, hello, little Lie. Are we trying to catch a fish?" An Ren chuckles, "I've found a flower on the water!" Lie Ren says, "Oh, I see," his mother says. Ren rushes over to his mother."Can we take it home and plant it in the garden?" His mother shakes her head. "Oh no, sweetheart, that flower lives here." Ren looks down dejectedly. An rubs his head. "But I'll tell you what you can do. Take this Lien and go find something nice for your father's return. He's been hunting for quite some time. I bet that the journey's been very tiring, don't you?" His mother asks

Ren takes the lien and says, "Yes." An smiles. "Do you think you'll know what he wants?" Ren looks up. "I think... he wants a water flower in the garden!" An chuckles. "Why did you have to inherit my sass?"

She gives her son a playful nudge on his bottom as Ren turns away on his new mission to find a gift for his father. He crosses the planks that serve as a bridge over the aqueduct. An watches him go with a smile.

A wide shot of Kuroyuri shows a prosperous and peaceful town. Ren rushes up to a weapons stand."What can I buy with this?" The Young Blacksmith chuckles, "Well, something just your size." He holds up two wooden toy weapons. One is a sword reminiscent of Crocea Mors, and the other is a hammer reminiscent of Magnhild. Ren deflates in disappointment at being unable to buy a new weapon for his father. He next waits in line at a liquor merchant. "Sake, please," Ren says; the wine merchant gives him a bemused look and, with a sigh, shakes his head in the negative. Ren groans, a little frustrated.

He walks through the open town before stopping to look in a bakery window. There are several treats, including slices of lemon meringue pie, frosted cupcakes, actual cakes with frosted waterlilies atop them, and a shelf of kitten-shaped bread. Ren is happily excited but turns when he hears a voice. "Hey, get back here!" Ren looks around the corner of the bakery, following the sound of a group of kids laughing and mocking. Three boys stand in a semicircle around a dirty-looking girl who is crouched on the ground and clutching a loaf of bread. It's young Nora Valkyrie.

"Where'd you get that bread? I didn't see you pay for it, thief!" One of the boys says, "No, look, it's all moldy!" Another one of them says, "I think she got it from the trash!" The first boy says, "Lemme see!" The third boy says, reaching out. Nora bites his finger before he can touch the bread."Ah! She bit me!" The First Boy looks at the Third Boy's hand in horror before the third Boy pushes Nora backward onto the ground. Nora whimpers for a second but gets up and grabs her bread off the ground. She takes a few more steps back before crouching away again. Ren watches, taking a few uncertain steps forward.

"She's dressed all weird!" The second boy says, "I bet she's abandoned! Like a dog or something!" The first boy says, "Does that mean I have rabies?" The final boy adds. All three chuckle meanly. Nora sees Ren getting closer and looks at him with big, blinking eyes. The bullies see her focus has changed to behind them, and they turn to look. Ren panics at having their focus, and he turns to run, only to immediately bump into the legs of his father, Li Ren. He falls back and looks up at him."Father?" Ren says, "What is happening here?" Li Ren asks. The three bullies panic and look around, uncertain whether to run yet. Nora, however, sees this as her opening and takes off with her bread. After a beat, the bullies decide to run, too.