Lustre of Echo

9.0 - Tea

9.0 - Tea

Laen carried Sydia into the house. I went inside right after them. Ethen was already standing in the entrance. The red-haired man carried Sydia to the room, and I was left alone with the suspicious guy.

He started brewing tea. He must have forgotten about how he had been asking me about unusual things a moment ago.

He finished pouring water into the cup and grabbed it. He poured boiling water with herbs into two cups.

He leaned against the counter and asked.

"What happened to Sydia?"

He could ask Laen, not me. He was the one who carried her all the way here.

"She froze in the frost."

"Hmph." He mumbled.

He grabbed the other cup in his hand.

"Go, bring her this."

He handed the cup to me.

"Are you sure I can go into her room like this? We haven't known each other for so long.""Just go."

I was holding the tea tightly in both hands. It was hot and warmed my hands pleasantly. I toddled to the room where Laen had gone with it.

I stood in front of the door to that room and slowly opened it.I noticed Sydia lying in bed, wrapped in a blanket. Laen was sitting next to her on the edge of the bed.

"Am I interrupting?" I asked quietly.

The girl opened her eyes and looked at me.

"No, come in."

"Ethen told me to give you this tea."

I put the cup on the dresser next to the bed.

"I have a question." I said.

"Hmph, What it is?" Sydia hummed.

"How did the weather affect you so strongly? A person would freeze in a snowstorm like that, but he wouldn't faint from adrenaline. We were warmly dressed, so eve..." I didn't finish, because I felt that I was asking the wrong question.

Sydia and Laen looked at each other for a moment. They were probably wondering if they wanted to tell me something.

"I'm sorry, I should have chosen my words more carefully." I lowered my head down.