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For those who are impatient (like me), a small LG scene from novel 17 (spoilers, of course)

(the context is that Lina and Gourry are stranded in another dimension, trying to find their way back to Zephilia, where they were travelling to Lina’s hometown).

“Lina,” Gourry suddendly called out to me.

For a moment, I thought bandits or something else might be coming, but I couldn’t feel any such menace. Gourry didn’t even stop walking. Then, what?

“What is it?”

“Are you alright?”

“…” Why was he asking that all of a sudden? “What do you mean?”

He asked again, watching me intently. “What I mean is, are you alright?”

“Gourry, I don’t get it. What do you mean by alri…” I stopped mid-sentence. Oh.

I took a deep breath, and started playing with my hair. “I guess you are not a partner that can be deceived, huh?” I murmured, looking up at the clouds in the sky, and at a bird I had a feeling I might have seen somewhere before. “Yeah, after ending up stranded in this ‘outer world’ I haven’t exactly been myself… I wouldn’t say I am depressed, but my mood won’t rise. The bad feelings seem to be gradually piling up, actually.”

“Perhaps you are feeling homesick.”

At his simple opinion, I wore a bitter smile and waved my hand. “Of course it’s not that. Before meeting you I was travelling alone, you know. And from then on I kept wandering aimlessly, did I not? Just because now I can’t go home…” As I was saying that, I felt my throat clench. “Oh.” What the… I scratched my head. “Well, apparently… you are right. It seems like I am homesick.” I realized that clearly in the moment the words ‘I can’t go home’ entered my mouth. It was as if my feelings shifted. “Maybe it’s the difference between ‘I won’t go home’ and ‘I can’t go home’”.

“What do you mean?”

“Before, if I felt like it, I always had the possibility to go to my hometown. It was my choice not to do that, and to keep on travelling. But now, I don’t have a way to go back. I don’t know if I will ever be able to. I guess that difference is what is affecting my feelings right now. And by the way, Gourry, what about you?”

He had told me at some point that his hometown was somewhere in the Elmekia Empire. When I asked, however, he laughed comfortably. “Oh, I’m fine about that.”

“Really?”

“Yeah, I just forget things, don’t I?”

“Don’t forgeeeet!”

“Come on, I’m joking. I’m joking.”

“Coming from you, it doesn’t sound like a joke at all!”

But my heart felt lighter somehow, knowing that his perceptiveness had helped me find the root of my low feelings.

I stretched my body, looking at the sky. “Well, when you think about it, the two of us have fought some impossible battles and survived. We can’t be sure that we’ll manage this, but… compared to those battles, finding our way back shouldn’t be that difficult, should it?”

“I feel the same.” Gourry smiled at me, softly.

I couldn’t say that my feelings were resolved. It was possible that I would feel down again. But as I was not alone, I was sure I would manage.

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