He had once regarded this place as his home, but this home had already disappeared.
The empty cave that had lost the vibrant human presence was filled with nothing but endless cold and gloom. It was a home he had built with his own hands, but now walking into it again was like an adventure for the first time.
"This is where we kept the livestock."
"So small~"
"This is where most of the people lived."
"So messy~"
"This is where we took baths."
"So shabby~"
"This is where we stored books and materials."
"Where are the books?"
"They were probably moved... I guess."
"So few~"
"...It's already very good. Don't be too demanding."
Enduring Think's lighthearted comments, Su'er introduced her and Jibril to the settlement with a listless voice, walking through every part of the place he had once lived in.
Jibril didn't seem impatient at all. She even flew up and down curiously, carefully observing the things that couldn't be taken away during the evacuation.
"This is the last place", after walking through a passage, Su'er stopped in front of a wooden door, "My room."
The surface of the slightly cracked wooden door was covered with dust, and so was the iron frame that was used to hold the firelight at the door. The damp air made them a little sticky. When Su'er's hand was on the doorknob, it felt sticky.
The creaking sound when he pushed the door open made Su'er wonder if a little more force would directly twist the door off.
"Mr. Monkey lived here after he came to this world?", Think walked into the room over Su'er's shoulder. She said curiously as she raised the light orb in her hand.
The magical light orb that emitted a white light flew to the top of the room in the blink of an eye. The light it emitted also increased, illuminating everything in the room.
"...No, I was actually in a small settlement with not many people after I first came to this world. I didn't even stay for long before that settlement was destroyed by the beast", Su'er shrugged casually and inserted the torch he no longer needed into the wall.
"Thanks to Riku and the others for taking us in, otherwise, I, who couldn't even communicate at that time, would have probably died somewhere I don't know", as he spoke, Su'er walked to his desk to check, and he focused on the bottom of the desk - he didn't find anything.
"Ah~, that human called Riku?", Jibril was rummaging through Su'er's cabinet as if she could find a flower in it. She said casually: "I've already heard you say so many words of praise about him... To be honest, I'm a little tired of it. Even I can't help but feel curious to meet him?"
"Ahaha, please forgive me. You'll be able to meet him soon... Uh, I just hope that your existence doesn't scare him...", one interesting scene after another popped into Su'er's mind. He wanted to laugh a little, but he also felt that it wasn't right, so he held it back.
Why did he always feel that Riku would yell at him? He was a little scared, what should he do?
"Is Mr. Monkey looking for something?", Su'er's room was not big, and many things inside had been moved away. Think quickly lost interest. She turned around and saw that Su'er was lying under the bed, with only his two legs sticking out.
"I'm looking for that mark... Ah, I found it", Su'er quickly crawled out from under the bed. He moved the wooden bed to the side and squatted next to the stone near the head of the bed.
It was a unique symbol that had no literal meaning. It was not big. This was also the most obvious mark that the Elf sent by Think had found after a thorough investigation - it represented one of the habitable caves that Su'er and Riku had explored.
With a mentality of giving it a try, Su'er had asked that Elf to go to the cave that the mark represented to take a look again. And there, she found the settlement that had already been moved. After that, it was the matter of secretly providing supplies. There was nothing more to say.
And what Su'er was looking for at the moment was not just this symbol. He observed the symbol and silently counted the small hooks on the main body of the symbol, which was drawn in a single stroke from top to bottom. Then he stood up and walked with his back to the wall, taking a few steps to the left, a few steps to the right... and then he carefully checked the traces on the spot where he stopped. There were many different words there, and he picked out the truly correct words from them in order.
By combining these words, Su'er got the message that Riku had left here.
A rough summary would be: If you are still alive, Su'er, and you return here, then just go to the new settlement. Don't worry about implicating us. Thanks to your efforts, the beast's sphere of influence has begun to shrink, and so on. I also didn't make the information you left public to everyone. The others just think you went on a difficult mission. In addition, Riku also pointed out a few places on the continent that were likely to become battlefields and told Su'er to be very careful...
Riku always believed that Su'er was not dead.
It was obvious that he had returned here several times even after the move, constantly adding new information.
"Let's go", Su'er sighed for a long time. He took one last look at the room. He probably wouldn't come here again, "It's time to leave."
The obsession he had placed here was gone.
Think's driving speed was very fast. Su'er even felt that he had become light. The scattered elves left a comet-like trail behind the flying car.
"Slow down!! I beg you, slow down!!!"
"Eh? Didn't you say that you wanted to see that Riku quickly, Su'er?"
Jibril leaned against the car door and said with a grin. Su'er's reaction really amused her.
"Don't be so ostentatious!! What if you expose the settlement's concealment! If we go there directly like this, it will definitely attract the attention of other races!!!", everything outside of his vision had been pulled into colorful fine lines. Su'er was almost screaming. To be honest, thanks to that equipment, this kind of speed did not cause any pressure on his body, but it was a different story psychologically.
"Okay, okay, Mr. Monkey sure has a lot of demands", Think sighed helplessly and finally slowed down. The existence of the flying car was also hidden.
Thanks to this fast arrival, Su'er felt that he hadn't even prepared himself psychologically, but he was already standing at the entrance of the relocated settlement.
What was with this feeling of homesickness before a journey's end?
According to the settlement's custom, Su'er found a new torch in the crack of the rock not far from the entrance of the path. It was brand new and had no dust on it. It was obvious that it was often used.
This time, he couldn't use magic to light it up.