A Sister's Wish

Facility Event: A Wish to the Winds

Episode 3

A Sister's Wish

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Summary

Overprotective Louise remains unconvinced that Lowen should be allowed to come along. She then takes an injury while attempting to protect him, which causes a fight between the siblings and leaves new, complicated feelings floating in her mind.

Dialogue

That takes care of the big one, but we still have some smaller fiends to deal with. Blast. Fighting this many is just going to lock us into a war of attrition. Wait, that wind... Louise?! If we keep shooting them one at a time, this is never going to end! Infuse my arrows, O twisting tempest! Become a million whirlwinds that take the lives of the wicked to the next life! Piercing Wind! This technique is amazing! It gathers wind mana up and sends it flying into her enemies! I've never seen so many foes dispatched at once. Truly we are in the company of a master. I need this kind of power if I want to protect Lowen. You're really going all-out to keep that kid safe, aren't you? Still, he seems pretty good at taking care of himself, so maybe you can ease back just a little bit? Don't be absurd! I refuse to allow Lowen to fight! If something ever happened to my brother, I don't know what I'd do. Louise, it's fine! I can protect myself! No. I will protect you, and that is final. I won't let you get so much as a scratch! Geez, Louise... She really isn't listening to you, is she? Yeah, but I'm pretty used to it. She never cares what I think when it comes to me. ...Fiends. There aren't many of them, so let's clear a path. Time to nock and roll! It dodged your attack. ...Lowen! It's coming your way! I've got it! Lowen, no! Get down! Louise?! You're not gonna make— Stay away from him! Yaaaaah! That's the last of them. Now show me the wound you took, Louise. It's nothing. You have an odd definition of nothing. Now let me see it. ...Hmm. Oh dear. This is certainly going to leave a scar. Why did you even DO that, Louise? I totally could have handled that guy! I said I'd protect you, and I did. Why don't you listen to me...? What was that? WHY DON'T YOU EVER FREAKING LISTEN TO ME?! You can't protect me forever, you know! Lowen, wait! Hey, Lowen! Where you going?! Me and Luca'll go find the kid. You guys set up camp, yeah? Lowen... O wind! Blowing over hill and dale We ask this wish of you May you protect the weak and frail From evils old and new And make my wish come true as well. Please... Ah. So this is where you were. Euden. How is Lowen? Oh, he eventually calmed down and fell asleep. But say, do you have a minute? I suppose. What was that song you were singing just now? It was beautiful. That? It's a poem that's been passed down in our village for generations. We use it as a kind of prayer. My mother taught it to me. It's one of the only things I have left of her now. Would you mind telling me more? About you and Lowen's family, that is. There's really not much to tell. Our father died when I was very young. After that, our mother brought my brother and I up on her own. She was always prone to illness, but still worked herself to the bone to raise us. In the end, however, she passed away and left us on our own. ＂Take care of Lowen and be happy＂ were her last words to me. That sounds very hard. I didn't have the time to cry about it; I was struggling to raise my brother. I threw away everything about myself and focused solely on him. He is my everything. And that's why you're trying to protect him at any cost. Yes, and I don't care if anyone else understands it or not. I will protect Lowen, and I will do it my way. You may not care what we all think, but what about Lowen? I'd think he's earned at least some say in the matter. We actually hadn't argued about it before today. But listening to what he said, I wondered if maybe I've just been being acting like I have everything figured out. I've been working so hard because I want Lowen to be happy, and yet my wish is clearly unfulfilled. You're going through a misunderstanding. It happens. Oh? I wonder... Anyway, the wind has picked up, so we should be going. Tomorrow will be another challenging day, I'm sure. For a whole host of reasons...