Chapter 31: Chapter 31: Nonna
"Nonna is not a child anymore! Even Couronne said Nonna can help her!", the little girl raised her voice reflexively to refute, but suddenly became weak the next moment, not saying a word, just biting her lower lip tightly, her beautiful purple eyes turned left and right in panic, but she didn't look at Su'er cheek.
'This child has reached the age of having worries...', seeing this scene, Su'er couldn't help but think a little funny in his Heart.
Obviously, he has always been following behind and calling him brother, and he always speaks his mind.
"Okay, Nonna has grown up and is a big girl now." He simply turned sideways and sat. Su'er smiled and waved to him and said, "So, are you having any troubles? Can you tell me, brother?"
"... Yeah."
He agreed weakly, and then Su'er saw the little girl with blue-purple hair slowly moving in from the door, holding a small puppet in both hands - that was the 'doll' that Su'er had made for her before.
Maybe she did something wrong? Su'er smiled and guessed in his Heart, after all, to make this usually impetuous little girl look so timid, could it be that Couronne was going to spank her?
But such speculation suddenly disappeared when he heard Nonna next sentence, and even the hand that was stroking Nonna head couldn't help but tremble.
"Brother Su'er... Dad, he will never come back..."
Nonna twisted her body on Su'er lap uneasily, hugged the puppet in her arms tightly, but couldn't help but lower her head in sadness, still muttering softly.
In such a world, even a young child like Nonna, who was not even nine years old, knew the meaning of death clearly, and no one would hide such a fact from her.
Su'er suddenly understood why Nonna came today.
In fact, after Riku told him about Ivan's death, Su'er wanted to go to Marta and Nonna. Even if he couldn't save the dead, he still felt that at that time, Marta and Nonna needed the company of familiar people - but this plan was stopped by Couronne who was guarding there when she went out.
According to her original words, Su'er looked a little too scary at that time, and it was not suitable to meet Marta and Nonna, so Couronne was allowed to accompany them alone.
After that, Su'er had been racking his brains in the room to think and prepare for something, so that he didn't realize it was this time. When Nonna knocked on the door and came in, he didn't react - Su'er had even forgotten that Ivan was dead.
He hadn't adapted to this vacancy yet, as if everything was the same as before, Nonna came to him just to play with him and relieve the loneliness of the child.
He was wrong.
"... Well", not knowing what to say, Su'er could only agree in a low voice, and stroked Nonna hand more forcefully.
"Nonna saw that the crystal representing Dad was hung on the stone... Sister Mashashi and Uncle Kalim's crystals were also hung there in the past... Everyone was blessing them, but... But Nonna still wanted Dad to come back more...", her eyes were already hazy, and Nonna leaned gently on Su'er shoulder while speaking, and squeezed her face there tightly, and her words were already crying.
"I want daddy to hold Nonna again, I want daddy to prick Nonna with his beard, and I want to ride on daddy's shoulders again... I really, really want daddy to come back! Su'er!" Nonna kept sobbing and crying loudly, her tears soaking the clothes on her shoulders.
"... Sorry."
Unable to say anything more, there was nothing to say, every word was pale, Su'er could only look up at the top of the cave in vain, as if he couldn't feel the pain of the wound on his shoulder, gently hugged Nonna in his arms, and kept patting her back.
Sobbing, after a long time, Nonna gradually calmed down her emotions, but still leaned in Su'er arms without looking up.
"... Mommy has been crying, and every time she sees the things left by daddy, she cries so sadly, but mommy will still smile and comfort Nonna," the little girl said in a childish voice, "but every time Nonna sees mommy crying, she can't help it..."
Patting the back silently.
"…I'm sorry."
Except for these words, Su'er really couldn't find any more words to say at this moment. He just apologized, for himself, for Riku, and for everyone.
"Why apologize, Su'er?" The little girl was confused. "Obviously, everyone relies on you to Survive. It's you who risk losing your life every time you go out..."
Finally, she sat up straight from Su'er chest, but Nonna didn't raise her head. The little girl with blue-purple hair just lowered her head and said timidly: "But, but Nonna..."
Biting her lips hard, the strength even made Su'er worried and stretched out his hand to let her relax, but Nonna pushed him away.
"But Nonna said something too much to Riku... Such a Nonna must be terrible, right?"
As if she had lost all her spirit, Nonna said frustrated and timidly, and sobbed faintly again.
"…Ah?" Su'er opened his mouth blankly.
"It's obviously Riku and Su'er who worked so hard to make everyone live here safely, but Nonna said such excessive words to Riku! Not only did she beat Riku, but she also asked, why it was Dad who died instead of Riku!"
"It's really excessive! Such Nonna!" She screamed hoarsely as if she had an emotional breakdown, and tears flowed down Nonna suddenly raised cheeks, "Nonna also knew it! But, but I just can't control it! When I think about Dad's death, when I think about never seeing Dad again! Nonna, Nonna..."
Sobbing.
"So, so it's unfair to Riku, Nonna knows everything, it's all Nonna fault..."
"Riku, Riku must be very sad... It's all Nonna fault..."
The little girl's tears fell like raindrops, and she couldn't stop them even if she kept wiping them with her sleeves.
But Su'er had enough - he had enough of this world.