Tales Of Another World's
⸙ Ch.4 ◈ Lantern Festival

Aisley who is getting closer to Niko as if they are sister and sister, makes Aisley call Niko with the title 'Sister' and Niko has also started to get used to calling Aisley without the word 'Nona'

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Niko was sitting pensively on the edge of her bed, with a bent position with her lower hand on a pedestal.

His face depicted an expression that was both confused and curious. Strange thoughts entered his brain.

"He's... The kid is exactly the same.... Judging from the physical and his favorite remains the same...." The guman is slow.

"But there's no way he's coming back, is he?" Niko raised her face.

Seen a deep sad and sad look adorned both of his eyes. Closing her eyes slowly, Niko let out her breath slowly.

"Maybe he was just like me when I was a kid..." His grunts to convince himself.

"But... Wait, it can't be like that, right?" Scrambling her neat hair, Niko looks like a depressed person.

There were a lot of strange thoughts going into his brain. As Niko was struggling with her own thoughts, her bedroom door was knocked three times.

"Sister? Is Niko's brother inside?" Aisley asked from outside the room.

Niko stopped her strange thinking, she glanced towards the door she could hear Aisley calling out to her several times.

Exhaling her breath, Niko walked towards the door of her room. Opening the door of her room, Niko saw that Aisley had been dressed neatly.

A questioning look adorned his face. Aisley who looked at the confused Niko was smiling sweetly.

"Did you just wake up?" Ask Aisley plain.

"Ah? Emm.... I..Yeah...." The answer was half-murmuring.

"Did I interrupt my sister's sleep?" Niko looked at Aisley's two eyes which showed a sense of arrogance.

"No, I woke up before you knocked on the door...." The answer.

"Oh yeah, why are you catching this?" Niko looked back at Aisley from top to bottom.

"uh? Did you forget that today is a lantern festival?" Ask Aisley.

"Hmmm yeah, well let me get ready first..." He said with a faint smile.

"All right! I'll wait outside!" Aisley walked out with a smile that kept on her face.

After Aisley left, Niko closed the door to her room. He picked up a clean pair of clothes in the closet.

"Huh.... It sucks..." He took off the clothes he was wearing.

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Aisley walked with Niko, they joined hands because Aisley asked for it. Niko herself also did not mind because she also did not want Aisley to get lost because the streets are quite crowded. If Aisley gets lost, he will also be troubled.

Aisley was really amazed by his surroundings, it felt like he was walking in the middle ages only. The clothes worn by residents and surrounding buildings are very supportive.

"Wow! I didn't expect it to be so awesome!!" Gumannya.

"Hmm? Is Aisley's place of origin yet no festival like this?" Niko was a little confused by Aisley's muttering.

"Hnn? Of course there are, but this is very different big brother!" Answer with a serious face.

"Different?" Tanya Niko was getting confused.

"of course! Usually in my country there is no lantern festival like this, but I have already seen from other countries! But what makes this festival so amazing is.... Design the buildings and clothes they wear! Where I come from, no one wears that, uh, but it's just for movies or dramas!" Evidently.

"You're too convoluted, I don't understand at all..." Niko was confused.

Aisley who saw Niko was confused because she did not understand the explanation was chuckling softly.

"That's it, let's get there!" Niko pointed ahead.

Aisley followed Niko with her hands still together, for a moment they looked like lovers. But not for the two of them, they assumed it was the relationship of sister and sister.

Aisley and Niko walked down the crowded streets, several times Aisley bought food with Niko's money. Actually Niko refused to be bought food by Niko but because his 'Sister' was forcing, eventually Aisley resigned and now even addicted.

Aisley nodded in agreement to him then walked following Niko. After arriving, Aisley saw that there were many people by the river.

"What are they going to do?" Ask Aisley.

"You'll find out later, come on!" It seems that now Niko is becoming more enthusiastic than Aisley.

Aisley followed Niko who was on the river bank, moments later there was the sound of sparks in the sky.

Aisley's reflex looked up, and sure enough there were sparks up there. But the sparks here are different from the fireworks at Aisley's place of origin.

The sparks were vast, even the first explosion shut the sky and produced an artificial star. Then followed by a second spark that is in the form of a large circle, but the light does not disappear and instead falls like a shining snowflake.

"Life!!! This...This is so cool!!!" Shouts pleased.

Many people were screaming full of happiness. It was a beautiful fire flower! The sparks kept on being blown up above the sky, Aisley who saw it was completely astonished.

"Aisley look down!" Niko said while pointing towards the river.

Aisley just according to her, she looked down. As the sparks were launched and exploded in the sky, there was no color whatsoever like an ordinary explosion. Aisley could tell that, because there was no reflection of any color from the water.

But three seconds later, Aisley was able to see the face of the person she loved so much. Her deceased father and mother, her Agatha grandfather, her deceased grandparents, and her Niko sister.

Unknowingly, Aisley's eyes glazed over, but she still opened them. Until the shadow of the person he loved disappeared from the reflection of the river water.

Aisley cried as she pleased, Niko who realized it was instantly distracted. Embrace Aisley's shoulder, she hugs Aisley into the chest of her field.

"Hey... No cry.... Sorry for making you sad..." Guman Niko hugged Aisley.

After a while, Aisley rubbed his two watery eyes. Niko helps get rid of the hair child who does not join Aisley tie with a ribbon.

"Sorry...." Niko Lirih.

"No, no, no! L'm....I just remember them..." Shangkal Aisley's.

"Hey, that shadow isn't because you're reminded, it does make you see the faces of the people you care about..." Obviously Niko.

"Eh?.." Aisley tilted her head in confusion.

Aisley lowered her head, she glanced towards the river. Seen an object that flashes began to move away, glanced up it turns out there are many similar objects that come from the royal palace.

After the ones from the kingdom, followed by many people even those who were by the river.

"Flying lanterns?" Ask Aisley.

"Yes, this is the end of the lantern festival..." Answer Niko.

"Very beautiful..." Aisley.

"Eum... Wanna fly a lantern?" Niko asked thrusting out the flying lantern she picked up from below.

"Where did you get that from?"

"Oh that day when you saw the sparks I bought them..." The answer.

Aisley nodded her head, she accepted the flying lantern. While preparing to fly it, Niko stopped her hand. Aisley looked at Niko as if asking for an explanation, when she found out with Aisley's gaze that she was holding up a pen.

"A...Anu's... He said if you write down people you love they will always be happy and protected..." He hesitated with the last word in question.

"Eh? Did ya? Like a lantern slash during a festival in China alone hahaha~ Alright let me write!" Aisley immediately wrote the name of the person she cared about.

"Will you also write the name of someone you care about?" Aisley asked as she thrust out a pen.

Nodding, Niko took the pen that Aisley gave her. Niko wrote just two words, after Aisley finished and Niko flew the lantern together.

"Ainsley's."

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...To be continued.......

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