She walked very fast and was already standing more than a hundred meters away on a slightly undulating slope.
Hikari followed Anne's path and walked quickly for a few more minutes, carefully avoiding the nearby bushes, until she arrived at a spot where white lilies and bougainvillea were particularly concentrated.
"Look, come and see this."
Anne pointed to a shiny stone tablet behind her: "I don't know much about these things, but this shouldn't be some kind of cursed item, right?"
She shivered as she spoke.
I squinted and stared at the stone tablet for a long time, then let my senses circle around it, and said with great certainty, "This is not a cursed item."
Anne breathed a sigh of relief.
“But this is a tombstone without a name, only engraved with a lily pattern,” I added.
"Cough! There's not much difference between the two, is there?"
Annie looked like she almost choked, and patted her chest a few times to catch her breath: "Don't breathe so heavily next time you talk!"
"There are still some, right?" Before I could even open my mouth, Hikari retorted faster than I could. "Cursed items are things produced with the intention of causing trouble for people, while tombstones are more about expressing the grief and remembrance of relatives and friends for that person, and sometimes they even hold the hope of bringing blessings to future generations."
“That’s exactly the opposite of what you said, Anne.”
Anne stammered and turned her face away: "Um, um, yes, that's how it is. But I prefer other types of things to tombstones. I always feel that tombstones remind me of some bad things."
Hikari blinked: "Did Anne lose someone close to her when she was young?"
Anne paused for two seconds: "...Maybe? I can't remember."
“I’m sorry for bringing up unpleasant memories.” Hikari gently held the girl’s hand. “But, just like my departed loved ones, if they can still sense it from afar, perhaps they would also hope that Anne has a better life? They would definitely want you to have happy and joyful days.”
"..." Annie was silent for a while, then suddenly sniffed hard, turned her slightly flushed, delicate face, and said, "I... I understand! I will try my best to live a happy life!"
She seemed a little shy, her dark red eyes flickering as she darted around aimlessly. Suddenly, she stopped in one spot, then, as if impatient, she broke free from Hikari's grasp and awkwardly stepped over the tombstone, exclaiming loudly, "Ah, ah! Behind these vines, there's a fairly large hole! I wonder if something special is waiting for us!"
Before we could respond, she quickly pushed aside the drooping wisteria branches and darted into the dark cave.
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