"Hey!"
*.(^▽^*)*.
When Annie saw Guts and the rescued Casca arrive at the gate of Gorth's home, she shouted from far away to the father and daughter who were busy with something in the yard.
"Elektra!"
(^▽^)
"And old man Gorth, we're back!"
ヾ(⌒⌒*)
Without waiting for Guts or Casca, who were riding the other horse, to react, she swiftly used Flash, vanishing from her saddle and instantly appearing in the distant courtyard.
"Ah!"
"Annie?"
Annie's sudden appearance naturally gave Elektra and Gorth a small fright.
"!!"
"That is..."
"Big Sister Casca?!"
Then, when Elektra instinctively looked toward the direction of Annie's voice and saw Guts and the long-missing Casca riding one of the two horses in the distance, her eyes immediately filled with tears.
"Wow!!"
"That's wonderful!!"
"It's Big Sister Casca! She's back!"
"Sniff!!"
"That's wonderful!!"
Overcome with joy, she forgot all about greeting Annie. Grabbing up her skirt, she ran toward Guts, who was slowly riding back with Casca in his arms.
It was only natural. Elektra had always believed that Big Sister Casca would never return, just as some awful little girl had once frightened her by saying: Casca was already dead, rotting somewhere in the wilderness, or eaten by wolves and wild dogs until not even her bones remained.
Because of that, Elektra had secretly grieved, regretted, and blamed herself for a very, very long time...
But now everything was fine. Guts had brought Big Sister Casca back, so she no longer had to feel guilty about losing someone, nor continue tormenting herself over it.
"Little Annie!"
"You should call me Uncle, not old man! Am I really that old?"
As Elektra ran toward Guts and Casca in tears of joy, the thin, gray-bearded Gorth, who was old enough to be Elektra's grandfather, blew out his