A Wind with Nowhere to Go

The wind spirit Linzbellfeed never knew when they had been born—not even the exact moment.

By the time they realized it, they had developed a sense of self; by the time they realized it, they were drifting through the sky; and by the time they realized it, their fellow spirit Rubelmeria was calling them Big Brother.

Some spirits had a stronger sense of self than others. Linzbellfeed thought that perhaps theirs had never been as strong as Rubelmeria’s.

Rubelmeria wasn’t as expressive as a human, but they were incredibly strong-willed. Rubelmeria and the wind that surrounded them were always roaring and rumbling.

Weaker spirits, of middle rank or lower, were always clustered around the powerful spirits Linzbellfeed and Rubelmeria. The two of them would lead those spirits along as they drifted aimlessly through the sky.

Just as four-legged animals ran across the earth, fish swam in the water, and birds flew through the sky, it was only natural for wind spirits to drift through the sky.

As time passed and the world gradually lost its mana, the spirits lost their place in it.

The winds that blew through the sky no longer carried mana. The wind spirits grew weaker just from drifting through the sky, their bodies slowly scattering.

“Big Brother, I’m at my limit. Let’s choose a place to live.”

One day, Rubelmeria suggested this...