Episode 26 Elf Village (9)
“Hmm?”
“Come to think of it, I didn’t know the name. What is the human name?”
Changing the flow of the conversation to her liking, she asked for Ray’s name.
Ray said even though he thought he was strangely being pulled.
“…ray. There is no last name.”
“Ray… Ray…”
She nodded as she muttered his name as if trying to remember it.
“Yeah, I memorized everything.”
“But can I stay here? Aren’t you supposed to go out?”
“joy. Do you think my 20 years of anger will be resolved in one day?”
Her expression turned fat in an instant, as if she was really upset.
Even thinking about it, her condition was serious.
The skin was crushed with pus and the buttocks were crushed beyond recognition.
It was repaired well without scars, but it must have been a great hardship for her who was awake.
Come to think of it, there was something I wanted to ask.
Since when was she conscious?
If he had been conscious for twenty years, it would have been torture.
It was a question that Ray was curious about, so he thought he should take this opportunity to ask.
He looked at Ira and said.
“By the way, since when did consciousness return?”
“Are you coming back?”
Ray said again to the woman who asked with her eyes wide open.
“When did you regain consciousness when you were lying down and unable to do anything?”
“It’s been all this time since I couldn’t do anything…”
She answered while wondering why she asked.
Hana Ray just opened his mouth.
Oh my God, I’ve been living in that pain for twenty years.
How many times have you thought that you would rather die?
Just because I couldn’t move my body didn’t mean I couldn’t feel the pain in my body.
Of course, he must have felt the pain of his flesh getting bit by bit and the pain of his muscles shrinking while holding one position for 20 years.
No matter how much mana the power of moths ached after not moving for a day, how painful it must have been.
Ray let out a sigh.
“Haa… You really did too much for your species.”
“It was too much. To the point of resentment to the point of death.”
“Are you still resentful?”
It sounds so obvious, but I just wanted to ask.
Then she shook her head.
“They must have had their own thoughts. Of course, that wasn’t a good thing, but you can’t just say they’re bad.”
Ray marveled at her as she crossed her arms and nodded.
it’s an angel
Ira was actually an angel, not an elf.
If it were me, I might have blown up the village as soon as I woke up.
No, it would have been better if the village had been eliminated.
The days of pain she had gone through were long years.
Ray put his hand on Aira’s head, who was having a hard time.
Then, he gently brushed his hair.
Aira was taken aback by Ray’s behavior.
Originally, it was something he always did when he was lying unconscious.
Tears lingered over that small act that had no meaning.
Tears streamed down and eventually ran down her cheeks.
“Hey… heck…”
Eventually, her tear ducts exploded.
She pretended to be strong in front of the elves, but she was just a creature.
There was no need to pretend to be strong.
Wiping away the endless tears with both hands, she wept.
Contrary to the image we had talked about the first time, seeing her kneeling down and wiping tears like a child, Ray just quietly brushed her hair.
“Ughhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh…”
Aira felt like she was saved with just one small touch.
In the elven village, she was in a position where no one could speak carelessly.
The loneliness she felt from birth was her only friend and enemy.
Seeing that humans always cause problems in the village, she came to hate the human race itself, and when she eventually received a helping hand from humans, she felt very ashamed at first.
However, humans did not expect anything in return and just silently tried to make themselves a little better.
I read a book, wondering if I could catch at least one more clue to fix myself, and when I came up with a good idea while eating, I quickly scribbled it on a piece of paper.
Because she had never been loved by anyone, her heart, which had been cold and hardened, melted little by little.
The message that didn’t reach anyone ended up reaching him from another race.
She could see it all, feeling as if she had seen the whole situation with her own eyes.
Even though he was abandoned even by the same race, he was greatly moved by each and every small touch.
Who has ever given himself this kind of love?
After several days, he started talking to himself.
How desperate was the desire to answer those words.
She thought it would be okay to die as long as she could say one word and answer one.
Since then, her life has changed.
I was thinking of answering.
“I drank tea with Pia today. It was my first time making tea with an elf, but it was very bland.”
‘Elf’s tea is not bland.’
“I read in a book that there is a flower called Diher. Those are the flowers in the yard, right?”
‘right. Come to think of it, you resemble that flower. Do you know what the language of flowers is? It’s dedication and a smile.’
“Ha ha ha ha ha. who drew this? did you draw I can’t draw very well.”
‘I know I can’t draw, but it’s strange to hear it like this…’
He smiled brightly as if he had heard his answer.
With that smile and one touch, I could feel that salvation really exists.
And now he was in front of me.
The man he wanted to answer and touch was right in front of his eyes.
When she first opened her eyes, her heart raced when she saw him lying down next to her.
How happy she was when life was given to her again, unlike the time when she struggled to die.
And when she first met the person who gave her that life, she was reluctant enough to give up her new life.
She stopped crying and looked at Ray.
He looked young, but to the elf, age didn’t matter at all.
In the first place, judging someone by their age is something only humans do.
Her eyes were full of love as she looked at Ray.
* * *
The saintess led a dispatched battalion consisting of the upper and lower ranks to search for the saint.
Sending the rest of the contingent to the opposite side of herself and systematically creating an encirclement, she received one piece of news.
It was a collection of information he bought from a black merchant and only reliable information was compiled into a table, but the point where the information was cut off was always connected to a nobleman.
As if he was deliberately trying to hide it.
It was so suspicious that she visited Viscount Gade’s mansion.
She asked, responding with a smile to the viscount who rushed out in surprise.
“Hello Viscount, how are you? Forgive me for coming so suddenly and being rude. As you know, we need to find a new saint, but the Viscount’s family is blocking all information. Maybe…”
Iriel said and scanned the surroundings.
“I wonder if the saint is around here…”
Viscount Gade sweated profusely at her sharp prediction.
“no. We also do not know the whereabouts of the Holy Son. Blocking information is just an attempt to hide it because our family used to hire merchants to find the Holy Son.”
Iriel smiled at his excuse.
“Well… if you hide the Holy Son, a holy war will happen right away. I’m sure the Viscount doesn’t know such a simple thing, right?”
In other words, it is like this.
If you’re lying, you’d better say it before the crusade happens.
Not only the dispatched battalion, but even the viscount trembled at the scary remark that it was Iriel’s temple.
he said, swallowing.
“Of course. Our family does not hide the saint.”
“Um… okay. Then let me just leave. We apologize for the sudden visit. Oh and…”
She paused for a moment, then went on again.
“I won’t bother asking why you are looking for the Holy Son… but if you dare to use the Holy Son, I think you should stop right away.”
Showing off her short dress with a beautiful smile, she immediately moved on and started looking elsewhere.
Moving with the dispatched battalion, the speed did not go well.
She was dissatisfied with that, but she was rather using it because it was inevitable.
Things like distributing a large number of people to the village to gather information and searching the forest.
While looking around the suspicious areas among the reported areas, she tilted her head as she looked back at this last remaining area.
she murmured.
“It is strange. If it wasn’t for Viscount Gade, there would be nowhere else to go…” While
looking at the map and marking the estate of Viscount Gade, she became interested in the forest next to her.
‘Forest of elves.’
The location was marked on the map with a small warning sign telling you to be careful.
