Episode 39 Time to go to the Holy Land (2)
After praying, she exhaled and opened her eyes.
“Whoa…”
He hadn’t eaten anything for three days, so he was hungry.
She got up from her tent and started looking around for something to eat.
After eating only the finest food that the Holy Land would give you with just a word, now you’re searching the ground to find something to eat.
But I couldn’t help it. I thought it was an ordeal to keep the word of God.
Iriel, who was bending down and examining the ground, saw the ‘edible’ grass the saint had told her about, and lightly tore off the top of it.
It was clear that pulling the grass up to the root would leave bad feelings for them when the elves were standing right in front of them.
As soon as they were grazing, the sticky liquid that flowed out in an instant made them feel bad.
As soon as I put it in my mouth and started chewing, a crazy bitter taste came up.
‘Ugh!’
I didn’t think of the high-quality ingredients I always ate, but I still hoped that it would taste good for people to eat.
But isn’t this so bitter that even animals won’t eat it?
The two elven guards who were watching her said in surprise.
“Oh my God… that’s so bitter that even we don’t eat it…”
“I heard that humans sometimes commit self-mortification… After all, the saintess is amazing. I would never eat it.”
Seeing them clicking their tongues, saying that they would rather starve, a fire welled up inside them.
‘Ugh… a saint!’
He groaned inwardly and swallowed the grass in one gulp.
Then, a warm feeling rose from within. The image of the saint smiling while pointing at the grass and saying that it is good for health flashed through my mind.
“Kyaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”
The elves were startled by the saintess’ sudden radiance and aimed their bows at them.
“Shut up!”
“I would have said that if you acted nonsense, you would attack!”
“No water!”
“Shut up!”
Tears of sorrow flowed from her eyes.
It was more difficult than any ordeal I had ever gone through.
I came to the elf village with courage, saying that I would take the saint, but I immediately regretted it.
A scream erupted from the fierce heat that surged from within.
“Kyaaaaagh! Give me some water!”
“Shut up, shut up!”
An unknown scream resounded in the forest of Grandel.
It was only the third day since she had been sleeping in front of the village.
* * *
I said goodbye to my parents.
When I stopped crying and remembered the image of my mother packing food for the trip, I smiled.
Following Ale’s words that the shorter the moment of leaving, the better, so I left the house before sunset, but I was relieved to leave.
Ray moved to the familiar forest he had always passed on his way to the elven village.
Partly because Iriel was there, but also to say goodbye to the elves.
As I crossed the forest, I thought I hadn’t seen this place for a while, so I looked around more often.
He went quickly but leisurely carving around.
Because it was moving so fast, the monsters didn’t dare to approach it.
* * *
It was not normal to see the saintess scooping up water with both hands and gulping down, probably intending to drink the entire stream.
Her hair, which had always been neatly down to her waist, was scattered, and her swollen eyes were bloodshot.
Seeing that, the elves’ guards were probably doubled.
Having unwillingly tightened the guard, she returned to the tent with a heavy breath.
I already wanted to go back to the Holy Land.
I tried three of the herbs that the saint told me to eat, but one was so bitter that even animals were reluctant to eat it, and the other two tasted good, but were so tough that I tried to cut them down with divine power to see if they were truly plants.
She was the first to tire of the tenacious grass that kept its shape in the mouth no matter how much it was chewed.
In the end, I couldn’t eat anything and had no choice but to stay still in the tent.
‘Should we just go back…’
Around the time she thought as she lay down looking up at the sky. A voice came from the side.
“Prepare. I will go to the holy kingdom.”
iced coffee. Did you even hear hallucinations?
When she didn’t respond, Ray frowned slightly and kicked her with the tip of his toe.
As a saint, when would she have been treated like this? But now I don’t want to move.
Ray wondered if Iriel was dead as he stayed still.
However, when her chest moved regularly, that thought disappeared.
If not, what the hell is this reaction?
He forced the lying Iriel up.
In a state similar to that of a zombie, Ray looked at her and said.
“I will go to the Holy Land. Get ready before I come.”
“yes……?”
Perhaps it was only then that she came to her senses, she asked again, her eyes wide open.
Even shed tears.
“Have I been forgiven?”
Did you finally achieve your goal? Did you keep the word of God?
Looking at her who couldn’t come to her senses with joy, Ray said quietly.
“no. Stop talking and guide me to the Holy Kingdom.”
Even when he said to guide the saintess of the Holy Land like a guide, the joy was not erased.
Rather, I wanted to wave and encourage him to try one more time.
To that extent, Iriel’s mood was soaring high enough to pierce the sky.
Regardless of whether she was in a good mood or not, Ray passed her and headed for the village with that last word.
An elf guard looked at him and spoke to him.
“Are you coming now?”
“Pia is awake, so go find her. it looks like i’m waiting for you ha ha ha.”
Did you finally wake up? Even if it was a wound, except for the dislocated shoulder and the sword wound on the side, Pia had only minor scars. She had been lying down all this time because of sheer fatigue.
Ray smiled at them and nodded.
“I’ll visit you as soon as I go.”
* * *
As soon as he entered the village, he saw quite a number of elves.
Ray greeted them once and reached Pia’s house and opened her door.
Immediately after that, I saw Pia sitting in a chair.
“Are you really awake? He slept like he was dead.”
Then she smiled and said.
“Beauty sleeps a lot.”
Even though she called herself a beauty, there seemed to be no problem at all.
Rather, it feels like an appropriate expression.
Aira, who seems to have made jewels out of crystals called beauty, has also been asleep for twenty years.
Even though he said it in a joke, he only nodded seriously, and Pia asked worriedly.
“This is not the reaction I was hoping for… what is it?”
“no. I think it’s true that beauty really sleeps a lot.”
Originally, it is not that beautiful women sleep a lot, but because they sleep regularly, their skin improves and there are no dark circles, so they look beautiful.
However, it seemed that the time had come to change this way of thinking.
If I accumulate knowledge someday, will I be able to find out why beauty sleeps so much?
As he struggled with useless thoughts, someone came behind him.
“joy. You can hear it from here as soon as you come again.”
I recognized her before I saw her because of the familiar voice.
“Ira.”
“Last time it was like that, and this time too… What the hell do you think of a high elf…”
Seeing her grumble in a small voice, Pia fell to her knees in surprise.
“Ah, meeting Aira-sama.”
At Pia’s greeting, Aira waved her hand once.
“done.”
Ray said bewildered.
“How come this is Pia’s house, so I see more of you?”
“There is no place in town I cannot go.”
“I do, but…”
He muttered, looking at her with the eyes of a house trespasser, and Ira hurriedly changed the subject, averting her gaze.
she said, looking at Ray’s backpack full of stuff.
“Looks like you’ve made up your mind.”
At her words, Ray nodded slightly.
“I will go to the Holy Land. It’s an opportunity that came just as you said.”
“Good idea. Then… I’m leaving now.”
Ray nodded his head again.
Pia was quite shocked by the conversation between the two. Are you leaving? where do you mean
Pia, who couldn’t open her mouth recklessly because of Aira even though she had questions, was at a loss when he heard that he was leaving.
Aira clicked her tongue and said at the sight of him whimpering like a puppy hungry for poop.
“If you have any questions, you can ask, child.”
When Ira, who even looked younger than Pia, said that, a rather funny situation was created.
Pia hesitated for a moment, then bowed her head to Aira.
“Thank you Aira-sama.”
“okay. What are you curious about?”
As I spoke while imitating Aira’s tone, Aira’s mouth became sullen.
“Where are you going when you leave? Didn’t you originally intend to be here? Do you really intend to follow the humans from the Holy Land?”
I couldn’t come to my senses from the questions pouring in like a rapid-fire cannon.
he answered slowly.
“that’s right. I’m thinking of going to the Holy Land.”
Pia couldn’t open her mouth again at that answer that looked firm.
“How much?”
how much He himself doesn’t know for sure.
If there is no more knowledge to learn or if the Holy Kingdom proves to be ineffective, he will come.
I think it will probably take several years.
Ray cleared his mind and opened his mouth.
“I don’t know. Maybe a few years?”
When she said that, her face softened slightly.
“Can you come back?”
“I will come back. no matter what.”
“Haa… that’s right. Ho ho ho. Yes, have a good trip!”
Now that it’s completely relaxed, it’s the same face as usual.
why is he like that? Looking at Aira with a smile on her face, she said.
“Unlike humans, a few years is nothing to elves. If it’s a few years… Well, you can say it’s coming back in a short time.”
“ah.”
As she nodded her head as if she understood, Aira looked at Pia and said.
“If you don’t have anything more to say, now I want you to borrow it…”
“Ah yes! Write!”
“….”
I didn’t like the way the two of them borrowed and used me like an object, but it was the last one.
Since it was the last, he, a self-proclaimed big man, could stand it.
However, it seems that it doesn’t matter whether he tolerates it or not.
She took her hand and moved Mana.
“Blink.”
At that moment, the surrounding objects and background became blurred in an instant.
As the background changed with a single word, I felt a little dizzy.
“Ugh…”
Grabbing my hair, I looked around and it was Aira’s house.
She said, looking at herself as if nothing had affected her.
“There is something I want to give you. Please do not refuse.”
“I want to give it to you…”
After a while, it was worth living.
Aira approached him and held out her hand.
“Catch it.”
catch it Do you mean holding hands?
When Ray held her hand, he felt her cool touch.
Memories from a month ago came to my mind. Even then, they always held hands and poured mana to check Aira’s condition.
However, it was definitely the first time that we had just held hands like now.
Aira’s face was red, but her expression was serious as if she didn’t want to show off.
She opened her small lips and chanted.
“…This will be ‘my’ mark, proof that I will soon be with him.”
From what he had heard, there was no spell like this in any magic.
Immediately, before I could think of anything, a reaction arose from the hand I was holding with Aira.
