[Episode 170]
“Ask for fruit?”
“Eh…”
“You haven’t even looked at nose plucking for a while, so come only when you need it and ask for fruit?”
The end of Enosh’s words stretched out.
With his eyes sharply raised, his legs crossed, and his arms crossed in a rather arrogant manner, Enosh laughed at me.
I glanced over and nodded my head.
‘Hmm, maybe I should have contacted you more often.’
But these days I’ve been too busy.
I’m so distracted that I can’t even properly face my dad, who lives with me
.
“It’s sad, but who says it’s sad! Do you think I’m the kind of person who would be sad that this body didn’t meet this kind of dough? In the first place, you never gave me permission to interview you, so why are you here!”
“just.”
Lucillion, who did not know why he had come, tilted his teacup leisurely.
Tak-
Lucillion, who took a sip of tea and put down the cup, opened her mouth very slowly.
“I was thinking of seeing my friend’s face after a long time.”
“What is a friend! When did you say I had a close friend like you!”
“What a sad word.”
he grinned.
That laid-back expression was so enraged that I wondered if it might have irritated Enosh.
“majesty.”
When Lillian Daisy, who was by her side, bruised lightly, Enosh crossed her arms and turned her head away.
“I’m sorry, Enosh.”
“I’m sorry every day.”
“This is the last time. promise! now i’m not going anywhere When this job is over.”
“I had a fun adventure yesterday, but what?”
“…ah.”
Enosh’s eyes were full of dissatisfaction, as if she had already heard all the stories from Lucillion.
Lucillion smiled brightly as I glanced at Lucillion with resentful eyes.
“There are no secrets between friends, Eirin.”
“You didn’t mean to tease me, did you?”
“yes?”
At my words, Lucillion widened his eyes as if he was sad, then shook his head.
“There’s no way I’m embarrassing Eirin.”
“….”
“If you had troubled the esteemed crown prince, you would have made trouble.”
“you…!”
Oh, you didn’t mean to target me, you meant to target Enosh, right? When I let out a blank laugh, Lucillion glanced at me and shut her mouth.
“I’ll be careful from now on, Eirin.”
As I narrowed my eyes at the downtrodden voice, Lucillion touched the awkward teacup as if embarrassed.
“I want to give you the fruit you want, but it’s been a long time since the tree hasn’t bloomed.”
Enosh, arms crossed, answered.
“When I was still young, it was a pretty nice flower. But at some point it stopped budding.”
Enosh murmured softly and turned her head to look at the balcony with a large window.
“Perhaps that was exhausting too. It may rot from the inside out.”
“Can I have a look?”
Enosh narrowed her eyes, then sighed and nodded.
“If you want.”
After he answered that, he got up from his seat. Then Lillian got up and I got up and Lucillion followed suit.
Suddenly, it reminded me of our childhood. In the past, the four of us would get together and talk about miscellaneous things.
Their height suddenly grew and their positions changed greatly.
Even so, it was a little strange to be able to sit face to face like this again, so I burst out laughing without even realizing it.
“What are you laughing at?”
“It reminds me of the old days.”
“Ah, I used to play like this even when I was young.”
I nodded at Lillian’s words. At those words, Enosh also quietly shut up.
Maybe you’re thinking about the past.
“hey.”
“huh?”
“Walk around a bit. Even being together is not enough.”
“…You’re busier than me, aren’t you?”
When I recited Enosh’s words as if he was dumbfounded, he immediately crumpled his face.
“I want to leave a lot of memories.”
“Hey Lucillion High Priestess!”
“Yes, Your Highness, Crown Prince Enosh.”
“Oh, won’t you cultivate some respect? I will soon become emperor.”
“Your esteemed Crown Prince, Your Highness.”
“You really are unlucky.”
He sighed and lowered his head. Because they seem to be getting along well.
Following them bickering, the place they arrived at was the garden of the imperial castle. There was a white tree in the middle of the garden.
The tree holding a bunch of bright blue leaves was beautiful, but it didn’t feel alive.
‘There are no birds.’
No fruit, no birds, no flowers, no bees and butterflies. It seems as if it has been hardened and stuffed like this.
“Granpurse has green leaves all year round, but it always bears fruit around this time of year.”
Enosh stood by the tree and said.
‘There are handsome and pretty kids next to a pretty white tree, so it’s a pictorial.’
It’s a pity that I don’t have a camera. How did you grow up to be so perfect? It’s amazing.
“But it doesn’t grow anymore. I called a botanist, but he said he didn’t know.”
“Um, that’s right.”
Looking at the tree with the naked eye, there seemed to be nothing strange about it.
‘Dad said he couldn’t find any other way…’
It’s embarrassing, really.
“Wouldn’t there be a tree like this somewhere else?”
“I haven’t heard of it.”
“I guess so.”
After all, a national title is not a national title for nothing. It must be a fairly rare mutation to the point of being in the imperial family.
“Baby!! Give me-chu-le-give me!”
Quaang-!
Nyaaaaaagh!
The moment I thought I heard a roaring voice, something fell right in front of me with a heavy sound.
With a sound like a cat’s scream.
“…Seolpyo-nim?”
“Wow, you are in a really strange place. I was just trying to come in, but it was embarrassing because there were barriers all over the place.”
Seolpyo said with an expression that did not look embarrassed at all.
“Give me churros, I ate them all.”
“You gave me a lot. And what is that black cat?”
“I picked it up. Anyway, since I’m a bodyguard, I can’t harm you, right? And did you finish eating churro?”
“What kind of harm do cats do… oh really…”
“Miyaaaaagh!”
I just let you know
I never thought I would regret that choice that day. If you don’t get any fruit anyway, you have no choice but to use another number.
“I’ll give it to you.”
“good.”
“If you let me get this fruit.”
I didn’t know, so I pointed to a tree and said,
“Fruit?”
The snow leopard, which had pricked its ears in human form, turned its head to see the pure white Granpurus.
“There is a tree that I miss very much.”
The snow leopard muttered softly as he raised his palms on the stiff bark.
“I thought it was all gone a long time ago.”
“A long time ago, all…?”
“I lost a lot of energy.”
I opened my eyes wide at the words of Snow Leopard, who was touching the hard wood here and there.
“Do you know what’s wrong?”
“Do you know what’s wrong?”
“Yes, I need the fruit of this tree…”
“Ah, the fruit.”
The snow leopard, which stuttered here and there, grinned.
“If I let the fruit grow, will you give me a chu?”
“I’ll give it to you.”
“Hmm, is this your promise with that lizard? Even if you don’t, they’ll just kill you.”
The snow leopard giggled and closed his eyes while resting his hand on the tree trunk.
“This tree is a winter tree. A tree that flowers in the fall and bears fruit in the winter.”
White energy began to flow from the snow leopard’s hand. It instantly froze the surrounding air into crystals.
“Living in a place like this is sure to make your health worse and worse.”
An amazing thing happened.
The tree instantly absorbed the cold air that flowed from his hands. It was absorbed so fast that it was almost ravenous, so I didn’t feel cold at all even though he radiated so much cold.
The tree that embraced the cold produced buds in an instant and soon bore fruit.
Ripe fruit even fell to the floor.
I hurriedly reached out and held the ripe fruit in my arms.
‘Now, if I only have one unripe fruit…’
I lightly shook the snow leopard’s body.
“Wait! me that! Please pick some unripe ones!”
“huh? good. But is this the material he asked for?”
The snow leopard jumped up in an instant and asked, holding a seemingly unripe fruit in my arms.
“yes.”
“Hmm… That’s a very funny witch, too.”
Snow Leopard sneered for a while as he thought of the ingredients I had brought.
“Did you promise to show me something from the past?”
“Uh…”
I was speechless at the words of the snow leopard.
I tried to nod my head, but I was worried about the gazes of the three people around me, so I barely strained my neck.
“It’s good to keep this tree as cold as possible. Well, maybe you can come over and take care of it. It is a tree I miss very much.”
“Were there many before?”
“It was a lot. Even if the humans didn’t cut them all down to decorate them just because they were pretty…”
He murmured softly.
“Perhaps you can still see the flowers of this tree in full bloom in winter.”
He muttered as if looking at a distant mountain, then looked back at me with a smile.
“promise.”
“yes.”
I made him a mountain of churros and carefully placed the berries in the storage box.
‘All that’s left is blue flowers.’
It will grow in a few days.
“Thanks for your help, everyone.”
When I said this with a broad smile, Enosh snorted and rubbed the back of my nose.
“Yes, you should be grateful to have this body.”
“yes yes.”
I smiled clumsily and hugged Enosh. Of course with Fallon Lillian on the other side.
Then Enosh shuddered, frowned, and stroked my hair.
“I’m not even a child…”
“Oh, I’m just nice. majesty.”
Lillian’s laughing voice caused Enosh to mutter softly, “Who said no?”
“It’s almost over…”
Finally, the end to know this long truth was approaching.
