Episode 28 Decision (2)
Aira didn’t listen to the answer, but didn’t say anything.
How could she not know that it was her own consideration?
Ray pointed out the window and said.
“Shouldn’t we go outside soon?”
Then Ira nodded.
Even for her, it was time to look around the town.
I hadn’t seen the actual conditions of the village for the past 20 years, so I had to watch how they live.
Because that was her role to protect the elves.
She got up from her seat and prepared to leave.
It was the first time she had been out of town in twenty years.
* * *
All the elves did not know that their high elves were sick.
That’s why I always thought I was safe, and now the shock has doubled.
A wave of criticism fell upon the elder.
Even though he was the highest-ranking adult in the village, he couldn’t go over the act of hiding an important agenda even from himself.
“Why did you hide the fact that Lady Aira was sick from us!”
“What would have happened if humans had invaded!”
They united their voices to express their anger.
Ira, who saw this as soon as he came out, was dumbfounded.
It was wrong as a member of the organization not to inform her of her illness, but the elder also acted thinking that if she hid her illness, the slave traders would not invade.
Besides, they didn’t try to find out any information about themselves.
Did they come to the house or ask the elder?
It wasn’t until after the incident broke out that she felt a headache when she saw them running amok.
Beside him, Ray cautiously stepped back.
“If I appeared in the current atmosphere, there would be an uproar.”
“Whoa… I guess I’ll have to watch it a little longer.”
She sighed, covering her head with her small hands.
The village was truly at the height of turmoil.
I never thought an elf who enjoys quiet would cause such a commotion.
Ira was also unexpected.
The elder bowed his head and begged for forgiveness.
“…Once again, I apologize. I’m sorry.”
“It almost put the whole town in danger! It was a matter of life and death!”
“I don’t know what to say…”
They poured out all their anger on the elder who couldn’t even argue.
Hearing that sound, Aira couldn’t stand it and kicked the tree in an instant and went down.
It was such a mysterious step that it seemed as if he had landed on the ground in the same position as he was standing.
A single word was enough for her to silence the commotion around her.
“Everyone, stop.”
Giying –
The air trembled.
Her mana, which was enormous enough to resonate throughout the village without much effort, made everyone quiet like a rat.
It seemed that all the bustle from earlier was a lie.
All the elves who saw her knelt in front of her.
In front of the high elves, the elves dare not even raise their heads.
Aira looked around and sneered.
“If you want to hear me, I really can’t hear you. Is there a child who has ever visited me, even if it’s just one person here? If so, come and see me.”
“….”
“….”
They just looked back at each other.
Naturally, there were no elves who could stand in front of Aira.
“Look. No one of you guys even made an effort to get to know me, so why are you arguing with the elder for what you did well?”
At her words, an elf slightly raised her head and said,
“But if the elder had told us, this would not have happened! Isn’t that what Aira-nim ordered the elder to do?”
The young elf seemed to be polite, but he was saying this. ‘
Isn’t the
elder being cursed for because you ordered the elder like that?’
She is still resentful of the elves who neglected her.
Hearing this now, the dam in my heart burst.
Ray also hit his forehead at the young elf’s words.
“Oh, he’s having an accident.”
Aira muttered lowly.
“You dare…”
She radiated ‘peer’ around her.
It was a little different from the peers commonly used by dragons.
If a dragon’s fear stimulates the basic desire for survival and fear of living beings, the fear she exudes is her sense of coercion as the king of a tribe.
It’s just a different kind, but it had an intensity comparable to that of a dragon’s peer.
In fact, the young elf who received her peer from the front was drooling and losing consciousness.
Angry to the point of her head, she said with mana.
“You foolish tribes who do not know grace! If you think so, I will leave.”
As if she really intended to do so, she went up to her house in an instant.
A commotion broke out again among the remaining elves below.
There were also elves who begged the young elf who had passed out while drooling and asked why he said something stupid.
Elders were no longer a topic of conversation.
Because something bigger was going on.
Absence of high elves.
It meant that they could be attacked by slave traders at any time and invaded by lords trying to reclaim their territory.
It means that even tomorrow, their life and death are not guaranteed.
I couldn’t count how many blessings I received under the shadow of a high elf.
Now that I think about it, she devoted herself to them, but they just took it for granted.
The elves were divided into two groups: the elves who knelt down, admitting their mistake, and the elves who looked at the young elves as if they were going to kill them.
* * *
“….”
Lay said, looking at Aira, who was unable to calm her anger by spinning around in place even after climbing up the tree.
“Since you’re crazy, stop turning around and sit down.”
“…”
He didn’t answer, but seeing as he sat down, he seemed to be listening.
She couldn’t help but open her mouth.
“What! What the hell is that tone! When did the authority of the high elves fall like this!”
“Even if you ask me that, it’s difficult for me to answer…”
Lay, who was chewing on dried fruit, looked at Aira.
“Are you really thinking of leaving?”
To be honest, it wouldn’t matter to Aira if she left town.
In any elf village, if a high elf wanted to enter, they would just go in.
The elves are sure to be in a frenzy trying to take each other with them, saying thank you.
Aira thought for a moment and then said.
“Because I don’t want to see them fighting each other. Besides, it’s a bit lonely that no one came to look for me.”
“Do you have a place in mind?”
“There are places where I’ve been marked out to live happily. They are in the country to the west.”
“West?”
Several countries to the west came to Ray’s mind.
Among them, the Lessian Empire, a nation of swords with a track record of producing historical swordsmen in the past, could be cited as a representative country in the west.
In the Lessian Empire, which was famous for its high security, it was illegal to have slaves of different races.
That’s why there was no need for slave traders to run the game, so if there was an elven village nearby, at least the slave traders wouldn’t have to worry about it.
Ray wondered if the place Aira thought was in Lessian.
‘If you want to live peacefully, it’s an empire.’
The Lessian Empire, a civilization developed to the point where there were one or two magic tools in the homes of commoners, was a truly good country to live in.
I’ve only read about it in books, but I’ve never actually been there.
Aira took a deep breath and calmed her anger.
“Haa… I can’t believe I’ve lost my mind just because I haven’t taken care of her for 20 years.”
Twenty years is a long enough time, but what she said made some sense.
We know that elves can live up to eight hundred years.
Compared to humans, it could not have been an extremely long lifespan.
Twenty years is a long time for humans, but not from the elven point of view.
Eight hundred years is twenty years, isn’t that a big number?
Besides, she was a high elf.
It is a fleeting time for her, who lives so long that her lifespan is unknown.
However, it was never a fleeting time for Rei.
he said, putting his hand over his mouth.
“Only 20 years… As expected, you…”
“No!”
she said, glaring at Ray.
However, the noise outside grew loud enough to drown out the voice.
The noise was so tumultuous that it reached Aira’s house.
“Ira-sama! We don’t think so!”
“Please come out!”
“Give us one more chance!”
Several voices rang out at once, looking for her.
Ira sighed as he heard their cries.
It seemed that my heart was shaking.
Ray asked in a calm tone.
“Actually, did you say that you were going to leave out of anger?”
“Elfs don’t lie. I was really thinking about leaving.”
“It seems like you’ve already decided.”
He said he knew everything.
But unfortunately, it was the correct answer. Even though the elves had left him unattended, his heart was shaken as soon as he heard the cry.
Aira said as if she was tired.
“okay. have already decided It seems they still need me.”
“okay. That’s great.”
She took a deep breath as if it was finally time, slapped herself on the cheek, showed symptoms of abnormality, and spoke out.
“If you don’t mind Ray…”
Seeing how hesitating to say it, it seems like it’s difficult for her to say it herself.
The white skin was visibly reddened.
“Would you like to stay here with me?”
Ray was also speechless at the words she spat out with difficulty.
He plans to go to the Holy Land.
It’s not far from here, but it’s not the next town either.
After answering, Ray shook his head.
“no. I have to go to the Holy Kingdom.”
“…Seongguk?”
Rather than being disappointed with the answer, Ray said calmly to her who tilted her head at the word Seongguk.
“Seongguk is looking for me.”
“Looking for you… what do you mean by that?”
He laughed and scratched his head.
“ha ha ha. Did I say God made me a saint? He gave a revelation.”
“Poetry God revealed? are you a saint …But didn’t you use mana instead of holy power…
”
“Oh my god…”
Then it made sense.
Didn’t he cure the disease that even he couldn’t control with mana?
When he healed the bite, all he had to do was apply water or wipe his body, but how could he explain the identity of the healing magic that instantly healed him if he wasn’t a saint?
But she wasn’t the only one who was curious.
“Why does a saint cure diseases with magic instead of holy power? No, how is that possible in the first place? Isn’t it only the exceptionality of the divine power bestowed by God that separates saints and saints from ordinary people?”
