Episode 383 Accident (9)
As she seemed to be about to fall, Serien looked at her in surprise.
“Are you going to teach someone? You who didn’t even say a word to the elves in my village?”
“It’s a great opportunity to shout out to you guys for the first time, but if I miss it, I won’t be able to taste it.”
Elisa, who had been talking playfully, looked at Ray this time.
“And I am personally interested in you as well. nice If you will guarantee me what you have said, I will give you my greatest weapon.”
“If you don’t believe it, you can check it with your eyes of truth.”
Elisa shook her head.
“I have a bad habit of overconfident myself rather than the eyes of the truth. It seems to me that you are unlikely to lie.”
Green eyes pierced Ray.
A warm forest resembling the green of nature seemed to surround it.
“I’m sorry midway through your talk, but I can’t give you much time! 15 days until the other high elves arrive! So, I will give Elisa and Ray a full day!”
At Heprion’s words, Elisa smiled softly.
“High elves are a talkative race. Sooner or later this quiet shrine will become noisy. Got it. Then I will make sure to show up after fifteen days.”
“Yes!”
“Let it go.”
She turned to Ray.
“yes.”
The two of them left the temple.
As Elisa and Ray disappeared, Sert said worriedly.
“Um… is it okay if I leave it as it is…?”
“There is nothing wrong. If the human condition returns to normal, I am also satisfied that I can repair the altar faster.”
“But…”
“Calm down, Sert! Everything will work out for the better!”
Sert tried to object to Heprion’s overly optimistic words, but swallowed his words.
“Okay…”
* * *
Leaving the temple, Elisa and Ray walked through the forest day and night.
It was late at night and the forest bathed in moonlight was as beautiful as seeing the blue sea.
Even though there was only 15 days left, Elisha’s gait was quite leisurely.
“Where are you going?”
“Anywhere your feet can reach is good. Stop when you see a place you like.”
After she said that, she walked at a pace that was neither fast nor slow.
After Elisha, Ray silently followed.
* * *
I walked for half a day without saying anything and without any teaching.
The night of the blue moonlight had passed and the two had not spoken until dawn.
The forest we passed by was obviously beautiful.
The dewy flowers swayed in the hill breeze, and the fresh smell of wet grass tickled my nose.
Walking through the forest at night, when everyone else is asleep, made me feel my heart pounding like a child secretly doing bad things.
But she didn’t stop.
She said she would stop if there was a place she liked, but she never stopped no matter what beautiful scenery was in front of her.
‘Wow.’ They exclaimed exclamations and laughed brightly like children and lay down on the grass.
But there was no way to preach by setting oneself up to teach something.
one word.
Every time he saw a mysterious place that deserved admiration, he only asked Ray about a single word.
“Do you like it?”
Nod your head and answer.
“I like it.”
At such times, Elisha, who had been lying on the grass and looking at the sky, got up without hesitation and started walking again.
Waterfalls poured down the sheer cliffs and created a spectacle.
Between the cliffs, flowers that had just bloomed were showing off their presence.
A small ray of sunlight from the mysterious sunset pierced the mist and illuminated the waterfall.
Elisa asked.
“Do you like it?”
To that, Ray gave the same answer again.
“I like it.”
‘Mmm.’ and shakes his head.
Looking at the waterfall, she moved again.
Flowers bloomed profusely in the fields.
White clouds hung beautifully in the sky.
The sunlight that drove away the dark night warmly illuminated the land.
“Do you like it?”
This is a question that has been bothering me for over a week.
“I like it.”
There can be no better scenery than this.
It is a magnificent view that anyone who sees it will be amazed.
Even after answering, she shook her head as to what she didn’t like so much.
“You mean you don’t even like this?”
Elisa stood up again.
Unlike a week ago, now she did not lead herself to unexplored regions.
No, I only visited places where I could say that it was a good view, let alone an unexplored place.
A swamp with hollow earth and a foul smell.
Forests devastated by forest fires and villages where all residents died due to plague.
The merchants in the carriage who were attacked by monsters and couldn’t even leave a proper corpse, and the children starving because the nobles of the territory raised taxes.
Elisa asked Ray while staring at them.
“Do you like it?”
i can’t like it
Regretful.
It’s pitiful.
disgusting
It is a pity for the residents who died because they could not avoid the plague in time.
I feel sorry for the group of merchants who encountered and ate a group of monsters.
I hate the nobles who live off the skin of the people’s stomachs to gain weight.
Ray denied the sight that was completely different from the sights he had seen so far.
“I don’t like it.”
“Then this is also not the case.”
No.
Over 14 days out of 15 days were spent solely on walking.
Still, she shook her head and tried to move again.
relaxed.
Relaxed but not lazy.
free.
Free but not negligent.
What the hell could make her like that?
Ray stopped following and asked her for the first time.
“How can you be so relaxed?”
If the altar explodes even at this moment, the world could be turned upside down.
How can we maintain peace in a situation facing destruction?
Elisa turned to Ray.
“If you have nothing in your heart, your worries will also disappear. When anxiety disappears, you will naturally find peace. But the heart is like a vessel. It exists only to contain. Even if you don’t want to contain it, there is no choice but to contain something in the end.”
“Then how can I not contain it?”
“It would be foolish not to include it. put it Put whatever comes into your mind. Pack it up and throw it away. So that you can put it to your heart’s content and throw it away without hesitation so that you don’t have any regrets.”
Elisa smiles brightly.
Still, her smile resembled nature, and her gestures were like birds flying freely in the sky.
“What should I do if I come across something that I can’t throw away even if I put it to my heart’s content?”
She answered Ray’s question quietly.
“Then it will be your ‘life’.”
life.
my life.
what i want to achieve what i can’t throw away
Elisha’s steps, which seemed to continue endlessly, stopped.
“The last place is here.”
Ray, lost in thought, looked around.
Then, for some reason, I saw a familiar landscape.
A forest that seems empty.
The bushes were sparsely defoliated, and there was a wide clearing in the middle.
In my head, I pictured a blonde woman with a unique smile.
A place quite similar to the place where Iriel died.
It was a nameless forest.
The place where Iriel died and was named the holy land of saints.
The figure of Iriel, who was dying in front of Ray’s eyes, was drawn.
‘I can’t do anything without me.’
‘I’m sure he likes me too.’
It seemed that the sadly lively voice would be heard again at any moment.
The ordinary forest, which can be found anywhere, was the place she was most satisfied with at the last moment, and it was also the place she least liked.
Again, Elisha asked.
“Do you like it?”
short question.
It’s a question you’ve probably heard dozens and hundreds of times over the years, but the impression was different.
what i want to achieve what i can’t throw away
my life.
‘I want to live a life for people and saving them.’
It’s something I’ve been determined and committed to since my previous life.
Instead of answering Elisa’s question, Ray just quietly hugged the grass as she did.
I looked at the unsightly bush and reached out my hand to feel the ground.
So that there is not a single regret left in this place.
When I touched the dew-soaked grass, I abandoned the conversation I had with Iriel.
When I lay down on the ground, I threw away the memories I had with Iriel.
my life.
I abandoned Iriel for something I couldn’t throw away.
I struggled to abandon her.
It was only then that Elisa showed a satisfied smile.
* * *
Laying on the grass in the forest and looking at the setting sun, Ray asked mutteringly.
“Why is the last place such an empty forest? How did you know?”
Elisha also lay down beside him at a distance.
“Eyes contain the heart of a person. How could you choose another place for your last place when your eyes only hold the forest?”
“Is that so.”
Was it
Had his heart already stopped after Iriel’s death?
A small smile formed on Elisa’s lips.
“Yes.”
The scarlet sunset mixed with the blue moonlight illuminated the forest.
The forest, which had been empty before, now embraced a mystery.
The two haven’t spoken much since.
In the nameless forest, as before, only silence lingered.
Until I found a place I liked, 15 days passed before I gave up my mind again.
There were five more hours left until the full moon.
Elisa opened her mouth.
“I gave you the biggest and best weapon I’ve ever owned. Now, wouldn’t there be something you should show me?”
“yes.”
Ray looked up at the night sky where the stars were beginning to set.
mind.
bowl.
Strangely, when you start throwing it away, it fills up again.
There were things that you can only see after throwing them away.
Tranquility, leisure.
It wasn’t her greatest weapon.
The determination to throw away and the spirit not to be afraid of unfamiliar things.
That was the only power Elisha had.
