Chapter 861 – 861. Post-Return Processing (2)
“Are you here?”
“Sister!”
Lily jumped into her arms, caressed Erin as she came into her arms, and greeted the three of them who had just returned to her house.
“It was fun?”
“Huh! Oh Lord!”
Seeing Erin’s brightly smiling face, Lily responded with a smile on her face.
It must have been a short day, but it seemed like the time Erin spent with Eunhyeon and Eleanor was very enjoyable.
“Were you that satisfied?”
“It was amazing! It was as my sister said!”
What are you talking about?
Eunhyeon was very concerned, but she didn’t ask about it.
I’m sure her wives were talking nonsense with each other.
She took Erin in her arms and addressed her to Lily, who was chattering as if to soothe her little sister.
“What about Illyana?”
“Ah, the eldest madam is watching Elena in the master bedroom.”
After giving birth, Illyana’s daily life became very monotonous.
Ileina’s morning was very early.
Even though there is no sun because it is a house in a dungeon, they start to cry when the sun rises in the morning, so Illyana and Lily who take care of Ilayna have no choice but to wake up quickly.
She eats breakfast every day, does simple stretches and exercises, keeps her body in check after her pregnancy, goes into postpartum care, and spends the day looking after her baby.
When she had free time, she was even busier than before when she read magic books.
Excluding her recent visit to the Mage Tower, Illyana’s daily life has become even more monotonous.
Eun-hyeon took off his coat and headed straight to the bedroom.
“Illyana. I’m here.”
“I’m here?”
“Abuah!”
Following Illyana, who greeted Eunhyeon with her smile, her daughter in her arms stretched out her arms towards her smiling broadly.
Eunhyeon also smiled when she saw Ileina giggling in her mother’s arms, wondering if he knew that he was her father.
Eun-hyeon naturally accepted her precious daughter through Illyana’s behavior of pushing her toward him.
A delicate and fragile baby, as if it would break at any moment if given the wrong strength.
The first time I held it, I was so cautious and even scared, but now that I’m used to it, I can afford to even joke around to make the baby in my arms happy.
Eunhyun played with the baby in her arms for a while, then sat next to Illyana on the bed.
“Didn’t something big happen?”
“There was nothing like that. Oh, but…”
He spoke belatedly, as if he had remembered something.
“Derkin visited once.”
“Derkin? Why?”
“Last time at the Magic Tower, Erwin was seriously damaged.”
“It did.”
A friend from the past who was a hero in the past, but now has become the worst enemy.
During the battle with Raynan, Elvin’s homunculus artificial body was severely damaged.
The fact that he was able to withstand Raynan’s fist, which boasted terrifying attack power that could easily tear even steel, meant that the branches of the World Tree that made up his body had strong durability.
However, even with that strong durability, restoring the once damaged durability was a separate issue.
The reason Derkin came to Illyana about Elvin’s homunculus body problem was that Eunhyeon and Illyana were the ones who made the artificial body.
Naturally, the two were the only ones who could restore the damaged durability.
“Hmm, I see.”
Restoring Elvin’s body was more cumbersome than expected.
This is because obtaining the materials used to make his body was not an easy task.
Good quality magic stones and reagents themselves could be obtained fairly quickly if you just poured money into them.
But the most important problem was the branches of the World Tree.
It couldn’t be obtained with money, and it was only possible to obtain it with the permission of the elven queen, Regina.
No matter how much Eunhyeon was Regina’s teacher and the benefactor of the elves, she had to go through formal procedures, so it took quite a while.
It was postponed due to these realistic problems, but I didn’t think that Derkin’s side would come to Elvin’s repair problem first.
“I didn’t know that Derkin would come first.”
“Derkin wasn’t in too much of a hurry. Only…”
“Only?”
“Looks like Eris is still urging you.”
“Ah.”
Eunhyun belatedly understood the situation.
His daughter, Eris, adores Alvin like her own brother.
Apparently, the little elf girl hoped that Elvin’s tattered body would recover as soon as possible.
“Derkin’s expression was so spectacle. Whoops.”
Recalling Illyana’s expression at that time, she involuntarily smiled.
He had the look on his face that he couldn’t understand why he had to ask him for something like this because of Alvin.
Wasn’t it because Eris was a precious daughter that he had to ask for her even with a bug-bitten expression on his face?
“As for the branches of the World Tree, Derkin also said that he would make a request to the Elf Queen.”
“Then what…”
Since it was a big contribution to moving up Elvin’s repair schedule, there was no reason for her to put it off.
Eunhyeon recalled her plans in her head and coordinated them.
“Are you okay with the time?”
Illyana was also heavily involved in the production of Elvin’s body.
She needed her help, but unfortunately Illyana was very tired with childcare these days.
“Um, what should I do?”
Illyana spared her words as if pondering for a moment, but her eyes continued to stare at her Eunhyeon.
“…”
Eunhyeon immediately understood her wife’s intentions.
She wouldn’t be able to help if she asked for help, but she had a look in her eyes that demanded something from herself.
Her Eun-hyeon’s troubles were not long as she thought about what it would be if she said it was what she wanted.
She smiled bitterly and showed Ileina in her arms.
“Can I babysit next week?”
“Call.”
As if she had heard a satisfactory answer, Illyana immediately responded with a smile.
Seeing her accepting her without the slightest hesitation, her Eun-hyeon also smiled bitterly at her.
The first priority that came to her mind, unfortunately, was parenting.
‘It would be more convenient to attack dungeons or catch monsters…’
Parenting for the first time was really hard.
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“Then, sooner or later, we will head to the Elven Forest. I am preparing.”
“… Thanks.”
Alvin bowed his head in the manner of her disrespect.
He thought she was making trouble for Eun-hyeon because of her own problems.
He said that he didn’t have to take responsibility for the battle with Raynan or the resulting damage to his durability due to a fight with a strong man he couldn’t help with, but Alvin didn’t seem to be able to do that.
“Mister.”
She simply conveyed her schedule and plan and was about to leave, but a little elf girl grabbed Eun-hyeon by the collar.
“Hmm?”
“If you only have the branches of the World Tree, can you fix it right away, Erwin?”
“Uh, um… Yes?”
Upon receiving confirmation, Eris immediately turned to Derkin.
“Dad! Go to our queen!”
“… What?”
“It’s a formal request for a branch to heal her brother!”
“Haha, Eris. That’s easier said than done.”
Derkin smiled bitterly and persuaded his daughter.
The world tree enriches the land and purifies the evil that is dissolved in the land.
In addition to that, it is a magical divine tree that bestows the grace of various blessings.
It is the mission of the elves to protect it.
No matter how much it is a tree branch, it is absolutely unacceptable for an individual elf to freely use a part of the World Tree.
“I know that. That’s why I want to make a deal with the Queen.”
“Hmm?”
“Her… ?”
At Eris’ words, Eunhyeon and Derkin paused and looked at the girl.
What the little elf girl said was so out of the blue and absurd that the two of them were speechless.
An elf with a mission to protect the world tree dares to make a deal with the queen with a part of the world tree.
Ideas and statements that could not be imagined by an elf.
And the fact that a little elf girl less than 20 years old took it out was enough to embarrass them.
Whether it was an absurdly disrespectful remark, Eunhyeon, who was not an elf, was familiar with their customs and culture, so she was equally surprised.
“Eh, Eris… ? What do you mean by that?”
“So I want to make a deal with the queen and get a tree branch to repair Erwin oppa.”
“No no. That’s not what I’m asking. Eris. It’s not just a game.”
Derkin cautiously rebuked Eris.
It was not a simple story that could pass between young children.
Even more so, if the target was the queen, the symbol of the elves, wouldn’t the story become even more complicated?
No matter how much Regina, their queen, was a benevolent and compassionate queen, considering her queen’s authority and honor, it was a very disrespectful and regrettable story.
“I know too?”
Eris tilted her head and gave the same answer as before.
“No. Therefore…”
For some reason, Derkin felt stuffy.
It was strange.
It feels like something is out of sync with the conversation.
Does her own daughter really understand her own explanation?
Or is it that she doesn’t really understand her daughter’s story?
When I was thinking about such complicated thoughts, it was Eun-hyeon who pointed out the misunderstanding between the two fathers and daughters.
“Eris.”
“Yes?”
“What are you planning to trade with the queen to get the branches of the World Tree?”
“Ugh, Eunhyun. Just a child…”
“No. I have a guess.”
“… Yes?”
Leaving behind Derkin’s confused expression, Eunhyeon looked at the young elf girl and asked again.
“Eris. Can you tell me “What do you know?”
“Ah…”
Eris gave a small sigh with a startled look on her face.
It was because Eun-hyeon saw through what she was offering in return.
A transaction is an exchange in which each other presents what is needed to the other and gives and receives a price.
Most of them can be objects of any kind, may be labor, or may be information.
There was no way that an item possessed by a petite elf girl who had not yet completed her physical growth was something the elf queen would need.
It didn’t take long for Eris to guess that what Eris wanted to offer in return was “Information,” Not goods or labor.
And she also had a story she had heard from Alvin.
– That child is a bit special. As if looking at the near future, he sometimes moves ahead of anyone else. He probably sees something different from others.
Eunhyeon was sure that Eris saw something.
“…”
Eris pondered for a moment.
Eventually, she looked at Eun-hyeon and asked.
“My story. Uncle, can you trust me?”
“If it’s a believable story, you can believe it.”
It was an ambiguous story.
Because it was a story that I couldn’t believe if it was a nonsensical story.
“But there is no such thing as nonsense in this world.”
“… !”
Eris shook her shoulders in amazement that she had even noticed her thoughts as if she were of her own.
She finally opened her mouth, her eyes making up her mind.
“I am… You can see the near future.”
She carefully put her own secrets that she hadn’t even told her parents, her ‘Clairvoyance’, into her mouth.
