Chapter 332 – 332. Interlude (2)
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In a location not far from Maherit there existed a small town by the name of Alhete.
Crossing river and thick outstretched trees.
It was a city that developed slowly compared to nearby cities, but it was especially famous as a tourist destination because many mysterious holy beasts lived in the forest.
“There, please… I hope you rest in peace.”
A small clearing located in the forest of Alhete.
A blonde high elf woman put her hands together and prayed towards the enshrined tomb in a small clearing.
Cortados Liberia.
Ardena, who secretly collected the body of Corte, the second god’s director and the demon king of explosions, placed her body in the place where her father, her only blood relative and her hometown, was enshrined.
“I’m sorry, Yushin. To call you.”
Ardena turned her head and said to Yushin, who was waiting behind her.
Yushin shrugged her shoulders.
“It’s okay. Rather, I think moving my body like this will help me rehabilitate.”
Yushin, who came to Corte’s hometown with the blonde high elf warrior chief, looked at the two enshrined tombs.
The place where Corte and her father sleep.
Yushin, who glanced at the enshrined tomb, bowed briefly and said goodbye to the deceased.
“Yushin.”
“Yes.”
“I want to take a short walk.”
“Okay.”
Ardena, who was standing in the grass with her cold eyes on her, turned her steps.
Leaving the small empty lot where the enshrined tomb is enshrined,
I took a walk with Yushin in the beautiful scenery of Saehaan surrounded by pure white snow.
Seeing Ardena trying to melt her frozen hands by blowing her pure white breath, Yoo-shin took out her prepared fur gloves and covered her white hands.
“Whoops… Thank you, Yushin.”
“I want you to dress warmly. You elves are too naked.”
“I-I didn’t!”
She must have been embarrassed by the fashion sense of her compatriots, who showed her skin so that it was burdensome for the viewer.
At Yushin’s words, which seemed to treat her as her courtesan, Ardena immediately refuted.
“… That makes me feel ashamed.”
Covering only the nipples and pubic area to a minimum,
Ardena seemed to have a lot of troubles whenever she saw free-spirited elven women walking around wearing only scraps of cloth smaller than the palm of her hand.
“Now that winter has come to the Liberia Peninsula for the first time, our compatriots will realize the need for clothing.”
“If the snow and ice melted anyway, they would just take off their clothes, saying it was uncomfortable and cumbersome, but what?”
“You smile as if you wished for that, Yushin Gilead!”
Yushin, who had inadvertently told her heart, turned her head away from Ardena’s fierce gaze.
The shorter her skirt the better,
The less covering her clothes are, the better.
Probably every man in the world thinks so.
“Huh. To be sour….”
Ardena snorted at her and crossed her arms with Yushin.
Walking through the snow-covered forest,
They clung to each other like lovers and depended on each other.
Ardena, who clung to her while holding her Yushin’s arm, let out a bashful laugh.
A deep smile hung on the lips of the high elf warrior, as if even the cold chill couldn’t stop the high elf’s passionate love.
Perhaps her dignity and dignity as a warrior commander had disappeared, but Ardena actively displayed affection for Yushin as a woman in love.
“Yushin.”
“Yes.”
Ardena, who sang her Yushin, let out a bitter smile while adding bitterness to the smile she had on her lips.
“Corté told me before he died. Live, live happily… She told me to live happily ever after.”
Hateful curses,
It’s not even a cry stained with sobs….
Corte was stabbed by the brilliance of the holy sword and just before she died, she gave her words of wishing her happiness.
That was her last will left to this world by Corte dos Liberia, the second high priest and the demon lord of explosives.
Why did she say that to me
Ardena, with a worried look on her face, asked Yushin about Corte’s true intentions.
“Maybe it was because I was grateful.”
Yushin, who was worried about Ardena’s question, opened his mouth soon.
“The high priest told me… Thank you? Why?”
At Yushin’s answer, Ardena reacted violently with her shoulders trembling weakly.
A hand that began to tremble with deep passion.
Yushin reached out to Ardena and held her hand as it was shaking miserably.
“Because you gave Corte rest. Maybe she didn’t approach you because Corte wanted it too, I think.”
Corté finally achieved her long-cherished revenge by gruesomely murdering all of the priests behind the scenes.
But she didn’t stop.
Like a wheel that has forgotten to stop,
She was constantly heading downhill.
Towards a hole from which you can’t climb back up.
Towards the abyss where not even a single point of light can enter.
After losing her precious things and giving up all of her own, her vengeful ears achieved her revenge, but after repeated mad slaughter, she eventually met her end at the hands of Ardena and found her rest. Could
“Actually, I don’t know either. It’s just what I heard from Master.”
At Yushin’s words, Ardena thought of Corte while nodding her head cautiously.
The moment I met my end,
She was clearly smiling with satisfaction.
Involuntarily, Ardena felt her own eyes fill with tears.
The moment Corté remembered her last appearance,
Tears filled my eyes like a river overflowing in the rainy season.
“Is that so….”
The hot tears of the high elves flowed through the cold wind.
“Yushin.”
A high elf woman with tears streaming down her white cheeks pulled something out of her arms.
A gem dyed black like jet black.
Unlike the demonic core of tyranny, which had a dull copper color like sardonyx, the demonic core of explosion was of a muted color, not allowing any light to shine through, as if it were formed by collecting black shadows.
It must have been.
What Ardena gave,
It was definitely the magic core of the explosion that Corte dos Liberia had.
* * *
After the fierce battle of the demon lords was over.
Ilayna, who became the first priest in history to be expelled from the Council of Yetzirah, left Maherit Palace, her place of service, resting place, and all of her life, without any regrets.
She left only one word.
It was her words to ask how Jean Coppola, the handmaid, who was swept up in the explosion on her behalf, was doing well.
“Euisscha——!!”
The silver-haired elf girl stretched her waist forward like a cat and stretched her body with a grotesque scream.
Was it difficult to write for a long time?
The elf girl who stretched her spiritedly raised her hands and did a light stretch.
“It’s nice to hear that Coppola is over the edge and that she’s settling down. I wonder if all the other ladies-in-waiting are safe….”
Ileina recalled the memories she had accumulated one by one in the palace of Maherit, as if decorating her album, recalling the faces of her maids-in-waiting who had served her in her palace.
The Handmaid Jean Coppola and her numerous Handmaids.
And even her reliable court knights who always protected her.
She was Ileina who decided to let go of all her lingering attachments while leaving Maherit, but
As if she was cutting it off with cutting scissors, she couldn’t cut off all the memories as easily. As she looked out the window and punched her bruises, the memories she had accumulated in her palace inadvertently came to mind.
“Oh, hello….”
Turning her head slightly, Il Reina met her eyes with a blonde high elf girl who was cautiously sticking her head through the crack in her open door.
Brightly shining orange eyes.
Her older sister had eyes shining like jewels, just like Ardena’s emerald eyes.
“Hmm, your name….”
“It’s Alone. Alone Valencia.”
“Yes, Alone Valencia. Wasn’t it Ardena’s younger sister with a big age gap? She heard that with her excellent skills, she passed Bria Academy’s graduation exam.”
At Ilaina’s words, Alone smiled like a fool, and she was delighted.
Seeing that, Ilayna smiled bitterly.
Even though she has become nothing more than a counterfeit,
I felt grateful for Alone’s act of showing sincere goodwill to herself.
“I didn’t know that the high priest knew me.”
“Of course you know. Why don’t you know about Bria Academy’s genius swordsman?”
“Hey, genius prosecutor… ? Not quite that yet! Of course, someday it will be called that, but….”
Alone said, shaking her hand.
But I was very happy
Her hair, sticking out on top of her head like her antennae, was bobbing mercilessly from side to side.
‘She looks a lot like Ardena. If Ardena gave birth to her daughter, this would be what it would look like.’
If Ardena had heard it, she would have mercilessly hit her chestnut. Muttering her words, Ileina watched Alone smiling at her chattering nonstop in front of her.
He’s such a cute and bubbly kid.
She must have had many friends at the academy she went to.
“A disciple of Yushin?”
“Yes that’s right! The demon lord slayer is my master!”
Alone raised her nose and stretched out her chest.
It is her really impoverished breasts.
If there is something different from Ardena… It must be small breasts like a barren land where there is no room for growth.
“Envy you. I used to… Because she wanted to learn the sword.”
“Yes? Then you can learn.”
“Because it was impossible back then.”
Il Reina shook her head left and right as she opened her mouth while smiling wryly at Alone’s bold question.
To wield her sword,
She was not even allowed to pursue her dream of becoming a writer.
The silver-haired elf girl recalled her bitter feelings as she remembered her past self, who had many dreams like constellations twinkling in the night sky.
“Then I will teach you!”
“Yes?”
“I’ve never taught anyone before, but… ! You just have to teach the things you learned from Master, right?”
Alone swung both of his hands around.
In his hot nostrils,
Ilayna’s empty heart, filled with emptiness, began to add a strong color like sunlight.
“Wouldn’t it be too late to learn now?”
“It’s okay! Even the poor girl from Santander eventually passed the graduation exam!”
In response to Alone’s confident words, Ilaina said, “A daughter from the Santander family must be a genius who shines at the top of the academy… “She muttered.
Allone must have said those words in her ears,
I grabbed the hand of the elf girl sitting in her chair and took her books and papers out of her cluttered office.
“Then first… Should I learn it as a self-defense technique?”
She couldn’t bear to refuse the innocent young lady’s favor.
