Chapter 190 – To the Place Where Precious People Are Waiting (4)
An obvious growl causes a cold sweat to form on Dremeth’s brow. Primal fear came over me as if I had put a huge beast in front of me.
But Dre Meth did not lower his tail or bow his head. Rather, he just smiled and smiled.
It was because the emission of his magical power and his unique way of speaking and expression were very similar to the witch of black flames.
I can’t help but get excited when the person I’ve been looking for for the past 20 years is right in front of me.
Dremes overcame the pressure that weighed down his body and opened his mouth with difficulty.
“The black flame…… Are you a witch?”
Dremeth’s trembling voice elicited a sigh from the elf. The elf, thinking that there was no point in hiding her further, reaped her mana and nodded her head.
“Right.”
“Also……! I was counting on you! No matter how much the assholes of the Society swear, I believed that my sister wasn’t dead!”
Dremeth’s eyes shine brightly. It was because she was overjoyed to find a comrade of hers who was a living legend of hers and who had fought back to back in the war against the Church in the past.
“Sister! Do you remember me I’m Dremes! She was afraid that her sister might recognize me when she came and went, so she always wore the clothes she wore during the war? And the reason why she made her solo combination is to find her sister……”
“Dremes.”
The elf’s voice was cold. The dry tone makes Dre Meth nervous, as if she does n’t want to recall any more memories of her past her.
“I don’t have time for a long talk. Theorard will be out of the office soon after work. So tell me why you’ve been looking for me all this time.”
“Sister……? I-I’m Dremes……. I shared with her older sister for three years…….”
“Therefore? What do you want me to do?”
“Ah. That is…
I didn’t expect the elf to treat me kindly. He had no illusions that he would hug him saying that he suffered. She just wanted to hear a word of pleasure…….
But she couldn’t express herself. Dremes knew, albeit vaguely, what the elves had been through since Walpurgis Night.
Dre Meth, who was hesitant about his words her, biting his lower lip, shook his head and cleared his throat. As the elf said, he didn’t have time for small talk.
“Well then, I’ll just get to the point! Perhaps…… Just in case, could you please come back to the Association? It doesn’t have to be an association. She’ll even give up the position of head of the Guild if she wants it. Huh? How can I not?”
“Return to the Association? For what?”
“Not for what. Because everyone is waiting for you……. Even at her academy her, there are so many kids who want to see her sister her. In addition, she said that if her sister reappears, she will no longer be able to ignore the witches even among nobles and churches …….”
The moment the witch of black flame returns, the witch society will become stronger. Those who face a living legend will all praise the witch of black flame.
Then no one would be able to ignore the witch. Not the high-nosed wizards, not the unlucky nobles, not the church that made it their business to oppose witches, not even the dirty jokes and rioters throwing witches, everything.
In order to spread the utopia for witches, the witch of black flame must return. To Dremeth, who had seen and suffered a lot of discrimination throughout his life, the elf in front of him was like the king of witches.
In the past, when the Witch of Black Flame went into battle, everyone would roll up their tails and run away, and even those who despised witches were afraid of the Witch of Black Flame, so they were careful about what they said.
However, the elves had no interest in Dremeth’s request his. His brows are furrowed with displeasure.
“Dremes. Are you telling me to return to the association even though you know what I’ve done to you guys?”
“Ha, but. That’s why they’re bad-“
“They were witches too.”
Dremeth had no choice but to keep his mouth shut. At the time, I didn’t know how much betrayal the elf must have felt.
“Also, I am not the witch you see now. I didn’t understand the church’s persecution of witches, so I pretended to be a witch and helped you guys. Do you understand?”
“Yes…”
“Go if you know. Because I don’t want to talk anymore.”
The elf turned her head and leaned her back against the wall. Dremeth, who fully understood the elf’s feelings of her, nodded her head with a bitter smile.
“I’m sorry, sister…….”
Muttering quietly, Dremeth turned around and walked down the hallway. Her footsteps her shuffling along the floor were weak, as if she had fallen into a swamp.
The elf, who had been secretly watching her from behind, let out a low sigh at her. Still, she felt sympathy for her younger sister her, whom she had known for three years during the war, and who she looked so weak.
“Dremes.”
Dremeth, who was turning the corner of the hallway, hesitated. The elf said to the back of his head.
“I disappeared after Walpurgis Night. So, it is none other than you who have led the witch society until now.”
There is no need to chase past glories. You’ve done well so far, so you’ll have to do your best in the future. If you do that, the day will come when everyone in the world will recognize witches.
Thanks to the elf, who seemed to be wrong but gave her subtle consolation, Dremeth could n’t hold back his feelings of sadness in her.
“…….”
Dremeth, who bit off his teeth, grabbed the brim of the witch’s hat and pressed it down.
Dremes, unable to look back, said goodbye with a slight nod and turned the corner of the hallway.
The elf’s eyes sank gloomily as he listened to the footsteps receding from her ears.
I felt sorry for her, as she seemed to push a child who was not at fault too much, but if she did n’t say it clearly, she was a child who would always come back, so it was only right to draw her line her.
‘Still…….’
I also don’t feel comfortable. Feeling lighthearted, she tapped her toe on the floor for no reason when she heard Theo Rad rise from her seat her in her office her.
In a little while, Theorard will come out of the office. The elf hurriedly straightened his clothes and adjusted the position of the ribbon next to his hair band.
Giik-
Eventually the door opens and Theorard comes out. Theorard, who had stopped for a moment while holding on to the doorknob, laughed.
“Can you believe I waited in front of the door?”
“I waited for a while. About five minutes……. If you were later, I would have just gone up and slept.”
“Is it. Anyway, thank you for waiting. Don’t let it go.”
Theorard walks ahead, and the elf follows him. The elf quietly looked up at Theorad’s profile of him.
Today, except for mealtime, my complexion is pale, perhaps because I have been working in the office all day. The elf, who wanted to comfort her, timidly kissed her lips her.
“Hey…”
Theorad’s gaze naturally turned to the elf. Seeing the gaze asking if you have something to say, the elf mustered up the courage to continue.
“It is war. Theorad, are you paying too much attention?”
It was an unexpected question, but it wasn’t that I couldn’t understand why the elf was saying this.
Rumors that the emperor was going to wage a war against the Demon Lord had now spread to the borders of the empire, including Jezedo and the Countess of Pelgarin.
In a situation where the war had become a fait accompli, it was only natural for the elf to worry about Theorad, who was in the same boat as Benelia.
Hana Theorard did not want the elves to be involved in this matter.
It was obvious that the casualties would increase exponentially the moment the elves joined the battle, and since all the credit could go to the elves if they went wrong, there was a high probability that Benelia’s plan would go awry.
And more than anything else, Theorard didn’t want elves to be used as tools of war.
“How can I…… Can I help you?”
Even so, the elf wanted to help Theorad. The naive side that I hadn’t seen before was no longer unfamiliar.
Theorard, who was pretending to be worried while stroking his chin, suddenly frowned. It was a bonus to kick his tongue in his like a black man making an extremely serious plan.
“I hate to ask for help, but I can’t help it. As the situation is, I have no choice but to use you. Will you understand me like this?”
“Ah. Yes…”
His voice was weak, but his expression remained bright.
He didn’t think that Theorard would really use him, but the elf, feeling guilty and affectionate towards Theorad, was willing to do any favors.
“Good night. Then…”
After descending the stairs, Theo Rad stopped at the landing where a luxurious painting hung on the wall. The elf also stood still and watched Theorad’s back his.
In the midst of silence, Theo Rad said, pulling something out of his arms.
“It takes a lot of courage. Can you do it?”
“Yes. Of course.”
“Even if you have to face an opponent who terrorizes countless people?”
“It doesn’t matter who the opponent is.”
“Right. I heard your resolution well.”
Theorard turned solemnly and held a small wooden box in his hand. He is looking at something, wanting something, so Theorard hands him a box.
“Open.”
The elf who received the box nodded and opened the entrance without hesitation.
Follow me!
A clown hanging from a spring jumps out with a strange sound. It was really weird to see him wiggling around and sticking out his tongue.
“…… What’s this.”
The cold reaction made Theorad feel ashamed. He was very surprised when he was beaten by Beinun, so he thought it would work for elves and played a joke, but there was no response, so he had nothing to say.
After clearing his throat, Theo Rad retrieved the box from the elf’s hand and closed the entrance.
“Sorry. I thought it would be fun…….”
“It’s childish.”
It hurts my heart to hear that you are being murdered. As he was putting the clown box in his chest, the elf tilted his head as if wondering.
“…… Could it be that you said that you were using me just to show this?”
“It is.”
“Theorard. I am speaking seriously.”
“I also answered seriously.”
Theorard laughed bitterly.
“During my quarantine night therapy, I saw some of your past. It is said that I have watched countless people use you for their own good and betray you. How can I use you as a tool of war? No one else knows, but I never will.”
The elf didn’t answer. It was because she did n’t know how to react to Theorard’s warm words of her.
Theorard took a step closer to the frozen elf. Then he grabbed the elf’s hand and gently lifted it up. Warm warmth radiates from his clasped hands.
“I won’t let you grieve anymore. I swear as your master.”
The elf’s eyes widened. It was because the Theo Rad he met as a child overlapped with the present Theo Rad.
‘Then and now…….’
Theorard was trying to mend his wounded self. He threw himself into the embrace of a mere laughingstock riddled with tragedy.
Even though I feel happy because I am grateful for that fact, the guilt that has not disappeared yet makes me sad.
Still, she didn’t want to show her sad face in front of Theorard anymore. The elf, who had managed to make up his mind his, smiled lightly while holding Theorad’s hand tightly.
“Yes…”
It was a clear and beautiful smile, like the sky after rain.
