Chapter 163 – Liquidation (12)
19. Liquidation (12)
“Fangs of Eldinium? Isn’t that the title given to the most prominent members of the elves’ search party?”
“There was a special mercenary in our village?”
“No wait. Come to think of it, isn’t that woman of mixed race?”
“Uh? No way.”
“What could it be?”
“You have that. Celebrating inside…”
“Everyone be quiet!”
After Raella-nim’s declaration, the top of the barrier became noisy. The man who stopped us stared at Raella-sama, clenching the handrail so tightly that his hands turned white, then suddenly shouted, forcing everyone to shut up.
“Door, open.”
“Captain?”
“Open the door! It’s because you’re from the village.”
“Uh…”
“Can’t you hear me?”
“Yes!”
The door is open. It’s nice that the door was open, but I couldn’t understand what that man was thinking when he opened it. To be honest, I thought I’d stretch out saying I couldn’t remember someone like that, or say shit about what kind of mug a dirty mongrel bitch was crawling with. If you recall the story Kaya told you before…
‘Looking at his expression, he seems to have remembered it.’
It’s better to enter without trouble like this than to forcefully or secretly, so I obeyed the control for now.
‘Because it looks like I can escape by force if I’m wrong. He also said that Raella-nim doesn’t stay long.’
It was like being an animal in a zoo. It was a rare outsider, and news spread that a person who had left the village 40 years ago had returned to collect belongings from his parents, so many times more people than before saw us.
‘Haha, it’s quite large for a small village, but it’s a small village in an absolute sense.’
Is there anything more stimulating than outsiders in such a closed town, and is there anything more interesting than rumors? I understand, but it wasn’t a very good feeling. It seemed that it was because the gaze watching us in the first place had stronger vigilance and suspicion than goodwill.
“La Ella. Put the hood back on.”
“Well, no, then there’s no reason you came here.”
Even I was like that, so I carefully asked if Raella-sama would be displeased, but Raella-sama calmly dismissed her gaze.
Ordinary house.
Ordinary shop.
As there is a saying that everyone lives there, the village that gave Kaya the worst day every day was extremely ordinary. It was such an ordinary rural village that I was already yawning. But the thought of the amount of scorn young Kaya had received in such an ordinary village made her instantly disgusted.
Why.
What would you do if you guys looked at me that way? You scumbags wearing human masks.
“We will take care of ourselves from here.”
“…”
The man who was guiding us without a word stopped. Then he turned and glanced at Lady Raella before turning his head to me.
“Are you really that half-elf’s husband?”
“Do you have any problem?”
“… Okay. If you dare to come to this town together, you must have heard the story to some extent. But there are things you should know.”
“Is this story so important that we have to stop now?”
It was so thick that my tone became ferocious without even realizing it. But the man didn’t care. No, rather, it seemed to be looking at Raella-sama.
“I’m telling you in advance because I don’t think you will understand when you go. First of all… The tombs of your parents are preserved.”
“…”
“And there is a small monument in front of it.”
“Monument?”
I couldn’t understand more. Even if you let them in, there’s a monument on Kaya’s parents’ grave? Is it a new type of cooking that humans and elves ate together, wrapped up dirty mixed blood, and died first?
“Your parents, Elkanis-nim and Yesiel-nim, did what they did before they came to our village. To protect our village from the elves, the two of them each abandoned their brilliant future and freedom to stop the raiders in a place far from our village.”
“That’s what now.”
“Elkanis betrayed his people and threw away all the future for Yesiel, and Yesiel risked his life to help Elkanis. I don’t know how the two of them met and at what point they made that decision, but the important thing is that they removed the threat from our village without the knowledge of both the humans and the elves. And just in case, he even settled in our village.”
“…”
“I don’t know why he died so soon. Our village, on the outside, was at least peaceful. Except that somebody’s fathers, somebody’s sons were conscripted and became arrowheads. Maybe they both suffered some kind of injury that we don’t know about.”
The man pointed with his finger.
“It is over there. The place where the original tomb was located had to be reburied because beasts appeared so often. And.”
“…”
“I hope you don’t go into the depths of the forest. A lot of beasts appear and there are a lot of traps set up as well. Lastly, the current atmosphere with the elves is not normal, so I want you to leave the village as soon as possible. Especially if you get caught by the village chief, it will be a headache…”
“For a moment.”
Raella-sama stopped the man who was about to disappear.
“What do you mean, is that the end?”
“What to say.”
The man shook his head.
“I do not know what to say. I don’t even deserve it.”
“You are cowardly.”
“…”
The man left the place as if running away. Lady Ra Ella moved toward the grave of Kaya’s parents, as if she didn’t want to be seen in his eyes.
It is said that he lived far away from the village during his lifetime, and so did the grave. The village quickly moved away and the increasingly dense forest embraced us.
“La Ella.”
“…”
About 30 minutes from the village, there was a small house on a good land in the sun. Two tombstones stood in front of it, and a monument several times larger than the tombstone stood next to it.
「Elkanis Epenzel」
「Yesiel Epenzel」
The two tombstones with only their names written on them without saying anything had the power to make the atmosphere solemn.
‘The real father-in-law, mother-in-law.’
In the meantime, I’ve been calling Raella-nim mother-in-law, but if I’m serious about it, this is the real one. Even though he had never met him, he thought it appropriate to greet him formally. It would have been nice if Kaya had been awake, but for now, it was the moment when I was about to say hello in my own way.
“Dad… Mom…”
“La Ella?”
“I… Came… Kaya is here…”
Raella-nim, who knelt down in front of the tombstone, hugged the tombstone and began to shed tears.
“Captain.”
“Hendrick.”
“Okay.”
Realizing that it was Kaya who was crying, not Raella-sama, we stepped back.
I was so happy that Kaya had woken up and wanted to hug her, but I didn’t want to disturb the reunion after about 40 years.
I looked at Kaya’s sobbing back and bowed twice to her parents with the utmost respect. Shay and Illumina, who were puzzled by what kind of posture that was, followed it sloppily without knowing anything.
‘I can’t say that I will always make you happy, that I will never go through hard times. It would be disappointing for both of us to break promises by wrapping things beyond our ability with empty words. But I will assure you of this one thing. I will be with Kaya anytime, anywhere. I will be with you, whether it be happy or sad, and in the end, I will kill the bastard and pursue trivial but ordinary happiness.’
Forbidden love that transcends races. Even for the sake of love and the fruit of love, the good men and women of the two warring races threw away their bright future, suffered all kinds of shame, and prepared for dangerous things.
Respected From the point of view of the elves, Kaya’s father may have been a traitor, but it was his courage that allowed Kaya to be born into the world.
If she had lived a little longer, Kaya might not have made friends with her, but she might have had a happy childhood, but it’s ironic to think that she was led into the arms of La Ella because she wasn’t like that. Did.
「Epenzel Monument」
「Eldinium’s Fang Elkanis Epenzel and Storm Marksman Jesiel Epenzel killed 12 enemy rangers for the village. The place where the remains of the enemy rangers were found was more than 10 days away from here…”
‘Two or twelve.’
The reason the two of them buried their achievements at that time without announcing them was probably to get the village out of the war’s influence. It would be bad if the humans were notified and the troops were dispatched or additional personnel were hired, and if the elves were informed, more troops could have been dispatched.
But the villagers turned away from them. I couldn’t bear to openly insult him, so I would have fun peeling pumpkin seeds from behind. And their low nature has become a rat poison for young Kaya, who has lost the strong bulwark of parents… It’s such an upsetting story.
“That man. Come to think of it, he’s a fucking asshole.”
“Captain?”
“Was it that hard to say sorry? Did you mean to protect your pride just because you’re old?”
“…”
“Here too. I’m sorry for talking behind your back. Even belatedly, I realized that you guys are the benefactors of our village. So, as a sign of reflection, I restored the monument and the birthplace, right? But look there Look at the dust. I don’t know if I had a moment of reflection, but in the end, centipedes are self-satisfied. I wish I had really reflected on myself and really thought of you two as benefactors of the village… I wouldn’t have acted that way.”
“That man, he must have hated his sister on the inside? It’s getting old, there are things I’m sorry for, and there are things I’m thankful for my sister’s parents, but that doesn’t mean that the hatred for elves and their children hasn’t gone away, that kind of feeling? So, after talking about the monument, at the end, he said, “I don’t deserve it,” And then disappeared.”
“What is that? What a mess!”
“It’s just my senses. I get along with different races and different people in many places, so I can feel that level roughly.”
Illumina, who was fiddling with Vapor, sarcastically said.
“Look at the monument there. It’s a monument not a tribute. Like Hendrick said, those people must have been just self-satisfied.”
“You mean that Kaya unnie was bullied by people like that. Over 10 years. I knew…”
“Okay. Raella-nim asked me to come here because she wanted to do something about the wounds from that time.”
Kaya’s sobs got smaller and smaller. To some extent she seemed to have gotten her emotions under control. She came over and put her shoulder. She raised her head Her gray eyes, which sometimes felt so cold and emotionless, contained more sadness than ever.
“Kaya.”
“… Yes. Leader.”
“What would you like me to do? No, what do you want to do? Tell me anything.”
What authority do I have, but if she wanted to avenge her, she was willing to get her hands dirty. But she didn’t include anything like revenge or resentment in her answer.
“I feel like I have received such a great gift just to be able to reunite my parents who I thought I would never see again. To receive such a meaningful gift, no other impurity is needed. Just… I want to be grateful for this moment. Thank you. Thank you very much.”
Kaya laughed while crying.
