Chapter 212 – 212. Moon Village (1)
“Who are you! Reveal your identity!”
On top of the thick branches of the huge and dense trees, the elves were poised to shoot an arrow without hesitation and pierce Eun-hyeon’s party right between their foreheads if they showed even the slightest suspicion.
“…”
Eunhyeon did not respond to the elf’s cry, which was showing signs of wariness.
He moved his head from right to left, checking the faces of the elves who were aiming their bows at his party.
‘It’s just elves I don’t know.’
If no one recognizes you, it is also something to keep in mind that the battle begins due to the nature of the elves, who pursue a closed and ostracizing personality.
If a skirmish begins, it can be expected that things will become more complicated and annoying, regardless of win or loss.
The reason why I came back to this place where I stopped walking is just for the sake of the grave.
Now, he had no intention of doing anything for the elves’ village.
“I asked what it was!”
When Eunhyeon and his party didn’t respond, one of the elves, who was aiming a bow, frowned and shouted at Eunhyeon.
“Hmm.”
“…”
Since Eunhyun didn’t answer anything, Illyana and Eleanor chose to watch the situation quietly.
There was no feeling of fear or unfamiliarity there.
Illyana and Eleanor were making expressions of interest rather than tension when they first encountered the beings called elves, who had never been involved with the race and until recently, had only encountered knowledge in books or stories.
Whether it was because Eunhyun was by her side, or because she believed in the effectiveness of the artifacts created by Eunhyun and Illyana, she had no anxiety about an attack that might come at any moment.
‘… What. Why?’
It was just strange to the elves to see the three of them showing no sign of being alert at all.
The elves made suspicious faces and aimed their bows at Eunhyeon and the others, holding their bows even tighter to avoid showing any gaps.
Soon, an elf slightly lowered the bow he was aiming at, and slowly checked Eunhyun’s face as if tearing it apart to relieve the sense of incongruity that had arisen in his head.
“That person can’t be…”
“Captain Derekin… ?”
Gingaminga, it was a face I hadn’t seen in over 300 years with the same expression, but there was no way I couldn’t fail to recognize the faces of the few people who remained in my memory.
“No way… No way really… ?”
“Search leader? Do you know that human?”
“Everyone! Lower your bow!”
“… Yes?”
While many elves frowned at Derkin’s sudden, incomprehensible order, they had no choice but to follow the order and lower their bows and relax their guard.
With a hand gesture raised in the air, after ordering his subordinate elves to “Stand by,” Derkin jumped from the top of a dense tree and landed on the ground.
“Eunhyeon-nim… Are you?”
“Long time no see. Derkin.”
Eunhyeon calmly nodded his head and answered Derkin’s question with a doubtful expression.
After confirming the sign of positivity, Derkin’s expression brightened with relief.
“If you ever come back…”
“No, that’s not it.”
“Is that so…”
When Eunhyeon firmly denied Derkin’s question, which he had been asking with an expectant gaze, Derkin nodded his head with a look of regret.
“I came to the grave. To Sylvia.”
“Well, you see…”
When Eunhyeon mentioned the name Sylvia, Derkin’s expression, which did not hide his regret at Eunhyeon’s refusal, grew even heavier.
Soon, Derkin moved his gaze to the two women behind Eunhyeon as if he were running away.
“Who are the two women in the back?”
“My wives.”
“… Yes?”
“I got married this time.”
“… ?”
Derkin had an expression that he couldn’t understand what he was talking about for a moment.
He didn’t make that face because he didn’t know the word marriage.
It was because of the embarrassment caused by hearing the news that none other than Eun-hyeon had gotten married.
For a moment, he looked alternately at Illyana and Eleanor standing behind Eunhyeon, then moved his gaze back to Eunhyeon.
“Ji, are you serious?”
“Why? What is strange?”
“Oh, no. That kind of thing…”
Derkin hurriedly shook his head, trying to hide his wavering gaze.
“Is my house still there?”
“Yes, yes. I don’t know when you’ll come back, so the queen has been cleaning it regularly!”
“… Do something useless.”
Eun-hyeon muttered with a bitter smile as she had heard unexpected information she did not want to know.
[Hey.]
‘… Goddess.’
[Isn’t it for a good purpose?]
Knowing Eun-hyeon’s circumstances and understanding her feelings, Belldandi comforted her by gently stroking Eun-hyeon’s hair.
‘Yes.’
Eunhyun gave a short reply and sighed, trying to change her mood.
“Hyunah.”
“Huh?”
“I’ll pick you up again.”
“…”
At the fact that she had to move again, Illyana pressed her breasts against Eunhyun’s back again.
As the soft, soft texture pressed on her back, Eunhyun sighed and carried Illyana back on her back.
Elves belonging to the ‘Elven Guard’, the guardians of the elven territory, surrounded the area and moved forward.
While moving into the village in the form of surveillance in the name of an escort, Eun-hyeon opened her mouth.
“Derkin, hasn’t a human visited this place recently?”
“Yes? Yes. There is one.”
“Did a woman visit by any chance around 20 years ago?”
“… How did you know?”
Derkin made a surprised expression.
“It’s someone I know. I came to see you, wondering if you might be here.”
“Oh, I see… How can such a strange relationship…”
Listening to the conversation between Eunhyeon and Derkin, Illyana put on a puzzled expression.
“Omg… Can recent be recent, even 20 years ago?”
“Iknow, right…”
Even if the notion of time is wrong, it is too wrong.
“Haha, 20 years is not such a long time for us elves. So even the expression “Recent” Is not incorrect.”
Illyana and Eleanor reacted unexpectedly to Derkin’s reaction, who spoke to them without hesitation.
“Than you think… You speak without hesitation.”
Perhaps it was because Eunhyeon had heard that the elf race had a very closed personality, so it was surprising that Illyana, who had some preconceived notions, treated herself as a human without fault.
“Surely… Compared to other elves, I am a little special.”
Strangely, she was even aware of this part herself.
“That’s right, my wife is human.”
“… Ok?”
At the sudden disclosure of personal information, Illyana and Eleanor stopped walking and looked at Derkin, who was leading the way with Eunhyun, with blank expressions.
And it wasn’t just the two women who were surprised by Derkin’s words.
“… What?”
Eun-hyeon was also surprised.
“Derkin, I can’t believe your wife…”
“Yes. Didn’t I tell you that it was a strange relationship?”
“That means…”
Eventually, understanding the meaning of Derkin’s words, Illyana also muttered softly.
“I hope Alice… ?”
“Yes. Alice is my wife.”
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“Alice is here.”
“Are you here? Oh… ?”
Alice, who was welcoming her husband’s return, soon heard footsteps other than her husband’s, and put on a surprised expression.
“Human footsteps… ?”
“Ha ha, Alice! Alice’s close friends have come to visit!”
“A friend…”
Alice could not hide her perplexed expression at the unexpected news brought by Derkin.
“… Alice?”
“This voice…”
A man’s voice came from behind Derkin, and Alice put on a surprised expression.
Surprisingly, Eun-hyeon was the same.
The elemental magician woman, who had teamed up with her before and made it through the turbulent times, seemed to have accepted the traces of her years as she grew older.
However, there was something else that made Eunhyeon embarrassed.
“Snow…”
Seeing her wearing a black eyepatch, she realizes that both of her eyes have been blinded.
“Come to think of it, you didn’t know the situation after the war, right?”
“… Even Illyana-sama?”
Alice’s expression was even more startled at the belated voice of Illyana.
“Long time no see. Alice. It’s been almost 20 years.”
“Uh, how…”
Alice, who still hadn’t come to terms with the situation, looked puzzled and still couldn’t keep her mouth shut.
“Haha, judging from her wife’s reaction, Eunhyun-nim and her friend really got along.”
“Honey… ? It’s Eunhyun…”
In addition, Derkin’s treatment of Eun-hyeon, who would have been the first time he had seen her, with the word ‘nim’, made Alice even more perplexed.
It is incomprehensible to Alice, who does not know the previous story of more than 300 years between the elves and Eun-hyeon of the village of the moon.
‘How can a relationship be woven like this…’
[Whoops, that’s really amazing.]
She brushed Eunhyun’s hair, who was making a subtle expression, and laughed as if Belldandi was having fun.
“Haha, I will go out for a while to pick up her daughter. Alice, I’ll be back by evening. Please feel free to talk.”
“Ah… Whoops, thank you. Then go.”
“Huh.”
Not long after she entered, she saw Derkin’s back as he left the house again, and Illyana narrowed her eyes as she looked at her Alice.
“… Do you have any children?”
“Yes. I am 8 years old.”
“… You’re younger than Erin.”
“Erin?”
Alice tilted her head at the name she heard for the first time.
“There is. Recently, there is a child that Hyun is raising.”
“… Are you really Eunhyun?”
“Huh. That’s right. Long time no see. A lot of time has passed since I couldn’t see you.”
“Yes.”
Alice responded to Eunhyun’s words with her wry smile.
“What happened… Can you explain? At that time, Eunhyun must have been…”
Her eyes were injured, and the last memory that remained in her blurry vision was Illyana’s howling as she forcibly shook Eun-hyeon’s corpse, which was found as a cold corpse, to stand up.
“Before that, there is one person I would like to introduce you to.”
At Illyana’s wink, Eleanor came forward and politely bowed her head to greet her.
“Nice to see you. I am… My name is Eleanor Armitas. She is Eun-hyeon’s second wife.”
“Second… ? No way?”
Who the first meant could be easily deduced without asking.
“That’s right. It’s me.”
Illyana’s grinning expression was invisible to Alice, who was blinded by her eyes, but her bright voice, which fully expressed her happiness, naturally drew Illyana’s smile in her mind.
Alice laughed.
“I think it will be an enjoyable story.”
To listen to her story, Alice listened to Illyana.