Chapter 215 – 215. Moon Village (4)
“This is amazing…”
As they walked down her path, Eleanor looked up blankly above her.
Between the huge and dense tree branches, the scenery of the village reflected between the leaves is spectacular.
Trees tall enough to enclose dozens of people in a circle and wrapped their arms around them were lined up in a row, and wooden buildings built on branches as thick as huge tree trunks caught Eleanor’s attention just by looking at them.
Unlike human buildings built on flat and even land and built artificially, buildings built on trees give a strong impression of becoming one with nature.
“Haha, I’m a little happy that you responded like that.”
Seeing Eleanor’s reaction, Derkin replied with a proud smile.
“I wanted to show Alice the sights of this town, but it’s a pity.”
When the few humans visit the village of the elves, the reaction is the same.
With a dazed expression, she made an expression of admiration for the environment of the village, which was assimilated with nature to the extent that she could not close her mouth.
The only human among them who could not see this scenery was Alice, who lost her eyesight.
“Really… Is there any way to fix the eye?”
Eleanor, who was so sad about the life of one of the heroes who ended the great war in which many humans were said to have died, still couldn’t let go of her lingering feelings.
“I didn’t say anything before, but in fact, there is no way at all, right?”
“…”
Eunhyeon did not answer Illyana’s question as she asked in a hinting manner.
“Yes?”
“… Be quiet for now.”
“What is that…”
Eleanor looked at Eunhyun with her eyes wide open at Eunhyun’s words as she calmly shook her head.
And Derkin, who discovered hope he never thought of, made an even more urgent expression.
“What do you mean? Could Eun-hyeon find a way to fix her wife’s eyes…”
“I don’t know how yet. If there is a way to restore sight, I want to do it for Alice. However, I do not want to treat side effects or after-effects by using unverified and uncertain methods. That’s why I didn’t say it on purpose so as not to have false hopes.”
That’s why Illyana didn’t bring this up in front of Alice.
“Because Alice herself seemed to be satisfied with her current life, and there was no well-proven treatment method out there. If she can figure out her way, then she was thinking of asking Derkin and Alice for a doctor.”
“Ahhh…”
When Derkin heard Eunhyeon’s words, she let out a small sigh and shook her shoulders.
Soon, she lowered her head slightly toward Eun-hyeon and spoke out an earnest plea.
“Please… I’ll do anything, anything. For her wife’s eyes…”
“It wasn’t like I was trying to treat you in return for something in return. Alice is your wife, but she was also a colleague of me and Illyana. If she was rewarded for going through that war together… Do it and stay Besides, she’s going to help solve Elvin’s problems.”
“Thank you…”
Derkin bowed his head.
“For now, only you know. Don’t tell Alice. It’s useless if you can’t find a way.”
“Yes.”
As they walked and talked like that, Illyana and Eleanor, who had been enjoying the feeling of sightseeing in an elf village they had never visited before, were busy taking in the scenery of the village full of forest.
And while walking down the street, it was surprising that the human beings were walking proudly on the streets of the village, but there was no particular guard or observation.
“Something… Is the reaction normal? I do.”
“Iknow, right.”
Perhaps it was because she had heard beforehand that Eunhyeon was a very closed-minded race, or perhaps she was prepared to some extent that she might be rejected or fight, so there was a strong perception that she was accepted more easily than expected.
I thought that there might be trouble due to the difference in race, but since nothing happened like this, I felt drained.
There is nothing as safe as not having a problem at all, but I was fully prepared and prepared, but this just made me feel complicated.
“Recently, there has been a change in perception among the elves as well.”
“Is it a change?”
“Yes. About 20 years ago, it started to cause problems among the elves…”
“Twenty years ago…”
Illyana pondered on the specific time period mentioned by Derkin.
It was an era in which the entire continent went through a period of confusion due to the great war that took place between the Empire and the Allies.
“At that time… What happened?”
“That…”
Upon receiving Eleanor’s question, Derkin looked at Eun-hyeon’s profile for a moment, then smiled and answered.
“Since this is also a major event for the elves, I will arrange a proper place later to explain it.”
The two women nodded in agreement and did not ask any further questions.
“Im here.”
“Wow…”
Eleanor lifted her head all the way, staring at the huge, seemingly endless tree.
Between the thick branches, the huge tree, hidden by the clouds and unfathomable in height, boasted a magnificent size that made one exclaim with admiration just by looking at it.
And above all, what surprised Illyana and Eleanor the most.
“This tree is the world tree that protects the village and continent of the moon.”
It is the quality of the magical power possessed by the World Tree.
“Hmm…”
Eunhyun narrowed her eyes and looked up at the world tree.
‘The power of the World Tree has significantly decreased compared to 300 years ago.’
Perhaps the thing that Alice was reluctant to bring out, now happening in the Elf village, was related to this.
“Why are you like that?”
“… No. No.”
“However… Didn’t you say that you came to visit the grave?”
She stared blankly at the World Tree, then looked around her and asked.
No matter how much she looked around her, she couldn’t see anything like her tombstone.
“In the village of elves, tombstones for the dead are not made separately.”
“Yes? Then…”
“There is a custom that all elves born in nature return to nature.”
In the race of elves, the number of individuals born is extremely small due to humans, and because of their long lifespan, the number of people facing eternal death is extremely small.
For this reason, there was no custom of burying elves in the village.
“All dead elves are buried under the roots of the World Tree.”
“Okay…”
It is a custom that all elves born under the protection of the World Tree return to the arms of the World Tree.
“Actually, the concept of a grave is just a custom I heard from my wife, who recently came to the village of the moon and settled down, and it’s not a concept that has spread that much among elves.”
“Is it a barrier that has been able to keep such a huge tree from appearing outside yet?”
“That’s right.”
I didn’t recognize the existence of a tree that was simply overwhelming and big enough to pierce the clouds in a fairly modest territory until I arrived in front of my eyes.
If you think about it, it was also a natural story.
If such a huge tree could be seen with both eyes, there was no way that the Elf race could have lived for a long time without disappearing on the continent.
But even so, she had reached a certain level in the field of magic, and Illyana was interested in the fact that there was a barrier that was so high that she did not feel even the slightest sense of difference.
“Huh… I want to analyze it in detail.”
“Isn’t it a very meaningful barrier for you too?”
Eun-hyeon responded to Illyana’s interest in her, and Eun-hyeon squatted down in her seat and placed the flowers she had picked while walking earlier, neatly under the huge tree trunk of the World Tree.
“…”
The atmosphere around her became very calm as Eun-hyeon stared down at her without saying anything.
The slight breeze that stirred her hair tickled her face.
“Actually, I thought I would never come back.”
Eunhyeon’s words to the world tree were full of longing for someone who was not here.
“I knew very well that he was just running away. Still… I didn’t have the courage.”
Guilt, memories that weaken one’s mind, one’s mission as an apostle of God.
She used them as an excuse to leave the elven village.
“Still, I received a lot of help, and thanks to you, I made up my mind.”
After the war, the care of the goddess who resurrected the body of Eun-hyeon, who had met her death, and gave her a new way of life, and the existence of her two wives, who became married for the first time after her birth, finally freed the people of the past who were running away. It gave me courage to make a decision to face it from fate.
“I am getting married this time. Undeservedly, I now have two wives.”
Smiling bitterly at her, Eunhyun continued her words as if introducing Illyana and Eleanor, who were standing next to her.
If she had been alive, what would Sylvia have said in response?
“I came here this time because I wanted to say goodbye to Sylvia.”
It was the beginning of the process to put down the burden of guilt and painful memories that I had kept somewhere in my heart.
“… Aren’t there people who are unusual to look at?”
“I-that person…”
Near the end of Eunhyeon’s visit to the tomb, Illyana’s eyes narrowed as she focused on the group that appeared along with her chaotic atmosphere.
“Your Majesty the Queen!”
Illyana and Eleanor looked at the female elf standing in the center of the group with their eyes wide open at Derkin’s gesture of hastily getting down on one knee and bowing her head.
“Queen?”
Being strictly escorted by the surrounding Elven Guards, and showing off a noble figure by standing still, it is undeniable that anyone can see that he is an Elf with the highest status.
“Derkin.”
“Yes?”
“Will you show the wives to my house?”
“Huh…”
Illyana glanced at her grace a little, and then she let out a small sigh as if she couldn’t help it.
“Are you coming soon?”
“It doesn’t take long.”
“Okay. Let’s go. Eleanor.”
“Ah… Yes.”
“Please guide me.”
“Uh, that…”
There was a request from Eun-hyeon, but Derkin, who couldn’t raise her face recklessly because he was in front of the elven queen, was in trouble about what to do.
“Do by that way.”
When the Elf Queen, who soon recognized his troubles, gave permission in her beautiful, creamy voice, Derkin finally stood up.
“Thank you.”
After bowing his head and bowing politely, Derkin left with Illyana and Eleanor.
Left alone, Eun-hyeon stared at the elf queen with a calm expression.
“Long time no see. Regina.”
“This… !”
One of the elven guards, a young elf, instead of honoring her own queen as her queen, was furious when he called her by name and spoke her wayward words, but the other elven guards stopped him from doing so and shook her head. Stirred horizontally.
“Thank you. But that human is fine, so don’t worry too much about it.”
“… Yes.”
As long as the permission of the elf queen, Regina, has been granted, it is impossible to find fault with Eun-hyeon’s way of speaking.
The young elf, who had never seen Eun-hyeon, couldn’t help but nod her head and obey Regina’s words.
“Long time no see. Is it 350 years?”
“Okay.”
Eunhyun calmly nodded.
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“Whoa…”
“Ha-ah. Good night… How long have you been taking a bath?”
Eleanor and Illyana, who had soaked themselves in the wood-dried bathtub, exhaled a pleasant groan and leaned against the bathtub.
[Is it that good?]
“Yes? That’s right. It’s a bath I haven’t had in a while.”
Traveling long distances without proper bathroom facilities was an experience I hadn’t had in a very long time since the war.
During the trip, except for the time I found a pond and washed my body, I had never washed my body to the extent that I felt refreshed and refreshed.
“The facilities in that dungeon house are so good… Rather, it is rather unfamiliar to live in an environment that is not equipped like this.”
“Yes. It’s something to think about and see because it’s so comfortable.”
[With such a happy expression, I’m curious too.]
Belldandi, who had no physical body, could not sympathize with the happiness felt by Illyana and Eleanor now.
“More than that, is it okay for the goddess to be away from Hyun?”
It was the first time that Belldandy, who had always followed Eun-hyeon around, had followed them this time.
[Doesn’t you guys also have a part of my power now? It doesn’t matter much if you just communicate. And… There was also something that I wanted to leave the child alone for a little bit now.]
“Huh…”
Illyana recalled Eunhyeon’s sentimental face as she remembered someone buried under the world tree.
The fact that the elf he was thinking of was a ‘female’ also made him have intense curiosity.
It wasn’t just Illyana who was thinking that way.
“Come on, Goddess. What kind of person was the elf named ‘Sylvia’?”
Belldandi is a goddess who has watched over all of Eunhyeon’s long years in the divine realm.
[That forest child…]
Upon receiving Eleanor’s question, Belldandi slowly opened her mouth with her bitter expression.
Illyana and Eleanor quietly listened to the words of the goddess.
