Chapter 801 – 801. Metamorphosis of the Bone (1)
“I want you to ask me for this.”
Illyana passed the papers with something written on them to her other former colleagues gathered here, including Riod.
The things written on the paper were all valuables that were hard to find on the continent, including the tears of the goddess, the treasure of the sacred kingdom of Erenia.
And that list also included the reason why the elf, Derkin, and his wife, Alice, had been called together.
“The fruits of the World Tree… ?”
Derkin also hardened his complexion just like Anies when he asked for the tears of the goddess.
As expected, Illyana’s request was not an agenda that could be easily decided by Derkin alone.
“Miss Iliana. I’m sorry, but the fruits of the World Tree are not something that can be given so easily.”
As expected, it is a reaction and answer similar to that of Agies.
“You gave it to me when I made Elvin’s homunculus body. Can’t it be done this time too?”
“At that time, the branches of the World Tree were used, weren’t they? How can offering old twigs that have fallen due to the wind and waves be the same as fruit bearing some of the power of the World Tree?”
Derkin showed a troubled look.
The fruit of the World Tree is a very precious fruit that may or may not bloom once every 100 years, and is the best elixir that even elves cannot carelessly handle.
However, there was no way that Illyana, who had already heard about the fruit of the World Tree from her Eunhyeon, was ignorant of it.
“Still, I want you to tell the story to your hometown.”
Unlike Illyana’s threatening remarks to Anyes, she politely asked Derkin for a favor.
It was okay to go out coercively as the temples and the Holy Nation were intertwined with Eunhyeon in various ways, including Eleanor, but in the case of the elves, there was no significant connection.
The elves also received great favor from Eunhyeon and Illyana and treated them with respect and courtesy, so Illyana didn’t go out so recklessly.
“Omg. Discrimination sucks. It’s really ridiculous.”
Ani S grunted as if it were ridiculous, but he admitted that there was nothing he could do about it.
“Um…”
On the other hand, after hearing Illyana’s request, Derkin was troubled.
They were certain that their queen, Regina, would certainly agree to Eunhyeon and Illyana’s request and hand over the fruits of the World Tree.
Because Eunhyeon was the teacher who taught Regina and the benefactor of the elves.
And if you provide the fruit of the World Tree, they are not shameless enough to ignore the price accordingly.
Concerned, Derkin immediately nodded and accepted Illyana’s request.
“I will deliver Illyana-sama’s request to the queen for now.”
“Thank you.”
Confirming her positive response from the answer she gave after hesitation, Illyana nodded her head with a satisfied look on her face.
As if it was her own turn this time, her riod opened her mouth.
“What can Gerard and I do?”
“I want you two to take care of me for the time being.”
“Yes? No. Older brother. What do you mean?”
“This is my situation right now. There are so many things to do, but it was a little difficult because I couldn’t step forward.”
“Well, I can’t help it, but… So what can I do?”
“Gerard wants you to take charge of Black Wand instead of me.”
“Yes? If it’s Heilangdan, are you referring to the intelligence organization your brother is running?”
“That’s right.”
Runan was actually the head of Heilangdan, but now that Eunhyeon actually took over the position, Runan was half-retired and became a middle manager who took care of the members.
“Training will be over soon. I want them to use them to collect information on the continent.”
Originally, Gerard had been wandering around the continent collecting information to track down the remnants of the Empire and warlocks from 20 years ago, so he would be a good fit for this job.
If I had to find fault with it, Gerard was the type to take direct action, but he was the type that didn’t fit the role of a person in charge behind the scenes.
Still, Gerard was the only person here who could trust and entrust the work of Heilangdan.
“But… Without me, Miho…”
“Shinsu-sama has already given permission.”
“That, like that… !”
Gerard’s face hardened like stone, as if shocked.
Was his existence, which had taken care of cleaning and three meals a day, in the head of a nine-tailed fox, a problem that would be easily accepted?
‘Although persuasion was a bit tiring…’
It was not easy to convince the nine-tailed fox, who was cold-hearted and did not respond positively to lending Gerard.
But the reason he didn’t tell Gerard the story of the gumiho was because the gumiho forcibly blocked it.
– You should never tell him. He’ll never forgive you if you tell him.
Recalling the words of the nine-tailed fox he had repeatedly asked for, Eunhyeon smiled bitterly.
If you were going to say that, you could have just refused from the beginning, and maybe the gumiho was more accustomed to the daily life of Gerard waiting on you than you thought, and you liked it.
“Don’t be too discouraged. Because we also borrowed you from Shinsoo after promising a proper price.”
“… Is that so?”
Gerard’s face, which was greatly shocked, brightened little by little.
Seeing this 40-year-old man who seemed to be sullen and then bright like this made me feel strange.
Gerard resembles Erin, who thinks of Eun-hyeon to a strange extent, in the way he thinks of the nine-tailed fox.
“Haha, I can’t help it. Doesn’t it mean that helping my older brother is helping Miho-sama?”
“… “
Even more strangely than Erin, she has a positive thinking circuit.
“Well, that’s right.”
It was very comfortable for Eunhyeon, so she just nodded her head.
And finally, he delivered a plan with the future schedule written on it to Riod.
“Leod will hand this over.”
“What is this?”
“The main policies and projects of the Fernias Kingdom. There are a few things I have asked of Queen YuRia, and I hope she will confirm and advise on them.”
Since Yuria became queen, various people have been assisting her in the internal affairs of her kingdom, but only a few people know that Eun-hyeon helped her a lot in the process.
“… I can’t do this.”
Lyod frowned.
I don’t know how to wield a sword and annihilate enemies, but it was really rat poison in the kingdom’s internal affairs and politics.
“I didn’t write anything that difficult. Currently, the operation of internal affairs is proceeding smoothly, and it is only necessary to confirm that the process is flowing properly. I have already spoken to Alex.”
There was also Alex, who assisted Queen Yuria by her side, so there would be no serious variables that would interfere with the operation of domestic affairs.
“You are just insurance.”
Riod is the leader of the knights who took the lead in uncovering and eradicating the corruption of the high-ranking aristocrats of the kingdom of Pernias.
The fact that he took part in the management of domestic affairs is significant in itself.
Rio de’s real role was to be a powerful deterrent to keep the nobles in check who might have other thoughts about him.
“… I get it.”
It was an unpleasant reaction, but Riode accepted Eunhyeon’s request.
“By the way, are your future plans that serious? You and Illyana talk as if they will be away for a week.”
“I see. Brother and sister, what are you trying to do with the tears of this goddess or the fruit of the world tree?”
“I told you. I’m going to solve Hyun’s problem now.”
“Didn’t you say you couldn’t find a way back?”
“The conclusion that Illyana and I came to after struggling for a week is that now my body cannot return to its original adult state.”
Eunhyun gave a brief explanation of her physical condition.
As a result of overturning dozens of magic reagents in Nera’s green elder’s room, Eunhyeon’s body changed rapidly.
His blood vessels and muscles were constricted, and internal organs and skeletons were also reduced, resulting in the body itself becoming younger.
The magic reagents that caused this result were all research samples made to realize the ‘immortality’ that Nera had been researching.
“I found the cause, but there is virtually no way to get it back to normal.”
Right now, Eun-hyeon’s body is like an apple that has been peeled off with a knife.
Just as the apple cannot be returned to its original, unpeeled state, the current situation is that water that has already been spilled cannot be picked up.
“So I’m just going to grow it all over again.”
“Yes?”
“Eh?”
“Yes?”
Gerard, Agnes, and Alice reacted in bewilderment to Illyana’s calm words.
“What are you so surprised about? If you forcefully made them younger, there might be a way to force them to grow.”
And it means that Illyana and Eunhyeon found the way.
“Ah, I can’t return to my original body, but this is what it means to have found a way to solve it.”
Belatedly, Derkin only nodded as if he had understood.
And Agnes asked Illyana, her eyes twinkling.
“Oh, hey. Then can you help me grow too?”
A light of hope began to dwell in the eyes of Anies, who is currently in a similar situation to Eun-hyeon.
“If possible, you should make them taller and with firmer skin! It would be better if the breasts were enlarged like you!”
“Ah, Anies-sama…”
Agies, who stood up from his seat and pointed at his meager breasts, was already agitated.
She was already excited about her anticipation as she openly revealed her utopia in front of her colleagues in front of her.
Alice belatedly got up from her seat to calm Agnes, who was looking at the two of them.
“Everyone, there are others, but such vulgar words…”
“Alice. You don’t know how I feel…”
Her feeling of having to live as a 15-year-old young girl for nearly 40 years of her life is a worry only Anies feels in this world.
Eunhyeon and Illyana smiled bitterly and rejected her plea.
“I’m sorry, but that’s hard.”
“Why! You said you could!”
“The situations you and I are facing may be different, but they are fundamentally different issues.”
Agies’ growth stopped and her 15-year-old girlish appearance is because she has been blessed with excessive divinity.
The situation was a bit different from Eunhyun now.
“Ha, is it true… A life to be sick really…”
Agies let out her weary breath and sank into her chair like a deflated balloon.
Perhaps because her expectations were high, her sense of disappointment when they were broken was also quite large.
“So you and your older brother intend to use the goddess’s tears and the fruit of her world tree to forcibly grow her older brother’s body into her adult body?”
“Yes.”
Illyana nodded and placed one of her spellbooks on her table.
It is a research book on the witch’s ‘immortality’ that she received from Nera.
In this research book, the couple found clues to forcibly grow Eun-hyeon’s young body back into an adult body.
The part that the two paid attention to in the book was the part that ‘reconstructs the body of an ordinary human into a strong body that transcends its limits.’
In her witch’s research book that Nera gave her, it was written that this method was ‘hwangol metamorphosis (換骨奪胎)’.
