Chapter 587
“What do you mean?”
Denier asked with a calm look in his eyes.
“What do you mean? I am speaking to you.”
Aris smiled and leaned her back against the wall.
“Karun is a greedy person who would rather destroy a treasure he can’t have. If he doesn’t become the head of household, he might burn Sieghart to the ground.”
“… … .”
Denier didn’t say anything and just looked at Aris.
“Balder is a simple yet stupid loyalist. The family is precious, so if Sieghart grows up than now, he will be able to accept whoever becomes the head of the family.”
Aris brushed back her windblown hair and continued.
“Sylvia is a courageous coward. Because I made a choice that even I couldn’t make. I still think it’s amazing.”
She even brought up Sylvia’s name and looked at Denier.
“Lastly, you are a bystander. I don’t get involved in anything, and I don’t waste my emotions in any situation. To be honest, I still don’t know what you’re thinking.”
“Be a bystander… .”
Denier drew a thin smile on his lips.
“no?”
“no. I think it’s an appropriate name. You looked at us better than I thought.”
“Even so, they are younger siblings.”
Aris let out a voice that somehow seemed to be heard from a distance.
“So you’re saying it’s weird for a bystander to take care of the kids?”
“Exactly.”
“People do change. Your sister should know that better than anyone.”
“that’s right. people change I thought so when you adopted Martha.”
She nodded calmly.
“But even though you adopted Martha, you almost left her by the sidelines. It seemed to help with something behind the scenes, but it didn’t really show.”
Aris frowned at Denier’s clean hands.
“How many times have you taught Martha yourself?”
“The excuse of not having time won’t work, right?”
“of course.”
She wrinkled her brow, saying stop talking nonsense.
“Amazing. I thought you were focusing on playing pirates.”
“Because my eyes aren’t the only ones.”
Aris pointed at her eyes with her finger.
“Well, from before, my sister has been different from what I saw.”
“Noisy. what are you thinking Why are you suddenly abandoning your position as a bystander?”
“Didn’t I tell you? I am also changing a bit. I just wanted to help because it was so honorable to say that those kids started training as soon as they got back from their missions.”
Denier shook his hands, saying not to misunderstand.
“If you get caught doing useless things, you will die.”
Aris grabbed Denier’s leash with a chilling voice. A feeling of becoming a completely different person from just a moment ago oppressed the space.
“You talk a lot about your brother.”
“You think you can’t?”
“no. If it were your sister, you would do it. but… .”
Denier let out a thin laugh, easily overcoming Aris’ heavy momentum.
“Please trust me a little bit. Even if it looks like this, it doesn’t do anything to harm Sieghart. I was also the one who found all the trifecta of the family.”
“That’s why you’re not throwing this fist right now.”
Aris clicked her tongue briefly and shook her right fist.
“It reminds me of the old days. A lot of it was right.”
Denier drew a light smile while looking at Aris’ fist.
“Aris!”
“All preparations are complete.”
Martha and Burren, who were fully equipped, called Aris.
“Auntie!”
“aunt!”
Again, Runan was the first to say aunt.
“I don’t know if that kid is bright or crazy.”
Aris shook her head and lifted her back from the wall.
“This is the last warning. Don’t mess with the kids, don’t do useless things.”
“It doesn’t make sense.”
Denier sighed and shrugged.
“joy.”
“sister.”
As Aris snorted and walked towards Burren, Martha and Runan, Denier called her name softly from behind.
“Didn’t you evaluate us earlier? My older brother is a tyrant, Balder is a loyalist, and Sylvia is a coward.”
“however?”
“What is your sister there?”
“me? I’m crazy.”
Aris raised her voice and pointed at herself with her thumb.
“If I had been stronger than my father, I would have taken the head of the household.”
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“It seems so. That’s perfect.”
Denier smiled coolly and nodded.
“Is that an insult? Is it a compliment?”
“It’s a compliment.”
“I don’t like the way you smile.”
“sister.”
“Why again!”
“You’d better not just look at me.”
Denier shook his head with a voice that sounded like a hollow echo.
“What do you mean?”
“… … .”
He silently looked at Aris without answering.
“Tsk.”
Aris glared at Denier, then clicked her tongue and turned her back. Her steps faltered slightly as she approached the leaders of the Gwangpungdae.
“Because I really don’t like it.”
* * *
“This kid needs music!”
Where did the elf with heavy eyes, who seemed unwilling to budge even if the world collapsed, go?
“I was born with a sense of sound, a voice, and skills! A child who has to play music since he was born!”
She shook her head, saying that Yua’s path was not a soldier’s, but a musician’s.
“Did you say Saira-sama?”
Raon waved his hand to calm down and called the female elf by name.
“yes!”
Saira nodded and raised her voice.
“I know that toddlers are talented.”
It was to the extent that he was targeted as a Siren’s vessel in Eden, so of course he knew that infants had special talents.
However, I didn’t expect that an outstanding musician among elves would be so highly praised.
“no. You don’t know.”
Saira shook her head resolutely.
“Not to mention humans, there is no one among the elves who can follow.”
“And Saira?”
“I can’t even do this child’s toenails!”
“ah… .”
She bit her lip, saying it was rude to compare.
“Ahem!”
YooA raised her nose and cleared her throat as if she was happy with such a compliment. She was a little embarrassed and scratching her head was cute.
“Then what do you mean?”
“I have to teach here. I want to pass on my everything.”
Saira clenched her fists saying she wanted to make Yua the best musician.
“hmm… .”
Raon licked his lips as he saw Saira’s fist approaching as if to hit his chin.
‘It’s nice to praise Yua’s talent, but… .’
It’s abrupt to leave it here.
It was not an easy decision to make because he was acting as her guardian instead of the child’s grandfather.
“It’s an infant. What do you think?”
“Um, I don’t know. I like swords, and I like singing and musical instruments.”
Yua shook her head, saying, “I want to do it all.”
“Because I still have time to stay here. We will decide that later.”
“Ugh, time is running out… .”
Saira shook her shoulders as if she wanted to teach her all night long.
“Then can I take you with me while I’m here?”
She bowed her head asking permission. This one was more surprising because it looked so different from the first impression.
“You decide.”
“That’s great!”
Yua raised her hand, saying she wanted to learn more how to play the grass flute.
“Then let’s go now! I’ll even serve the rice for you!”
Saira took the infant and ran to her house without a moment to stop.
“It seems to be looking at me.”
Rimmer, who came out of the kitchen with a tray, looked at Saira and Yua’s back and smiled lightly.
“yes?”
“I had a hard time trying to catch you too.”
Rimmer raised his eyebrows slightly as he placed the food he had brought on the table.
“Is it… ?”
I couldn’t recall the effort he put in at all, but I let it go because it got annoying.
“Me?”
Dorian raised a finger to ask how he was.
“You, you also tried to catch it unconditionally. Without you, the Quartermaster, there wouldn’t be a windmill!”
Rimer painted a forced smile with a lie that anyone could hear.
“also!”
However, Dorian nodded happily at Rimer’s words. He seemed to be the heir of Sepia Trading, but he shouldn’t be in business.
– Hehe!
Lars stuck out his tongue as he watched the food spread out on the table.
-Bah, it’s Bob! It’s all food in a way you’ve never seen before!
The guy swallowed enough to hear the gulp sound as if he liked the elves’ cooking.
‘It’s definitely all new.’
It’s a fruit-filled pie, but the color or scent didn’t seem like flour was used.
It felt more like puffed fruit than bread.
– Quickly raise your fork! First, take a bite out of that pie!
‘i get it. Hang in there.’
He calmed Lars, who was pushing harder than usual, and raised his fork. As I was dipping into the pie and about to take it to my mouth, a chill ran down my spine.
“hmm?”
Rimmer, as if feeling it, stood up from his seat with his eyes wide open.
“uh? What are you two like?”
“wait for a sec.”
Raon couldn’t answer Dorian’s question and ran out of the dorm with Rimer.
Jijijijijik!
The night sky opens up. The barrier of Sepia, protected by the power of the World Tree, split like a piece of paper and flew away.
But strangely, it didn’t feel like someone had forcibly broken the barrier. After a lot of time, it seemed that the system had naturally disappeared.
“Dorian. Take care of the baby.”
Raon put on the black dragon robe he had taken off and gestured to Dorian.
“Dae-lord, please go directly to the world tree. We must protect the Guardian.”
“What are you doing!”
“I am… .”
Raon chewed his lips while looking at the clear entrance of Sepia, as if there was no barrier from the beginning.
“I have to go there.”
Merlin told me to run away, but right now there are many elves in the Great Forest who stand guard because of my request. I couldn’t just leave them and run away.
Whoa!
Raon kicked the ground roughly as he looked at the great forest, where the flames began to spread little by little.
-Damn it! Why do things happen when the original king tries to eat! You damn sky! Please stop!
Using Lars’ scream as a stepping stone, I ran faster and jumped into the great forest.
* * *
“It’s like dying to stand guard without rest.”
The blue-haired elf sighed as he watched the darkening forest.
“Erian-sama, why do you believe that human’s words so much?”
The green-haired elf with a small scar around his eye wrinkled his brow.
“You’re the King of Spirit’s contract.”
“Does that make sense? If you were truly a contractor of the Spirit King, you would have summoned the Spirit King when you saw the World Tree.”
“I don’t believe either. But what do you do when the head of the Guardian says so?”
The blue-haired elf clicked his tongue and showed irritation.
“Ha, isn’t that person just not liking us?”
“what?”
“Aren’t you doing this because you just want to make it hard? Why is the enemy suddenly attacking?”
“I see. You seemed close to Shiyan… .”
“That’s right! Retaliation against us for teasing Shiyan-nim… .”
“Is this the time for small talk?”
Rayran, who had been scouting, frowned at the guardians standing at the entrance.
“Le, Rayran-sama.”
“Not that… .”
“This mission was ordered by Erian-sama, not by that human. If you don’t want to follow me, quit being a Guardian.”
Cold sweat dripped from the elves’ foreheads at her cold words.
“Oh no!”
“No complaints!”
The elves shook their heads and looked straight ahead with their backs erect.
Rayran sighed inwardly as he looked at the elves.
‘It’s worth it.’
Originally, I should have taken a break for at least half a day, but since Raon asked me to immediately go on the alert, it was understandable that the Guardians reacted that way.
‘Because I’m angry too.’
I would accept being vigilant, but it angered me that the origin of the matter was human words.
However, as I told the other elves, it was Erian who made the decision, so I had no choice but to obey.
‘hmm?’
When Rayran shook his head with his eyes closed, he could feel the presence of his people on the road leading from the Great Forest to Sepia.
‘Whose energy is it?’
Certainly, the energy of the same people was correct, but it was shady mana as if he had never felt it before.
Moreover, the place where I can feel the presence now is the place where I went on reconnaissance.
Obviously no one was there, but I don’t know what happened.
It was when Rayran carefully lifted the bow. The barrier installed right in front of me was lightly released, like a rubber band breaking.
Aaaaaang!
It’s not just the front. All of the first barriers surrounding Sepia were lifted, and the world of elves in the Great Forest began to be revealed as it was.
“What, what… .”
“Why is there a barrier all of a sudden!”
The elves who stood guard trembled as if embarrassed.
“Wait here.”
“Rayran. You wait too.”
As Rayran swallowed dry saliva and hung an arrow on the bowstring, Erian came forward.
He gazed at the forest in front of him with his hand on his swordsman.
Swoop!
With a melancholy sound like a ghost brushing the ground, the bushes opened by themselves, and people wearing black robes appeared.
“Who are you?”
Erian glared at those wearing black robes with his sword drawn at once.
“It hasn’t been that long, but I guess I already forgot.”
A slender man in the center threw off his robe. Unlike her radiant blonde hair, the female elf with gray skin like a rain-soaked sky had bright yellow eyes.
Others also took off their robes, all elves with pointy ears and beautiful appearance, but their complexions were strangely dark gray or black.
“Ka, Cassandra… .”
Erian’s lips trembled as he looked at the gray-skinned elf as if he had seen something he couldn’t see.
“Who, who are you?”
Erian turned his trembling gaze to Reyran’s question.
“Departure. These are the people who left Sepia. however… .”
He swallowed dryly, saying that he had never seen his skin change like that.
“This, a deserter… .”
Rayran looked at Cassandra and trembled her fingertips.
‘Is that the defector… .’
He heard that there were elves who left Sepia before he was born due to disagreements.
I heard that the guardian sent it well, but I don’t know why it suddenly appeared and canceled the barrier.
“What are you thinking when you suddenly appear?”
Erian looked at Cassandra and bit his lip.
“I know I survived thanks to the guardian, but why did you come back and break the barrier!”
“I came to thank him.”
Cassandra waved her hand lightly and nodded.
“He is too good to live in this rough world. We need to send it quickly.”
She revealed that she was blatantly targeting the Guardians.
“Do you think that is possible? The Guardian will come soon!”
“During the purification ritual?”
Cassandra’s lips curled up.
“I know everything. Erian. Did you forget I was your boss?”
“… … .”
Erian chewed his lips without answering. As expected at first, it was clear that they were looking for an opportunity for the guardian to perform the ceremony.
“It is different from before. I block you!”
“That would be fun, but I don’t have time… .”
Cassandra snapped her fingers, and the ashen-skinned elves standing behind her shattered the round spheres.
Kyaaaaaang!
As soon as the flash of light from the sphere soared into the sky, a huge magic circle appeared on the floor where the barrier disappeared.
Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!
Waves of crimson flames from the magic circle spread to the son-in-law and began to burn the forest.
“Come out!”
Erian reached out and summoned the highest level wind spirit. The spirit, which spread its wings as if it were flying, tried to suppress the flames using strong winds, but was pushed to the ground by waves of flames.
“Uh, how… .”
Even if wind and fire are not compatible, it should be possible to suppress the flames for a while by controlling the atmosphere, but the red flames ignored the wind itself and spread.
The fire was so strong that all the bushes and trees around Sepia were already burning.
“Can you stop the prominence with wind like that?”
With a voice mixed with ridicule, the soaring flames began to form a human shape.
oh oh oh!
A stout body with a clenched fist the size of a rock is revealed.
In the spiral horn that sprouted from the center of the forehead and the helmet that looked like a carved lizard, red eyes flashed.
Koo-goo-goo-goo!
At the terrifying waves of the monster in the lizard’s helmet, the wind spirit of the highest rank shrank as if facing Raon, and shook its wings.
“Red flame… ?”
Erian looked at the man’s helmet and his lips trembled.
‘The face of a lizard, one horn and prominences… .’
I don’t know if it was one of those three, but there was only one mix of all three.
“… Could it be Ifrit?”
“answer.”
Cassandra snapped her fingers and nodded.
“The fire spirit king you have been longing for has returned.”
“Why is Ifrit in Eden!”
“Because this is where I need to be.”
The monster wearing Ifrit’s helmet reached out in front. Crimson flames pierced Erian and her elves, seemingly breaking through her grasp.
“Keuuugh!”
Erian chewed his lips as he watched the rushing whirlpool of flames.
‘I can fight more if I avoid it.’
Although he wore Ifrit’s helmet, the momentum he felt did not seem to reach Transcendence. If you dodge that attack and fight, you will be able to hold on.
However, the moment you dodge, your sister and the elves will die, and the entrance to Sepia will be blocked and it will become an inferno. have to stop somehow
Piaaaaaaaa!
Erian thrust his trembling legs into the ground and thrust his sword forward.
“Wake up!”
I stretched out my hand to the highest level spirit of the wind, who was weighed down by the momentum. The desperate cry seemed to have worked, and the spirit that was dying struggled to get up and create a mighty wind.
Quaaaaaaaaaa!
A tremendous storm of fire stopped in front of the wind sword. It was the willpower to endure the worst.
“Quaaaaaagh!”
“Ugh… .”
However, the flames were so strong that the two elves who were standing next to them melted in the flames.
“Rayran… .”
Erian called Rayran’s name as if vomiting blood.
“Now, call the elder and Raon, and evacuate everyone… .”
“Oh, brother… .”
“It’s okay, so come on!”
He showed a firm gaze as if he had already prepared for death.
“Mo, retreat everyone!”
Rayran turned his back while giving instructions to the Guardians to retreat. She strained her staggering legs and ran to Seifia.
‘I… .’
i killed my brother
If he had listened to Raon’s advice properly, if he had looked at the whole situation to the end, if he had scouted even outside the Great Forest, there would be no need for his brother to block the road with such an appearance.
I regretted it to the point of wanting to kill myself a few hours ago for ignoring Raon as a human being.
Whoaaaaa!
As Rayran ran towards Sepia in a blurry vision, a clear yet warm wind blew from the other side.
The wind that brushed past her continued to spread without losing its scent even in the scorching heat.
Leyran looked at the back of the wind and put her hands together.
‘please… .’
* * *
Erian trembled with the hand holding back the flames.
‘It’s boring… .’
In trying to block the prominence, the burns on both arms had already spread to the point where the flesh was starting to break down.
My head was so dizzy that it wouldn’t be strange if I collapsed right away from the excruciating pain.
But I couldn’t fall like this. He had to wait a little longer so that others could prepare.
“sorry. Hold on.”
Hey hey.
He forced a smile as he made eye contact with the gradually shrinking spirit. The spirit let out a low cry as if it were okay.
Whoops!
As he was holding on with the strength he had been sucking on, arrows from the left and right pierced his arms.
“Aww!”
Erian lost his balance and bent over. Her guernsey arm, which contained her paralyzing poison, did not move.
“You’re taking too much time.”
Cassandra raised an eyebrow and shook her head.
“We are busy.”
She chinned the Ifrit’s helmet as if telling her to put an end to it.
“joy. I didn’t need your help.”
When the monster wearing Ifrit’s helmet snapped his grip, Erian’s wind and sword strikes broke and flames engulfed him.
“under… .”
Erian laughed as he looked at the prison in flames, which was blocked in all directions.
‘Are you going… .’
It’s okay though.
Sephia will be saved by him.
Raon, the contractor of the Spirit King, would surely be able to save Sepia.
‘request… .’
It was the time when Erian believed in Raon and looked into the only empty space.
A light very different from the flames that entwined the Great Forest. A silvery white radiance, like the melted moon, covered the sky.
Quaaaaaaaaaa!
Even the blackened trees, the gray smoke that drenched the night sky, and even the proud crimson flames in the frozen world, a black long cloth engraved with a dragon fluttered loftily.
“You held up well. From here… .”
The red eyes that were examining Erian turned forward with a sad blue light.
“I will take it.”
