Episode 381 < The Gardener of Rotten Flowers. (3) >
6.
A garden is not like a forest, and a flower garden is not like a field.
Since seeds do not grow in rotten flower buds and there are no bees to carry pollen, all the flowers in this garden were planted by hand, one by one.
“There is a complete assortment.”
The ancient staff sat cross-legged on the hill and sucked on the staff.
“If you think about building a house, you have to prepare the foundation, erect the building, and apply wallpaper and lining. As a bonus, the built-in furniture, lights, and air conditioner installation are all complete.”
“Do wizards use air conditioning too?”
“Why would there be magic in a world where there is magic? Why are wizards so eccentric? “It’s all because there is no air conditioning.”
“If you look at it, there must be a constellation that governs air conditioning.”
“Shall I introduce you?”
I don’t know how much is a joke and how much is serious. That one is truly a wizard-like man.
“So, when are you going to have a housewarming party?”
“Housewarming?”
“huh. Or revival? Which do you prefer?”
The wizard spoke like a wizard once again.
As a bastard who only learned swordsmanship and martial arts, I had no choice but to look at the wizard with eyes demanding an explanation.
The Primordial Wand sighed and lifted the wand from his lips.
“Constellations that reach this stage usually split into two.”
“It must be hard to survive.”
“First, a constellation that plans a happy future by giving precious people a tour of its sanctuary. Second, a constellation that summons its followers and gives a tirade about its vision for the future.”
“What the constellations do is no different… .”
The first is done by the head of the house who bought the house, and the second is done by the president who built the headquarters building.
The ancient wand silently glanced at me. hmm. It’s a look that can be interpreted as ‘You’re a constellation, but you made such a lame joke.’
The ancient wand spoke with those same eyes.
“By the way, you are the former.”
“Do you see it that way?”
“huh. Aren’t you going to call your husband and brag about it? [This is our house, Raviel. It is a sanctuary where we can stay together. It is this sea that made Jamunsa Temple cry, and these tall mountains are the traces of my son’s troubles at home… ] Well, roughly something like that.”
indeed.
“Oh my, why are you doing that? Someone who knows very well that that can’t be possible.”
“Oh, so? why?”
“Well, then naturally [if you’re talking about this flower, look forward to it. In a place other than here, in a time other than now, there was a group of sailors who fell into a ricochet when the Little Ice Age came… ] Well, stories like that will follow.”
The Primordial Wand shrugged his shoulders while biting his wand.
A distracting attitude. As expected, I said this knowingly. Even though I clearly saw through his trick, I flicked his wrist and shook the head of the Hissy Meat Critz hanging there.
“There’s something I told you when I was robbing this snake.”
– Humans are not dolls to be displayed in your glass garden.
– No one lives to be displayed to others, and no one has the right to exhibit others.
“After all, I can’t do the same thing after saying those things, right?”
Hissimit Kritz lowered his head while making a squeak.
I concluded by withdrawing my wrist again.
“I didn’t plant these kids to show off to anyone.”
The Primordial Wand lifted his wand from his lips again.
“Is that opponent even Raviel?”
“Even if that opponent is Raviel.”
no.
“Especially because it’s Raviel.”
I definitely think it will be fun.
Holding Raviel’s hand and explaining this world I created. I also talk about what kind of plan I had and what I thought about to create this place.
Explaining to Raviel once again what kind of person I am, and Raviel acknowledging it once again. To be acknowledged from deep inside that I am that kind of person must be a feeling so sweet that it melts my heart.
Should I admire you? ‘She is indeed my wife.’ Would you sympathize? ‘I am truly happy to have a good person as my companion.’ Shall we join you? ‘Yes, wounded flowers. I will also take care of you along with Confucius.’
How happy I would be.
So I don’t do it.
“I will not invite Raviel to my sanctuary.”
You shouldn’t do this.
“forever.”
The wizard put his wand in his mouth again.
“Isn’t that a bit excessive? Myeongcheon, you even defeated me, who was a pillar. How about believing in yourself a little more? “Wouldn’t it be nice not to be so scared?”
“Because I’m scared.”
I continued speaking firmly but honestly.
“Yes, I am strong. To be clear, there are only a handful of people stronger than me in the entire tower.”
“But Raviel is my [exception].”
No matter how much I promise not to do that, how long will it last?
If I invite Raviel here, if I walk here with Raviel, I might unconsciously treat the flowers planted here as rare exhibits.
That’s really, really scary.
“Isn’t it your job to keep those temptations close at hand? There is a saying that it is through trials that true faith is revealed.”
“If it is something you can do, it will be an ordeal. “It’s foolish to do something you can’t do that way.”
“Hmm.”
The ancient staff clicked its tongue.
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[It doesn’t work], but I looked at him in bewilderment.
“Wizard. “You are a real, real wizard.”
“oh. Are you complimenting me out of nowhere?”
“Mutiah said there should be no exceptions in God’s life. The tower owner said that if you become a constellation, you will have to endure eternity, so he told you to think twice before adding a lock to your skill set.”
I continued, scratching the back of my head.
“Then this inference becomes possible. I’m not sure because my experience is still limited, but I think there are more Constellations who fell because they couldn’t keep their word than those who fell because they were broken by force. In such a situation, you are trying to set a trap for me with a subtle temptation. “I recognize you as a true wizard.”
“Yes, that’s a compliment after all.”
“Actually, it wasn’t a very subtle temptation. You threw it too blatantly. “What are we going to do?”
I looked straight at the ancient wand.
“They said that if I give up climbing the tower or fail along the way, I will get my pillar position back. Is that why you did that? “Do you really want to fight for the resurrection of the loser?”
The Primordial Staff also looked straight at me.
“if so?”
“In that case, you become a small person who has worked hard for a long time but has not been able to escape from greed. And the fact that such a small person has been a pillar until now means that it is worth knowing the level of the other pillars, and the level of the tower supported by those pillars. “But you probably don’t want that.”
“Why do you think that?”
“Because you were a pillar of the tower.”
I said.
“Because you have to have that kind of dignity.”
The Primordial Wand grinned as he wiped his wand with his sleeve.
“In the end, it’s a compliment. “It’s not that bad if the person who pushed me off the pillar said so.”
“Why did you do that?”
“I want you to get to the 100th floor.”
The Primordial Staff spoke.
“I hope that the Geomje’s wish will come true, that you will officially become a pillar, and that other pillars will not block it.”
“Then why…” .”
“For that to happen, you must not be a fool who stumbles over a rock.”
It was a statement with many implications.
The Ancient Staff continued speaking while flapping his sleeves.
“If it’s a rock that is so clearly visible, you should avoid it no matter how shiny it is like gold.”
Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to climb to the 100th floor in the first place, so it almost seemed like I was hearing it in my voice.
I was silent for a while. In this place with the height of the ground, the lapping of the waves, and the temperature difference in the air, the only things that stood still were the flowers. I was quietly listening to the sound of the blowing wind stroking the red water surface and soaking the flower petals with its scent.
said.
“Why do you want me to go up to the 100th floor?”
“There are three reasons.”
The ancient staff held both broken parts in its mouth. Like munching on a half-baked Pepero.
“The first reason is easy to understand. If the guy who beat me loses before even getting to the 100th floor, ugh. Wouldn’t that be a bit embarrassing? How much gossip goes around between the pillars and the constellations? When you return to work in that situation, hmm. “Wouldn’t that be like the head of the Magic Tower branch who was outgunned every day?”
“I’m wondering whether I should ask whether there is gossip among the pillars or whether there is such a thing as a lack of leadership in the Magic Tower… .”
“You were the one who said that all constellations are the same. “What is the difference between a pillar and a wizard?”
The Primordial Wand pulled one of his wands from his lips.
The tip of the stick, shiny and wet with saliva, pointed to the flowers I had planted.
“Secondly, for those children.”
“…….”
“For those children, you are more of a pillar than me. So it will be good for everyone.”
The ancient wand’s words and actions always had a wizard-like look to them.
Trickery. secret. Unspoken.
Even in simple words, there were bones, or at least thorns, embedded in them.
But the words just now were gentle. It was easy to swallow without chewing, like fish flesh carefully sliced for a child who had just started teething.
And when I don’t know what to say, I tend to just say it out loud.
“You tried your best too.”
“Did you say that as comfort? “I want to make some fresh coix tea and pour it into your nostrils.”
“Iknow, right. hmm. … “What about the third reason?”
“For the tower owner.”
Those words were also extremely gentle.
The wizard spoke with a gentle face and soft voice.
“It was impossible for me. “It would be impossible even with the existing pillars.”
The same reason as the princess hinted to me.
The wizard kindly explained the reason why he had his eyes on me from the beginning.
“So someone else has to do it.”
“Either you. Be it Geomje or not. Become a completely different person. Someone who is not a pillar. But preferably you.”
The wizard’s lips closed and then opened.
“I want you to—.”
I hope it makes the owner of the tower comfortable.
The voice of the ancient wand landed as lightly as a leaf on this flower garden of frayed petals.
7.
We had a housewarming party.
The vassals were called. Raviel did not call.
There is nothing more to say about the latter. The story I shared with the ancient staff is everything. This garden is a place where flowers dominate, and it is a flower garden that does not accept visitors.
“We can still receive [condolences] in the future.”
I said.
“Because there may be someone among these children who has a family or someone special to them. “If these kids want to be reunited with themselves, we should let them be reunited.”
“indeed. So, are you a mourner?”
Esther, who cried once more to raise the level of the sea, continued speaking while wiping her tears with the handkerchief that Sylvia gave her.
“A kind of cemetery… no. The rehabilitation hospital must be closer. “It would be more correct to say ‘visiting guests’ rather than mourning guests.”
“ah. surely.”
“But in order for rehabilitation hospitals to receive visitors, they need doctors, nurses, and public service workers.”
Esther continued speaking while blowing her nose in Sylvia’s handkerchief.
“As expected, I am the head of nursing here… In other words, I will take on the role of [Gardener]. As I mentioned a while ago, gardeners demonstrate absolute strength that surpasses that of the head of the garden when it comes to the gardens they protect… .”
“Sylvia. For your information, this guy is blaming you for what happened to him.”
“That’s ridiculous!”
Sylvia, who was accepting the handkerchief using only her thumb and forefinger, literally made an expression of extreme disgust.
“No no no no. Really, really, really—this is absolutely ridiculous! Some advisors! Go from the beginning! Something! “It was a little strange!”
“Chief Chamberlain. Do you want to get hit?”
“This is exactly how you want to commit violence! Advisor. “How can you, a man who calls himself a consultant, only know physical things about political solutions?”
“All wars are essentially an extension of a political solution. And everything that happens in this world is physical. in other words… Do you understand what I mean?”
“You’re being beaten so badly!”
“Mass and velocity are correct. “The direction is a bit wrong.”
There was a moment where Sylvia swung the hammer and Esther swung the great sword, aiming at each other’s heads.
I could hear Uburka talking as she munched on salt-vanilla popcorn that was as white as her own skin.
“Ugh. Abby. “I don’t have to stop you?”
“Son. “Before you ask me, aren’t you planning on raising a child on your own?”
“Abby. What do you think I’ve been doing while Abby was away? Ugor. “Now is the time for Abby to do the hard work I did while I was away.”
“My family was already falling apart before the housewarming party even started.”
I lamented at length.
ah. I just lamented and did nothing to stop Sylvia and Esther. Children naturally grow up fighting.
After leaving them alone, I looked back at the others present.
“Director. Mr. Yul Kim.”
said.
“Would you please take care of this flower garden?”
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