Chapter 260

[Gaiden] Windflower (9) (illustration)

[ If it’s gotten this far, there’s nothing you can do about it. I’ll give you the location where Tyr’kallax’s corpse is buried. ]

The next morning, when I woke up from bed, Merylda was sitting on the shelf and waving her feet.

As for me, I was tired from using too much Aspect Mana, and Yenica was also weak and went to bed right away.

When I looked straight at Merylda with blank eyes, Merylda shook her head and spoke.

[ What, what... Are you less awake? ]

“No, you were supposed to tell me from the beginning. It’s ridiculous because I’m just procrastinating and talking like a patron.”

[ That, yes, but... I didn’t know you had to tell a bad aftertaste like this... ]

It’s a rare sight for Merylda. It’s quite depressing.

It looks like a girl of that age when she lowers her head slightly and looks up as if she is noticing.

Then, she looks at the sleeping Jenika once more.

[ I didn’t know Jenica was so shy. ]

“... Actually, I wonder if it’s something to be so embarrassed about. The situation that Katin is in is completely different from that of Yenica.”

[ I think so too. Even so, as you must have known, Ye Nika has something sleazy in her chest. ]

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Merylda keeps her chin up and speaks openly.

[ From his point of view, exchanging feelings with you is such a blessing in itself that it makes you wonder if this is okay. ]

“But if you compare it to the highest level spirit... I’m in trouble as I am...”

[ When I put pods on my eyes, I think my person looks the most handsome in the world. Try dating for a day or two? ]

“When you say that it’s a story on that level, it seems that something has become a very frivolous problem... ”

[ Actually, it’s a silly question... ]

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Merylda let out a deep sigh and leapt off the shelf. Her light movement like a spirit of the wind is impressive.

Then he swung across the chair in front of the table on one side of the room, put his torso toward me, and talked in an interesting way.

[ Tyr’kallax’s body was sealed by Sylvania himself. The soul was reduced back to nature and transformed into a spirit spirit, but the traces of magic engraved on the body will still remain even after many years have passed. ]

“If you get your hands on it, you will be able to develop into a great rank in the elemental arts.”

[ That’s right... So, where do you think it’s hidden? ]

The highest-ranking spirits never leave corpses. Since there is no concept of death in the first place, it is because they live a period close to eternal life.

Leaving a corpse like Tyr’kallax is rare, so it was clear that the corpse of the highest spirit was also a great treasure with unparalleled value.

The first thing I thought was that he probably wouldn’t have thrown something of such a great value anywhere, and that it must have been a place that was hard to reach or where a huge sealing circle was built...

“Considering the circumstances... Yes, I would have buried it in the place where Katyne Palerover lived while she was alive.”

Considering the personality of the Great Sage Sylvania, such a conclusion could not but be drawn.

[ Anyway, you’re too quick. ]

And when it comes to where Katyne Palerover lived, the truth was pretty obvious.

“I found it”

There is a degree of darkness under the lamp.

A tall old tree stands in the center of Palerover Ranch. After digging under it with magical power for a while, a wooden door that opens and closes like a lid came out.

“Hey, I can’t... Under the ranch, there was something like this... ”

“Wow, whoa... Living on this ranch for the rest of my life, I thought there would be something like this... I couldn’t even imagine... ”

Orte and Yenika were surprised side by side. Surprisingly, they are similar in appearance, so it is true that they are married.

I swung the wooden door and lifted it up, revealing a staircase leading to the basement. There is something underground.

“I don’t usually dig under the ground for no reason, so I never imagined something like this would exist.”

I ignited the lamp I brought with me by inserting magical energy into it. After looking at the faintly flickering flame from the wick in the glass lamp for a moment, he looked at Orte and talked.

“I’ll take a moment to look inside Yenikawa. Please stand guard so that no one is interested in passing by.”

“Yes, yes... All right... ”

I walked along the stairs leading to the basement, with Yenica as it was.

Yenika followed me, holding my arm tight, with a puzzled expression on her face. After all, she would never have imagined that something like this would exist under the ranch of her home where she had lived all her life.

The air is good, the water is good, the wind is cool, the scenery is peaceful, and it is understandable why Yenica was able to grow up as a girl like the protagonist in a fairy tale. It’s plausible that she actually spent her childhood in a place where she seems to have recreated a fairy tale scene.

But, when you leave, you have to leave.

“Ed. Would you like to stop by another place for a while before going to the dorm?”

On the way home from work, Yenica grabbed my arm.

It’s rare for Yenika, so I nodded my head first. Then, with a happy expression on her face, Yenika took me up the mountain path recklessly.

It was quite embarrassing to get out of town and climb the ridge, but I decided to follow Jenika’s lead.

“It’s not really that great, but there was something I really wanted to show Ed.”

“... What is it?”

“Ummm.”

Yenika smiled, turned to me and spoke slowly.

“I had a wish in my life.”

“... ?”

If you leave Torren Village and climb the ridge, you will find a trail. If you look at the road that continues along the simple fences, you can see the sun setting in the mountains at a glance.

“I’ve always thought like that since I was little. The mountain range you see from this Pulan is so beautiful, you won’t get tired of looking at it every day. So, if you have a special person or someone special, please show this scenery. I always thought of that.”

Yenika grabbed my arm and dragged me, then pulled me out of the fence.

“But the people I knew when I was young are just people from my hometown, right? So there was no need for everyone to introduce how great this scenery was. Because you already know.”

“Well, I guess.”

“So, I am so glad that Edgar came to this Pulan. Come on, come this way, this is the best view.”

And, with the sunset behind her, she turns around and turns towards me.

Hair dyed red in the setting sun fluttered in the wind from the alpine region a few times, and Yenika’s smile, which seemed difficult to smile, was also reflected.

“There were a lot of embarrassments here and there, but I never regret it. I don’t know how life is going, but I will never regret meeting Ed in any way. It’s different from Tir’kallax, yes.”

“Meeting Ed was the greatest blessing of my life. So, I really wanted to show it to Ed.”

The path that runs along the fence. Sheep or cattle occasionally seen here and there in the grasslands.

The rice fields, fields, private houses, and large lakes spread out in the distance. Snow-covered mountain tops, birds flying in the wind, and pretty pansy flowers along the road. and girl. It’s hard to see because of the dazzling light of the sunset, but she’s probably smiling all over her face.

“Actually, there’s nothing to be proud of, it’s just a country you can find anywhere... Still, it’s where I live. For me, it’s like my life.”

I felt that the scene was strangely vague.

I don’t know why, but I slowly approached Yenika and kissed her.

Yenika trembled in embarrassment at the sudden movement, but then she closed her eyes and left her body.

After that, we sat side by side on the ridge and watched the scenery together for a while.

A strange sense of stability rose when she wrapped her arms around Yenika’s shoulders. Maybe Jenica feels the same way.

“Yes, it is a beautiful place.”

“Hehe, I’m happy.”

To live my life to the end, even with a complicated and subtle heart. In fact, Yenica Palerover has always been like that.

Like the protagonist in a fairy tale, the world is a place where you can’t live without worrying and immersed in pure happiness.

So, we lean on the person next to us.

“Huh?”

“... You don’t have to worry too much about it. I assure you, we will be quite happy.”

I lived happily ever after – I know there is no such irresponsible ending in the world.

Even with complicated hearts, let’s live as happily as possible.

It was a creature called man that could make such a decision.

Isn’t that bad enough?

After passing it on to the Wind Spirit of the distant past, I quietly lifted my head and looked at the scenery of Pulan.

[Illustration]

The pansy flowers were blowing in the wind and shaking their heads.

Yenica called it a wind flower.