At The End Of The Hidden Greenery

s been dragged around all this time, but Jiwoo recalled that she was actually someone who wanted to become lazy at every opportunity.

She remembered the old days when she was afraid that it would be difficult to adapt to this place.

Even the feeling of longing for her hometown has faded away…

“Ah, Seo Jiwoo.
I have something to show you.”

Callan snapped his fingers in the air.

Small ice particles exploded in the air.
The ice cubes dispersed the light in the air to create a rainbow.
As the golden prism unfolded in front of her eyes, the lake as well as the world seemed beautiful.

And above all, it also served as a very welcome effect to face in the summer.

 

“It’s really cool.”

“I’m not as good as Helka, but we can all use simple magic.
How about it? Marriage life would be comfortable, wouldn’t it?”

Lanceil, who was massaging her feet in the water, also supported Callan’s opinion.

“…If you marry us, you will be served like this every day.”

These series of proposals… She felt something tingle inside her, so she closed her eyes.

 

 

* * *

 

 

“I’ll go with you to El Ragneil.”

In the end, Jiwoo gathered them all together and said so.

“I will go with you to El Ragneil and heal Elandos.”

“Really, Seo Jiwoo?”

Callan’s face brightened like in full bloom.
Smiling brightly like blooming flowers, he grabbed Jiwoo’s hands and rubbed his cheeks against them.

Being so happy, Jiwoo also felt a lot lighter.

They told her that she would repay the favor, but in fact, Jiwoo would gain more from this.
She realized that she didn’t know how she hadn’t died and stayed alive all this time.

“Yes.
I understand why you are so desperate.
I have encountered miasma many times, and I know how important Elandos is to drive them away.”

And she knows how much these people value it.

She remembered the day when everyone cried and laughed due to just one white branch being revived.
Enciertes, who woke up early in the morning and couldn’t even wake Jiwoo and express his joy, just swallowed his sorrowful feelings and cried.

“And though I’ve said it before, I don’t intend to hold anyone’s life hostage.
I won’t ask for an excessive reward or anything like that.”

“Ah, then…”

“But I’m not saying I’m going to get married.
That’s… I’m still not sure.”

“…What?”

The lighthearted atmosphere quickly subsided.

“You don’t have to marry me.”

Jiwoo knew why they wanted to get married.

Because she was an Akarna, and if it had not been for her being one, they would not have to go through this.

Even if their situation was desperate and even if they were sincere, once Elandos was cured, this drunken state for a while would surely go away.

The crown prince was enough to want her as Akarna.
She didn’t want to go through the betrayal of her expectations again.

“Another good person will appear.
You are all capable and good people…”

“Another person? We can’t get married?”

“What?”

“Didn’t I tell you? In El Ragneil, female bodies are born very rarely.
There are many more males who never get chosen in their lifetime.
Maybe a lot more than you think.”

Jiwoo widened her eyes at his unexpected reaction.

“…Besides, we’ve already been used and worn out, so what woman would like us?”

T-That…

She thought about it from time to time before, but why did Callan have such a predilection for those kinds of words?

“No, then why would you give something so important as a reward?”

They casually asked Jiwoo to choose a man at the banquet, and like it was a matter of course, they came to serve her.

Lanceil tilted his head with a really incomprehensible look.

“Don’t you think you’ve done us so much?”

Enciertes frowned.

“We had very few options.”

Helkainis also spoke quietly.

“Hmm… As I said, I intended to atone for the rest of my life by your side if you allowed me to.”

“That, that’s…”

Jiwoo didn’t know what emotions to express as confusion and embarrassment mixed together.

It was just.
It was really confusing.
She was flustered.

“Ah… do you feel a sense of responsibility?”

Callandein smiled.

His eyes curled like crescent moons and she smiled, and as if he suddenly felt better, he spoke with a low voice.

“What to do? This body has become a lewd body that only Seo Jiwoo can accept.”

His tone conveyed not a single concern at all.

“What, then what will happen to Helka?”

Tevon, who had been quiet all this time, suddenly pulled Helka in.
He rushed in when he noticed the atmosphere swinging in his favor.

“You devoured a thousand-year-old virgin, don’t you feel responsible?”

Helka, with a rare embarrassed face, spoke solemnly.

 

“…Tevon.
Your words are a little vulgar.”