< Chapter 31 - The Holy Land >
Chapter 31 – The Holy Land
Wild Fairy Queen- Eonel raised her head.
Beautiful light poured down from the ceiling made of colored glass.
The shattered sunlight was dispersed with precise calculations, giving the viewer a sense of fantasy and mystery.
“Wow······.”
A young voice flowed out of Eonel’s mouth.
Startled by his own voice, Éonel blinked and turned around to look at himself, realizing that his limbs were much shorter than usual.
She wasn’t the Fairy Queen.
Before becoming queen.
A story from when my mother was still alive.
Éonel blinked and smiled.
She thought like a fairy, not a queen.
I’m saying that I have to enjoy this moment, whether it’s a dream or not.
“I’m excited.”
Instead of an elegant smile, Eonel looked around again with a cute and loving laugh.
And then I quickly remembered where I was.
It was a greenhouse for the high elves located deep within Endymion.
The high elves of the Magic Kingdom of Magellan have achieved great success in various fields other than magic.
They created underground gardens that were no different from those on the surface – in fact, they were even more beautiful, and fairies who loved pretty and cute things often visited their gardens with the permission of the high elves.
“pretty.”
Colorful flowers filled my eyes. There were so many different kinds that if this were a human garden, it would have been a mess, but this was a high elf garden.
There were numerous flowers and trees mixed together, but there was harmony among them.
Far from being dazzling to the eyes, they complement each other to create the ultimate beauty.
“It smells good.”
Éonel closed her eyes and enjoyed the scent. Then, a voice she longed for came into her ear.
“Eonel.”
“mother!”
Eonel shouted reflexively, jumped up from his seat, and looked back.
There stood her beautiful and kind mother – the former Fairy Queen – with an elegant smile.
“mother!”
Éonel ran like a little child and clung to his mother’s waist.
“You’re still a young child.”
“Yes, that’s right. She’s a kid. Hehehe.”
How long has it been since I’ve acted this cute?
How long has it been since I spoke and acted like a normal fairy?
The former Fairy Queen looked at her daughter’s face and smiled a little forlornly.
Because in her eyes that transcended time and space, she saw the grown-up Eonel – the appearance of her daughter who had grown into a proper Fairy Queen.
The former Fairy Queen caressed Eonel’s cheek with feelings that could only be described as proud, regretful, and affectionate.
“Aeonel, do you like it here?”
“Yes, I like it. It’s very pretty.”
“Yes, when Magellan’s high elves left Endymion… they asked me to take special care of this place.”
When Aeonel was born, the high elves had already left Endymion.
But the previous Fairy Queen remembered Endymion from the days when the High Elves lived.
“Was your mother a friend of the high elves?”
“Yes, that’s right. The high elves were friends of our wild fairies. They let us use the hot springs and gardens as we pleased.”
“I like hot springs too.”
“You are indeed my daughter.”
“Hehehe.”
The old Fairy Queen stroked Eonel’s head, and Eonel enjoyed the touch.
It was just a fleeting dream, but as a fairy, she didn’t bother to distinguish between dreams and reality.
“Eonel.”
“Yes, Mom.”
“Please take good care of this place… Endymion. Someday… someday when the high elves return, they can proudly boast… that we fairies have never neglected our friendship with the high elves.”
It was impossible to manage all of Endymion.
Even the high elves wouldn’t have wanted to go that far.
Just so that the places where they and the fairies shared friendship – the hot springs and the gardens – can be preserved well.
“Yes, Mom. I will definitely do that.”
“Hahaha, you’re so kind.”
“I promise. I promise. You can even cross your fingers.”
“Yeah, it’s called a promise with your fingers crossed.”
“Yes, Mom.”
Eonel smiled beautifully, and the previous Fairy Queen hugged him tightly. They shared each other’s warmth as the sunlight shattered and scattered through the colored glass on the ceiling.
“mother.”
Éonel opened his eyes.
And then she realized that she was the Fairy Queen.
But she was lost in her dreams for a moment. Instead of facing reality, she chose to escape for a while.
Sararock. Sararock.
She leaped through space and left her room, dragging the hem of her dress along the floor as she moved forward.
I was faced with the sight before my eyes.
“Haha··· hahaha······.”
I think it’s said that when you encounter a situation that is so absurd, you start to laugh.
The sight before my eyes did not change.
The scene in the dream now remained only a dream.
A complete ruin.
A scene of great collapse that can only be described as ruins.
The Fairy Queen tried not to lose her elegant smile.
I quickly became anemic again, but I stood firm. However, I couldn’t stop the weak voice from leaking out of my mouth.
“It wasn’t a dream…”
I wish it was a dream.
If it was a dream.
If only it were just a lie.
“I’m sorry, Mother.”
Éonel failed to keep his promise.
He’s a bad kid.
I was wrong.
As tears streamed down the Fairy Queen’s cheeks, there were those who watched the scene from afar.
“Hey, Yuder. What should I do? I think he’s crying.”
“···Then, will you cry or not?”
Endymion has completely collapsed.
As Uther spoke with narrowed eyes, Cordelia timidly clapped her index fingers together and pursed her lips.
At that sight, Yuder sighed again and continued speaking.
“Haa··· And there······ Are you really a devil? How could you say such a thing?”
“What, what.”
“Now that Endymion is gone, there’s no reason for demons to appear in Endymion… That’s why Satan loses his job again today.”
What a diabolical idea this is.
No, the idea is good, but to say it out loud? And with such a lovely face and expression.
“Ugh.”
Cordelia cringed even more at Uther’s remark, but she had something to say about his current remark, if nothing else.
“You, you taught me.”
“what.”
“No, that··· when I broke my leg······.”
It was Cordelia talking about the time she broke her leg to catch Lacto.
In the first place, the originator of this statement was not Cordelia herself, but Uther.
But at Cordelia’s timid rebuttal, Uther clicked his tongue and narrowed his eyes as he spoke.
“Is that the same as this? And isn’t there such a thing as time and place?”
That was right.
Cordelia shrank even further, and Uther grabbed her cheeks with both hands.
“Ugh.”
Cordelia, who would normally rebel and run wild, did not do so this time.
He simply accepted the punishment with a blank expression on his face.
But that time wasn’t that long.
“I know you’re watching me. Come forward.”
At the Fairy Queen’s call, Uther and Cordelia flinched at the same time, then quickly coughed and stepped forward.
“Uder, Cordelia.”
“Your Majesty.”
Uther answered softly, and Cordelia nodded, watching the Fairy Queen’s expression.
The Fairy Queen smiled elegantly at that sight.
“It’s okay. You don’t have to look so downcast. It was to protect Endymion… no, to save him… no, it was for the sake of the world.”
Although she was a little disheveled in the middle, the Fairy Queen still maintained her elegant smile until the end.
“It was to close the gates of hell, right?”
“Yes, if the gates of hell had grown as they were… a terrible tragedy would have occurred. Cordelia’s hand was a bit excessive, but at the time, there was no other way. Thanks to Cordelia’s decision on behalf of everyone, I was able to save my life. If you are going to punish me, I will receive it instead.”
When Uther did not stop at defending her but even offered to take the punishment instead, Cordelia blinked in surprise, and the Fairy Queen shook her head.
“No, a punishment is out of the question. As you said, Cordelia saved everyone. And… I think it was my fault for neglecting the management of areas other than the designated areas. I didn’t even know that the gates of hell had opened.”
The Fairy Queen also knew well the dangers of the Gates of Hell.
If the gates of hell had grown as Uder said, the fairies would not have been safe.
“So Cordelia, take heart. Even though Endymion is gone… isn’t it clear that you saved the world, and us fairies?”
“Your Majesty······.”
Cordelia’s eyes began to moisten with emotion.
The Fairy Queen smiled slightly at Cordelia’s reaction and continued speaking.
“I also know the name Lena. She is the Archangel Lena, one of the five heroes who ended the tragedy of the Paragon Kingdom. However, she seems to have contracted the demon disease now.”
“Yes, that’s right. We have to cure Lena.”
As Cordelia spoke quickly, her mind racing ahead of her, the Fairy Queen also nodded.
“Yes, you are right. She is also our benefactor, so it is only right that we help her.”
“Your Majesty······.”
Cordelia’s face reddened with emotion again.
Uder also kept expressing his admiration, even if only inwardly.
‘She is a real queen.’
Uder couldn’t believe that the kind woman in front of him was the same race as the fairies he knew.
Anyway, the truly elegant Fairy Queen turned around and continued speaking.
“They say that the devil’s disease is a disease that occurs when the energy of hell accumulates in the body. So if you wash away the energy of hell with holy energy, the devil’s disease will also be cured.”
It was a correct answer.
In fact, even in the game, the fastest way to cure the demon disease was to go to a large temple, make a large donation, listen to the choir’s hymns, and bathe in holy water.
“There is a holy place not far away. It is said to be the place where the Golden Dragon, the king of the wild gods, conversed with the sun god Solari long ago.”
“oh······.”
Uder was amazed without realizing it.
That would be the case, since according to the Fairy Queen’s story, it was a land where two gods resided together.
It could truly be called a holy place among holy places.
“I’ll tell you the location, so take Lena and cure her of the hell disease.”
“Really?”
“Yes, that’s true.”
“Wow! Your Majesty is the best! Thank you so much!”
Cordelia was about to embrace the Fairy Queen, but the absolute height difference prevented her from doing so.
The Fairy Queen smiled slightly at Cordelia who hesitated as she tried to hug her, then turned to Uther and said.
“Uder.”
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
“I’m saying this out of concern, but······.”
The Fairy Queen, who had been trailing off, suddenly coughed and looked away as she spoke.
“You can’t break it there.”
The holy land.
Only the Holy Land.
“Of course. I will do my best to prevent the worst.”
Cordelia’s face turned red for a moment as Uther spoke with a determined expression as if he was swearing.
She, who was flustered in that state, spoke to the Fairy Queen in an urgent tone.
“Hey, I promise! I’ll just be quiet and come back! Really!”
“Yes, I believe it. Really. Really. Please. Please······.”
The Fairy Queen’s elegant smile remained, but her voice was filled with desperation at the end.
Because it really wasn’t a holy place.
Because I had to protect the holy place.
Only the Holy Land!
“Hey, I promise. I really······.”
As Cordelia shrugged her shoulders in dejection and made her promise, Uther stepped forward again.
“Your Majesty, I will take responsibility and protect the Holy Land from Cordelia.”
“Yes, I believe it.”
“I’m not a devil······.”
Immediately after the Fairy Queen’s longing gaze, Uther’s resolute oath, and Cordelia’s timid mutterings mixed together.
The Fairy Queen turned back to Cordelia and continued speaking.
“I’m sorry. I was too discouraged. As I said earlier, it’s true that you saved us, so you should straighten your shoulders. It’s okay to be confident. You’re a warrior who made a decision that wasn’t easy to make.”
“Sob, sob, your majesty.”
Giving them medicine and sickness is too much.
The Fairy Queen smiled slightly mischievously at Cordelia’s face, whose true feelings were clearly visible, and Uther also smiled.
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“Oh, thank goodness. There’s a way to cure Lena.”
“I know.”
The fairy’s dwelling, which was different in space and time from the general ground, was not a very good place to get some proper rest.
That’s why Lena and Kaplan were currently staying at a hot spring on the outskirts near the ruins of Endymion, which fortunately had not collapsed.
“Woohoo, this is exciting. If we go to the Holy Land, Lena’s demon disease will be cured, and then Lena will regain her angelic powers, and then I can obtain Lena’s blood, right?”
Cordelia, who was briskly walking along the road to the hot springs and constantly smiling, even started singing a song.
“Rena’s blood~ doo doo doo doo~ sacred~ doo doo doo doo~ angel’s~ doo doo doo doo~ Lena’s blood~.”
It was a cute and lovely song and gesture, but Yuder slightly distanced himself, and Cordelia, who caught him like that, glared at him.
“why?”
“No, I don’t know that, so I’m asking. Look back at yourself.”
A beautiful girl with a bright smile while singing a song of blood.
“hmm······.”
“Isn’t it strange?”
“Huh. Isn’t it weird?”
But judging by her blushing face, she seemed embarrassed.
Uder continued speaking with a small smile.
“Anyway, it turned out well. We saved Lena, and if we keep going like this, we’ll be able to get our hands on the angel’s blood.”
“Yeah, yeah, and returning to your ancestors too… Then this too can be activated!”
What Cordelia took out in a flash as she spoke loudly was the ‘Heavenly Judgement’ that she had been carrying on her back throughout the trip.
One of the hundred swords forged by Archangel Auriel, and a powerful magical weapon that can use the ‘Day of Judgement’.
Currently, it was sealed, so it was closer to a club than a sword, but if he obtained the power of an angel, he would be able to break the seal, just like Cordelia said.
“It’s a slope, it’s a slope.”
“Yeah, yeah, I especially liked saving Lena.”
Because I could still vividly see her dying alone with an extremely painful expression on her face in the cinematic movie.
Saved Lena.
He saved the hero of Heroes Chronicles 1, who would have died if he had not been born.
‘It has great meaning.’
Among the five main characters of the first volume of Heroes’ Chronicles, the only one who continued to be active after the second volume was Kamael the Swordsman.
If that weren’t the case.
What if all five protagonists had survived and gone into the fight to prevent Armageddon?
‘That if has to happen.’
It wasn’t just Lena.
Even though the exact cause of death is still unknown, Iron Man Landius must be saved somehow.
‘And the other two too.’
Necromancer Belkian and Druid Fran as well.
And furthermore, the heroes of Heroes Chronicles 2 as well.
“What are you thinking about?”
“wrinkle.”
“You’re talking weird again.”
Uther chuckled at Cordelia’s nagging and turned the conversation back to the Holy Land.
“Anyway, I hope there’s no dragon vein where I go this time.”
“What’s that story?”
“No, it’s just like that.”
Yuder, who had been answering in a calm manner, pretended not to know, and Cordelia pouted her lips, but only for a moment.
“Let’s go quickly. I want to tell Lena the good news.”
“okay.”
The two people who were walking side by side began to increase their speed without saying who would go first.
And under the feet of those two people.
Deep underground.
The continuous outburst of the dragon veins was causing an abnormality.
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