Chapter 149 – Chapter 149 ― Against Destiny (3)
Episode 149 ― Against Destiny (3)
No matter what happened between humans and demons,
No matter what troubles there are in their land.
The sun still rose today.
For the people of Donghuangling, the east is an ominous direction. Nevertheless, the sun brought dawn, scattering light and warmth all over the world.
Gloomy early morning.
Roan witnessed a miraculous moment.
“Oh oh…”
“It’s already sprouting…”
Both demons and humans burst into admiration at the scene in front of him, forgetting the tiredness of the night before.
In the land where they planted beans with a squabble
Small sprouts sticking out their heads.
“I’ve never seen anything like this…”
“Than you think… That’s cute.”
The demons stood and murmured among themselves.
The Demons of the Eastern Emperor who find it difficult to see the green land. The fact that something that passed through their hands sprouted was the first wonderful experience in life.
Buried in the soil, what has been considered only as food, changes its form and claims to be life.
To the demons who grumbled and cultivated this field from the beginning, these small cotyledons looked very special.
Of course, those who took planting and growing something for granted were not indifferent to this miracle.
“What Your Majesty brought… That’s amazing. You mean to change this wasteland?”
“Awesome. Your majesty! Seeds can sprout so quickly in such barren soil!”
Humans also burst into admiration.
One day while helping demons in Basel.
The emperor of the demons came to visit them in person.
He conveyed to the humans his determination to change the land of the demons and feed his people with the power of magic.
Because he was hungry, he wanted to make sure neither the demons nor humans were harmed anymore by living a life that invaded humans.
The devil is with them,
The existence of Cheolcheon enemy who started the war.
However, it is also a being that has shown mercy and given humans a chance to live in the society of demons.
They, too, had struggled with land and hunger before the war. Accepting the Emperor’s request, the humans took the risk and came to a distant land.
Before the war, they had touched the land all their lives.
That’s why they quickly recognized that this Eastern Emperor’s land was so desolate that farming was considered a luxury.
However, the emperor said he would change this land, and his words eventually came true.
Because they were knowledgeable farmers, the miraculous power of Roan came as a great shock to them.
“This… What a miracle.”
Someone muttered.
It didn’t matter if he was a demon or a human.
Food is fair.
Because the crops that were created were able to satisfy both demons and humans.
The gathered humans and demons stood like that for a long time and looked at the field together.
But Roan was in a different shock.
‘Humans… Merdedo, Artealado, and maybe the countries beyond… How can farming be so easy with human priests?’
Somewhere on the continent of Moira, an ordinary sight, for a moment, the time Roan and those around him had to spend passed through his mind.
It’s not that the body of a demon is innately incapable of accepting divine power.
If so, Roan wouldn’t be able to use divine power, and everyone who Roan cast divine magic wouldn’t be fine.
If, like Helen said, things about the Goddess could spread in this country and create a demon race with divine power.
Even if Roan disappears someday,
Wouldn’t the land that received the crystal powder be blessed with the blessing of the priests and glow green forever?
‘Sooner or later, I’ll be able to ask the goddess directly.’
Roan cast his eyes on the demons and humans looking at the land. Forgetting what to do today, they are fully enjoying this unfamiliar scenery in Donghwangryeong.
The curiosity, sense of accomplishment, and respect for the mystery in their eyes soon turned into enthusiasm.
As much as people poured their enthusiasm, the land reciprocated.
The newly sprouted sprout grew rapidly with the help of sunlight, people, and magical equipment.
The Duke of the Eastern Emperor began to stay away from home to endure the transformation he undergoes every 15 days, and Diobe was nursed in a newly built accommodation for recuperation.
By the time Roan was waiting for the day to go to Sprouse, learning how to grow seedlings and plant in the field with the other demons.
Anmut entered Basel in reverse.
“Next.”
The gatekeeper guarding Basel Castle called the next turn with a tired voice.
Anmut held out two passes he forged from a back alley in Sprouse.
“… The business is.”
“I was at the front and came to visit my family when I heard the armistice order.”
“Where were you from?”
“I was drafted while working at Dos in Northern Baengnyeong.”
“You came from afar.”
The two soldiers looked at the pass and nodded. It was a truce a few months ago. Soldiers from Basel have already returned to the city from the front.
However, if I had to return to Dos and then come back to Basel by road, my visit would be so late.
The soldier who was examining the two passes asked another question.
“After?”
“It’s your little sister.”
As if shyly, a prisoner peeked out from behind the young man. Upon meeting her eyes, she hid her face again, as if terrified of her.
Her ears are different from those of the young man because of her small stature. However, if her parents are of a different species, her children are often born as other beasts. The soldiers thought nothing of it.
She quickly hid her face, but it was hard to hide the cuteness she showed on her face, so her eyes met her and her soldier laughed involuntarily.
“Cute.”
“No, sleep anyway…”
But the other soldier noticed something strange about the young man, not his sister.
“The tail…”
The young man’s face hardened.
A colleague standing by her stabbed him in the side.
Only then did the soldier feel ashamed of his mistake.
“Oops, I’m sorry.”
“… Yes.”
“War is so… That’s right… Tsk tsk.”
The young man’s tail had been cut in half from her.
The tail of the young snow leopard, originally a rich and thick cat tail, became short and swayed awkwardly from side to side.
“Pass.”
“Travel carefully.”
The two soldiers showed sympathy and sent Anmut and Urtellia into the city of Basel.
“… As expected, there is no place where the pass of inspiration does not work.”
“Hmm.”
“Ugh, did you see the soldier’s eyes staring at me? It’s annoying.”
Making sure that she was definitely away from her soldiers, Yurteria let go of her hand that was holding her Anmut.
The behavior that seemed like a cute ignorant girl earlier had disappeared.
Anmut grabbed her and looked around her, tidying up the crumpled hem of her dress.
The market that appeared right after walking through the gate was buzzing as if expecting the spring to come soon.
Looking around the market, Anmut’s eyes changed strangely.
“… It’s rare.”
“Hmm. You seem to be more excited than other times. Is it because the war is over?”
“No.”
Anmut, who was looking at the food on the shelf, said quietly.
“There is no meat.”
“Huh?”
“Human meat.”
“… !”
Only then did Urtellia startle and look around again. Her eyes wide open, as if she had lost her way or was seeing the market for the first time.
People who saw the cute girl smiled and passed by.
However, Yurtalia, who would normally hate the gaze of people who look at her as cute, she is taken aback when she realizes that Anmut is right.
“If you don’t have human meat, what do you eat…”
The answer was also quickly found.
The smell of baking bread wafted throughout the market.
The smell of wheat.
The fragrance is rich enough to make you mistakenly thinking that you are in Merde’s market.
Urtellia made a grimace on her face, and Anmut muttered quietly.
“Was it true that the king of the demons bought wheat from Arteala?”
“… Anmut.”
Urtellia called his name in an annoyed voice.
“It doesn’t matter to us how bad or good he is.”
“…”
His eyes were full of displeasure, but Anmut nodded his head without answering.
The two walked through the noisy market for a while.
It was because passing through this market was the fastest way to get to the inn alley they were heading to.
“It wasn’t like this last time.”
Anmut, who had been walking silently for a long time, suddenly spoke up. However, Urtellia was silent.
She was well aware of that.
The last time she was here, she was with Anmut.
The market was rough,
Everywhere was full of fishy smells and smells.
Anmut and Urtellia lived their entire lives in Merde. He has suffered so much that he may feel more disgust with humans than the demons living in Evirgio.
But even to them, eating human meat seemed like something a fellow beast would do. No, even beasts of prey do not eat their fellows.
Urtellia was confused whether to welcome this change or to regard it negatively.
There is no attachment to humans.
Because her race was human, who made her her slave, and even after she escaped, was eager to take advantage of her somehow.
Human beings hate and reject any form that is different.
Besides, if this is the case,
Even if it wasn’t so, there was no way Anmut, who felt reluctant to kill the demon king, would want to carry out the request obediently.
Urtellia therefore concluded to view this market as a negative target.
“Let’s hurry.”
To get out of her market, Yurtalia hurried her steps. At that time.
“Oh… !”
“Oops, I’m sorry.”
“No, look straight ahead…”
Having bumped her shoulder with someone else, Yurtellia spoke out in an unpleasant voice, then closed her mouth. Only then did Anmut look back and widen his eyes.
Yurteria forgot her rudeness too and pointed a finger at the person rubbing her shoulder.
“… Human… ?! Why here… ?!”
Then her human looked at her, widened her eyes, and smiled bitterly.
“Ah, yes. You are human.”
“Show. What’s going on?”
Through the crowd of people, a middle-aged goblin suddenly appeared.
However, the one who answered was the owner of the store right next to him, who was watching the collision just as it was.
“Looks like the lady just came up from the village.”
“… I beg your pardon?”
In an instant, Yurtellia, who was treated like a country girl, exclaimed in an angry voice. She was inflated as far as her tail hairs were.
Her ears and tail, which were always covered by her puffy robes and large wizard’s hat, did not hesitate to express her emotions freely.
However, the owner of the stall spoke plainly.
“Only those who have just returned from war or those who are new to the capital, such as young ladies, are the only ones who respond to humans like this.”
“What…”
“I just got back from the war, could you please explain.”
Anmut grabbed her by the shoulders of her excited Yurtellia and pulled her a little.
While Yurtellia sighed, the goblin glanced Anmut and Urtellia up and down her and said curtly.
“Did you come back from the front? I think you suffered. But that girl… Is she a sister? I guess we’ll have to take good care of her brother. Otherwise, it will be dangerous.”
“What!”
Yurteria put on her grim expression once again, but no one felt threatened by her.
The shop owner is right.
If you don’t take good care of Urtellia, there might be a big explosion in this market.
Fearing that she might burst her magic, her jittery Anmutman hurriedly answered instead of her.
“How are humans here?”
“This human is my employee.”
“… Yes?”
Anmut’s ears lay back.
However, the goblin, Kanion, replied in a plaintive voice.
