Chapter 189 – Chapter 189 ― Yeon (2)
Chapter 189 ― Yeon (2)
It wasn’t until after Iris found the opposite sex that she was finally able to speak out loud.
“He is the emperor of the demons who rules over the demons.”
Roan did not reveal his name, but
Iris didn’t insist on telling me her name, as if she seemed to understand the culture of the demons.
“The elders in the Northeast Residence want to see you. I have come to show you the way.”
And the gray-haired forest fairy turned her head to Aina. She seems to have honey dripping from her eyes.
Iris took her baby’s hand and stroked it quietly.
“My dear Aina. I’m lucky to see you here again. Would you like to tell your sister on the way how you’ve been?”
Significantly different temperature differences.
Roan smiled lightly, but
Aina reluctantly nodded her head with a look of disgust on her face.
Whether or not she knew Aina’s feelings, Iris then introduced the male forest fairy who stood beside her.
“This is the guard and the Northeast Ranger, Kouran. He is the one who will lead the way with me.”
Kouran greeted lightly, and Iris added.
“And he is my partner.”
Aina opened her eyes wide.
“Sister, I finally got a companion…”
As if satisfied with Aina’s reaction, Iris smiled at her. However, such a warm response is limited to Aina.
Iris continued with her cold face to Roan.
“The king of demons. As it is, outsiders who enter the residence cannot know the way.”
Roan’s eyes narrowed.
“What if you don’t know?”
“The forest fairy’s residence is where the elders and our children stay. Originally, it is not allowed to bring in outsiders who are not allies, and in unavoidable cases, the senses are blocked and the eyes are covered. But you…”
Iris’ black eyes shone with a moment of life.
“… I brought Aina. So.”
“Okay. Your Majesty, I will vouch for you. So she doesn’t need her stupid blindfold.”
“… Aina.”
Kouran, who lifted the blindfold in her hand, smiled lightly at Iris and shrugged her shoulders.
With an expression like ‘Look at that.’
There was disbelief in Iris’ eyes as she looked back and forth between the object in Kouran’s hand and Roan, but she immediately ordered them to depart.
Soon Roan was amazed.
The presences felt by ‘detection’ began to move all around all at once.
However, there is nothing about the existence of others that can be felt by the eyes or ears.
Roan tried to raise his spirits to the maximum as he used his swordsmanship, but he couldn’t feel the forest fairy’s presence through the thick trees.
“Awesome. If you hadn’t tipped me off, I really wouldn’t have known.”
The presence can be felt at the edge of ‘detection’.
Before the skill level rises, it is a range that can be barely caught in ‘detection’.
If they had better stealth skills, I might not have known if they were being attacked.
“Whoops. Isn’t that great?”
Aina replied proudly for no reason.
Hearing Roan’s admiration, Kouran said a word from his side.
“You mean you can find the elite of the guards? After all, you can say that he is the head of the demons.”
Iris glanced at Roan at Kouran’s praise. After walking through the woods in silence for a while, she asked without looking back.
“What is your relationship with Aina?”
Eek.
Is this how you feel when you come to your lover’s house to get permission to marry?
I’ve never seen it, so I can’t be sure.
She glanced back at Aina, her wry smile.
She didn’t expect to come here and have a conversation like this. Not enough mental preparation!
Roan chose his words carefully.
“They care for each other.”
“I heard that the king of the demons had several wives.”
“Yes. Soon she has a queen-to-be, and a concubine.”
Iris frowned at Roan’s answer, as if she didn’t like her.
“It is understandable that you have multiple wives as the head of the demon tribe. But for me, I want someone who can only care for Aina to become Aina’s companion.”
Even after she calms down after receiving the ‘stabilization’ magic, Iris’s black eyes suddenly shine with life.
Kouran eagerly winked at her Roan, as if telling her not to provoke her too much.
Roan nodded slightly and answered sincerely.
“Ai, I’m lovely, and I’m not the type to get used to expressing it in words, but she cares for me a lot. She is here enough that she will come back with me. I am well aware of that. As much as her, I try to be considerate of her.”
“… Hmm.”
I guess it went through just fine.
After a moment of silence and brisk walking through the woods, she spoke again after a few minutes.
“How did you meet?”
This is not a very pleasant subject either.
While Roan was gathering his thoughts, Aina answered instead.
“Your Majesty got me out of prison.”
The explanation was inevitably provocative.
To the point where Iris jumped up.
“In jail? You said you were imprisoned by demons? Is that why you didn’t know the news!”
Iris suddenly stopped walking and was startled. She literally had a pupil earthquake state. However, Aina replied with her sullen expression.
“What… Because there was some conflict with the demons… She later found out she had a story. Anyway, His Majesty took me out, so that’s okay.”
“It’s okay, is it something that can be passed on with such words, Aina? Didn’t the demons or this guy make you uncomfortable after that?”
Listening to her sister’s persistent questions, Aina said dissatisfiedly.
“Iris. I am not a child. I saw the good in Her Majesty and decided to stay by her side. I wouldn’t be here with you if you were being treated poorly in the first place.”
“Oh, Aina. Don’t make assumptions Love blinds people.”
The four of them quickly passed through the dark forest while her sisters kept fighting and exchanging updates.
It was an astonishing speed.
Lightly skipping through a space where there is no way to be called a path due to thick trees, and moving at a brisk pace after determining the direction.
Move like a deer.
However, it was not only Roan who was surprised.
“… Rather than worrying, I’m following you.”
Again and again, Kouran admired Roan’s abilities.
“It is nimble and light. To be honest, I imagined a big muscular demon because he was the head of the demons, but it exceeded my expectations.”
“Your Majesty is not the leader of the demons for nothing.”
At Aina’s one word, Iris pouted her lips as if she didn’t like her.
However, no matter how good Roan is ‘for a demon’, he cannot beat the endurance of the forest fairy who is blessed in the dark forest.
When the two-hour run was over, sweat was dripping from Roan’s body.
“Iris. Shall we get some rest?”
It was Kouran who suggested rest.
“…”
Seeing Roan catch her breath, Iris narrowly opened her eyes.
“I can’t help it.”
Aina approached Roan, who took a deep breath and used divine magic to restore vitality, and held out a water bottle.
“To come all the way here without the blessing of the forest. It’s possible because you’re dead.”
“Um, I see.”
“If she were a normal human, it would take her a day to get here.”
Iris, who was drinking water with Kouran on the other side, replied bluntly.
“… A person who has Aina can’t say such a weak thing.”
Oh my god.
No matter how you look at it, your brother is an idiot.
Roan laughed involuntarily before meeting Kouran’s eyes.
His eyes were also smiling as if he were embarrassed.
“You’re sensitive about Aina’s affairs, Iris.”
Despite Kouran’s scolding, Iris showed no signs of being shaken.
“Because Aina is a precious child.”
“Sister, please!”
Finally, after Aina blushed and screamed softly, Iris exulted and snorted at her and looked away from her.
“There is no one other than the forest fairy who can catch up to this step! Besides, sister, you walked through the forest at this speed on purpose!”
Half of it was running, but how can you describe it as walking?
Forest fairies are amazing again.
Roan blankly watched Aina and Iris scuffle. How many times is it already?
“You must not have been prepared to endure such an ordeal, Aina.”
“Iris please… I never thought you’d be here! What kind of trial are you trying to give me! No, what is the need for trials?”
Aina brushed her iris with her cheeks flushed, perhaps ashamed of Aina, but Iris didn’t blink at Aina’s words.
She replied with her arms crossed with the same cold expression as at the beginning.
“If the author had been a forest fairy, he wouldn’t have let her become a companion in the first place. I am stupidly taking the seat next to you, who is precious.
“Why do I need my sister’s permission when I can get a partner!”
“You are still young, Aina. I can’t give you permission or not, but at least I can prevent you from getting caught by strangers.”
“Ah!”
Aina screamed as she covered her face with her hands, and Roan laughed at the sight.
“… Are you really that kind of person? A person named Iris.”
“Chief of the residence’s guard is a very honorable position. He must be virtuous, and possess great strength. Iris is such a wonderful forest fairy.”
Kouran, who praised his partner, crossed his arms.
“… Except for one. Her sister is her only weakness.”
“It’s worth knowing.”
“Aina made the forest riot, and because of that, Iris suffered a lot for her. But she never once resented Aina. Her strongest affections are all focused on her Aina.”
If she knew this would happen, she wished she had told Aina about her family relationship and the story of the forest in advance.
“Aina is the younger sister of Iris. They have a very different bond than we do, where the ties with family become blurred when we become independent. There are people who are amazed at it, there are people who are displeased with it, and there are people who like it. There was nothing good about her talking to the captain of the guard, but Iris took down all of those people with her skills. If it’s great, it’s great.”
Kouran’s expression, saying that, showed pride. In any case, he is her companion.
“I heard that she has a sister, but I didn’t expect to meet her here,” She said. They are abrupt with each other.”
“I’m glad I didn’t know. If Aina thought she would meet someone she accepted as her mate, she would have shot an arrow at you the moment you stepped foot into the forest.”
Seeing Aina complain about her sister’s overprotectiveness and Iris trying to convince her, Roan and Kouran felt a strange bond.
After a short break, another hour of sprinting.
When they arrived at the forest fairy’s northeastern residence, it was late in the afternoon when the sun hadn’t set in the short forest.
“Captain of the guard?!”
A place where giant trees are unmatched in size compared to the trees encountered in the forest so far.
The forest fairy’s village is hidden inside.
When someone spotted Iris from the watchtower built on top of the giant tree, she jumped down.
“How did you arrive already?”
“… Ran.”
“I heard there are guests. Did you come running?”
The forest fairy, who opened her eyes slightly, radiated steam from her body and was surprised at Sun Roan’s appearance and horns for a moment, then nodded as if in agreement.
“You are a great demon. All right. Please go in.”
Whether the opponent is a demon or a human,
It’s a great thing to be able to catch up with the steps of the forest fairy in the forest and run.
And forest fairies are a race that doesn’t bother to hide it.
“Egg plant.”
And Roan became the first demon to set foot in the forest fairy’s residence.
