I Gave Up on Conquering the Heroines – Chapter 93

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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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It had been a while.

The branches of the World Tree densely covered the sky and the fragrant scent of earth filled the surroundings.

Although in the past, coming here had always made him feel gloomy, as if he’d arrived in a rural backwater, now it felt as light as visiting a friend’s house.

“What’s your relationship to these people?”

“They are my wife and daughter.”

“Hmm… Could you lower your hood for a moment?”

“I’m sorry, but my wife has a skin condition, so she can’t be exposed to much sunlight.”

“I see. Welcome to Elvenguard.”

Of course, they passed through immigration easily.

Transylvania’s originally fierce and wild impression had softened considerably with just a light application of makeup.

“Damn it. I’m never doing this again.”

“You’ll have to do it again when we leave, you know?”

“I’d rather die! I’ll sneak out when we leave!”

Of course, Transylvania immediately wiped off all of the makeup.

They were quite pretty though.

What a shame.

They say good-looking guys become pretty when they dress as women, and it seems that’s true.

“This is your lodging.”

“…”

However, their high spirits dampened as soon as they arrived at the hotel.

Last time they visited, they had been guided to a sophisticated room with a human style.

This time, there was just a hammock hanging in a nest made of vines.

“Right. These were that kind of people…”

He had forgotten.

The fact that elves were all closed-minded beings with racism ingrained at the genetic level.

Their previous visit had been special.

They couldn’t mistreat him like today since he had prevented Elvenguard’s destruction immediately upon arrival.

He immediately regressed to the gloomy feeling of having arrived in a rural backwater.

“Ah. I wonder if the Great Water Spirit would cause a flood for us.”

“What are you suddenly talking about?”

“I want to upgrade our room.”

“…?”

He wondered if another Great Spirit might cause trouble and drive Elvenguard to the brink of destruction again.

Though he had such idle hopes, of course it wouldn’t happen.

Giving up, he unpacked his simple luggage.

Anyway, this was just a place for them to sleep after training all day long.

When the body is tired, one can fall asleep even on a stone floor.

A hammock was practically luxurious.

He decided to think positively like that.

“I should meet the priestess first.”

“How do you plan to contact the priestess after sneaking into the country? Outsiders can’t even see the hem of her clothes, let alone meet her.”

“I’ll just go directly to the World Tree’s Eye.”

“Hah… Elvenguard must be nearing its end. A priestess who secretly brings men into the country’s most important facility.”

It did sound a bit bad when put that way.

Of course, Mia wasn’t a fool who would reveal all of the country’s secrets because she was infatuated with a man, so it should be fine.

Though her sense of security was a bit worrying.

“…Go together.”

“You can’t come with me. The World Tree will see you as an intruder and block you.”

“…What.”

“Hahaha! Let’s have a blood ghoul to blood ghoul talk. Is your weapon a club? Let’s clash our weapons too!”

“…W-what.”

Undecided, who had tried to naturally follow along but was pushed away by Yoo-jin, froze with her pupils shaking wildly.

But soon she was grabbed by the scruff of her neck by Transylvania and dragged away.

Though they didn’t seem to get along well, they were both blood ghouls, so they wouldn’t harm her.

This could be a good opportunity for Undecided to improve her close combat abilities.

Despite appearances, Transylvania’s skills were certainly real.

“…Yoo-jin. Yu, Yoo-jin. Yoojin.”

Leaving behind Undecided’s desperate calls, he left the shabby lodging and headed towards the World Tree.

He had already memorized the way to Elvenguard from his several visits.

As he walked the familiar path towards the World Tree’s Eye…

“Oh.”

He came across a blocked path.

The tunnel leading to the World Tree’s Eye was blocked by collapsed soil.

Come to think of it, it had been damaged when Kali went on a rampage last time…

So how could he meet Mia?

As he was pondering,

“Aha.”

A good idea occurred to him.

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“This is not good… This is very not good…”

Tap tap tap tap.

The sound of tapping feet could be heard continuously from the World Tree’s Eye.

It was certainly disrespectful to the World Tree, but Mia, the priestess, was too anxious to notice.

“Why do these ominous events keep happening one after another…”

Elvenguard was a particularly quiet city even among rural villages.

Due to its extreme insularity, there were rarely any diplomatic disturbances, but after the Great Fire of Elvenguard.

More precisely, after Yoo-jin’s visit, ominous events began to occur.

First, the return visit of the former priestess, Yulia Petenburg, could be somewhat understood.

She seemed to have quite a close relationship with Yoo-jin.

Though she insisted on having Yoo-jin handed over, suggesting they had parted on bad terms…

Mia had managed to drive her away somehow.

She could still recall the moment Yulia turned away with an expression like she had eaten something rotten.

The Frost Duchess’s surprise visit was also sudden, but manageable.

The atmosphere had become awkward for a moment when the elders recognized Alicia, who was accompanying the Frost Duchess, but they had somehow gotten through it.

It seemed Alicia’s visit to Elvenguard with Yoo-jin had been a secret escapade unknown to the Frost Duchess.

The internal discord in Palana was for them to resolve among themselves.

Mia had no need to concern herself with it, but the real problems started right after that.

Three prophecies, which usually came once a year at most, poured out in succession.

The first prophecy:

The vague wording led to all sorts of speculations.

But just yesterday, the darkness the prophecy pointed to was identified when a large barrier appeared over Basel.

“This is not an output human mages can produce!”

“Are you saying it’s a supernatural phenomenon?”

“It might be the work of a being from another dimension, the reverse world…”

The being that caused dungeons to appear in this world.

Though unknown, someone beyond the dimensional wall in the reverse world had begun to launch overt attacks.

After failing to usurp the World Tree, their next target was Basel.

Though Basel seemed to have suffered almost no damage, the perfect barrier covering Basel was so enormous it could be seen from the northern continent.

An alien being had landed in their world and they possessed power strong enough to easily erase a city.

This fact spread openly.

There was no way to hide what everyone had seen with their own eyes.

And the second prophecy:

It was somewhat chilling.

It was like a curse.

No matter how many times she asked what this meant, the World Tree remained silent.

Mia was starting to go crazy from frustration.

“I will fall into grief of lamentation and regret? What on earth is going to happen…”

She had no family.

Surely it wasn’t a prophecy about her losing blood relatives like family.

Then did it mean many elders or elves would die? Or was it saying Mia would be severely injured?

If not that, could something happen to Yoo-jin?

There were many possibilities.

As time passed, Mia grew increasingly anxious.

She knew that things foretold in prophecies always came to pass.

Nevertheless, she had to do everything she could.

It was certain that some great calamity was approaching, she had to at least make efforts to avoid it.

Even though she still had no idea what it was… after the second prophecy came down, Mia immediately sent a letter to Yoo-jin, but there had been no reply yet.

She thought that man might have some insight…

“It seems you’re ready.”

And then the long-awaited third prophecy.

As if preparations were complete, the fireflies filling the World Tree’s Eye all flickered at once.

The priestess composed herself and stopped tapping her feet.

Then Mia placed her hand on the wooden wall.

She synchronized her emotions with the World Tree and began to resonate.

Soon after, an unprocessed mass of information poured into Mia.

Mia recited the first words that she interpreted,

“The World Tree’s priestess…”

Again. Again.

Another prophecy about the priestess.

At this, Mia’s body trembled involuntarily but she had to interpret it all to the end.

“The World Tree’s priestess will… drive Elvenguard… to destruction…?”

But when the prophecy was fully completed, Mia had to doubt her own ears, her own mind.

But confirming that this was the full text without a single error or omission, Mia was so shocked that she couldn’t speak for a long time.

“Me… I will?”

‘I will destroy Elvenguard and fall into grief of lamentation and regret?’

It was hard to believe.

‘Why would I betray and destroy the World Tree that raised and cared for me?’

‘Why would I do something I would regret?’

It was difficult to accept.

It was so hard to believe that for once, she thought the World Tree’s prophecy might be wrong.

No.

She didn’t want to believe it.

“Ah? Wait a moment…”

The panic that had clouded her mind was only momentary, Mia quickly composed herself and cleared her head.

Her mind became refreshed and her thoughts reached a direction she had never imagined before.

“By the World Tree’s priestess… Could it be…”

The possibility that the “World Tree’s priestess” mentioned in the prophecy wasn’t Mia and a person who harbored deep hatred enough to want to destroy Elvenguard.

There was only one direction all of this pointed to.

“Are you referring to Lady Yulia?”

The former priestess.

Yulia Petenburg.

Could the priestess mentioned in all these urgent prophecies possibly be referring to her?

“What should I do, what should I do?”

The problem was that this was just speculation.

No matter how much the circumstances seemed to point to Yulia, it was too early to conclude.

Moreover, if this story reached the ears of the elders who were at odds with Yulia, they would surely denounce and condemn her from the start.

“I need someone to discuss this with…”

She would relay the prophecy itself to the elders, but as a priestess, she couldn’t bring up such speculative gossip to them.

She needed someone to open her heart to and talk with.

How nice it would be if Yoo-jin were by her side at a time like this.

Mia returned to her quarters with heavy steps, thinking such futile thoughts.

“Oh, you’re back?”

“Yoo-jin…?”

And the moment she opened the door, a familiar voice greeted her, and Mia’s eyes widened.

It felt like a dream.

The moment she thought she wanted to see him, he appeared right in front of her.

Mia didn’t even notice the fact that Yoo-jin had trespassed into someone else’s home.

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[Yoo Jin is frfr a lady killer like bro breaks into a womans home and she falls in love all over again lmao]