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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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What were the Luinongs made of?
Dreams, hope, and mysterious purity.
Colors as vibrant as if all paints were poured out.
Similarly, what was the Luinongs’ village made of?
Happiness, warmth, and pure white mystery.
An unchanging paradise like the pebbles of mountains and the sand of seas.
“……”
The four Luinongs who held hands spun around in circles while singing.
Their clear voices rang out.
The purity of vibrant colors was sublimated into a children’s song.
At the same time, a radiance began to rise.
Flash
Red. Yellow. Purple. Indigo.
It was the same radiance as the hair of the Luinongs spinning and singing.
The power of mystery had undoubtedly been lost when the age of myths ended.
“What on earth is that…”
“The little ones really opened a door.”
Various radiances are mixed like paints to create a pure white.
A white untainted by anything.
The pure mystery of the Luinongs opened a passage connected to paradise.
Ludmilla and Zebeline, who witnessed this, widened their eyes.
‘Ultra-long distance spatial transfer’ was a magic that numerous great magicians had devoted their entire lives to but ultimately failed to achieve.
They had researched spatial transfer for hundreds of years, but ultra-long distances remained in the realm of impossibility.
The Luinongs had casually accomplished this realm of impossibility as if playing a game.
“Can we go now?”
“Yeah, you just have to walk over there.”
Rue answered when I asked with my head bowed towards her.
Then she fidgeted in place as if about to jump in right away.
“Rue! Come on!”
“Your friends must be waiting for you!”
The Luinongs, who had successfully completed the ultra-long distance spatial transfer, tried to lead Rue with cheerful voices.
At that, Rue glanced at me and hesitated for a moment.
We’re partners.
We should go together wherever we go.
I extended my hand towards Rue, who was trembling with anxiety.
At that, Rue smiled brightly and grasped my hand.
“It feels like taking our daughter to our parents’ home.”
Elizaveta stood on the opposite side of Rue with a playful smile.
And she grasped Rue’s right hand.
She seemed intent on following as if her declaration of wanting to visit the fairies’ paradise had been sincere.
Although Ludmilla tried to dissuade her, her tomboy younger sister ignored her.
It was stubbornness befitting the villainous princess who had often run away from the imperial palace since childhood.
Knowing this well, Ludmilla sighed deeply.
“What’s there to worry about with Edanant around? It’s fine, we’re just going on a short picnic.”
“No one goes on a picnic through ultra-long distance spatial transfer!”
“Just this once! Sister, please!”
“Sigh…”
As Elizaveta clung to her with her whole body, she let out a sigh filled with resignation.
Wouldn’t being an adventurer suit her better than a princess?
Elizaveta’s strong sense of curiosity led me to have such thoughts.
In the end, Ludmilla nodded at her younger sister’s plea.
At that, Elizaveta smiled brightly and raised the hand she was holding with Rue.
“What affectionate sisters. I’m envious.”
“……”
At Zebeline’s joking words, Ludmilla frowned and expressed her displeasure.
“Then we’ll be going for a while.”
I gave a signal with my eyes to Ludmilla, who looked evidently anxious.
Ludmilla nodded, seeming to understand the meaning in my eyes that I would safely protect Princess Elizaveta no matter what dangers arose.
After looking at Zebeline one last time, we stepped forward.
We began the journey towards paradise, entrusting ourselves to the pure white created by the little fairies.
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A pure white space without even a hint of impurity.
The fairies’ paradise boasted a mysteriousness that could only be seen in fairy tale books.
Could this be the afterlife?
The scene unfolding before my eyes was so alien that such a thought suddenly occurred to me.
“Hello everyone!”
“Gather round! We’ve brought Rue!”
The fairies’ paradise beneath the Valley of Frerasia was as bright as outdoors.
This was because it was surrounded by pure white crystals emitting a bright radiance-like phosphorescence.
White crystal pillars rise here and there.
Between the crystal pillars, huts covered in soft moss could be seen.
It was indeed worthy of being called paradise.
The Luinongs’ underground space, wholly cut off from the outside, still retained the age of myths.
A solemnity flowed as if a god might appear at any moment.
“Edan, are you okay?”
“Of course… I’m okay.”
I momentarily lost myself in the alien scenery of paradise.
At that, Rue asked in a worried voice while tugging at my collar.
‘Is this the fairies’ paradise? There’s no way the dim-witted Luinongs could have made this… Someone must have created this space for the Luinongs. They’ve decorated the space very elaborately.’
I speculated that the being the Luinongs called ‘God’ might have constructed this paradise, especially for them.
My hypothesis ought to be correct.
After all, this space must have been created in the age when gods ruled the world.
“Rue!”
“What? Rue’s back?!”
The Luinongs, who had rushed out after receiving the help signal, went around the village announcing Rue’s return.
At that, colorful girls poked their heads out and revealed themselves in the space that had been as desolate as a ghost town until just moments ago.
It was like hermit crabs hiding in surprise, starting to move again.
“Eek! A human has appeared!”
“Human… It’s a human! They’ve come to put us all in a sack!”
Their friend who had suddenly gone missing had returned.
The Luinongs rushed out at the good news.
But soon, the cheers of joy turned into screams full of fear.
It was because two outsiders had barged into their closed space.
“Wow! Tiny little ones are running around everywhere! How cute!”
Elizaveta exclaimed joyfully at the sight of the Luinongs scurrying around in panic.
Hmm, personally, I don’t think this seems like a situation to be happy about.
As expected of a villainous princess, her perspective differed from ordinary people’s.
She even clapped and laughed at the sight of the Luinongs fleeing in surprise.
“Hey…! Everyone calm down! A beautiful princess has come!”
As a grand commotion unfolded before her eyes, Rue shouted with both hands outstretched.
The Luinongs who saw Rue stopped screaming and blinked their eyes.
The situation entered a lull.
Thanks to Rue stepping forward, a moment of respite was gained.
Then, the gazes of the Luinongs who had stopped fleeing turned towards me and Elizaveta.
Wariness towards the humans who had invaded their paradise could be felt.
Just as the Luinongs who had visited the Hohenberc family had done.
“Human… His eyes look super fierce!”
“Eek! He’s carrying something on his back. He must be trying to put us in a sack!”
As expected, their evaluation of me was not good.
It must be because of my naturally fierce-looking eyes.
Even the family’s servants harshly evaluate their young master, so how much more could the Luinongs bash me?
A trembling girl could be seen.
There was even a girl on the verge of bursting into tears.
No,
No matter how bad I look… these reactions are too much.
Rue tried to defend me somehow, but the Luinongs’ wariness did not ease.
Screams of surprise erupted from various places every time I moved my shoulders to adjust my posture.
“She says she’s a princess!”
“Yes, a beautiful princess…! Just like in the fairy tale books!”
On the other hand,
The evaluation of Elizaveta was perfect.
She was indeed a peerless beauty who could rival the female protagonist, Beatrice.
The Luinongs, who had longed for the princesses that often appeared in fairy tale books, looked at her with admiring eyes.
They were especially interested in Elizaveta’s evening dress, adorned with beautiful jewels.
“Do Luinongs usually discriminate based on appearance?”
“Edan does look a bit mean. If you weren’t Max’s brother, I would have run away too.”
I asked with a disappointed heart.
At that, Rue honestly confessed about her first impression of me.
“I guess it’s better to tempt them with jelly candies, since I’m not attractive from the start.”
“I think so too. Your face isn’t worth even half a penny.”
Although the Luinongs were frightened at first glance due to my sharp eyes, the situation could be salvaged.
That was because I had jelly candies that Luinongs couldn’t resist.
Moreover, the Luinongs, who had mistaken Elizaveta for a princess from a fairy tale book, were gradually gathering, creating a popular crowd.
‘It’s fortunate that the princess who willingly accompanied us was Elizaveta. If it had been Ludmilla, all the Luinongs would have run away.’
I sighed in relief as I put down my sack of jellies.
Then I untied the tightly bound knot and let the jellies flood out.
“Eek! The human put down his sack! He’s trying to catch bad Luinongs!”
“I’m a good Luinong! Take… take the other Luinongs instead!”
The Luinongs, who had just been calmed down, jumped up and ran wild like a scene of pandemonium.
Kyaa!
Kyaaaa!!
Screams erupted from all directions.
However, upon offering them jellies, all the Luinongs’ screams came to a halt.
Like children, they quickly quieted down when given candy.
Only the sound of them licking the jelly candies could be heard.
“Nom nom! Nom nom nom!”
“It’s the taste of heaven…!”
The Luinongs’ reactions were all the same.
Admiration.
Immense joy.
For the Luinongs who had lived eating only bland dew and icicles, jelly candies were like a gustatory revolution.
It was like watching barbarians who had discovered the use of fire for the first time.
“The kind-hearted princess has brought many jelly candies for the Luinongs of paradise!”
“Huh?”
Even bribing the Luinongs seemed to fail; they were too caught up in Elizaveta’s beauty.
At that, Elizaveta tilted her head and looked at them.
“Princess!”
“As expected, the beautiful princess has a beautiful heart too.”
Dozens of Luinongs residing in the mysterious paradise flocked around Elizaveta while cheering.
Elizaveta felt burdened by the gazes full of expectation, but she stroked the Luinongs’ heads with both hands outstretched.
At that, the Luinongs smiled happily like pets.
“Your hair is pretty like snowflakes. What’s your name?”
“Ahem! I’m called Norun Luinong!”
“There are only cute little ones everywhere. It’s like being in kindergarten.”
“Wow! Look at me, I am high up in the sky!”
Elizaveta lifted up a girl with snow-white hair flowing down.
At that, the girl who had been imitating an adult with a clumsy voice giggled, and her eyes sparkled.
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Lmao that sack joke was pretty good.
Ain’t that precious, haha…