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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: TushChen
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Edanant explored the unknown while handing out jelly candies to the Luinongs, huddled together like a flock of pigeons.
As a result, he learned quite a bit about them,
It was about the mysterious race, the Luinongs, which had not been detailed in the original work.
‘Luinongs are immortal unless they suffer physical harm from others. Moreover, they are even immune to poison and disease.’
Disease and death.
These are factors that all living beings in the world fear.
However, the Luinong race naturally possessed the blessings of immortality and immunity to disease and poison.
In addition, they were also omnipotent, able to achieve anything if they earnestly asked the being they called “God.”
What on earth are these creatures?
He wandered around the fairies ‘ paradise with a question as deep as an abyss weighing on his mind.
“……”
Beep, Beep, Beep-
Every time he moved his steps rhythmically, it sounded like stepping on a sponge.
When he turned around, he saw numerous Luinongs.
When he stopped his steps, the Luinongs following him also stopped simultaneously.
“Why are you following me?”
He asked with a frown.
The Luinongs followed him with curious expressions.
Was it because he had tamed them with jelly candies?
The colorfully-haired girls giggled and showed interested reactions.
“I think they all like Edan.”
“…Like how children particularly like junk food?”
The sight of the Luinongs following behind, ignoring the beautiful princess, was quite the turntable, no matter how you looked.
He shook his head at Rue’s words as they walked side by side.
He sighed and gestured.
At that, the Luinongs, who had kept their distance while watching cautiously, gathered around, grinning.
“What is the outsider curious about?”
“We’ll tell you! So be grateful and hand over the jellies!”
If I poke their sides, they seem ready to spill confidential information.
Even though he hadn’t asked yet, the bold fairies reacted as if their mouths were itching.
They had clearly been waiting for someone to show interest in them.
“When exactly did this paradise come into existence? There’s no way you all created it.”
The paradise surrounded by pure white crystals was like an ancient city boasting magnificent architectural beauty.
There was no artificial feeling at all.
It looked as if nature had created a foundation for the Luinongs on its own.
Dense cedar trees grow in the underground space.
Large mushrooms serve as soft furniture.
Soft green moss boasting excellent insulation.
The sight of Luinongs running around on top of it was reminiscent of a scene from a fairy tale book.
If human hands had touched it, would it have been this beautiful?
The Luinongs’ village, retaining pure white mysteriousness, was like the most perfect utopia that nature could create.
“Even Luinongs don’t know!”
“We don’t remember. Luinongs are all smart… but we just don’t remember that.”
All the Luinongs tilted their heads.
There should have been even a tiny clue,
But they all reacted simultaneously as if they had coordinated.
What could he expect from these innocent simpletons?
He had to resign himself with a heavy sigh.
“Hmph, hmph…!”
“A human dares to look down on Luinongs!”
When he showed an overtly dismissive attitude, the Luinongs grumbled and made a fuss.
They even threw tantrums, waving both hands and saying, “We’ll sulk if you don’t apologize!”
Hmm.
It would be troublesome if they sulked like this…
In fact, he had come all this way to persuade the Luinongs of paradise.
He decided to humor them to some extent if only to be able to sweet-talk the little ones later.
“Then tell me what you do know. Even trivial things are fine. If I like it, I’ll give you jelly candies.”
He took out jelly candies from his pocket.
At that, the Luinongs showed intense reactions while fidgeting.
“I’ll give it to just one person.”
When he added that restriction, the Luinongs became even more agitated.
“If you go over there, there are icicles hanging in bunches! Yellow, pink, green… The green icicles are especially popular!”
“No! Nubo’s mushroom bed is famous for being the softest! Everyone falls asleep and goes to dreamland as soon as they lie on the mushroom bed!”
As expected, only trivial stories poured out.
Icicles that taste like fruit.
Soft giant mushrooms that Luinongs use as beds.
He felt interested for a moment, but that was all.
Perhaps he should have asked about the being called “God” instead.
He handed out jelly candies one by one to the Luinongs, who had been chattering enthusiastically while scratching the back of his head.
“Nom nom! Let’s talk about the shining stick in the corner of the village!”
“It’s just a stick. We shouldn’t talk about it or he’ll treat us like fools again.”
“We were so surprised. We didn’t expect humans to come to paradise again.”
“Wasn’t he as sparkly as the beautiful princess who gave us jelly candies?”
The small Luinongs sat in a circle on the grass like kindergarteners on a picnic.
And they began to chatter while sucking on jelly candies.
What on earth are they talking about?
Edanant, who had also given a jelly candy to Rue, listened to the Luinongs’ conversation.
“Did someone else besides you come to paradise?”
“Eek! W-We’re surprised!”
When he stuck his head out and asked, the Luinongs cried in shock.
He stared at the Luinongs, conveying the meaning of answering his question quickly.
“They suddenly came into paradise and left a stick.”
“A stick…?”
“A stick that sparkles like a star. They said they’d leave it here and gave Luinongs food!”
“……”
A beautiful woman like Elizaveta.
And a man who volunteered as an escort followed.
He didn’t know when this happened.
The Luinongs only told the story of humans coming from the outside world.
He felt a shock as if piercing his lungs.
There was even anxiety that there might be traces of ‘them.’
He asked the Luinongs about the location of the stick in an agitated voice.
At that, the Luinongs showed frightened looks but willingly guided him to the place.
“…Good heavens.”
They arrived at a place full of icicles frozen solid like a snow-covered mountain with perpetual snow.
There, he could see a radiance reflected in the mirror-like transparent ice.
A dazzling radiance like sunlight.
It was undoubtedly the divine power of the Earth Mother.
At the center, where the divine power shone brilliantly, the “stick” the Luinongs had mentioned was stuck upright.
‘The Scepter of White Night.’
The scepter decorated with a golden orb and white ivory was clearly a sacred weapon of the Holy Kingdom.
The divine punishment of the Earth Mother that destroys even immortality.
The divine weapon bestowed with a great mission to the Second Saintess.
Why on earth was it left alone in the fairies’ paradise?
The beautiful woman the Luinongs had seen was certainly Beatrice.
Beatrice, who had gone missing with her lovers, had briefly visited paradise.
He had finally found a trace.
As soon as he saw the Second Saintess’s divine weapon, his heart beat more fiercely.
“That’s Bea’s staff!”
Rue, who had arrived at the scene belatedly, cried out in surprise.
At that, the Luinongs who had guided them to the place raised their hair and whispered.
“It must be a very important stick.”
“We were playing with it, swinging it around until yesterday…”
“I used it as a laundry pole. The warm light it emits dries clothes well.”
The Scepter of White Night was a weapon bestowed by the Earth Mother to Beatrice to sever immortality.
The Saintess Party had accomplished the feat that was thought impossible by using the Scepter of White Night to defeat the ruler of the demon realm, who was an immortal being.
Naturally, the Holy Kingdom revered the Scepter of White Night as the highest sacred object that could not be exchanged for anything.
To think that such a divine weapon… was being used as a baseball bat and laundry pole by the Luinongs.
If the Holy King and cardinals had seen this sight, they would surely have sighed.
They might have even crushed the little Luinongs’ heads while wielding thick bibles.
It was a weapon that Beatrice had always cherished, like a part of herself.
She had never let go of the Scepter of White Night at any moment.
But why,
Why would she?
His head began to throb.
He swallowed and pressed his temples.
“Edan, are you okay?!”
“Of course. I was just lost in thought…”
He considered collecting the carelessly abandoned Scepter of White Night but decided to hold off for now.
There was no need to rush.
The fairies’ paradise was a sanctuary wholly cut off from the outside world.
Beatrice must have left the Scepter of White Night in the fairies’ paradise.
If she left the divine weapon here, no one could find it.
“Let’s leave the Scepter of White Night for now. Whether they use it as a baseball bat or a laundry pole… Tell them to do as they please since the owner of the scepter abandoned it and left.”
As if letting go of lingering attachments, he eventually turned his head.
And he grasped Rue’s hand.
“The goal is to bring the Luinongs of paradise to the outside. Let’s think about how to bring the Luinongs out of this closed world first.”
There was a limit to enticing them simply with snacks.
A sure way to capture the Luinongs’ hearts was needed.
What could that be?
We’ll have to think about it with Rue from now on.
Like the Pied Piper of Hamelin, he led numerous Luinongs towards Elizaveta.
What would the princess be doing right now?
He only hoped there would be no unfortunate incidents.
He felt deep concern because Elizaveta was notorious for her rough temperament as a villainous princess.
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He returned after looking around the outskirts of the village with the Luinongs.
It was easy to confirm Elizaveta’s location.
The Platinum Princess would surely be in the space densely packed with bold girls.
“Princess! Princess!”
“Don’t cling too much!”
I’ve heard of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs but never of a villainous princess and Luinongs.
The beautiful princess with golden hair flowing down.
Around her were Luinongs cheering with their hands raised.
What kind of situation is this?
Elizaveta was wearing a flower crown woven with colorful flowers.
The Luinongs must have given it to the princess as a gift.
His head went blank momentarily at the sight of the Platinum Princess, who had skillfully tamed the Luinongs as if raising pets.
“Ack…! Are you a G-God?!”
When he was watching the unbelievable scene for a moment,
Rue, watching from the side, suddenly burst out in shock.
It seems she couldn’t process just how ethereal the sight before her was.
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Just more questions than answers…