to see the sea (6) .
I did it because I was curious about what it would feel like to go inside. If you stand in the world and look at a rainbow, you see all the colors, so if you look at the world inside a rainbow, wouldnât you see only pretty colors without black? There was a day when I went to the end of the rainbow with that thought in mind, stepped on it, and ended up being disappointed.
â Shootâ¦
A loud sound of water was heard and water droplets like misty rain splashed onto my face. Two rainbows were floating in the spray of the waterfall falling from the edge of the cliff.
âAt that time, I was probably around the same age as I am now.â
Calian chuckled as he recalled a memory from an unknown day.
This is because the silver-white horse standing at the waterâs edge looked around for a moment while drinking clear, cold water and saw Plants moving to the end of the rainbow.
âAll the thoughts at this age are the same.â
Kalian, who was thinking of saying something like, brother, you will only be disappointed if you go in there, just kept his mouth shut.
What does that name mean, how long is Lucyâs waist, and whatâs going on with Bern. It seemed like this was the first time I had seen him curious about something other than this, so I just left it alone.
That guy, like a sprout of barley that hasnât been exposed to much sunlight, will be disappointed or get a memory instead of being disappointed. I thought it would be better than what was built inside the palace.
âSo in the end, Your Majesty did everything wrong.â
Not only did they name him Plants, but he didnât even take them outside, and he didnât even let a single cat into the spacious royal palace, so he ended up creating such a troublesome cat.
Even now, when I go home, I have to look at the corn silk, which is more than just the barley sprouts and definitely not less, but now that I think about it, Iâm the youngest.
ah.
I suddenly feel hungry for a drink.
âI donât think youâre listening to me.â
âIâm listening. I said letâs make a deal. Iâm thinking about it.â
Calian, who responded to Sionaâs words, took his gaze away from Plantz, who was inside the rainbow and was opening his palms. I saw crazy people going into the water of the valley and breathing fire.
â⦠Why on earth are you trying to set fire to the water?â
âHe said he was thinking about it.â
âIâm thinking.â
Ignoring the look in Sionaâs eyes that asked if it was a bit strange for you to understand at a glance the reason why the water spewed fire, Calian turned his gaze away from the wizards and looked towards the knights. People were seen resting by leaning against wooden poles or sitting on rocks. My clothes might get wet, but the fire-breathing crazy guys over there will take care of drying them, so I just felt like resting.
Still, itâs fortunate that there are people who arenât crazy.
If it werenât for the knights, Raven would have been the most rational.
âActually, there are three things I hate.â
Calian looked one more time at the prince in the rainbow and the wizard shooting fire in the water, then opened his mouth, stroking the back of Ravenâs neck with particular care.
âElves. Fighting with elves. Trading with elves.â
Calian, who said this, smiled brightly and looked at Siona.
âBut if the elf who pointed a sword at me said he came because he wanted to make a deal with me, I would either like it or not.â
âI guess you forgot that before I was an elf, I was a warrior of the great desert.â
âOh. And I donât like the wolf of the great desert following me, or the wolf of the great desert attacking me. You eat so much on your own, so Iâll either like it or not.â
Siona closed her mouth for a moment.
First of all, he wasnât paying much attention to hearing stories from the prince, who seemed to be twenty years younger than him. Regardless of social status, the race was completely different, so it is not something to worry about.
So Kalyan just kept talking.
I thought it was okay to do this since it was my fault for attacking him with a knife first.
âI can find out where the elf city is hiding, no matter how many days it takes. And itâs hard for me to ask for my information and cobblestones in exchange for a vague promise that we will investigate together about Zeon.â
I will help you find the elven city and share the results of your investigation on Zeon. Please give me what Calian has learned so far and the black pebble he has.
Siona, who found a bonfire lit by Calianâs group on the way out of the elf city, said she came to Calian to say this. After meeting him, I felt like a hero and started fighting, but that was the purpose of finding Calian anyway.
And as soon as the word âdealâ came out of Sionaâs mouth, Calian left the room, got up, ate breakfast, and walked away again. Then I saw water flowing under the waterfall, and the horses had stopped for a moment to rest.
Calian continued speaking with a smile on his face.
âHow did you know I had that stone and that I was after Zeon? You didnât even tell me that.â
âThe reason I canât tell you exactly is because I donât completely trust you either, and the reason Iâm talking about making a deal is because I donât want to take it from you by force, but I donât think thereâs any need for further explanation.â
âYou say something interesting, Siona.â
The small laughter was barely audible over the sound of the waterfall.
Calianâs eyes were filled with cold energy.
âYou stole it. I didnât kill it because it was still painful. Why do you say that when you know it too?â
Siona nodded without much reaction.
Because of this, Calian was a little surprised inside.
In fact, Calian couldnât see Sionaâs auror right now. And when Siona saw Calian, she said, âblack hair and red eyes.â I recognized Calian by his appearance, not by his Auror status.
That meant only one thing.
The two have the same or similar auras. This means that neither of them can see each otherâs aura.
However, Calian did not notice Sionaâs approach until he heard the sound of the bell made on purpose. So Siona must have known the same thing.
âWell, I said something strange.â
âYouâre too quick to admit it.â
Nevertheless, I thought it was surprising that Calian obediently acknowledged that he had saved his life. Because some of the bad elves that Calian encountered did not want to bend their pride.
âItâs a problem in the Great Desert. As you know, the power of a group called âZeonâ is extraordinary. After the chief of a tribe in the Great Desert with whom I have ties asked me to find out about them, the people I was chasing recently killed your men. âI attacked them and they were killed by you. When I looked at the bodies of the people you buried, I found that their hearts were all torn apart.â
ââ¦You mean the ones who attacked Sir Hertz?â
I remembered killing those who attacked Arsene in the forest and burying them all before Alan came. I did it because I thought Alan would pay more attention to them than Calian if he saw them.
It seems that Siona confirmed the body that was so deliberately buried.
âThatâs right. Then, a month ago, I met another group of Zeon guys here and fought and killed one of them, but something similar happened. If I had remembered the guys I met with you, I wouldnât have stabbed my heart, but I couldnât remember, so I was crushed like a stone. I broke up with them. âItâs been over a month, and I donât think it will be easy to find the tail again, so I thought it would be better to share the information with you.â
In the end, it was said that the stone was needed for the same reason as Calian.
In fact, this is something that Kalian welcomes. Anyway, I already had several of the black pebbles in question, and if I investigated in the Great Desert, I might find slightly different information.
There was just one problem.
âTell me how I should trust you.â
âI donât know, but elves donât lie. Mother Tree hates lying.â
When I told him that he didnât like elves, he answered that they were great desert warriors, and when I said that he didnât trust elves, he said that he wasnât lying because he was an elf. Calian frowned as he remembered the guy who freely passed between the prince and the vice-captain whenever necessary.
Siona, who was lost in thought as she was looking at Calian and couldnât think of any other way to make him trust her, spoke in a serious voice.
âIf that doesnât work, you have to fight and take itâ¦â
âCould you use magic instead of your sword?â
Heâs so aggressive that he seems like a wizard.
Seeing Calian laughing at this thought, Siona opened her mouth again.
âI know itâs a dangerous item. Even if it falls into their hands again, it wonât make much of a difference, right? In that case, it would be better to investigate it together.â
Calian patted Ravenâs saddle and thought for a moment before opening his mouth.
âI will do that as far as exchanging information I learn in the future. Instead, I need time to think about passing the stone.â
Calianâs finger pointed to the bell hanging from Sionaâs sword.
âIâm not sure if wearing that is confidence or arrogance. Thereâs no guarantee that you wonât use the stoneâs power in strange ways.â
Siona frowned.
Calian added, tilting his head slightly as if he didnât care.
âIâll guide you to where the elf city is. It doesnât seem like thereâs much to do, but Iâll do my best to help you until this job is over. If you like it, Iâll give you what you want. How about that?â
Siona said while weighing the pros and cons of catching up with them again and getting the stone after following them around for the next few days or getting the stone after following Calian for the next few days.
âOkay, letâs do that.â
âgood.â
In the end, Calian, who had made his second deal with the elves, added a word as if it was an important issue.
âAh. If you like grass, take care of your own food. I donât know.â
Siona nodded.
The fact that I was raised by a Great Desert warrior from a time I couldnât even remember, and that there isnât much grass in the Great Desert. Therefore, he omitted the statement that he was an elf who was good at eating meat.
* * *
Calian, who was listening to the sounds of rustling grass, opened his mouth.
âCongratulations.â
âWhat?â
âThanks to Siona, wonât we be able to return to the palace sooner?â
In any case, the time spent wandering around looking for the elf city was reduced.
Plantz nodded without denying and opened his mouth as he saw Siona walking far ahead.
âIsnât it worth believing?â
Calian looked at Planz.
Plantz opened his mouth again because he had the expression he sometimes makes when he hears something he doesnât understand.
âHe could have taken the group hostage and threatened them, but he didnât.â
âAre you talking about the early morning incident?â
Plantz nodded.
Instead of taking the Vulcan crew or Planz hostage, he went out in the open and started the fight and got to the point, so if he has that kind of personality, you can just trust him.
It would have been more advantageous to have Siona in a situation where they were going to talk to the elves, but it was unbecoming of Calian to argue with them for so long and not hold hands. Didnât the mysterious Randel and Plantz join hands without any doubts?
âI canât threaten you. Because the moment you put your hand on my fence, you will die.â
Plantz chuckled.
Thatâs great confidence.
âIt was because she was an elf. Not all elves in the world are like Hina.â
âThat means there are elves like Hina.â
Of course, Hina was a half-elf.
âHave you learned how to teach now?â
Anyway, Calian understood Plantzâs story just now, saying that there were elves like Hina and Sia, so there was no need to despise all elves.
âAll right. I will look and think without prejudice.â
âOkay.â
Calian nodded with a laugh and then asked a question.
âBrother, what color did you go in there to see?â
âColor.â
âRainbow.â
âNo.â
âThen why did you go in?â
âTo check.â
âCan I ask what you checked?â âNo.
â âYes
.â
I had no intention of touching the fact that I didnât want to say anything, so I nodded without hesitation this time. In Kalian turned his gaze forward.
âTo check that the water isnât leaking.â
To his younger brother who didnât ask twice, Plantz said,
âYouâve been checking all this time, right?â
âI donât know.â
There was no need to bother all day . Calian, who had wiped off the grass once more, opened his mouth and said,
âEven if the surrounding area was all grass, the peas are the color of peas. âI donât listen to the grass.â
âThe surrounding area is grass, so he barks without covering it. My brother.â âHe
usually barks better outside.â
I was very puzzled as I listened to the mysterious conversation that Needlen, who was coming from behind, kept popping out at any time. I didnât see the expression on my face.
In fact, it would be correct to say that I didnât care.
Even though Iâve been living in that gorgeous Brisen up until now, I was probably the only one who understood that Planz was confirming that he was Planz, so I looked at the other peopleâs expressions. There was no need to look or activate Silence.
âHere it is.â
As I was walking along the path, one side of me holding back and the other barking, I heard Sionaâs voice.
Before I knew it, Siona was standing in one place waiting for the group.
Look up . Calian, who nodded, was the first to go in front of Siona, and Needlen came in front of Plantz instead of Calian. Siona was the
first to set foot in a certain spot in the forest and disappeared in front of the group.
It had already happened before, so Kali. Ahn followed him in without hesitation. And after that, Needlen and Plantz, all the crew members went in.
âAh.â
A short sound came from the mouth of an unknown person.
It was both an exclamation and an expression of surprise. â
Itâs fascinating. The village I visited last time wasnât like this, but the city is a city.â
Calian expressed his appreciation and the others did not say anything more. It would have been correct to say that everyone was speechless. It reminded me
of the crystal glasses that were placed on the dinner table.
Under the magic lantern . It reminded me of a chandelier sparkling in rainbow colors all over the place.
There was a tree in the distance, shining in all directions under the transparent sunlight. A tree so huge that it seemed as if it was as big as the perimeter of the Kairis Palace. Inside and around the tree, The city of the elves was before my eyes.
And behind it.
â⦠The sea.â
The sea was so vast that it seemed far away.
âYes. In the end.â
Calian, who entered the forest and faced the sea, answered Plantzâs words in a quiet voice.
âI came to see the sea.â
As if he had stepped into an imaginary rainbow.
Just one step from the forest, he entered a completely different world. As if I had entered.
Calian, who had been staring at the beautiful figure for a while, opened his mouth.
âAnyway, how do I burn that?â
I thought it was a tree because it was
called a tree. First of all, it is not the same tree as I used to know.
I came to this place . Plantz, who had said to âget rid of prejudiceâ, chuckled at the words that did not forget his intended purpose at all. The knights swept the handles of their swords with a look of solemn determination, and the wizards, including Needlen, fell into deep worry
. A group of elves approached from nowhere, and
Calianâs red lips drew a dark line as he prepared to bark.