Chapter 8 (1/2)
Chapter 8
The next day, Maki and Chiharu were in the king’s study
“Are you prepared to hear more now?”
“Yes, please tell us”
“H said…”
The king began
“The most important part was told to you yesterdayYou two should live the rest of your days here as you pleaseAs I said before, all necessities will be provided for youIf there is anything that you want, you need only tell usI will do what is in my power to help”
Rest of your daysSo it was trueBut she had to at least ask properlyMaki thought
“So we can never return?”
“…I am sorryNo Saintess has ever returned”
She had thought ascontinuedHe knew that these tould be able to accept it
“And so…”
“Yes”
“Today, Aeris and Zynis will talk”
“I will go first”
Aeris began
“Of course, Saintesses purify the world ofHowever, these human lands are much farther from the shadoorld than other landsOur own territories are along its border, and the miasma is thicker thereAs you can tell by how the palace was purified in one day, it is much faster in areas close to the Saintess”
Here he stopped and looked hard at Maki and Chiharu as if to confir
“If possible, it would be of great help if you could come directly to the elf lands”
“And the beast lands as well”
“Do not forget the dwarven landsEh, Maki and Chihaaru?”
Grudo said with a rin
“Us dwarves are fa cider”
Maki’s eyes lit upCider!
“Hey, Grudo, play fair! Why must I explain the troublesome part only for you to come in like this!”
Aeris said frantically
“Maki, ChihaaruWe elves have wineAnd not only thatBut honey wine as wellIt is made from the honey of bees in our own elven forests”
Honey wine! Chiharu’s eyes also lit upAnd then both of the expectationsZynis scratched his head with a slightly uneasy look
“We beasts do not care for such drinksBut, we have skewers of layered meat that are broiled and covered in a special sauceIt is very popular a travelers”
They thought that it sounded similar to a kebab, and their eyes danced with joyAeris saw this and his hopes roseHe would tell them more about their fa he needed to tell them first, for fairness sake
“There is one thing”
Maki and Chiharu gulped
“Unless we are to take a er route, ill have to cross the seaThisby airshi+p”
“I’ll go!!”
“I’ll go!!”
“Uh, as that?”
“I’ll go!!”
“I’ll go!!”
Perhaps he was hearing the
“Just now…”
“I will go”
Maki said without hesitationGrudo was in a fit of laughter
“It looks like even elf ears lose their sharpness after 300 years”
“That is rude, you are nearly the sae as I”
Aeris grumbledAnd then he asked the tith a concerned voice
“These airshi+ps will fly quite highCan you handle such heights?”
Maki answered him
“I don’t really like high placesBut it doesn’t really bother h”
“Ah, so you must have traveled on an airshi+p before?”
“Not an airshi+p, but an airplane”
“And what ht that be?”
“It’s a metal vehicle that flies in the sky at incredible speed”
“The previous Saintess made no mention of that”
“It must have become common later on then”
From the sounds of it, their torlds moved at the sao, so she ht have experienced the hen she was a childBefore her, it would have been someone from the Taisho or Meiji periodsShe would have to ask about it later