Chapter 78 - EPISODE 78 – WILD BLACK COW (1) (1/2)
Terms used in this chapter:
Graduation item – a Korean gaming slang that refers to the very best of the top-tier items. If you collect this item, you might as well ‘graduate’ or stop collecting other items of the same type since it is the very best item of its type already. Nothing else can surpass it.
There were various types of fairies in Pleiades, but in general, they could be classified into eight types.
These were the seasonal fairies that symbolized the four seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter, and the four types of elemental fairies that symbolized the elements of Feng Shui.
T/N: Feng Shui actually has five elements, not four, which are wood, fire, earth, metal, and water.
The wild fairies belonged to the elemental fairies, and they had the power of earth, which symbolized vitality.
These were the seasonal fairies that symbolized the four seasons of spring, summer, fall, and winter, and the four types of elemental fairies that symbolized the elements of Feng Shui.
‘In terms of physical ability, they’re the strongest among the fairies, I think?’
However, they were still fairies.
“What are you thinking about?”
“Your skin is so pretty. Can I touch it? Can I? I can? Okay, I’ll touch it.”
“Me too, me too.”
Seeing them behave as they pleased, they were undoubtedly fairies.
Cordelia then thought as she watched the fairies nuzzle her cheeks and shoulders.
‘Why did they appear here?’
Though it made sense for wild fairies to appear in the wild lands.
‘It is a fact that fairies are scattered everywhere.’
In order to meet the wild fairies in Legend of Heroes 2 originally, one had to go to the border between the Argon Empire and the wild land.
But like how the Fairy Queen was not a single individual, the wild fairies were also not a single group.
“It’s been a while since I’ve seen a pretty girl.”
“That’s right, that’s right. Except for us, only animals live here.”
“How’s the bathhouse? Do you like it? We managed it.”
As the fairies began to chatter, the tranquil bathhouse quickly became noisy.
Jude, who was trying to act natural and not pay attention to her as much as possible, also heard the voices.
“Cordelia? Are you okay? What’s the matter?”
“Eh? Uh…well…”
It was when Cordelia’s words trailed off in the end. The wild fairies turned their gazes towards Jude and opened their mouths almost simultaneously.
“Wow!”
“Handsome!”
“Who is he?”
“Let’s play with him too!”
“…Fairy?”
The last one was Jude.
Cordelia said after she deeply sighed as if she eventually gave up.
“It’s the wild fairies.”
“Oh! Wild fairies!”
The reason why Jude’s face became bright was simple.
The Great Protection of the Four Seasons could be obtained by collecting all the protections of the four types of seasonal fairies.
The Great Protection of the Four Elements could be obtained by collecting all the protections of the four types of elemental fairies.
And one more.
Only those who have collected the Great Protection of the Four Seasons and the Great Protection of the Four Elements could obtain one of the three strongest protections in the Legend of Heroes series, which is the ‘Fairy King’s Protection,’ a protection on the level of fantasy since no one had ever obtained it.
‘As expected of Kaplan!’
He never thought that they would meet the wild fairies here.
It was then that Jude remembered the words of Gentle Snow Breeze.
‘Didn’t she say that there were several mysterious races left in Raptor Canyon?’
Perhaps, besides the wild fairies, there were other pleasant surprises waiting for them.
“Do you know us?”
“Do you want to hang out with us?”
“Let’s take a bath together!”
“Should I do that?”
“Are you crazy?!”
When Jude grinned and responded to the fairies’ suggestion, Cordelia immediately reacted, and Jude clicked his tongue.
“It didn’t work.”
“Stop saying bullsh*t and just cover your eyes with a blindfold.”
“Why a blindfold?”
“Because I will continue to bathe. I just got in the water.”
Amidst the conversation between Jude and Cordelia, the wild fairies looked at each other and said.
“Why, why, why would he cover his eyes?”
“I’ve read something like this in a book.”
“Really? Was the cover red by any chance?”
At that moment, Cordelia wanted to refute it, but her opponent was a fairy.
Having already experienced how the fall and winter fairies acted, she simply waited instead of protesting, and soon, the blindfolded Jude slowly entered and arrived near the bathtub where Cordelia was in.
“He’s handsome even if his eyes are covered.”
“I like it.”
While the fairies were admiring Jude’s boyish face as if it was an exhibition, Cordelia soaked her head into the water and then resurfaced, before she wiped her entire body and opened her mouth.
“Fairies, let’s play together?”
“Yes, yes, we’ll invite you to the night banquet.”
“Ah! Also! It’s not just that.”
“Not just that?”
“The Queen said so. If you find someone that can help us, bring them.”
“That’s right, that’s right. I remember.”
Someone who could help.
The silent Jude immediately cut in.
“What do you need help with?”
“Yes! We have an old problem, and we can’t solve it.”
“The Queen said she’d give a prize to the one who brought someone who’ll help.”
“Then the prize is mine?”
“It’s mine, why is it yours?”
As the fairies began bickering and quarreling, a fairy with rabbit ears stealthily approached Cordelia and said.
“Let’s go quickly while they’re fighting, okay?”
“…You’re just like humans.”
“What do you mean?”
Cordelia bitterly smiled at the rabbit-eared fairy who asked innocently, and after getting out of the bathtub, she used magic to dry her head and body.
“Uh…I want to wear new clothes.”
But she had no choice. She didn’t have time to launder her clothes.
She picked up and wore her clothes that were scattered before she approached Jude, who was sitting on the floor nearby with his eyes blindfolded.
“You can take it off now.”
“Eh? We’ll take a bath together?”
“Stop with your lame jokes. You’re like an uncle when you keep saying that.”
“Ahem, ahem.”
Jude cleared his throat before he took off the blindfold and faced the wild fairies.
“I’ve heard your story well. Me and Cordelia will come to help you. Please let us meet the Queen.”
“Yes! All right!”
“Let’s go!”
“Wait!”
The last one was Cordelia.
When the fairies and Jude looked at Cordelia together, she pointed towards the low entrance.
“We have to bring Kaplan.”
Kaplan was stretched out on the floor in a fainted state. There was a possibility that something might happen if they left him as it is.
“You’re right, we need to bring Kaplan.”
Jude got up from his seat and placed the wild fairies on his shoulder, but as soon as the wild fairies saw Kaplan, they disapproved.
“We can’t do that.”
“That’s right, that’s unreasonable.”
“Why?”
“He’s bald.”
The other fairies nodded at the words of the rabbit-eared fairy, and Jude was troubled and speechless.
“Anyway, we can’t do that.”
The wild fairies were quite resolute.
‘Can you make it possible?’
‘Aren’t you familiar with the fairies? They’re impossible to persuade.’
If it was the Fairy Queen, it would be possible to persuade her, but it was impossible for the fairies themselves who were completely like kids.
After they finished the conversation with their eyes, Jude and Cordelia thought for a moment on what to do before they immediately began to act.
“What’s going on, what’s going on. Why are they tying up the bald head?”
“It’s called restraint play.”
“Restraint play?”
“Yes, that’s what it is…”
“OMG.”
“Why haven’t they said anything yet?”
“Do it quickly.”
Cordelia was tormented by the fairies’ conversation, while Jude tied Kaplan tightly with a rope from Kaplan’s luggage and laid him down inside the bathhouse.
“This is our territory, so the animals won’t come in.”
“Yes, yes, so that won’t work.”
Jude had also thought of that. He hadn’t seen a single animal hair inside the bathhouse.
The reason why he tied up Kaplan now was because he was afraid that Kaplan would go out of the bathhouse once he woke up.
‘We haven’t picked the mulberries yet.’
T/N: This is actually based on the Korean proverb, ‘meet one’s loved one as well as pick mulberries.’ It is an expression which means that two things can be achieved at the same time. An English equivalent would be ‘to kill two birds with one stone.’ So what Jude meant is that they had met the loved one (the fairies), but not picked the mulberries yet (they haven’t achieved their other purpose yet).
Thanks to him, they met the wild fairies, but they had yet to reach the ruins of the magic kingdom.
It was impossible for them to just let go of Kaplan, who would be a lot useful in the future.
“You’re wicked as expected.”
“Thank you for the compliment.”
Jude said and bowed as if he was in a play, and then used a pencil he found in Kaplan’s luggage to write down in a piece of paper.
It was full of aristocratic and posh words, but in the end, it could be summarized into one line as follows:
‘We saved you. So don’t be afraid and just wait. We’ll be right back.’
“Wouldn’t he think that he was kidnapped?”
“But we have no choice.”
Because they had to resolve the wild fairies’ problem first.
Jude tied a new rope to the ankle of the tightly bound Kaplan and then tied the other end of the rope to the bathhouse column.
“Okay, let’s go now.”
“But Jude. Why are you so good in tying ropes?”
“I learned it from the Boy Scouts.”
Jude tactfully dismissed her question and then approached the wild fairies, who were having an intense and heated conversation. When they saw Jude and Cordelia, they all squealed.