The Book Of Flowers

Well arranged

-- A few moments later ----

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"So... You said that all this time, something was missing from all of us...?" Luxor asked

"You could say so. Although I do not blame anyone because our main area of power is the largest land of Goeitias. Just keeping an eye on the entire passage was already difficult for the Gnomes and Sylphs"

Apart from the mainland of Goeitias, we do not have eyes to keep an eye on those places. Sometimes I or the higher-ups have to personally come there to check the conditions

Last time, I found nothing suspicious other than a Dwarf town, some wild Beast village, and some kind of monster

That's why, I'm sure that the 'danger' just put themselves in that area. I can find them there if indeed their existence existed before the Blood Sabbath happened

And now we have to check it again, but with the endangerment of some people's lives because it's completely unknown

"My explanation got here. The rest, I want to hear your opinion on who and who should go"

"... You got a recommendation first, Vain?" Verdea asked

Honestly, there is

"I will ask Fyon to once again join, should we face off against the black magic user later. But if we're dealing with anything other than that, then the five of them are enough"

Though I doubt that I should bring one of my friends again...

Luxor then raised his hand, as if he wanted to suggest something until I let him talk

"I agree with Fyon, but consider also bringing in someone who has sufficient defensive strength" He said later

Luxor's right. There are 3 higher-ups who have stronger defenses than me, and I can ask them for help

Ivor's here, Gwen's mother, and lastly Cyrus, our beloved teacher

"I can take Ivor, but I'm not sure Gwen and Cyrus should come along..."

"Well!" Ivor suddenly exclaimed. "If my mother refuses, I will personally drag her down! After all, those two aren't obedient when it comes to you?" He added after that

"It's not a problem according to or not. But, I would like to take some soldiers of the Salamander clan as well, where some of them clearly still hate the way I rule due to the incident

Then, as for Cyrus, I can't take her because her job right now is to take care of the inhabitants of the city of Andromeda"

Although I can indeed bring the Salamander clan as well, I cannot allow the inhabitants of Andromeda to be poorly maintained

The other ordinary Elves might not carry out my orders. That was why the higher-ups had to carry out such a difficult task like this, because they could not defy direct orders from me

"But, if it comes to that, I can replace Cyrus to govern the Gaia clan right?" Ordelia then spoke up

"You're right. But, instead of burdening yourself, mainly because you're not as strong as Cyrus in asserting orders?"

Also, keeping an eye on all the residents that much is also impossible to do alone. He would definitely need the help of another Elf, who should also have the intention to cooperate

Ordelia shook her head and replied with, "I can. After all, the occasional lead exercise doesn't matter either, does it?"

I hope it's that easy. But, if he did want to, I wouldn't reject his offer

Cyrus has to come. His intelligence and strength are also more than needed in this mission

And as for my teacher, he has no means of defense since both of the sacred weapons of the Gaia clan are already held by me and Ordelia. But if we talk about his body, then another language

Even if he were to be cut into two, as long as those two parts of his body could fuse in a matter of a few minutes, he could stay alive. My teacher has a regenerative ability that even scares me for looking unreal

In short, the regeneration ability of my teacher was creepy and unreasonable. That's why he's willing to be our samsak when we want to beat something up in training first...

"... Then, I'll also bring Lyralia and the entire Black Hunt crew" I continue on that topic

"Yes!" Lyralia secretly looked pleased

She must be happy that Ivor happened to be coming...

"Why?" Verdea asked me

"Because he will lead the Undine clan to block the exit path on the island. They were the most fearsome clans if they were in a certain area such as lakes and oceans

Then as for the Black Hunt crew, they didn't need to be too active in this mission. I'll just take them to Miralius to get ready" I explained at length

Everyone nodded in understanding and agreed, except for Lyralia who understood the meaning of my statement

His face immediately descended from shock, as I smiled nosily at him

"So don't be happy yourself, Lyralia. You won't meet Ivor when this mission takes place" I turned to Lyralia with mocking intent

He wanted to protest, but his face was so weak that what he wanted to say disappeared from his mind

Though he could meet Ivor every day, and he grumbled about not being able to carry out missions in the same place as him? What was on my friend's mind that went wrong trying?

All right, who else should come...?

As I looked at my friends one by one, a hand was raised to offer to enter this mission

One hand from someone I already have one answer for sure when I see it

"... How's me?" Veskal asked

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"No"

My answer was of course to immediately make Veskal pout

Hear. He just saved us from Xiang. Then, I should throw him again into this mission?

Nah! Not in thousands of years! The only time I'll let him into the mission again is when Verdea forces!

"I still haven't forgiven you for ignoring Father's prophecy..." I grumbled at him, making him look away in annoyance

"But, Alf's prophecy is inevitable, right?" Verdea commented

Ah, now you want to defend her hm?

"Then he made us all panic. You think we're dealing with all those problems with just a calm head?" I gave an argument

"It doesn't mean we should blame Veskal! He's just tied to the situation, isn't he?" He just retaliated

"Hiks! Someone finally understands me!" Veskal interrupted while grimacing dramatically, falling into Verdea's arms looking at me with bulging cheeks

These two kids must be conspiring! Sure is!

Just look at those who are trying to make me melt it!

Nah! My mental strength is much stronger than you think! Don't expect me to do what you want!

"Vaine...!"

I said that...

"Come on Vain...!"

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"I want to come along to correct some of my mistakes...!"

"Look? He wants to fix his mistake..."

Hmr....

"I promise I won't bother you..."

"I promise he won't bother you..."

They used that tactic...! Why should this world be unfair to me...!

"Vain-"

"All right! Stop your rant right now!!!" I cut because I was desperate

All my friends were staring at the three of us with stone faces full of judgment or were holding back laughter, as Verdea and Veskal clapped each other triumphantly

"You always lose when they've started whining endlessly..." Ordelia said, clearly looking to laugh

"Maybe I should try that way some time later" Ivor followed, leaving Ordelia unable to bear to imagine it later

Shit...!

Why should I not put up with their coercion...?! Shit...!!

My guess that Verdea would force it turned out to be true...

I just didn't think it would happen as soon as possible...!

"And as you grimace, we should just start contacting them" Luna said

"Come on... There's not a little empathy for your friend...?" I made up my mind to him, asking for a defense

"No"

Cruel...

He even made Veskal and Verdea laugh at me...

"Ahaha... You guys are so funny! Although I must admit, this atmosphere feels very comfortable" Eleanor commented

"You've said that many times, but I always appreciate it because my guests feel comfortable around us"

Even though I realize you're laughing at me...

All right, back to the topic

"So, all the people we will take tomorrow will be brought with us a prepared horse carriage. I'm sure that Eleanor and Albert would also like to visit the people of Andromeda

Others would also want to go on vacation to Miralius. But, I can't bring in new servants because I'm afraid of their safety..."

Eleanor and Albert just nodded with a smile, along with my other friends

While the seven new servants of Verdea looked disappointed, but understood what I meant

Most of them cannot fight. Only Nazia and Frit could, and they were not very strong at all. If we take them, I'm afraid one of them will be wiped out

We cannot protect everyone, especially when our numbers are increasing...

Too bad Frank had to miss that too. I was rather sorry to offer him to replace Verdea for a while, even though he did accept it without the slightest sign of rejecting it

Then my gaze turned towards my two friends who had been looking at me with that cute face

"And you two, don't you dare get out of our sight. Your life is very important"

"Ooh~ I didn't know that Vainzel loved us so much that we thought we were very important~?" Veskal mellowed

"Truly not~? He usually acts cold-assed, whereas he originally cared~" Verdea added

I'm going to hit these two kids...!

"Hold Oberon. Let's just say the two of them are like Lyralia's mistress" Remina whispered

"Hey, we can listen to you"

"Don't compare me and Veskal to Lyralia, short"

Lyralia who became the indirect material was immediately seen pouting while me and Remina laughed nosily at him

I also did not expect Remina to start daring to bully one of my friends. It seems like he has started not to stiffen with us

That's a good advance

"Your advice sounds good. I'll do it for later"

Lyralia pointed her thumbs at me, until Lyralia's face dropped and shriveled

Hm hm

All right, the next plan is neatly drawn up. We'll improvise again after seeing the reality behind the danger

"Now everything can be broken up. And also, please call a chariot for Artorius, for he must have wanted to go home before but had to listen to all this..." I said, looking at Artorius who was sitting nervously between Ivor and Luxor

All eyes were also instantly fixed on him, making him look even more cold sweaty

"Oh just calm down! I have absolutely no problem with this" Artorius replied to melt the room

Good then. Less protest is better

All began to disperse, doing their respective jobs left behind, while Artorius was taken by Ivor and Ordelia as they discussed finding a horse-drawn carriage

Verdea and Veskal also wanted to go find a new book to read, while Remina and I would just keep an eye on them up close

But the four of us were stopped when the room was filled with us, plus Lyralia who seemed to still want to talk. Especially to me, because his gaze had not gone from my face

Don't tell me he was angry or offended by the sting...?

When he looked doubtfully at the three children who were near me, I understood that he wanted to speak in private

"Uh... Actually I was just going to talk to Vainzel, so you three should just leave...?"

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That's not gonna work

You've made these annoying creatures curious. There is no other way that you can avoid these two children...

Meanwhile, Remina was just waiting for my order, although she was also as curious as Verdea and Veskal

"Well... Okay..." Lyralia complains

Lyralia finally woke up and invited us to walk around the castle while the conversation opened later

What's actually going on? He looked very serious, not as usual...