The Book Of Flowers
A Symbol
--- The next day, Miralius---
Verdea woke up from her bed
He just remembered that he was in Miralius right now. That's why I didn't come to him when I just woke up
The ones who approached him were Ordelia and my father
"Morning, Verdea. You sleep well"
"Haha. He's up until midnight, isn't he?"
Verdea nodded slowly as she rubbed her eyes
...
He saw his right hand. There's something there. A symbol
The black symbol is in the form of a rose circled with thorny tendrils. The symbol looks neatly drawn on his right hand
"What's Verdea?" Ask Ordelia
"... Where's Vainzel?" He said with a sour face
........
"Wheel!"
I looked towards Verdea who called out to me. He tried to climb where I was as strong as his strength
Since she was taking too long, I ended up extending my hand and lifting her beside me
But, his face looked sour as if he had just been bullied by someone
He then thrust his right hand into my face and shocked me
"You painted this?" Ask
I noticed the neatly drawn symbol on the back of his hand
"... No. gabe. Why do you think I did it?"
"... Not you, huh...?" Mumbled
Maybe he was suspicious because I used to cross his face with ink to get up
"This is the kid you're talking about?" Alf asked
I looked towards him and then nodded
"What are you doing?" Ask Verdea
"Talk to the Great Tree" I replied
"... I didn't hear a voice from him..."
Verdea approached then placed her ears on the trunk of the Great Tree
I just shook my head while smiling
"Only I can hear his voice" I said
He looked at me with a surprised face
"It feels like you're a crazy person for talking to yourself"
Alf laughed out loud at Verdea's words
I just sat there giving Verdea a cold look
"By the way, I still want to know who crossed out this picture" Verdea said as she thrust out her hand again
"... If you don't like why don't you just delete it"
He immediately tried to rub his hand to remove the image
But not a single dot in the picture disappeared from his hands
"Can't disappear" Verdea said
I tried to analyze the picture
What I got when I looked at the symbol closer greatly shocked me
"Aren't you the one who drew this?"
"Huh? What's try for?"
But, I saw an awful lot of Mana concentrated in that symbol. Where is his exactly
And when I looked all over her body, I still saw a normal, concentrated flow of Mana in her heart
Where is this in his hands now?
Alf was suddenly silent as we discussed about the symbol
Suspicious, I asked him
"You know something, father?"
"... I'm not 100 percent sure, but it might have something to do with Marcellus"
"Marcellus...?"
"Hm? You know that name?" Ask Verdea
I nodded
There is hardly anyone in this world who does not know the story of Marcellus
"Can you tell me something about him?"
Unfortunately this child was one of those who did not know the story
It's a fairy tale that comes from an original event in the past. Everyone has at least heard one version of the story once in their lifetime
But...
I hate that story
But I have to tell him. Otherwise, Verdea would have continued to whine until my ears hurt more than when fighting Darwin
"All right, I'll tell you"
......................
...It is not a war between people, but a war between races...
...Humans, Elves, Beasts, Dwarves, Monsters, Demons, even spirits were involved in the fight...
...No one remembers the exact cause of the beginning of the war. The record of it is lost from the face of the earth because there are people who want to bury it as deeply as possible in the abyss of ignorance...
...Some say that Satan is the main cause. Some say the Beasts did so that some of them were cursed to become monsters. But the version most remembered is that the elves were the cause of the war...
...Hundreds of years passed without a break from the war. Hunger, poverty and suffering engulf the world without mercy...
...Death is everywhere. Diseases spread and began to kill the creatures on earth up to thousands, even millions in number...
...But the war continues. Ignoring the consequences and destruction that could ensue, all races continued to wage war...
...And therefore, Vitario, our present world, awakens the elemental spirits to stop the war...
...Vitario begs the spirits to be willing to stop the endless war...
...The spirits then turned their attention to the world, watching everything closely...
...How surprised they were when they saw that. Pity for Vitario ambushed them...
...And therefore, in order to stop the races from continuing to fight, they created 2 twin spirits known as great spirits with the combined strength of all of them...
...The oldest spirit, Lazarus, is known as the Destroyer. His serious and cold nature perfectly matched his nickname. He is tasked with wiping out all those who are considered 'evil' by the world and those who refuse to make peace. He uses fear as his way of promoting peace...
...And another 'accidental' spirit formed by the power of the spirits. The spirit was named Marcellus, and he was known as the Protector. Her nature was very cheerful and warm, opposite to her brother...
...But the coincidence of Marcellus's formation made the spirits shocked. However, that did not stop them from then assigning one task to Marcellus...
...A little contrary to his brother's duties, they send Marcellus to protect all the 'good' people in this world from the threat of war. And because of her job, she learned how to love someone...
...The two of them were then sent into the world to do their duty...
...The two spirits, despite their very different natures and duties, still get along well with each other. In fact they hardly ever fight with each other when there is a cross opinion between them...
...They love each other as brothers, and they are both proud of it...
...And in a matter of 5 years, the fires of war managed to extinguish them. The war that has been going on for thousands of years was ended by 2 spirits within 5 years with the result, the demon races that managed them lock in hell...
...Lazarus with his power as the Destroyer spread peace throughout the world with threats. It was not uncommon for him to resort to violence so that all the creatures in Vitario would listen to him. His reputation was extremely poor in the eyes of all races, and it also caused him to be feared all over the world...
...And then Marcellus. He does not know how to carry out his duties. He only watched his brother whenever Lazarus worked. She only did something whenever her brother said she had to...
...Lazarus has guided him for many years. And in the 5th year, Marcellus was able to do his own job well and correctly...
...And because of his duty as protector, all beings love him. Especially because of its warm and loving nature. Some even adored him, and were willing to do anything for him...
......................
"Hmmm..."
"There's still a question about Marcellus?"
"... Then what happens next?"
"Son. You asked who Marcellus was so I answered him. Don't make me tell that long story, I beg you"
Alf just giggled slowly at us
"But, I'm curious"
"Son... That story is so long you know...?"
".... Hmphc... Okay..."
He lowered his head slowly while putting on a sullen face
Mercifully...
Speaking of
"Very. Are you getting ready?"
"Hm? What's for?"
"We're going home"
"Huh? We only stay here one day?"
"Son. Don't forget the Black Hunt crew"
We left them under the guard of Dark Elves magic. I also saw no sign of danger there while we were away
The tracking seeds I put there are still fine, so I'm sure they're okay
"But I still want to stay longer"
"can't. Pity those who wait for us for days"
"... How about we teleport them here?"
This brat...
"You know why we didn't teleport here and walk?"
Verdea shook her head
"That's because we have to ask for 'Berkat Seren' before entering"
Seren installed a very powerful antidote in the Forest Gate area. Probably about 70 square kilometers. The antidote could hurt someone if they entered in an 'abnormal way' inside his or her antidote area
The deeper they go, the more the antidote effects will hurt. They can even become deformed suddenly and lose their breath slowly
The only normal way to get into that antidote area was to face Seren head-on
If we don't walk through Seren's nest first, Cyth, Veskal and Verdea will definitely die
That's why I didn't directly teleport ourselves to this place when I brought the three people
The same goes for the crew. They had to walk to the Forest Gate area and not smuggle or do anything. But I just knew them couldn't guarantee they didn't have bad intentions, even though I believed they were good
I don't make this rule just so you know. The rules belonging to the Elf kingdom were very much when it came to foreigners
I just sighed and stroked Verdea's head
He immediately put on a pouting face again as his head was rubbed off
...
"But... We should probably ask another opinion first" I said
Verdea raised her head to face me. He then looked very pleased and nodded his mark in agreement
