The Book Of Flowers

Maaf

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Huh...

I feel bad because of my treatment

I shouldn't have pulled my hand out like that all of a sudden. Remina must have been confused by that and felt guilty

Now he's lying in this horse-drawn carriage that I'm carrying. I bought this horse-drawn carriage with the proceeds of selling some of my body parts to the black market. Fortunately, there are people who are kind enough to sell this car at a cheap price

This train will be used for our interrogation later. In order not to be suspicious and ensure there were no witnesses, we executed the plan of the kidnapping at midnight. Because I'm sure, there won't be anyone else riding the horse-drawn carriage and moving town there at night

I hate to do this, but I can't stand watching the humans treat my people

I've never tried to do anything to humans in 5 years, even though I know exactly how bad they are to the Elves. But, I finally reached my limit. I could no longer stand still seeing that, especially considering every angry and fearful face of the Elves I saved

Why haven't I done this in the past

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Because they are....?

All the things I do now, every time I hold back my anger against the humans, I do them because I remember that Verdea and Veskal are human too

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How are you, Verdea, Veskal? We haven't seen each other in a long time

I wonder if you guys are looking up at the night sky right now. The stars in the sky were shining so beautifully like gems right now

You will definitely be happy to see it, especially Verdea, considering you once tried to take some shining stones from the Elf house in Miralius

What's... You'd be disappointed if you knew I was doing this evil thing?

Only the sound of wind could be heard in my ears

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I'm talking to myself again

I don't know how many times I've talked to myself

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"What's Remina doing?"

He's not sleeping. I could tell from her irregular-sounding breath

Surprised and discovered, he got up from his place lying down and sat facing me

"Female? Why aren't you asleep?" I asked

It's getting late. I woke up because I had to wait for my friends who were on that mission

Remina was kind of like she wanted to say something. After a while I waited for him, he finally opened his mouth

"A-I want to apologize" she said softly

His head bowed as if

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Huh... He really feels guilty...

I am the worst person. I make a little boy feel guilty for something he didn't do

"No need to mess around. I also did not mind that" I said while slightly looking at him

"... But, I felt like I had Oberon distracted" He replied

"... I told you, no need to mess around". I turned to him, then added, "And there's no need to call me Oberon. Just call me Vainzel"

He looked at me with a restless face, but he slowly nodded in understanding

After seeing that nod, I refocused on controlling the 2 horses that pulled this carriage

*tap! Taps! Taps!*

Ah, they've arrived

"What i-"

"Quiet Remina. It's us" Ordelia said as she showed herself who was already inside the carriage

Remina was startled and stopped her words when she saw Ordelia who suddenly appeared before her

He was even more shocked when he saw all my friends who suddenly appeared out of nowhere in the carriage. And...

2 People kidnapped by them. The two men fainted and were unconscious

Remina's eyes instantly widened and were filled with fear. The memory of the torment he faced as the two men made his entire body tremble and wanted to escape from before them

Looking at the frightened Remina, Ordelia immediately anticipated her by hugging Remina as tightly as possible and covering her gaze from the two people

"M- They-"

Remina could not finish her words because of that overwhelming fear. He then slowly returned Ordelia's embrace

Ivor and I then changed places, and made me sit in front of the two people who were still unconscious

One was an old woman, and the other was a young man. They look like mother and son

"Are you sure this is the guy?"

"Yes.... Based on Remina's reaction, isn't it?" Lyralia said

There's a point too

"Wake them up"

Hearing my words, Luxor instantly used light magic and touched the heads of the two people

In an instant, both of them woke up. Surprised to see us, the young man tried to escape, but the rope in his hands and feet only knocked him down

"Who are you!? Why-why!?"

The eyes of the two men were fixed towards Remina who looked frightened in Ordelia's arms

"To be clear, you must know this face, right?"

I used my disguise magic again and showed the black-haired figure to them for a glance, then took it off again

The two people instantly let out cold sweat from their foreheads in fear after recognizing me

"K-you-S-s-who-s-"

"Sa si su! Speak clearly!" I snap

The two men looked more and more frightened of me

"I want to get straight to the point, and I have 3 questions that you have to answer honestly. Where are you guys from"

"Tell us where you were!" Cut the old woman

I immediately smashed my hand and smashed the part of the car beside his head

"One more time you cut me off, your head will be next" I said with an annoyed face

All my friends saw it with flat faces as I mentally tortured them

"First question. You guys know something from the roots of this Elf-selling business?" I asked

The young man did not want to open his mouth and instead glared at me with his face off

However, the old woman immediately opened her mouth, making the young man startled

"... K-we just heard, k-if there's someone named Walter Herb who sold them. I-I don't know more. We just bought the girl, I swear" The woman said

"Mom-!?"

"Silent Henry. This is for our salvation" He said and cut off the words of his son

Because of his mother's words, the young man just kept silent without protesting anything more

I tried to process that information first

Walter Herb's. Walter. Rosalia once said that name when we were suddenly attacked 5 years ago

So, that person is also related to Rosalia? How many people actually have a relationship with that cunning woman?

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"Then do you know anything about Oberon?"

"K-we don't know. A Supreme Court Justice named Yuriel Grandier put a heavy price on the man's head"

"He was the main cause of the incident 5 years ago" the young man interjected

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"The incident caused my wife and child to die. So, fuck that guy" he added

Her tears slowly dripped down her cheeks, the same as that middle-aged woman. But, still with an angry expression, he turned his head towards me again and said,

"Fuck you dirty Elves. You deserve to be burned alive!"

"Shut your mouth-!"

"Zaphir. Stop it" I'm cutting

Zaphir, who had wanted to wake up, sat back down quietly while exchanging furious gazes with the young man

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Huh... Someone has to clear up this misunderstanding...

I'm afraid that if it's not straightened out, that thousand-year war between the races will repeat itself. I fear we are remembered as the cause of that war again by the humans

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Focus Vainzel. This last question is the most important question

After a little thought, I turned back to look at the two of them

"... Last question. Where'd you take the boy's father?"

"Fuckup. We don't know and don't care"

"We were only told to warn if there were Elves dying. Then, there was a train that came and took the Elf away somewhere"

That last answer is not helpful. But, I must still thank this woman for telling me all these things

"Then... Where's dad?"

We all looked at Remina. He looked extremely shocked and panicked, with tears constantly flowing

"Aw... Ahahahah! This kid wants to meet his dad?"

The young man suddenly laughed out loud, even his mother was shocked to see him

"Stop wishing that your father's~ is dead!" He said, then continued his laughter

I instantly stopped Zaphir who was once again trying to attack that person

"What do you mean?" I asked

"Haha... He was very ill when we reported his condition. I even wondered why he was still living in such a condition" The man replied

"You're lying... You must be lying!" Remina refused

"ahaha! Oh.... A plain little boy. Apparently you still don't know anything"

"You can still laugh and reproach her like that, even when you've been tormenting her all this time!?" Ordelia said with a furious tone

His face and expression were really angry right now. She doesn't even look like the usual Ordelia

"Hey. Like I said, fuck you. No matter whether you are an adult or a child, your race must take the sin of your king! And if he really loves you, he should have given up that worthless head a long time ago!" The man said

All my friends turned to him with furious faces

"You-you!"

"I'll-!"

"Stop! All of you, shut up!" I said, stop them all

But their angry expressions could not be separated from their faces at all. Their teeth are tightened like a dog that is ready to bite now

I sat down softly in front of the two of them

Then I opened my veil, and slowly...

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I bowed before them...

Everyone who saw him was shocked

"Vainzel, what's-!"

"I'm sorry. As the king of the fairies, please forgive me"

Ordelia stopped talking when I started talking

The eyes of the two men widened in disbelief. Then, slowly but surely, their gazes turned into furious gazes

"You...!"

"So, you-you!"

I raised my face again and looked directly at them, and said

"I'm sorry for not being able to stop the incident 5 years ago"

"YOU SPEAK AS IF YOU DIDN'T DO IT AT ALL!" The man shouted furiously

He tried to kick me, but Zaphir stopped him and sprained his leg

And once again, I have to stop Zaphir. He slowly backed away from the man who was still enduring his pain

"... I don't really expect you to forgive me, or understand the situation, but... Justjust please. Please don't ruin the lives of the Elves. I beg you"

"You have ruined the lives of most of the people in this world... Then-"

When he looked directly into my eyes, the man fell silent. No. gabe. Everyone there was silent to see my face

The face that showed despair was trying to hide me by looking down

"Vainzel's..." Ordelia said slowly

Remina who had come to see also could only see the sense of despair engraved on my face

"... At least, if you consider me the cause of the incident, then, impinge your anger on me. Don't do anything to innocent elves like this little girl"

I took a knife from behind my veil. My friends were shocked to see that, especially when I cut the man's rope and handed the knife into his hand

"Pierce me if it makes you better" I said

"You've gone crazy Vain!?" Shouted Zaphir

I was silent not answering

The man still held the knife and pointed it at me

Hand vibrates. His mind probably said he had to stab me. But his body kept shaking

I'm still waiting for the answer. I was still sitting in front of him as I kept staring. My chest was only a few inches away from the tip of the knife

I didn't even try to challenge him at all. I just sat there, occasionally looking at her trembling hands, and kept waiting

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*No!*

The knife fell right between my knees. She just backed away from me and hugged her mother while the two cried

He didn't even scratch me

"... What the fuck?"

We looked towards Zaphir who spoke. He looks so angry because of it

"You dare to torture a child for the sin of the leader, but when the leader surrenders, you retreat?"

He then showed a sense of disgust mixed with his furious face

"You're disgusting....

You did a heinous thing to this girl to vent yourself, but when it was not necessary, you acted as if nothing needed to happen again" he added

The two people just looked at him, without answering or showing any fear

"... Can we start killing him?" Luxor said

He also looks very angry. But...

"... No. gabe. We're not going to kill them" I told them

Luxor and Zaphir gasped at my words. They wanted to ask me why I changed my mind, but they didn't try to ask me when they saw my face that looked empty

"They will live. We have no right to decide the death of a person, for it has become freedom" I said

"But-"

"Then I have to give you the order not to hurt these two people" I cut off Zaphir

All my friends were silent and listening to me. I also looked at the two men

"Then, what's your decision? Do you want to live or die?" Much

The two of them who were silent and stunned finally replied, "We certainly want to live". His mother then nodded slowly following his words

I smiled towards them. And after slowly raising my veil back, I said, "Good. We'll drop you off in the next town"

They looked at each other with happy smiles

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Ah... My soft side is back

I was shocked when I heard about this man's wife and son. I had forgotten that humans also have their own difficulties

They love their own suffering. Even if they commit vile acts, they have their own reasons, and there must be a cause for their crimes. The crime of a person generally occurs due to the conditions

Humans and Elves were not too different. We can all be trapped in the dark. It was terrible and could come at any time

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That's the main reason I took care of Verdea from the start. So that he may not fall in that direction, and that he may know the proper way out of that darkness, without injuring himself

I held her hand all this time, and invited her to follow the light I saw. But, when I took his hand off, what was he doing?

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Ah, I've decided where I'm going next

I'll look for them this time. Verdea, Veskal and Luna must be in the Dwarven city right now, given Uncle Zer being their guide

It will probably take a very long time to find that hidden city. I also no longer have the talisman to call Uncle Zer, so I have to try to find it myself

I've been putting off my search for them all this time because of the focus on the Elves, but now, when we've visited most of the cities in the world, I should probably take the time to look for them

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...!

"sorry. But we have to keep you guys. What can?" I said to those two

"Huh!? Why-"

They had not even finished their words when they realized that our train had suddenly stopped

"Vainzel's. There's an unpleasant person in front of us right now" Ivor said. His expression looked extremely wrathful and wanted to attack the person he said it was

Well... I've felt it too

After coming out and facing the person, I smiled faintly and said,

"For a long time no see, Yael Tarasque"

Yael only replied to me with a cynical smile on his lips