The Book Of Flowers

Sylph who Struggles

- Miralius - - - - - Miralius

After the night of the secret meeting, the day jumped into the day without anything special happening

L'm... Just ask them to send one of Amelia's squad members to stay on guard against Rosalia

I can't harm those two people anymore, but I also need information on the woman's movements

So Amelia agrees and sends someone to watch Rosalia at sunrise

It's almost noon now. I estimate at least the spy is on his way home right now

For my activities as long as I waited for the spy report, I was just busy training Verdea and Remina as usual

"Ha! Ha!"

"Dad!"

*Shelf!*

"Wow. Your abilities have increased"

Although I can't beat me yet...

I re-justified my standing position. While Verdea and Remina sat on the river with breaths

"It's pretty hard, too... Against you who are... Not seriously..." Verdea said

"Yes..." Remina added

How do I say it too, huh...?

They are actually also very rude in this exercise. I understand that both of them have to be serious even though they're training, it's just that they're too rude

Given how hard the lash was on Hobgoblin's head back then, I didn't want to let the mark be on my head either...

"It's okay. You're much better than before"

And they don't use magic...

I will die in this exercise if they put it on...!

...

Well, forget about it. They are good enough in terms of cooperation. Now, maybe I should teach them the fighting techniques I have

But... They look too exhausted...

"alright. Let's rest first. I'm sure Lady Margaret will bring you a snack"

"OK..." They said softly, then slowly got up and pulled over

And not a few lapse when they were sitting on the edge, Margaret rightly brought us a snack

"This is for people who have been training hard~!" He said as if he were talking to a child, then offered us his tray

"Wah~ Fruit sweets" Remina said, then grabbed a sweet and ate it

"Hmphc... There is no meat...?" Verdea asked with a disappointed face at the tray

"No. We Elves don't eat meat" I replied

We're not completely vegetarian, we just don't like the taste of meat. Especially considering we have to kill animals to get meat makes us not taste touch it, let alone eat it

Verdea just silently pouted while taking the fruit sweets

"You cooked bread yesterday, didn't you?" I asked while taking a sweet

"yeah. But I was only helping Mrs Lulo, just like for this meal" Margaret replied

My mom is also hm...?

I didn't expect my mother who couldn't cook that could make such a delicious meal

But I have to say, that the combination of their hands in the cooking is very fitting on our tongue

Although it's not as good as Ivor's...

Veskal also tumben not visible. He would usually follow us and watch his practice, but now he's gone somehow

Is he training to fight with Zaphir?

...

Then...

Margaret Silver's. One of the people we brought from the city of Orion

He turned out to be quite good even though he had once enslaved Elves. It was as if their grudge against an Elf that had never existed before was not there at all now

The misunderstanding between our races is so influential that it can change the nature of people like him...

And despite realizing that Margaret was the one who enslaved her, Remina...

...

They could be seen quite casually nearby, although he did not exchange words with Margaret

"Mrs. Can I have another one?" Remina asked Margaret

"Hm? Uh-h! Can, can. Please take. Eat a lot"

Margaret slowly thrust the tray and placed it between Remina and Verdea. Remina enthusiastically started taking everything one by one, leaving nothing for me and Verdea

But, Verdea was just silent not reacting as usual. Maybe it was because he didn't want to eat that food

In the meantime, I just wiped my fingers off the cookie crumbs until there was nothing left

"Thank you for the food" I said slowly

Margaret just kept quiet not replying with a smile, looking at Remina who was eagerly eating

'Report to the King. I'm from the Sylph battalion have an important report'

!!!

Reports from my spies

That means he's back

"Rize, Remina. I gotta go for a second. Someone called me" I said

"All right, but not for long. You haven't taught me that war dance yet" Verdea said, followed by a nodding Remina

I know that I'm gonna make them suspicious, but I don't want to get them involved for a while. I want them to focus more on their training for now, so I have to meet the spy secretly

I left them to Margaret for a while, then left as quickly as possible

After I was far enough away from them, I started to open the conversation with the spy again

'I gave my permission to report. Tell me everything you know from that meeting, and come back soon'

'I can't give you all the details because I had to escape from that black witch. All I know is that they were indeed going to attack Miralius on a massive scale. Surrounding the entire tip of the continent of Goeitias and confining us in it with magic has also been their plan'

Black mage?

Knowing full well who the person meant, I immediately panicked and sped up my pace, darting out Miralius to secure the spy

...

*twush!*

The pursuit in the air was completely inevitable. Yael who was still in the form of black smoke quickly matched the speed of Sylph he was chasing without looking overwhelmed

"Go!! You disgusting witch!!" The sylph shouted at Yael who was chasing after him, while throwing wind magic many times

But, in the instant that he threw the wind magic, Yael managed to get close right beside him and change his form back to normal

"You're so stubborn" He said slowly

*BOM!*

Yael hits Sylph so she falls towards the sea. But he had not fallen, and Jael caught him, and then struck him back into the air as hard as he could, ending with Yael catching him again in the air in the position of his right hand that strangled Sylph's neck

The sylph tried to wriggle, but due to the harshness of the blow he had received earlier, he could not even move a single finger anymore

"Well... I'd rather torture someone slowly. But I'm not sure Rosalia would be happy if I linger, so sorry if this is too painful"

Yael slowly casts a dark magic from his body, and slowly but surely...

Sylph's blood began to drain, entering Jael's body...

The sylph groaned in pain as his blood slowly drained to the very last point. To his horror, he could even feel every single drop of blood leaving his body with an extremely painful taste piercing through his body

Yael who was enjoying it just smiled sinisterly looking at Sylph's face which slowly looked like it had started dying. But...

*Fwush!!*

*TAK!!*

I managed to beat him back just before the Sylph suffered even more, then caught him before he fell down with the giant moth I was driving

"Oberonian..."

"Save your strength. You'll be fine" I said reassuringly

"Curtain! You always ruin the fun!" Yael grunted irritably

"Then? Any issues?" I said

...

"Cursed you! If I catch you later, I will greatly enjoy my time to torture you...!"

After calling out for that, he also slowly escaped from the place as quickly as possible, leaving behind not a single speck of his Mana

She seemed to be aware of the whereabouts of Amelia and Zaphir who were not far behind me, flying carried by the wind manipulated by Amelia

Amelia with a worried face slowly landed herself on the back of the moth I was riding on, looking directly at Sylph's severe condition

"Oberonian. We should"

"I knew. Take him to the recovery site immediately. And don't let any of my friends see how things are going, especially Verdea and Remina" I interrupted

I handed it to Amelia. But...

...

...

...

My face is pale

My face is pale because...

I-i didn't... Feeling his Mana again...

I tried to recheck his pulse, and sure enough...

Sylph that...

It's gone

Amelia also seemed to understand the situation, and could only stare with a face full of panic

"Oberonian... You're not kidding, are you...?"

This time it was him who tried to check Sylph's heart rate, but the result was nil, so he looked back at me with his fear-filled gaze

I just shook my head with a downcast face, which did not even dare to look him in the eye directly

"No...!"

Tears slowly flowed in his eyes as he hugged the Sylph tightly, mourning the death of one of his friends

Shit...! Shit...!

I'm late...!!

Looking at her already pale and stiff body, I only shed tears of annoyance, growling with myself

I also noticed the sparkle of a recording stone that he had hidden in his clothes

Shit...! He really did a lot of things, but I let him die...!

Because the body was too dry, we could not linger to take it away. After calling the other Sylphs, we told them what had happened, and what the Sylph had done

We also had his funeral on top of the moth. The burial of an Elf was not very difficult at all. It was different for each clan

And for the Sylphs, we have to prepare a Dandelion. I prepared it from the seed in my body. And to deliver his departure, we placed the flower on the corpse of a Sylph

Then let the wind that carries his soul and body go to where he should be

Slowly, the wind in the sky breathed out the Dandelion flower until all that was left was the stem

And following the Dandelion flower, Sylph's body that was still in Amelia's arms slowly turned into a green light like a firefly, starting from her feet, then flew after the flying flower

All of his clan's first friends shed tears leading to his departure, and Zaphir who was among them only muttered, "One more that can't be saved.." in a sad tone.

...

L'm... Can only stare at Sylph's departure from the top of this moth

And what I'm holding right now is the result of his hard work, a recording stone that might be of great help to us

...

He has tried his hardest for us, the Elves, his people. So, I must repay his services by ending this dispute, and winning back freedom for my people

I have to stop this madness. None of my people, nor my friends should die like this again

...

Can I do that...?

Can I be the king they expect and need...?

I don't know...

I need you now, Father...