The Book Of Flowers

Important Meetings (2)

"alright. Everything is here"

I rearranged my sitting position, then folded my left leg over my thigh

Counting back everyone in this place first, their numbers were indeed the same as I wanted

Welt Divo, the higher-ups of the land Elf clan or Gnome, suddenly raised his right hand until I noticed him

He seemed to want to ask something

"Oberonian. I'm sorry, but why were all the higher-ups in Miralius called here? And also..."

Welt looked around and noticed every friend of mine who was not a high-ranking Elf around him. "Why is anyone else here?" He asked again

"Because everyone who is here will be very important for the safety of our race" I replied

"Well! No kidding! What can these humans do for us? They're just useless wild creatures that are just-"

"Amelian. Enough" I cut

"...!"

Everyone who was there looked at him with shocked faces. Welt gestured for her to be quiet until later first, and Amelia simply nodded in annoyance

Seeing that everyone was silent and not noisy, I started talking again

"I don't want to prolong this matter, so..."

I showed them the recording stones I got from the missing Sylph. "We all have to look at this together to confirm the plans I'm going to make"

They close their ears so they can listen carefully, while focusing on the stone that slowly shines brightly

Inside is a recording recorded at a slight angle up and away from a closed window, while the recording Sylph is explaining in detail everything that happened, even very succinctly

A meeting between the kings of the world. The Joint Forces that they will form to annihilate our entire race. A king of the Beasts and a human who refused to participate in it

He explained every detail he could hear from the meeting room with the window closed

'I'm sorry if that's all I can get. I'll be back now, and I hope to see my sister soon. Again I must apologize'

*bzzt!*

...

The recording ends with Sylph's last words

...

I feel ashamed

I should have apologized to him for sending him on that dangerous mission, knowing full well the danger that could befall him

But, he apologized just because the information was not enough for him

...

"I've met her sister and told her of her death, so you don't have to be too heavy of an Oberon" Amelia said

"... Thank you Amelia"

I don't know what to do for her sister

Losing her brother had definitely left her heart breaking into pieces

L'm... I have to continue the meeting first

"You've seen Rosalia Hortensia's plan on this tape. And I have drawn up my plan, and have placed each one of you in it" I said again

"... Why do you believe we can win, Oberon" Turin Glacier, the Ice Elf clan's superior said

He turned his face slightly from our view with a restless face, and things showed us the beauty of his face

"... I can only say one thing. Trust me"

"Just like when we trusted you back then until Miralius was smashed to pieces?" Amelia interrupted

...!

All my friends were shocked by his words

Luna even wanted to get up to teach her a lesson for saying that, but I told her to sit back down without her touching Amelia

"She's been rude to you Vainzel" Luna protested

"No. He has a point"

...

"And I'm ashamed that I have to admit to the obvious. Even a Sylph died to give us all this information. All the Elves who were kidnapped long ago would probably think I'm unreliable, not even you, Cyrus?"

I looked at them all one by one

Cyrus just kept silent not answering. Welt was silent and lowered his head. Amelia snorted in annoyance and threw away her face. Turin still lowered her head and shifted her eyes. Fyon didn't talk at all either

But Gwen Magnus, Ivor's real mother, and also a fire Elf clan elder, didn't even flinch and just kept looking at me as if it didn't affect him

"Continue Oberon. We have to hear all of your plans" Gwen said

I slowly nodded at him

"I want to attack one of the kingdoms that signed the Joint Forces treaty"

"Huh!?" All my friends said. "You're crazy Oberon. It will only make them even more unforgiving to us" Luxor said in a worried tone

"Then, any suggestion from you to make them forgive us?" I asked him

"... No. gabe. I'm sorry" Luxor replied

"And I'm not saying I want to destroy them as a whole, I'm just saying I want to launch an attack on them"

"Um, sorry. But what's our function in this plan?" Cyth asked while raising his hand

"I want you to make sure that all the humans who are here right now are safe. I will also send Luna and Ivor to protect you and inform you further later"

"wait. If we really have to join this battle, then why should we be sure to be safe" Veskal interjected and asked

"Because you will not go to the battle line. I plan to send you to go to the city of Bargalos and ask the Dwarves for help"

"Huh? Why you-"

"I'm sure they'll come. Trust me" I cut Luxor's words

...

"And for this little assault or infiltration, I want Verdea, Veskal and Zaphir to follow me"

"I refuse!" Frank exclaimed as he raised his hand. "You want to put him in danger that's not his responsibility? My grandson is not a tool, Oberon" he continued

"Sad. We don't need your help either, you arrogant human being" Amelia interjected

"Shut your mouth, madam. Why do you think I want to help you?"

"What-what!?"

"ENOUGH!!"

*ptas!!*

I whipped the ground beside me violently to stop the argument between Amelia and Frank

"Grandfather..." Verdea said softly as she glanced at her grandfather with a worried look

His grandfather smiled at him to make sure that nothing would happen

...

Frank's frustration is well understood. He has lost a child because of someone who should have taken care of him but was not responsible

Losing her granddaughter might be the first thing she doesn't want right now

L'm... Gotta say this...

"Because none of you can be as strong as these two kids"

"HUH!? OBERON-O!!"

"And I didn't just look at him from the point of basic strength"

...

"These two kids have been through more than you can think of. They were hated from birth, many were humiliating them, not even a few wanted to kill them. They had also gone through the original battle many times" I said

"What I need is not just raw strength. I need someone's experience in this attack, too. And among all of us, only a few have gone through the original battle"

All five of my friends, Fyon and Zaphir, know the real battle between all the higher-ups here

But, I want to give my five friends some rest because I've been dragging them all the way back to Verdea until now

Fyon still needs time to heal his trauma

Then, the best person I can take right now is Zaphir. The only Elf that has been alive since the time of war for thousands of years and lasts until now

His experience is beyond doubt

I do feel unfair right now because he also definitely needs a break. But, he always looked on standby with my orders, and seemed not to want a break even though I would force it

I sound like I'm just using it...

"You coming, Zaphir?" I asked

Zaphir nodded without any hesitation, proving my words just now

I should give him some time off later, as much as he can get

Then, I looked towards Veskal and Verdea for their approval

"Vaine..." Verdea said quietly once again

Veskal nodded in understanding of my plan. "So, you want to attack them to dispel the formation of a portion of that army?" Veskal asked

"Exactly" I said

"Have we determined which kingdom we will attack?" Ask Veskal again

"... I want you to choose"

I took out another thing from under my cloak, and showed them a scroll containing copies of maps all over the world

"Law. Your picture is ugly~ There are even some that look inaccurate" Cela Verdea

"Why does the Flos Continent look smaller and isolated? Then, where is the small island in the west of Bestia kingdom? Lao Moon Island also looks fatter-"

"You want to criticize my image or execute a plan? Quickly choose which city" I said cut the Veskal, as Verdea giggled

The little paper knows?! I just measure my image with this paper

Ignore that

"Take Bestia and Gong out of your choice too don't forget" I added

There is no point in attacking the two countries considering that they will not be in any stronghold in the war. Precisely, if we attack them, it will make the other kingdom's vigilance increase against us

Zaphir also came closer to examine which city we should attack first

They continued to study for quite a while until my hands began to ache to show this map

"What if it's just the Crux kingdom?"

...

The four of us turned to Claudia who suggested that

"Why is that?" I asked

Welt and Turin had also reported that none of the Elves were there when they went to observe. The kingdom also does not have anything too great a military force, although it is noteworthy

Then, what function did we attack the city for?

...

Uh!

"To take back one of the Tree's core shards" I muttered

The murmur made Zaphir who listened immediately look enthusiastic

Is correct. We should also immediately gather the spirit core fragments before the war begins

We have Claudia who has one of them. 2 fragments are still in Rosalia's hands, like what was in the recording of the stone. One of them is in Sahra for some reason

And the last one is in Crux, probably in Yuriel's hands

Xiang and Crux are both countries that will come to attack us, but attacking Crux whose strength is greater first is a wise decision

If we attack Xiang first, Crux will probably become wary and ask for help from other kingdoms. It has not discussed Orion, which has the strongest military force, is in a neighborhood with Crux and can provide assistance at any time in the standby period

We have to attack before they are fully alert

The problem now is, did we have time to gather the entire tree core before the great war started? The time we have is very limited

"Verdeans. Veskals. Zaphirs. Do you agree that we attack Crux first?" I asked

Zaphir and Veskal immediately nodded in agreement. Verdea hesitantly nodded

Realizing her behavior, I became worried about her

"Why Veri? What are you-"

"No. I want to come with. But, I was afraid that grandfather would be worried again" She replied

...

I looked up to Frank for his approval. Verdea followed me and looked at Frank

...

Surrender. Frank only sighed, then nodded despite not looking wholehearted

Verdea and I smiled at each other after getting that approval

"Then. What's my position?" Remina asked who was sitting between Veskal and Verdea

"Hm... How about you help me by continuing to practice?" I said

"But..."

"I'm sure, if you want to practice hard, you can be as strong as Miss Lyralia"

"That bill!" Lyralia interrupted from another seat

I then stroked his head and he immediately looked earnest with my suggestion

"alright. We're gonna close this meeting right now. Decision has been made"

We will attack the kingdom of Crux to dispel their combined forces, plus to take back the core of the great tree

The higher-ups will remain here, and will have to patrol the entire Goeitias continent on a rotating basis

We also gave Black Hunt's crew a new assignment, to go spy on the Sahra kingdom with Amelia, to get information about the existence of the spirit core. They were quite knowledgeable regarding the entire continent of the world, so he was the most suitable person to do just that

With the help of the Fae and Amelia, she could definitely go through the task with ease

And thus, the decision of this meeting was already rounded up. What was left behind was his execution

The sooner the better. We have to catch up on time and finish all of this at the same time