The Book Of Flowers

Andromeda

-- Andromeda City, Crux Kingdom --

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"This city... Also lonely?"

Veskal has a point

The city looks pretty big, both from the outside and from the inside. But. the population may be less than the population of the city of Calendula first.

Looking around, we also realized that the majority of the population here is filled with women and children. There are hardly any invisible men, and the visible ones can also be counted as fingers

Does it have anything to do with Red Sabbath 5 years ago?

But I peeked at a military report that worldwide, at most 50% of every urban and rural population died in the disaster

Crux was also one of the most secure and protected kingdoms, given that Yuriel had power here. He couldn't possibly let his own people just be wiped out, could he?

And it seems, looking around again, I estimate that the women and children took their safety first at the time of the disaster

And instead, the men must endure that inevitable death

Irritatingly. This is very frustrating considering how many lives have been lost in this place

Unlike Orion, Xiang and Hortensia, all the kingdoms around the world looked extremely ravaged

And I thought that Crux was also a safe kingdom, but my guess was a complete miss

During our journey alone a great deal of land was neglected and the countryside was destroyed uninhabited. And not only the countryside, I'm sure the cities of this kingdom are also not neat, although still inhabited

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Well, looking at this town, I'm sure the locals here have an underground tunnel to escape in case of disaster or attack

The villagers would also definitely go to those cities, and as a result, the place would be full

Again, the city still seems to be recuperating, probably because the king of Crux wanted to restore the important cities of the past so he had to ignore this one

The cities are also very crowded with people who are looking for new dreams and places to live

Naturally there were no Elves held captive in this kingdom. The reports from the higher-ups were already very accurate. One problem at least came off my shoulders and my head

"We... You better get out of this town" I said

Verdea gasped at my words. "Why?" He asked a question

"Because I don't want to be difficult and difficult. This place is still recuperating, and its inhabitants definitely need enough food. But I also have no intention of helping them because we have limited time to take back the soul stone of the Father" I replied

He silently looked at me with a disapproving look. Ignoring him, I slowly turned back towards the city gate

However, he clasped my wrist, hampering my departure from the city

"Help them Vain. I beg you" He said slowly

I turned to his face with a disturbed look

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Damnit. She really knows how to make me take out my soft side

I'd be lying if I didn't want to help them, but our time was very thin as a thread

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Huh... Helping will not hurt...

I also agreed to respond to Verdea

Verdea immediately smiled happily. Meanwhile, Zaphir was visibly upset by my decision and muttered "Yet again you are helping people..."

But I was confused what to do...

Do I have to use my magic to grow vegetables...?

Maybe I should ask the person leading in this city first

"Ah... Excuse me" I said hello to a woman carrying a toddler

He turned towards me with a confused face

"Wah~? A stranger? Welcome to our town, but sorry-"

"Ahaha, no need to be formal. We just want to meet the person in charge of this city" I cut

"Ah yes, sorry. As for the village chief, just ask the name of Miss Eleanor. The house you can see from the fountain in the town square, because the residence itself is quite large" The woman said again

"Thank you" I said

I almost left, the toddler in the lady's arms looked like I wanted to carry her or something

"Alvin. The brothers had business, so there was no need to bother dear" The woman said, trying to calm her child

But the boy was getting annoyed and started to fuss, even the woman did not know what to do

"Uh... Carp...?" I said hesitantly while sticking out both of my arms

The toddler immediately calmed down as if nothing had ever bothered him. The woman seemed hesitant at first, but she then handed the child over to my arm for a while

I then lifted him before me through his armpits. The boy immediately looked happy to be and looked like he wanted to squeeze my face or something

"The way you hold the baby is stupidly wrong. Hold him in your arms, put one of your palms on his ass, and-"

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Zaphir stopped suddenly amid his explanation of holding the baby. He then quietly returned and turned his face away from us all

I who only listened after his explanation then directly demonstrated it

Put my palm here, then... Maybe the other one's on his back... Then hold him a little

And succeed. The toddler looked happy and started squeezing my face, just like I thought

But I don't feel upset at all or anything like that. Precisely...

I was so excited to see him happy like that...

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"I'm sorry. But, Alvi has always been like that to other men as well..." The toddler said

"Eh, no problem. We're not bothered or anything" either"

"I'm ARGH!!"

The barely-talking Zaphir is cut off by Alf who hits his crotch

"ignore him. The man was aggressive" I said again, then handed the boy back

A disappointed look was immediately engraved on the boy's face, as his mother only laughed awkwardly

"Sorry to be a hassle?" The woman said once more, then went from before us into the middle of the crowd

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"It seems we have to help a little" I confirmed myself

"There's no need to repeat it" Alf said

"I just want to convince myself, Father"

Alf just smiled and nodded in response to me

"So... We have to go see this Eleanor Lady first?" Veskal said while scratching his head

"No need to bother" A voice that sounded not far from us said

A middle-aged woman who was a bit fat walked towards us. She was wearing a purple fur dress with a hat and fan that matched her outfit. A mole was stuck under the right of his nose, and he came towards us with a man in a suit like a servant behind him

"I happened to see a foreign face, so I came here myself" The woman said

"... Excuse me. But is this lady really named Eleanor?" I asked, decorated my friends who were staring confusedly

"Rubber. My name is Eleanor Alveria Andromeda. It's nice to meet you guys"

He has a middle name?

That meant that he was not a noble of the original descendants of the leader of this city

Generally, a noble does not have a middle name, in any part of this world. That means, he got the name 'Andromeda' could have been from the trust of the previous leader, or he took the name forcibly

And also...

This woman can't underestimate her Mana power at all...

"... It just so happens that we want to meet with the Madam"

"Oh yeah? For what reason do you want to meet me?"

"Only one. We want to help the city"

Eleanor looked quite suspicious and surprised at us, but I just flashed a smile at her so she could calm down a bit

Elves can't lie, so I really want to help. A little reward might be good too, right?