Seeker Of First Light - Chapter 35
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 35
Although Chryselua thought she knew a thing or two about medicinal herbs, this was the first time she had experienced such an immediate effect. She was bound to be curious.
“By the way, what is… this?”
“It is the fruit of the parent tree, so you will be fine for a while.”
“What—?!”
She almost dropped the cup in shock.
The fruit of the parent tree… the treasure of the spirit realm.
The fairies who worshiped one huge parent tree used to value the fruit of the tree, which only bloomed once every few years. Of course, the fairies that could receive it were extremely limited. In order to obtain this, the fairies always live in fierce competition.
She has never heard or seen anyone give it away like this.
Above all, by Sol Noctis…
This may even be a treasure that he received when he made an unusual achievement of getting out from being the dry branch… that Sol Noctis, who was coughing up blood trying to get one of these when he was young?
“Th, thank you. If I had known it was this, I wouldn’t have drunk it…”
Still, Sol Noctis shook his head.
Chryselua was rather nervous. It was a given. This was a great item that could be exchanged for treasure from the divine realm. She even thought it was a waste to just use it simply to revitalize her body.
“I would be grateful if you consider this as a reward for dealing with my punishment this time.”
“N, no! Absolutely not!”
“…Absolutely? Do you have to say it that much?”
“Of course!”
It was just absolutely ridiculous.
Since she finally got rid of her mental debt, she was too sorry to just accept this. Above all, she couldn’t possibly receive the precious fruit of the parent tree as a panacea. Knowing how much that fruit meant to him.
Nonetheless, Sol Noctis didn’t seem to like Chryselua’s attitude even more.
“Why are you… trying to trade everything so sharply with me? You don’t want to be indebted to me that much?”
“Fairy. This has nothing to do with you.”
When Naskan shot sharply, Chryselua only fiddled with the cup containing the medicine. There was silence for a moment before Naskan spoke first.
“By the way, Twilight.”
“What?”
“Can you explain to me who these guys are?”
To where he pointed stood the owners of the buzzing loud voices that she had been wondering about earlier. It was Skylte guards, even Axen Arc was standing in the corner.
“The Skylte’s guards?”
“Still trainees, Chryselua!”
She couldn’t even ask why they were here because they introduced themselves so confidently. Come to think of it, she did say that she was hiring them and that she told them to come to the lair for an opportunity.
Regardless, she couldn’t understand why Naskan had looked so hurt.
‘Ah, no way!’
There were two main things done when a dragon had conceived—to choose a partner—those with moderate magic to eat. So, maybe Naskan perceived those trainees who were brought to the lair as that,,,?
“No. It’s not that!”
Chryselua jumped up.
“…Twilight, am I not enough?”
“It’s not what you’re thinking about!”
She called them before the misunderstanding deepened.
“Hey, you guys. Come here and explain.”
The blonde, their representative, greeted them warmly.
“Hello. Naskandeolux, the Dawn Dragon! It’s a great pleasure to meet you. We are the Skylte guard trainees that Twilight decided to hire.”
Naskan ignored what they said and asked Chryselua again.
“Then, why do you need them?”
“I hired them as my personal guard. Kind of like an escort…”
“I, I am… not enough?”
“It’s really not like that!”
She quickly had them leave so that Naskan would not misunderstand further.
“Hey, hey, you guys go out and clean the lair.”
“Yes!”
Next was Axen Arc’s turn. As soon as she cast her gaze at him, he gave an explanation.
“I just came to play.”
The words that were not worth listening to flowed from his mouth.
“…He’s coming to play?”
“No! Hey, you get out!”
When she sent Axen Arc out as well, that devilkin went outside while laughing happily. Barely managing to calm the atmosphere down, this time, the other side started saying strange remarks.
“…Hmm. By the way, please listen to my reasoning.”
Sol Noctis started talking with a very, very serious face.
“The culprit.”
“What do you mean the culprit?”
“What culprit?”
Chrys and Naskan cast their attention on Sol Noctis at the same time when they heard the somewhat unexpected word.
“The culprit that made you like that?”
“….”
Chryselua closed her eyes tightly. She just wanted to run away from this place.
‘…These crazy people.’
While Naskan thought she had been dumped while dating someone, Sol Noctis seemed to think that she had somehow been badly treated… Those ideas were just nonsense. Who on earth did they think Twilight was?
“I said then about two weeks ago. This may sound absurd, but I have no memory of that day.”
“What crazy thing is this b*stard talking about?”
“Yes, that could be… you may not remember.”
“…Chrys?”
Naskan was surprised to see Chrys just easily accepting it. She tried to look away, thinking of hearing what Sol Noctis had to say.
“Still, my schedule has been fixed like a knife. On that day, too, I would have passed in front of the second laboratory, and maybe in the morning, I would have met you, Chryselua, and parted for a while. The fairies who walked with me at the time said that you invited me to the laboratory.”
Chryselua closed her mouth as she felt the hiccups were about to come out.
“And there is circumstantial evidence that I was going to the second lab that day.”
This strange perfectionist elf was going through his life that was as sharp as a knife as if he had a bad case of obsessive-compulsive disorder. Despite saying that he had no memory of that day, Sol Noctis recited what happened that day, like reciting his daily schedule.
“My memory was then linked to the exact next afternoon. It was in the building’s common room that I woke up. Before that, I had no idea what I was doing. And that day… that’s the day. When I calculated your conception and date, it was that exact day.”
Chryselua looked awkwardly at Sol Noctis, who spoke without hesitation.
“Then… what you want to say now…”
“Yes. It might be mine.”
“Hey!”
Naskan, who had been listening seriously until now, struck his fist on the table next to the bed.
“Hey. Fairy. Do you think that even makes sense?”
“Since my life got twisted since that day, nothing makes sense.”
“Are you crazy?”
“Right. Maybe because I suddenly went crazy?”
“Can you stop lying? Do you even have a mental illness that hadn’t existed?”
“…Mental illness is like a cold these days.”
“Don’t be ridiculous!”
“The situation says it all, doesn’t it?”
“Stop joking! Did you meet her? Did you?!”
“I don’t have the memory of it, but thinking rationally and logically, it is not without possibility.”
“Where is the logic in your words now??! You have nothing to do with it. You’re just a joke!”
“Then Naskandeolux, isn’t it the same to you!”
Sol Noctis and Naskan had only been growling and fighting with each other whenever they met since childhood, so the fact that he talked about mental illness and talked nonsense was simply done to offend Naskan rather than the truth.
Sol Noctis’ words were close to meaning that even Naskan, who had acted like this, didn’t have a big relationship with Chrys either. Of course, it was a secret that her conscience stung as all this nonsense went around and actually hit the mark.
“I know you’re in a situation where you’re just trying to throw jokes!”
Though somehow, the provocation worked well for Naskan.
Sol Noctis sneered.
“Is it like a joke, huh?”
“If it’s true, I’ll have to kill even more! Do you think it’s a joke that she’s pregnant, huh?”
One of Skylte’s trainees, who had been concentrating on cleaning outside, poked his head into the room.
“…What did I just hear?”
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CelesSerenity
This is about to go crazy… lol 😂. Even more than Sol agreeing that he is…