Seeker Of First Light - Chapter 44
Translator and Editor: Effe and Nabi
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Chapter 44
“The divine tree blesses the fairies whenever they have an auspicious occasion. For example, a wedding.”
This seemed to be Sol Noctis’ confidence that he could win the selection. Axen Arc opened his mouth before Chrys, who was trying to correct him by asking what kind of wedding.
“Yes. If an alliance between different races takes place in the spirit world, it can certainly be called an auspicious event. It will be especially effective if the subject is the twilight of the divine world and a devilkin.”
This guy always had the tendency to interpret words as he pleased.
Naskan, a dragon like Chrys, had a crumpled expression.
“Is it just an auspicious event?”
Naskan, who had looked uncomfortable since morning, finally showed his teeth.
“Hey, fairy. Your parent tree will also host funerals, right?”
“Hmph, yes. If it is a precious woman who came to the spirit world as a guest. Even the divine tree would be sad if she suddenly died here.”
The two of them began to growl in front of the table.
‘Is it okay for the person who will become Lord in the future to continue to behave like that?’
Chrys cleared her throat to stop the fight.
“Still, Dawn, what did the fairies ask for help with?”
“Ah, they heard a big rift opened a while ago. As for the timing… Around the time of the ritual. It was obviously closed, but I asked them to take a look because they said the flow of magic power nearby was unusual.”
Naskan pulled back his chair, took a groggy stance, and continued.
“The rift was closed, but there was residual magic that didn’t go away. I told them that another rift was likely to open nearby, and they asked for the exact location, so they’re looking into it.”
“Is it opening nearby? This is the center of the spirit realm?”
“Yes. It’s definitely true. I saw it.”
Sol Noctis crossed his arms defensively.
“That’s nonsense. However, how does a rift open in the center of the spirit realm? I don’t know what basis you have for believing that.”
“The future that Dawn sees will definitely happen.”
“By what principle does that happen? Can you prove it? What are you going to do if what you saw was just an illusion?”
“It’s proven to be true, so what does it matter?”
“Everything in the world has a principle. It is something that should not be done blindly, believing only in power, without deep knowledge like you.”
“As long as the results are good, it’s fine. What’s the problem?”
“So, the divine realm can never discover the cause of the rift?”
“Aha, so it seems that even though the spirit realm sends so many fairies to Sedition, the results are always far behind the divine realm.”
Unexpectedly, Axen Arc tilted his head and smiled softly.
“You don’t believe in the divine power of the dawn.”
“How can I believe that? You always pick a fight with me about everything.”
As Naskan growled, the atmosphere became tense again, so Chrys hurriedly intervened.
“Naskan. Stop it now. Now, let’s eat.”
“Why am I eating food made by a fairy?”
“Yesterday, you had a hard time using your strength. It also brings us good information. Here, ah.”
“Yes.”
Naskan, who had been glaring at Sol Noctis the whole time, took the food that Chrys had put in his mouth, and his expression relaxed.
She glanced at Axen Arc from the corner of her eye and said.
“Ah, Sol Noctis has been like that since long ago. Even when I looked at it, it seemed like I couldn’t quite understand it. No, in fact, it’s probably because it’s a problem you can’t see with your eyes.”
“It’s not that rare. I’ve met a lot of people.”
“Really?”
“Yes. Usually humans…”
Axen Arc narrowed his eyes and trailed off for a moment. His smile disappeared, and his expression looked somewhat cold.
“Or the dry branch that was banished to the underworld.”
Axen Arc spoke the simple truth without making value judgments, but Sol Noctis pursed his lips at the mention of the dry branch.
Chrys wanted to quickly end this conversation, which continued to have a strange and sharp atmosphere. In fact, she had a trivial reason for not being able to stop this conversation that kept turning into a fight.
It was because of what Sol Noctis said yesterday.
Selection was competition, and fights naturally happened.
She had never witnessed the selection process itself, much less done it herself, so she still didn’t know whether to watch the fight taking place in front of her or stop it. Still, they kept doing this at dinner, it felt like she was going to have an upset stomach.
Fortunately, Chrys’ worries did not last long.
“Brother Sol!”
“Brother! Come out quickly!”
Someone suddenly burst into their dining place, making a fuss.
“The rift has opened! The rife…”
These unexpected, uninvited guests talked until that point, but when they saw Chrys and the group, they kept their mouths shut.
There were two young fairies. If they had just passed by, they wouldn’t have known it, but when they put it side by side with Sol Noctis, they could see that the eyes of the three were quite similar.
Sol Noctis stood up.
“The introduction is late. They are my younger siblings.”
“Nice, nice to meet you! I’m Metius!”
“Nice to meet you. I am Astell.”
Their flushed expression was quite lovely. It was the younger brother who looked lively and the younger sister who seemed calm. Both of them had their ears perked up, and Chrys could tell that they were a bit excited, as fairies use their ears to express themselves.
“Well, this is my first time meeting Twilight and Dawn. I’m so glad to see you!”
“I’ve heard a lot of stories. Brother is indebted to you.”
The only person generous enough to greet them here was Chryselua.
“Uh, uh… Nice to meet you. I’ve never heard of him having younger siblings. If I had known that I would be indebted to you like this, I would have bought gifts.”
“It’s okay! It’s an honor just to meet you!”
The younger brother, who seemed lively, spoke softly and bowed to her waist.
“I’m sorry, the situation is serious, but please come out for a moment.”
Crreaaakk, creak, creak. Crack. Crack.
The sky was much darker than when they looked out the window in the morning.
The sound of cracking and breaking grew louder and filled the sky. However, since it was information they already knew, Chrys and the others were not very surprised. It would have been surprising to Sol Noctis’ younger siblings to see Chrys and their group so carefree.
“Sorry. Our thoughts were short. Brother always lags behind when it comes to information like this, so we passed it on this time. I didn’t even know a guest would come like this…”
“I’d like to talk a little more, but we have to go out on another mission. I’m sorry for the lack of circumstances due to the recent change in mission location. Oh, and…”
Astel and Metius bowed their heads towards Chrys.
“Congratulations on your conception. I hope you get a lot of good things for your pregnancy in this spirit world. Glory to the twilight of the divine realm.”
Considering the relationship between the spirit world and the divine world, the last greeting was a sentence of great kindness. And they left without even answering as if their business was truly over.
After making sure they were completely far away, Chrys glanced at Sol Noctis.
“Hey, Sol Noctis. Did you have a younger sibling? No, more than that, how do they know about my pregnancy? Did you say that?”
Sol Noctis hastily shook his head.
“…I didn’t do it. The fairies’ mouth…… is a bit blabber.”
“Sh*t. Then it’s definitely the Twilight Knights’ work.”
“The Twilight Knights? What is that?”
“Well. These are the guys who are working hard at my lair right now, cleaning and protecting the house. I didn’t like the name Skylte, so I changed the name. They seemed to like it.”
“You gave them the best name. How nice would it have been to take off the name from that senile old tree? Anyway, there are more than a few fairies whose personalities are trash, so it might not be them.”
Sol Noctis was not upset about the issue of the fairies that Naskan had just mentioned. To be honest, it was a problem he also agreed with.
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