
Arsh: "honey, do you miss Nana?."
after a while of conversation again, suddenly mother asked that.
Filia:"no. only. I'm worried about my mother, after all she's on the battlefield."
no matter how strong mother was on the battlefield no one could guess what could possibly happen.well, it would actually be a lie if I said that I didn't miss mom and dad, well, however, the former "Philia" were also often left in the Rosefield Dukedom while the father and mother were more often in the capital.
despite this, mothers often return to the Dukedom at least 1 time every few months.most often maybe 3 times every few months.As military leaders, mothers and fathers have their own duties, respectively, so I'm not too surprised about it. Besides, the distance between the capital and the Dukedom is quite far. Without any special way, you won't be able that often to return to the Dukedom.
mom smiled at me. Even though I tried to hide it, it seemed like mom realized that I did miss them.
Arsh: "it's okay. You don't have to worry. Nana's so strong, nothing's gonna happen to her."
I walked towards my mother and took the head of the statue.turned around, and walked back to the edge of the barrier while looking at the headless statue in the middle of the garden.
Filia:"«Repair»"
the head of the statue that was in my hand turned into dust that floated in the adara. moments later, all the dust began to gather around the neck of the decapitated statue. dust began to accumulate and the shape of the statue's head began to be seen.It only took about two seconds, the statue that was originally without a head was back to how it was, even without the slightest scratch.
without looking, I just answered my mother with a smile.
Filia:"yes, I know that mom will be fine."
I turned around and saw everyone staring at me.
Elion:"nona Filia is great."
Sophia:"that was wonderful, Miss Filia."
Filia:"that's just low-level magic."
I sat down and continued talking to all of them. It took me a while for the prince and the others to leave. When they wanted to leave, I stopped them and handed the prince a golden paper.
Filia:"oh.today my restaurant will be opened. If the prince and others are interested, maybe the prince can just look around."
the prince is a palace family.With the prince coming to visit the restaurant, it will definitely be able to attract more influential customers in this country.at the same time it can spread the name of my restaurant. this is a way of advertising that does not cost money.
Elion:"I'm so grateful.I'll definitely stop by."
they left and only left me and mother.because it was just the two of us, suddenly the atmosphere became a bit quiet.
Arsh: "honey, you take a break first, I have to do some work."
Filia:"yeah, I understand."
finally only I myself am left. Living in an academy like this is truly peaceful.there is nothing I can do. it would be too flashy if I went to practice during the day, it was not so good, so I just sat on the balcony and read some books.
Photo:"Shadow...!"
"the servant is here, Your Majesty."
without any sound, a shadowy figure suddenly knelt behind me. his entire body was wrapped in black clothes with a hood covering his head.on top of the tight black clothes was like emitting black smoke. this smoke was very similar to when I showed the Shadow-type darkness of that time.
right now his face is lowered, otherwise you might notice that under the black robe it is a face covered by a white mask.The mask is plain without holes or scratches. there's just a line of blood red motifs right in the position of the eye hole that should be.
when he came, I just sat down while focusing on reading the book in my hands. After a while, I started giving instructions to Shadow.
Philia:"that's your job.do you understand?!."
Shadow:"I understand, Your Majesty."
Filia:"go...!!"
Shadow instantly disappeared from its place.
[Umbra Noctis] noiseless and shadowless, that's how they appear, and that's how they go. They are eyes, ears, hands, and knives that pass by and watch from the darkness. they also leave deep red ink in the shadows.
the dense darkness that enveloped them, was the manifestation of dead souls that had left a curse on them. they stepped on a dark path that was paved using bone and blood for the sake of what they believed. «Five Rulers»
I remember that that's how they were described, they were actually special NPCs that we usually use to search for information and assassinations.
I gave him orders that he disguise himself as a restaurant clerk that I hired. His job is to protect the children and the people who live there. Besides, he said, I also gave him orders to gather information from that restaurant.
do you think I built the restaurant aimlessly.My purpose for building the restaurant was to gather information from the upper class nobles and other wealthy people. although it is common people downstairs can also enter, but the main target for my information is the nobles and wealthy merchants.
in addition, if the product being sold has a lot of enthusiasts, I can expand branches all over the place. That way, I can insert spies and reach all corners of the country without being noticed.
indeed Umbra Noctis was able to directly infiltrate the palaces and manor houses, but they still needed a place to be camouflage intelligence.that was the point of the restaurant.again, the restaurant, they also needed to identify which nobles or people carried important information so that they could instantly establish which noble houses were worth infiltrating.
in addition, the children in the restaurant will be specially trained by U.N members to conduct espionage and covert movements on a small scale.after all, training early on will be easier.
why am I doing this?. At first I just want to find more information about this world that is foreign to me. I want to know, whether this world really has a relationship with Alterion or not.
but. ever since I entered Helheim, I realized that this world does have a relationship with Alterion.I also realized that many of Alterion's relics in this world.after realizing that, I also realized that, I expanded my purpose.The initial intention was just to gather information regarding the state of this country, now I want to gather information about various relics, including the various ruins that hold the treasures of Alterion.
then, I also have people I want to protect in this world, so I have to gather information to find out which forces might be a threat.
it was my only goal.I was not that naive to rule the world.I just wanted to gather all of Alterion's treasures as well as create a comfortable living environment for my own people.
although my purpose sounds low, but I know that to make it happen is not easy.We never know what kind of power is hiding in the shadows.
tok...
Source:"Daughter...!"
Filia:"you can come in!."
Ilma entered the room while carrying a letter.
Ilma:"this is a letter to you, Princess."
Filia:"yes.have you rested well?."
Ilma:"thank you for the attention of the Princess. I have rested well."
I gave 'um' and then opened the envelope from the letter. The letter was from Sebas whose contents were to ask if I would attend the opening ceremony later.
I wasn't very interested in something like this, so I gave Ilma an order to reply to Sebas that I refused. Inexplicably Sebas was working very hard at his current age.
after he finished helping to clean up the dormitory, he went straight to where the restaurant was. Well, since he worked hard, I felt that he deserved to be rewarded.
Filia:"Ilma, while sending the letter, please give this box to Sebas."
I took out a small red box with a yellow ribbon on it. Ilma took the box with curious eyes.Right, Ilma also worked very hard.I guess next time it doesn't matter if I give her a gift as well.
.....
just a few boring things until it's time to go home. I'll come to the academy again the day after grandma returns to the Holy Kingdom.
Trainee:"um, honey. Do you think this is problematic?."
grandma pulled out the long green hair covering her ears.she showed me her ears. At first I didn't notice anything strange, but after paying more attention, I knew that grandma's ears were different.
if at first grandma only has ears that look like humans, now grandma has a pinna that is pointed like the image of an elf that I know.
Because even I don't know the cause, so I can only call Frey to ask.
Filia:"Frey, find out what happened to Grandma!."
Frey:"ok desu~"
because our conversation went through the mind, so grandma didn't know it. Frey did a scan of Grandma's body to find out what was different. After a while, I finally knew what was going on.
Filia:"grandmother.there's nothing wrong. After grandmother broke through Tier one and became a High Elf, the blood of the elves in grandmother's body was already purified and returned to the ancestral blood."
so that was why the image of Elves in this world was different from that of Alterion when this world was similar to Alterion.it was because the true blood of elves had become very thin and lost their characteristics.
it was appropriate when I asked that the elves should have pointed ears, father said that only Fairy had them. whereas in Alterion in addition to fairy, elves also had long ears.
then I thought about the cause.the elves were unable to maintain the purity of their blood after a long time, because as a long-lived creature, elves were difficult to have offspring of their own kind, because as long-lived creatures, elves were difficult to have offspring of their own kind, so there are many elves who have offspring with other types, for example humans.therefore since the beginning of their blood has been mixed and began to thin.
to the fairy, they were able to maintain their blood because they could only have offspring of the same breed, so even though they were also difficult to have offspring, they could only accept it.
of course pointed ears are only one of its characteristics.In Alterion, elves have two traits that distinguish them from other races: one is the pointed ears, and the second is the color of their hair. there are many breeds that have pointed ears like elves, an example of which is the Dryad.but, the Dryad only has light brown hair.
I finally knew why the elves in this world were different.I explained to my grandmother my guess.grandmother heard very seriously what I said to her and began to ponder.
Trainee:"unfortunately. is it possible to return the blood of all the elves to the scrub?."
Filia:"that's possible, but it has to go through some conditions. Right now from granny's condition, that condition seems necessary to break through to Tier one. So those who haven't broken through, I don't know."
after all in Alterion there was no explanation for this, so I could only conduct research or experiments to find out the certainty.
Trainee:"so it seems like it will be very difficult.not even grandma know what conditions are needed to break through to Tier one. huh."
looking at Grandma's slightly disappointed expression, I wanted to give her something to cheer her up. So, I took out a small wooden box and gave it to grandma.
Trainee:"dear, what is this?."
Filia:"grandma can open it."
with a curious face and full of anticipation, the grandmother opened and saw what objects were stored in the box.After the box opened, an emerald green light emanated from inside the box.
inside the box was a simple silver metal ring with a vines green motif on it. In the center of the ring was a light green gem that looked refreshing.
[Nature Ring] (SSS)
a ring made of a special metal alloy and a rare emerald wood core.
attribute:
Where +20
INT +30
effect:
increase the effectiveness of user wood attributes by 10%.
special (passive) effect:
perform recovery to the user automatically when the user is injured or loses HP. recovery can not be more than 20% max HP.
reduces the damage received from the wood attribute by 20% when the user receives a wood attribute attack.
.....
Trainee:"this is so beautiful."
Filia:"that's a gift to grandma. After all, I've never given anything to grandma."
when she put the ring on, her face suddenly froze and looked at me. I don't know why she suddenly took the ring off and put it back in the box.
Filia:"grandmother, what's wrong?."
Trainee: "this ring, it's too strong.it might be more useful if it's in your hands."
well, it is only low-level, so it is not very useful to me. let alone I rarely use the wood attribute. Besides, I can also make it again if I want.
Filia: "it's okay grandma. the ring is not very useful to me. grandma can use it without worry."
Trainee:"so so. okay..."
grandma walked up to me and hugged me gently.
Trainee: "thank you dear."
I just smiled and enjoyed the delicate floral scent of my grandmother's body. I actually didn't really feel the atmosphere in the hug by my grandmother, it was more appropriate that I felt the atmosphere in the hug by my older sister. after all, my grandmother looks like she's only 19-years-old in her early 20s.
"Daughter, Your Majesty, dinner is ready."
a waiter came to tell us about dinner.
Filia:"yeah, thank you."
I went with grandma to the dining room and saw Felmina with a matted face leaning on the back of the chair. I could see that she was tired after a day.
well, hard work for him...
(the end of this chapter)
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