328 – Prosperous Western Territory – 8
My grandmother, who had been holding me for a while, let go of her hug with a small cough. Even though she is the only granddaughter, she seems to be ashamed to show strong emotions to someone she sees for the first time.
“I’m sorry. Now that I’m old, there are a lot of tears…”
“Oh, no. It’s fine.”
I hurriedly shook my head at my grandmother’s apology. No one in this world will condemn the tears of a mother who lost her child, and the tears of a mother-in-law were the process of accepting her granddaughter as well as the grief of losing her daughter. It is impossible for me to deny those tears in the arms of her maternal grandmother.
On the contrary, I am grateful to my maternal grandmother for showing her honest feelings in front of me. Because she didn’t push me, a half-human, out of hatred of humans, but because she paid attention to the half-elf blood of her daughter.
“The mother was arrogant no matter how old she was, but her daughter is dignified even at a young age. Her personality seems to resemble her father’s.”
Still, I couldn’t get used to being treated like a child. Even before I came here, I was treated as a child by other people, but I felt like a child when I received a warm gaze from someone with wrinkles. This is the first time since her paternal grandmother passed away.
From the point of view of the grandmother, the granddaughter, who is about 500 years old, would be a child.
“Hey, honey.”
As her maternal grandmother hesitated, unable to get up from her lap, her maternal grandmother cautiously opened her mouth.
“Can I call you Trixie?”
Her body froze at those words. Trixie, a name I hadn’t heard since my parents died. My nickname that only my family called me.
A momentary rush of emotion welled up, but I was barely able to suppress it. Isn’t it nice to have a family that calls me by my nickname? There will never be any tears
“Yes, maternal grandmother.”
“You can also call me maternal grandmother.”
“I will, Grandma.”
My grandmother smiled broadly at my answer. Maybe I have the same expression.
I found her maternal grandmother after 121 years, and her maternal grandmother was able to get her granddaughter.
Something is wrong. Do I look like a baby crawling on all fours in her grandmother’s eyes?
“Ariadne has been expecting a grandchild since she was about 200 years old. When the grandchild is born, she will decide what name to give her, what clothes to wear, and how to teach her. Just thinking about those things made a month pass quickly.”
I am really grateful and very moved, but I didn’t hear it properly until now.
“I already have a pretty name, and I seem to have grown up politely, so I have no complaints, but this is a pity.”
For my ears to work normally, all my energy was focused on my eyes.
The clothes my grandmother lifted up with a bright smile. Extraordinary clothes that robbed my gaze. A kkokkaot that her grandmother made herself to wear to her grandchildren.
To be honest, I can only laugh at the kokkaot. The clothes worn by small children are inevitably small, and small clothes that no one can wear just cause cuteness. Just like how cute it would be for a little baby to wear those pretty clothes.
“There is no need for old people to interfere with young children these days, so I just made clothes, and it piled up like this.”
The problem is that the size of the Kkokka clothes full of love from my grandmother is very diverse. There were clothes worn by normal babies, clothes worn by children who were just starting to walk, and even clothes worn by grown adults.
That’s right, her mother’s grandmother had a pair of kkokka clothes that grown-up adults could wear.
‘Oh my God.’
My head is dizzy. A pink dress full of frills. It is a clothing that will be scared and decline even if it comes to puberty without going to adulthood.
“I thought the grandchildren would be pretty if they were girls, so they were made with care.”
But she got a hunch when she saw her maternal grandmother staring at me with a coy gaze. I guess I should wear that outfit.
I feel like going crazy. Out of many, many clothes, how can I refuse to pick out the ones I can wear and emphasize the fact that they were made with care? Besides, she had just seen her grandmother shed her tears, and hadn’t she called me by her nickname?
‘What should I do?’
The answer is fixed. She closed her eyes and said to her grandmother, ‘Then can I try it on?’ If you do, she will be very happy.
I know with my head. I’m sure you know, but I also have the dignity and honor I’ve accumulated in human society—
“…Don’t you like it?”
“It’s so pretty. Can I try it on right away?”
Come to think of it, I am now in the elf society. Let’s give up for a while what we have built up in human society.
***
I felt like I would wither away if I kept my mouth shut, so while I was forcibly continuing the conversation, I heard footsteps on the stairs.
Then, like a lie, the conversation stopped and his eyes focused on the stairs. It was only natural that everyone present here was focused on Ma Jong-gong. To put it mildly, even the little duke would have sipped the juice while noticing.
And the only one who came down from the third floor was the elder.
‘I avoided the worst.’
I felt relieved. I don’t know the details, but if Ma Jong-gong is still up there, the worst is averted. It means that we are talking normally without kicking out the granddaughter.
“Who is Carl?”
“Oh, that’s me.”
Even looking at Ma Jong-gong’s lover, me, is more of a positive situation than a negative situation. If it was a celebration order, he wouldn’t have looked for anyone, and he would have done it to everyone to give a bluff.
“Come up for a second.”
Leaving those words behind, the elder quickly turned away. It didn’t look friendly, but I didn’t feel any hostile energy either. Just like a public servant dealing with civil complaints.
That’s enough. Receiving neutral treatment from a being who must have hated humans was an undeserved treat—no, considering that it was their first meeting, it was nothing short of a miracle.
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“I heard from Trixie. They promised a future?”
“Yes, it is.”
While following the elder to the third floor, I hurriedly nodded at the elder’s words.
At the same time, I smiled spontaneously. As long as you call Majong-Kong by his nickname, the best result will come out beyond the level of avoiding the worst—
“You don’t like it very much.”
Managed facial expressions on the road.
Well, even if Lord Majong is recognized as her only granddaughter, it’s a different matter if her only granddaughter’s son-in-law is a human. She would rather try to choose her partner with her eyes lit as she recognized her as her only granddaughter.
“But I’m not qualified to interfere with you. I couldn’t help him any more, and you’re a comfort.”
However, I was a little surprised by the words that followed. Apart from tribal feelings, does the elder of the family interfere with her granddaughter’s marriage? If you just look at what you say, you are more open-minded than most people. Is it true that you hate people?
“Since you’re a comfort to Trixie, I want to ask you something.”
“Please tell me as much as you like. I will do my best.”
That’s why I answered the elder’s words without hesitation.
She tolerates her granddaughter’s encounter with a human, even though she suffered from humans and suffered grief when her daughter married a human. Can’t do anything to an adult who made that decision. Even if there is a han who gives a voice to Hyungyeonggong, it is right to listen.
“It’s too pretty for me to see, but Trixie is shy. I think you’ll have to convince her that she’s nice to look at.”
“Yes?”
What do you mean?
‘Are you shy?’
Did you do some traditional elven makeup? No, but Ma Jong-gong isn’t a child of one or two years old, so there’s nothing to be ashamed of?
And it was only after I saw Ma Jong-gong wearing a pink frill dress that I found out what that meant.
“Oh, baby, this, that’s it.”
As soon as my eyes met, Ma Jong-gong stiffened and stuttered.
‘I see.’
Convinced. I’m not a one or two year old, but I was treated like a one or two year old. Then you should be ashamed
He was honestly cute, but I held back because I thought he would break the window and run away if I opened his mouth.
I pretended I hadn’t even seen twintails.
Fortunately, her grandmother’s heart, which wanted to show off her granddaughter’s cute figure, was calmed down. If there were only elves in this place, she would have loved the elder’s only granddaughter, but when she went down the stairs right away, there were more than ten humans.
“Beatrix is a cute child to the elders and elves, but respected in human society.”
“Respect? This kid? He’s only a little over a hundred?”
“There are not many people who live less than 100 years of age.”
An elder who was shocked by the fact that his cute granddaughter is the oldest deceased person by human standards. Still, during the founding of the empire, she soon realized that her experience of working with humans had disappeared. There was a strong feeling of reluctant consent, but anyway, it was for the sake of her granddaughter’s face, so he acknowledged it.
“He’s just over 100 years old now… In terms of humans, he’s over 10 years old…”
The elder went down to the first floor muttering, perhaps regretting not being able to do so.
‘This is the difference between races.’
It’s dizzying. I felt a racial difference from time to time even with Majonggong, but when I deal with a pure-blooded elf, I can feel this much of a gap.
From now on, it seems that Prince Ma will do whatever he does. Is this the shock therapy or something?
“No.”
“Huh?”
In the meantime, Ma Jong-gong shook his head while holding my hand. Confusion only increased as I wanted to say something out of nowhere.
“I’m not over 10, I’m over 20. I’m mixed-race, so it’s about 20%, not 10%.”
“…….”
I was at a loss for words. Looking at the pathetic expression, it is not a joke to lighten the mood. Besides, it’s not an impromptu excuse given the immediate refutation. That I always sincerely thought so.
I see. Ma Jong-gong thought of himself as twenty-four years old.
“If it was 10%, it would have been dangerous.”
After much thought, I was finally able to answer.
If the prospective wife thinks so, then it must be so.
***
I went out of the house after talking with Trixie and Carl. On the way, they ran into humans on the first floor, but they were invited guests and friends of Trixie. I can’t treat you harshly, so I told you to stay at ease.
‘The only granddaughter.’
I felt like my stomach was a little relieved after getting some fresh air. The death of a runaway daughter and the appearance of an unexpected granddaughter. These are too shocking things to go through in one day.
‘…Are you trying to change the world?’
And she laughed at the fact that human blood flows in her granddaughter and that the granddaughter also loves humans.
An elf suffering from humans fell in love with a human. It’s like a fairy tale.
“What should I do?”
I muttered to myself while looking at the sky.
The mother of our elves and the great god who brought down the world tree. And the World Tree, the only way to communicate with such a mother.
She always missed her mother and world resin, but she had never missed her as desperately as today.
“Ajumma, Ajumma.”
“Are you crying? Are you crying?”
Looking blankly at the sky like that, some fairies hiding in the trees flew in and hovered nearby.
It’s just embarrassing to worry about these children.
“I told you not to come out.”
Still, scolding means scolding. They are children whose numbers have decreased since the World Tree was burnt, but what if they show up for no reason and end up being devastated?
“It is, but it is.”
“There, there, the power of God, I can feel it.”
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What are you talking about again?