463 – When spring comes, even newlyweds melt – 1
The ear fiddling incident gave a strong shock to the banquet hall, which was full of excitement. From the elves’ perspective, these little kids, who were in their early teens at most, did something that was embarrassing to explain in words.
It was a shame that the cause of the situation was thought to be lack of knowledge rather than promiscuity, and the favorability rating that had risen at the highest level almost plummeted.
‘I almost got screwed.’
I unconsciously stroked my neck and let out a sigh of relief.
The Kpelopen Empire is a nation that is pro-international, to the point where the emperor claims to be a friend of foreign races. The minister of such a country molests the granddaughter of an elf elder in front of the elves? If this causes a conflict between the empire and the other races, the already dead Emperor Eimanca will be resurrected and make me his companion.
“Just as elven blood flows through you, human blood also flows through you, so I can understand the extent of touching your ears. It would be too much to emphasize only elven culture for you, who are of mixed race.”
Anyway, after the banquet was over, the grandmother’s expression as she gave a sermon to Trixie was very stern and serious.
“But I hope you will refrain from doing so here. This is the elves’ space.”
“Yes… I will keep that in mind…”
Trixie drooped her ears and muttered helplessly at her grandmother’s words.
Unlike usual Trixie, she looked half-fazed. He must have been shocked that the things he did on a daily basis were such actions from an elf’s point of view.
I understand. Even I, who could only guess what it means to touch an ear without actually hearing it, was dizzy, but Trixie, who heard the details through a whisper, must have been shocked. If I hadn’t come to see my maternal grandmother, I would have escaped by teleportation.
“I believe you understand.”
“Yes, of course.”
My grandmother, who was hugging and patting the downcast Trixie, turned her gaze to me and said,
Is it because of my mood? I think the likability rating in his eyes, which was at 100, has dropped to around 90.
‘It’s more than my karma.’
Of course, it is a natural reaction considering the humiliation suffered by the only granddaughter.
The excuse of being human and not knowing about elf culture does not work. When you live in the world, aren’t there times when reason and emotions play separately? Now is the time.
“Hey, grandmother. Now that I think about it, I have something I want to tell you.”
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That’s why I desperately tried to change the topic. If I continue the conversation on this topic, only I will lose.
“What do you want to say?”
“I’m planning to get married to Trixie sometime this summer, and if my grandmother and the other elves don’t mind, I’d like to have the wedding in the protected area.”
At those words, my grandmother’s expression suddenly became gentle.
I’m glad I successfully changed the topic.
The discussion about the wedding ended quickly. It is difficult for elves, including my maternal grandmother, to come out of the protected area, and it is difficult for humans to enter the protected area. So we decided to just have two weddings.
At a wedding that should be blessed for no reason, it is better to raise it twice rather than have the guests feel awkward with each other. It’s better to receive a blessing twice than once.
“In the old days, people swore eternal love in front of the World Tree. Then, fairies would attach themselves to the bodies of the bride and groom and play pranks, and they would compete to see which couple had more fairies attached to them.”
And when the discussion was over, my grandmother smiled as she recalled her past.
“I hope the World Tree will be completely revived before you get married, but even if the time is not right, let’s do it in front of that tree.”
“It seems like an undeserved honor for humans to enjoy.”
“What do you mean, if it weren’t for you, there wouldn’t be a world tree?”
When my grandmother said that, her eyes suddenly changed to the way they were before the ear fiddling incident.
It seems that the resurrection of the World Tree is an achievement that fixes the favorability of the elves at 100. Although they may be shaken for a moment, unless something really serious happens, they receive unchanging respect and favor. That’s a huge achievement.
“By the way, it’s summer. It’s so hot back then that everyone doesn’t want to go out of the house, but it’s been a while since I’ve had a good summer.”
I suddenly felt like our wedding had become a grand summer festival, but of course it wasn’t unpleasant. A wedding is a festival, right?
In addition, if the wedding becomes an opportunity to revitalize the elves who are suffering from the heat, they will receive more heartfelt congratulations and applause than ever.
After completing a two-day, one-night trip, I returned to the mansion.
“Welcome, Carl.”
As soon as I returned, Mar was greeted by the workers, but unfortunately my eyes were directed somewhere other than Mar.
‘What is that?’
She might have been upset if her husband didn’t pay attention to her when she returned home, but Mar smiled brightly as if she understood my reaction and continued.
“Isn’t it wonderful? Cardinal Alexandriana sent it to me when Carl was away.”
“…Yeah, that’s cool.”
After a short silence, I finally opened my mouth.
Honestly, I wonder if I can put that in the cool category. I think there is a more appropriate expression than cool.
But it didn’t come to mind. The wall in front of you when you enter the mansion. The pair of giant portraits hanging on the wall and the words written at the bottom of the portraits were enough to make my head stiffen.
[Blessed Karl Crasius of Tyglehen]
A portrait of me with a solemn and serious expression.
[Blessed Margaret Crasius]
A portrait of Marr smiling slightly next to him.
I feel like I’m losing my mind. The subject said that formal beatification is not possible right now because it is the authority of the Pope, and I do not know when such a portrait was created.
“I still don’t know if I deserve to be beatified, but I’m glad that the couple are both blessed.”
After saying that, Marr walked towards her Trixie. I heard a greeting from the elder, asking if he was okay, and a good word asking if he should have stayed longer since he was already gone, but my eyes were still focused on the portrait.
‘I can’t clean that up.’
Eventually, she closed her eyes and quietly lowered her head.
If it hadn’t been an official gift from the Holy See, I would have kept it in the warehouse, but since it was sent directly from the Cardinal, I couldn’t hide it. Isn’t it funny that the relationship with the Holy Church falls apart due to embarrassment?
And it was only in the evening that I learned that the Holy Church had sent a portrait of a saint in advance.
Damn.
***
It was reported that the Minister and Lord Majong visited the protected area of a different race, and that a banquet was held in the elf residential district.
This is not a particularly unusual report. After the World Tree incident, the Minister is nothing short of a benefactor to the elves. Since Lord Majong is a blood relative of the elf elder, it is only natural that a welcome banquet is held.
‘The energy of God became even stronger.’
However, the letter sent from the Archdiocese of Ausien contained content worth paying attention to.
Last year, the Archdiocese of Ausen mentioned that they felt the energy of a god other than Enen in the tribal reserve. The god’s energy must be that of Constantina, who gave the World Tree to the elves, and if Constantina’s energy becomes stronger, it means that the resurrection of the World Tree is imminent.
This is a positive thing. There was Enen’s blessing at the minister’s wedding, and this time, the World Tree is being revived for the first time in hundreds of years? Even to an ignorant person, this is a situation that shows that God’s favor is on the empire.
‘Even if you stay still, you gain authority.’
A burst of laughter escaped. The authority that you worked so hard to build up, the authority that I tried to gain because I was born as a bastard, is being built just by taking a breath. How good it would have been if it had been like this.
With that thought in mind, I looked at the letter sent from the Archdiocese of Ausien and picked up another document. What is regrettable is regret, and now is the moment. Let’s not have strange regrets for no reason.
‘Has it already become like this?’
And as soon as I checked the documents, I frowned slightly. Because it was a document stating that key figures from the three countries attending the academy would soon enter the country.
It is natural for students who have not yet graduated to enter the country in time for the start of school, but it was surprising that the opening ceremony was already approaching. It seems like it was just yesterday that we had a New Year’s wedding.
‘The Minister will also return to work.’
In addition, if the academy schedule begins, the minister must also serve as the academy inspector again. That fact made me laugh again.
In fact, this year’s Academy Inspector General was considering sending someone else. No matter how ‘appointed’ he may be, sending a ministerial-level person on a long-term mission is too much and is unbecoming of a minister. However, the more you look for other people, the more you cannot find someone as good as the minister.
The minister has already established friendly relations with the princes and future saints of each country over a period of two years. Changing the person in charge before the last year is left is confusing for the key personnel, the Three Kingdoms Forces that escort the key personnel, and the academy faculty.
Of course, as I just thought, it would be difficult to entrust the minister with the role of inspector-
‘He may be appointed, but he is also the manager.’
If you change the direction a little, you can treat him as a department head rather than a minister-designate. I guess this kind of thing is up to interpretation.
Crucially, among the bureaucrats at the level of department head or above, the only one who is idle is the minister. Unlike other officials who are struggling to prepare for the establishment of the Ministry of Inspection and Inspection, the minister is entrusting everything to the ministerial secretary-designate.
That’s why it’s spectacular. Unless he is a minister, he has no one to go to the academy.
‘If you have any complaints, just leave it to us to prepare for the founding.’
Investing several months to prepare for the founding of Gamchalseong and finishing the work that had been done for two years at the academy. If asked to choose between the two, the Minister would gladly choose the latter.
The minister’s adult portrait hanging on one side of the office seemed to answer yes.
“…Pfft.”
I looked at the portrait for a moment and then quickly exploded. How does it make me laugh every time I see that?
‘Saint Carl Crasius of Tyglehen.’
I’m going crazy. Putting a last name in front of the minister’s name?
It’s just a pity that it was only made official after the minister’s death.
The Enen Church would probably be very confused to see Mc alive and well even after 100 years.