Incompatible Interspecies Wives chapter 48

48 – World Tree (8)

The change that came to Arwin was something everyone could know about.

Her twisted mind exploded in a direction that no one expected.

“Arwin! Come down!”

Once upon a time, he tried to climb the world tree.

Then, she saw the wild Ascal, the other elves who looked at her in surprise, and the elders who looked at herself with her grim expression on her face.

“Arwin! Didn’t I tell you to come down! World-“

“-What did I do?”

Arwin answered with a cold shot.

“The World Tree was cut down or burned. It’s just a matter of standing up and looking into the distance.”

“Wouldn’t it be better to go to the observatory!”

“I decide where and what to watch.”

As for Arwin, she felt relieved as she watched her elders turn red and green.

She never thought that causing pain to others would be so much fun for her.

“Besides, I’m also worried about the world tree.”

Arwin continued to climb the World Tree and looked downward.

“Even if it’s unfair, I have to live with this for a long time. Only then did the pain of 110 years have meaning.”

She was the one who regained her composure after climbing to the point where the voices of Ascal and her elders could not be heard.

She climbs to such a high place and looks at the scenery outside the territory that she has not stepped on for 120 years.

Once relieved of her duties, just imagining which one to travel first made her feel better.

Arwin performed all the eccentricities he could think of from then on.

I didn’t mind anything as long as the act made her feel better.

She

She stormed into the offices of the elders who were having a meeting, and she wandered the space to her heart’s content.

“…Arwin, we are in a meeting. Get out.”

“I don’t like it~”

When the elders spoke like that, Arwin hummed and answered them.

She threw the papers on the desk on the floor and blew out the candles at will.

Everyone had the patience of a general, so Arwin was even better at rampaging.

Arwin wondered why she couldn’t do this sooner. She regretted it.

At night when everyone was asleep, they sang loudly and wandered around the neat flower gardens on the empty streets.

Everyone was shocked by the downfall of Arwyn, who was born with her blessed Life Vessel.

But whether they were shocked or not, Arwin didn’t care.

I just continued her eccentricities as I wanted to.

Still, he did not miss out on undergoing the sacrificial procedure every 15 days.

Her pain still broke her, but Arwyn endured it more easily than she had before.

Since he had a venomous heart, he’s been able to hold on.

Ascal and his elders also lost their momentum at Arwyn’s change.

“Arwin. Let’s talk for a while.”

Ascal approached Arwin, who was lying on the bed exhausted and enjoying reading.

Arwin only rolled his eyes to look at his father, then focused on the book again.

“…Let’s go through the procedure only once a year from now on-“

At that, Arwin threw the book in the direction of his father.

I couldn’t bear to throw it at his body, but I could express his feelings.

“What’s different now!!”

Arwin asked while running out of control in an instant.

Emotions sometimes become so difficult to control.

It was clear that the elf had a problem when he considered that the emotional drop was not that great.

“…Are-“

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“I have already suffered for more than 100 years. If I wanted to say something like that, I should have said it before I changed like this…!! If it was something that could be changed by looking at me, I should have changed it already…! Ha, and once a year?”

Arwin burst out laughing.

“I guess you didn’t say that you don’t have to sacrifice, right?”

“…You have to respect the rules so that the other elves-“

“Go away, just. Because I don’t want to hear it.”

Arwyn said with great enthusiasm.

“I will continue to have procedures every 15 days. That way, I don’t think I’ll find any weakness for you who only spread lies. I’ll do my duty and leave… Don’t stand in my way later.”

It was Ogi.

At that time, Arwin acted more violently.

It was a time when I was very emotional, so I couldn’t help it.

She gave her body to her emotions and ran amok, she lived a life for herself.

It’s been a long time since I got tired of making sacrifices.

She laid down everything she had to learn and protect as the elder’s daughter.

No matter what the common elves thought about her, it wasn’t her part-time job.

But there were times when Arwin’s feelings calmed down.

While she went through the procedure of sacrifice and devoted herself to recovery, she did not have the strength to perform any eccentricities.

So she just had to lie still in bed and pass the time… At night like that, she couldn’t handle the rush of emotions.

She didn’t want to be like this either.

She wanted to become an elf that lived up to everyone’s expectations.

She wanted to be a proud daughter to her father.

I wanted to become a noble that the elves look up to.

She wanted to be a good person.

She had no excuses.

She was the one who chose to be ruined, and the one who continued this lifestyle… But at the same time she was sad and sad.

So Arwin secretly cried endlessly only when no one was looking.

She cried through the night she cried.

It was her true self that no one knew.

Even when she closed her eyes, her tears flowed endlessly and soaked her pillow.

Arwin was afraid of her own personality, which was gradually being twisted.

She had to carry on with her madness in order not to go mad.

She was in pain because the version of herself she had hoped for and the version of herself she was now were so different.

And whenever she was in pain like this, she always remembered one thing.

She always imagined the world after leaving the territory.

In the future, I will be able to forget these painful years.

I was going to experience the outside world that I had only seen through books.

Arwin, who could not rely on anyone, cherished this wish alone.

Even if others say it’s broken… And even if it’s really broken, I never doubted that one day I could be happy myself.

Hundreds of years of life do not go anywhere. If you live a long time, the future you want will come someday.

****

Arwin turned 170 years old.

There are 30 years left before coming of age.

But just like him, the Celebrien estate was in crisis.

I couldn’t handle the rushing boss any more.

Arwin also attended the elders’ meeting on his own that day and listened to the conversation.

Even the elders no longer complained about Arwin’s eccentricity after 50 years.

“Galias. It’s the last one.”

“Are you saying that again? You said it was the last time.”

Galias, an elven swordsman who is over 450 years old, expressed displeasure at the elders’ proposal.

Arwyn looked at the strange elf.

I fell in love with swordsmanship, and since I came of age, I have devoted myself to swordsmanship for 250 years.

It was unusual for an elf who considered life as everything to indulge in such a dangerous craft.

It was a field where a single mistake cost one’s life.

A sane elf wouldn’t fall for swordsmanship.

That’s why there weren’t many elves who knew how to use weapons in the Celebrien territory.

In the first place, the elves were far from fighting.

Galias says.

“Why are you burdening only me? In the previous conversation, you said that you would contact Mares as well, right?”

“I can’t reach Mares. I don’t know where he is.”

“Ha…Anyway, this time it really doesn’t work. This time, there are no soldiers to march with. Didn’t everyone say they were scared? Then it sounds like I’m alone… But what’s the difference if you ask me to do something that I can’t do alone?”

“But if you are a master of swords-“

“-If you’re alone, Gale shouldn’t come. Don’t you know?”

“…”

“To go through hundreds of monsters alone and subdue the two bosses? I am telling you that it is numerically impossible. Are there women who can conceive alone? I also want to save the world tree. But it alone can’t make any difference.”

Galias made a claim.

“We need an army. Ask other families for help or hire mercenaries. Or to convince other elves to take up arms. I will only participate when I am sure I can win.”

Actually, if pushed to the extreme, all the elves would raise their weapons and defend the world tree.

However, if there was still an opportunity to make a fuss, or to pass on the burden of battle to someone else…The elf would not move at all.

Hundreds of years of life were cherished by everyone.

It was unfair to die without using up the lifespan of being conferred.

It was the same with Arwin.

Her life was more important than anything else, even if the time she had suffered so far was a waste.

The elder says.

“Ascal has already left to ask for help. She can’t get help anywhere, so she’s asking for this. I don’t have the resources to hire mercenaries anymore…”

Since the elves did not want to bear the burden of battle, the goods to hire mercenaries had already run out.

“…Ha.”

Galias let out a long sigh. No one has been able to come up with the right answer.

Arwyn once again felt disgust for her elders.

Again, she is forcing others to sacrifice themselves.

Arwin got up from her seat in disgust and hit the cap on the head of the elder who had just opened her mouth.

-Tak.

The hat flutters and falls to the floor.

“Sir…Arwin, this is not the time to play around.”

Arwin gave her a light laugh.

A lot has changed in the last 50 years.

Until her past, her elders felt sorry for her broken self… But now they felt uncomfortable with her 50-year eccentricity.

No more trying to fix her, she didn’t do anything.

I just let her do anything.

She regarded her as her burden. Still, she gave her life to the World Tree, so the atmosphere was indescribable.

In fact, Arwin must have acted in a more exaggerated and mean way.

I couldn’t endure it without expressing how hard it was.

– Kung.

Then the door to the meeting room opened.

“Ascal!”

I was surprised by the presence of the elders and stood up.

Arwin also rolled his eyes and looked at his father.

“So, what does Blackwood say? Did he say he would send support?”

“No, they say they are in a difficult situation.”

“If the World Tree collapses, the world will perish… How can I-“

“-Instead, I’ve heard of a strange mercenary group.”

Everyone’s attention is drawn. After Askal, she introduced the information she had heard.

“I heard that there is a mercenary group that receives nobles as compensation. Perhaps you are looking at the situation after the war.”

“Aristocrats?”

“Yes. Ner Blackwood… So the youngest daughter of the Blackwood family was sold. Blackwood has been suffering from a group of monsters lately, but with their support, he seems to have escaped death.”

Arwin remembered Ner’s name.

A few years ago, it was a young werewolf who visited the territory. His white tail was impressive, so he was an opponent he never forgot.

It was quite an interesting story that the child was sold to the Humans.

“What is the name of the mercenary group?”

“This is Red Yeomdan. I heard that the vice-captain there is so good. “It might be on par with Gail,” Said the eldest son of the Blackwood family.”

Gallias snorted his snort.

“There is no swordsman like Gale, Elder. Even I need more decades of training, but I feel like I can surpass Gale.”

“I replied that way too. Anyway, isn’t it an interesting story?”

The elders exchanged glances at his words.

Question immediately pops up.

“…If the opponent accepts Celebrien as well, which of the elves will sacrifice themselves… To the Humans?”

I can feel the atmosphere of ignoring them from the way they spit out the word human.

Arwin felt a flashing urge at the question.

She was a girl who hadn’t passed the age of majority yet, but in such an extreme situation, she might have a chance.

Maybe we can get out of this loathsome territory sooner.

So, the words jumped out of her mouth.

“…I will.”

Silence falls in the conference hall.

She didn’t seem to be able to figure out whether she was serious or joking.

Arwin added to lend credibility to her own words.

“…With that instead, let me go.”

Arwin thought that perhaps his eccentricities might be of help today.

Everyone around her treated her like her burden.

Arwin’s heart was beating as fast as ever.

There is an opportunity to jump over 30 years in an instant and get out of the territory.

Marriage with that human race must have been a sacrifice comparable to the lifespan of the World Tree, which has yet to be shared.

I have a chance to go out into the outside world.

She was not Arwin to miss the opportunity that came after 170 years.

She was also reluctant to marry her human race.

She did not know what she would experience from a race that could be called uncivilized.

A painful and painful future may be waiting for you.

But she hated the world tree even more.

No matter what kind of pain you experience, the pain conveyed by the world tree will be more difficult.

Ascal said cautiously.

“…Arwin. If you marry a human, you should know that you can be tied to your partner for 60 years.”

But Arwin assumed it was the worst.

The opponent is a mercenary.

Maybe we can get out faster.

…Maybe I can carve myself out faster.

Whatever it was, the fact that I could get out of the world tree 30 years early was the most important thing.

“I know.”

Arwin replied.

“Your opponent might have a wife. Do you know about polygamy in the human race?”

Even that had nothing to do with Arwin. She wasn’t looking for someone to love.

“…Will the world tree die if I stay still?”

Then the elders utter words that will shake them.

“…”

It did not take long for the elders to choose.

Arwin asked Ascal after the decision was made.

“What’s the name of that race?”

Askal, who looked at Arwin with regretful and sorry eyes, replied.

“…Berg.”