48-3. A social gathering under the moonlight.
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Phoenix is a spirit that is born from ashes and returns to flame.
Like when people fall in love, they become passionate and then fade away.
The life like that tobacco is weak, but it leaves a stronger trace than anyone else.
‘..That was the setting. Really.’
It is actually correct to judge that Nex is in danger if he takes Chartines as his wife.
Because elementalists are sensitive to emotions. Even if it only takes a status abnormality, the job that makes a fuss is that kind of class.
For this reason, creating a harem to prevent weaknesses in advance is not entirely wrong.
In fact, many players did.
The Nex of the original and the sequel had a broken personality, but it was as strong as a player’s rival.
But is Nex strong now? No matter how much the Phoenix has grown into an adult.
“Ha.. I knew this would happen. I wondered if it was finally recognized….”
The elemental magician’s unique weakness has yet to be fixed. What is the right thing to do?
‘I don’t have spearmanship, which was my specialty, so I have a weakness.’
I moved to the garden for a while. Next to me, Nex tousles her hair and crumples her face.
“….”
It would have been better if I had met the Pillar West guy.
Things might have been different if Nex had learned the spearmanship of the north beforehand.
Time passes by without finding a solution.
I looked up at the sky and saw a bright moon rising.
Someone’s eyes popped up. A little twinkle and pretty wolf eyes.
“Senior, about my father…. Do you know anything?”
I couldn’t get an answer no matter how much I turned my head, so I sighed and called out to the purple-haired man.
In the end, it is a problem that must be resolved by the person himself, not by me, a third party.
I don’t know if I know anything even if I say this.
“That, a man named Frey Aureus… isn’t it? My father.”
Nodded silently. Because that’s right. Instead of answering, I took action.
A purple-haired guy who appears when the player starts the DLC. A character whose name and appearance cannot be changed.
Asha, Nex’s mother, would have been hidden as much as possible. Because she was a servant to her husband.
“What kind of person was my father? Junior.”
“Okay. I know she loved Asha very much, but…. I’ve never even met him in person.”
I mentioned only what I saw in the review article.
A person who tried to restore the color of his owner’s hair to its original state.
He succeeded in awakening her phoenix by gradually letting Asha know her feelings.
“..Junior, then I’m not the family’s illegitimate child. Why did everyone hide this fact..?”
Nex’s voice trembles. A voice that sounds like you’re about to burst into tears.
There was a back story that he couldn’t know about.
Class system.
It was also the reason why I had negative thoughts about marrying Fine before. No matter how sparse the Middle Ages were.
‘For the duke to take an attendant as her husband….’
In fact, it is impossible unless it is a calculated action.
Although there were cases in which poor nobles married after seeing the money of the lower classes.
They said they did it because they liked each other. It must have been something that was not easily accepted by the public.
Love, that common miracle, may not come to anyone.
“Senior, the big reason why the Aureus family is called the living sun…. It was because of the Phoenix Spirit.”
I decided to start making lame excuses. I recited what I saw in the setting book.
“Right. A family that absolutely reigned in the land of fire.”
That was the Aureus family.
No matter how much Asha has ever become her ashy hair and locked herself in the corner of her room, the basis is different.
Aristocratic blue blood. The low class and other noble bloodlines are not to be taken lightly like third-rate romance novels.
Well, I don’t know if I have enough power to ignore it all. Or are you good at fights like a pillar westerner?
“..Nex senior. It’s a bit shocking, but can I do it?”
My mouth is dry.
Is it okay if I tell you the secret of my birth?
“What is it? Everyone knows that you are a warrior chosen by Akasha, the god of intellect.”
“Please cast a soundproofing spell. Seniors.”
“Okay, but is it that important?”
Just in case, I lowered the face of her helmet to hide the shape of her mouth.
“I have to tell you a story from the past.”
Because someone might overhear. I had to be careful after being followed by Magic Hat once.
“Senior’s father. Therefore…. Frey Aureus-sama, Asha-nim and I have been close friends since childhood.”
Soon after, I listed the secrets about Nex’s parents.
The truth he has no way to know at this point. This is a story that will be revealed after the DLC is released.
“Wait, does that… Make sense? Was it between a servant and a duke? Your last name is Aureus, isn’t it..?”
Nex is showing a dumbfounded expression with his usual poker face broken.
“To be exact, they were men and women of the same age. Like Nex-nim, a servant who assisted Asha-nim when the spirits did not appear.”
We also talked about Nex’s constitution.
“There is no spirit like me…. I honestly can’t believe it. Junior. Is that really right?”
Until he met Chartines, the spirit did not wake up and suffered.
It was actually a genetic problem. Because the blood of ten girls is thick. We often inherit both advantages and disadvantages.
“I have to tell you one more thing for you to believe.”
There is something I saw in the introduction PV of DLC.
“Nex senior’s grandparents passed away in an unfortunate accident.”
It was an accident on the way back to the mansion. It would have been nice if there was a little more misfortune.
“..That’s right. Junior.”
No survivors could be found in the wagon that had rolled over the slope.
Except for one person.
“Since then, little Asha’s hair has turned gray and she has been confined to the corner of her room.”
What the phoenix did, whose heart was broken and burned to black, was affected by emotions.
“That fixed it…. You must be our father.”
Nex looked rather relieved.
She
When she heard the secret of her birth, she was shocked and thought she was about to collapse. I’m glad.
He may have been worried that he might be the child he picked up from the house a long time ago.
“That’s right. What fate is It’s ironic.”
What would it have been like without me?
After Shalltines fell into the clutches of the Brave Cult, he must have had a distaste for his own family and spirits.
“You’re being sarcastic.. Junior. If the first saintess were alive, would she have sided with Chartines?”
“Maybe.”
There are also saints with wolf ears and tails in the world.
“.. She is a saint because she is pure, ephemeral, and has a kind heart.”
When Asha mentioned her details about her saintess, she almost couldn’t contain her emotions in anger.
Who spread the rumor that saints cannot marry?
“I like the answer. Junior.”
Me and Nex were similar. The kind who were rehabilitated after living a life like a madman.
The look on his face as he patted my shoulder showed compassion.
“Then why did my mother hide my father’s identity? Didn’t your status rise after all?”
Suddenly questioned, Nex brought up a story. No matter how much I thought about it, there were parts that I couldn’t understand.
“..No. I just knew that.”
I shook my head and answered the question.
Actually, an attendant who married a duke was not welcome in aristocratic society. This was the problem.
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Marriing a poor attendant would have been considered unacceptable in the world. I don’t know if it’s the station.
So Asha should have worked hard enough to sell a new identity for someone named Frey.
There was no choice but to leave a gap.
“..As the war broke out, the demon king was aiming for the spouse, the driving force of the spirits.”
“Demon War. Hopefully then….”
It must have been a convenient and simple way for the demon king. Spirits are creatures born from emotions.
“Yes, that is why Asha is called ‘The Living Sun’.”
You must have thought that if you removed the cause, you would end up incapacitated.
But the result was the exact opposite. Because there are always exceptions in this world.
“Like colliding the sun, the battle that melted all the monsters released by the Demon King….”
“This is the date Frey passed away.”
Upon hearing the news of the death of her beloved spouse, her spirit rather strengthened.
She created a huge sun out of a phoenix and swept away her battlefield. She also protected the entire northern part with her wings, so is it natural?
“..Then, everything went wrong from then on.”
No matter how hard she tried, she couldn’t avoid the result of destructive love. Because this game company was evil.
“Yes, Mistress Asha, thinking that she was all to blame, erased her information about her father from the world….”
So, Asha may have projected herself onto Nex.
I couldn’t do it, so you can’t either.
What if you made a harem and the spirits were stronger? Or at least if she had married an aristocrat, not a lower class like a servant.
The endless remorse must have eaten away at him.
After all, if a person has no one to blame, he is a being who curses himself.
“You mean you stored it separately in the study I mentioned earlier..? Somehow, Mother was only there….”
But that’s wrong. Everyone is different and can change.
“It is such a common, obvious, and tragic love story. I hate it.”
She said, biting down her molars. This is the reason why I gossiped about Asha in my first meeting with Nex.
A harem is a harem that freezes to death. She is self-indulgent
“..So, is there any good way?”
“Okay. No matter how much I try to persuade….”
I put my hand on her chin. If it was Fine, she wondered what she would do here.
“..Let’s face each other with sincerity. Seniors.”
If it was that ephemeral person, I’m sure he would have said something like this.
She answered with a small nod of her head. After all, people don’t know unless they tell you.
The same goes for parents. Everyone has shortcomings.
“Yes, if I speak with all my heart, my mother will surely….”
The moment we prepare to go back into the social hall.
─ Clink!
The sound of glass breaking was heard in the distance, ringing an alarm bell. I hope this….
“Char..?”
Nex started to run, kicking off the ground with anxious eyes.