(EP.481) The Happiest #4
taken from noblemt l
Gaiden – the happiest #4 in the world
What is a happy person?
Perhaps it is the challenge of mankind. Happiness is a very subjective and abstract realm.
If there were 50 people, it was clear that each of them had 50 discussions about happiness and their own conclusions.
Someone might be the best in the life of a gold spoon, who can take only good looking and good food for the rest of her life without any earned income.
It may be the best choice for the life of the owner of a building where a steady income comes in, or to face old age surrounded by a bustling family with a healthy body.
In the case of Na Tae-oh Gospel, I wanted to give the best of a life that I could live without any other worries.
The Angmar Company has a lot of imps and nymphs who live without any other worries, so maybe this is where Aira can get the tears she wants?
“So, you came here first today.”
“It happened!”
At my explanation, Marmar nodded as if she understood well.
“I’ve been so busy with a sales listing update this week! Molumolu dolls are now going into full-scale production. Reservations are very late… , too busy!”
Marmar was one of the busiest and most famous Imps in the Angmar Kingdom. I was so busy that I didn’t even know about Aira’s bizarre contest.
However, his expression was full of enthusiasm and full of vitality. People who do their best for the things they want to do are supposed to shine like this.
At that time, Aira, who was sipping tea next to me, stretched out her hand.
“Excuse me for a second.”
Then, I picked and pulled out Marmar’s bangs, and there was no moment for me and Marmar to react because it was very quick and agile.
pick.
“Hey ah… !”
Marmar screamed at her hair being pulled out. Soon after, the tears that trickled from her eyes were taken by Aira in a small beaker and she shook it round and round.
Woo woo-.
Then, a drop of Marmar’s tears began to radiate softly. It was a light about the size of a firefly, emitting light between the hands of a small child.
“Five.”
After a brief exclamation, Aira looked into the beaker and said:
“This beaker is a magic tool made of a special material. You can measure the happiness contained in a person’s tears. It is the principle that the happier people are, the brighter they are.”
It was an amazing tool. When was such a thing made? I knew you often went to and from the elves’ labs to make potions.
I asked.
“Marmar’s tears are shining. Does that mean Marmar is the happiest person?”
swish.
Ira shakes her head.
“I can say that this is the happiest person in the city. That’s great too, but it’s hard to compare it to a kingdom or the whole world. There must be something to worry about.”
At Aira’s words, I was amazed with the feeling of being truly-. Analyzing a drop of tears, you can even find out what Marmar is worried about.
I asked.
“Marmar, is that true? Do you have any concerns these days?”
Then Marmar, who was gently touching the side of the pulled out bangs, said:
“I have no worries. We have to pay bonuses to the imps, we have to pay dividends to shareholders, and there are so many things to consider. Angmar Company has over twenty imp unions!”
Marmar, who had advocated for revolution in the past, was completely in the eyes of the manager. It is only natural for a high-ranking person to have a lot of troubles that fit him.
The higher your gaze, the more you will see and hear.
“Again, Professor Balaan is doing nothing and just playing! If Professor Balaan did his job well, I think there would be less to consider. I want to focus on new product development rather than management.”
“okay. I’m going to give Professor Balaan a sledgehammer sooner or later.”
“It’s also comrade! That’s it!”
Then Ira said.
“Don’t let me attach Sir Belmot, who is playing, too. The former finance minister, Belmott, is strict, but has a clear understanding of management and financial affairs in his own way.”
This relieved some of the worries of Imp Marmar, the happiest but slightly unhappy Imp in the city. Still, Marmar’s tears could not be used as an ingredient for a potion.
Marmar said.
“Why don’t we go to Mormor? Mormor is the most simple of all Imps. They say that whatever you eat is delicious, and they say that whatever you do is fun! Such a life will be happy.”
* * *
Humans have a threshold.
What this means is that it is a minimum. For example, if I feel full when I eat a bowl of rice, the threshold for my satiety is a bowl of rice.
Here, this threshold is different for each person, so some people may feel full after eating two bowls of rice, while others may feel full after eating four bowls of rice.
So is happiness.
The higher the threshold of happiness, the more high-order and diverse things would be needed in life. For example, complex self-actualization needs, rise of fame, etc.
Also, if the threshold is low, you may feel happy with something very simple.
“Ah-! This mormor has found a stone that sparkles like glass! The only imp who found this beautiful stone is this mormor… !”
This was the case with Mormor, for example, who is delighted to have picked up stones from the company’s garden.
If Marmar was an independent imp with strong business greed and desire to rise.
Mormor was the least greedy of the Imps I knew, and he was a friend who took pleasure in small and trivial things.
Just as Mormor had hoped in the past, he made a lot of friends, and the people he wanted to meet are reuniting and living. Maybe Mormor is the talent we were looking for?
─Nymph Biggie, babbling around!
I asked Mormor a brief explanation.
“So, Mormor, can I take a drop of your tears?”
At my words, Mormor waved its star-shaped tail from side to side.
“I am very happy to be able to help Taeonoi! wait!”
Then he clenched his fists and trembled, shaking his head.
“There are no tears! Wait, thinking about something sad might bring you to tears!”
Mormor gripped his head as if trying to think of something sad.
The sad thing that Mormor went through, was it like a memory of breaking up with my father or of being horribly abused by the Demon King?
However, it was a time when I was about to stop because it seemed very harsh to forcibly recall the memories of that time for me.
“Ah-! Now that I think about it, it’s not so sad that I don’t cry… ! The past is the past!”
“I see.”
In the end, Aira reached out and plucked Mormor’s bangs, just as she had done to Marmar.
Mormor, who screamed “Hey!”, shed tears, and quickly put it in the beaker, and Aira turned the glass tube round and round, and the tears inside began to emit light.
taken from noblemt l
Gooo-.
“Five.”
This time it was much brighter than Marmar’s time. As for how bright it was, it was enough to hang it in a tent in the dark night and use it as a substitute for a lantern.
Seeing that, Ira said.
“A bright enough to say that I am the happiest person in the kingdom. However, it’s not as bright as I would like it to be. There must be something to worry about.”
Mormor answered Aira’s words.
“Actually, even this mormor has a lot of trouble… ! Soon, it’s Trish’s birthday, the nymph. I don’t know what kind of gift to give… !”
Is it like that?
It was my mother’s birthday soon. Well, my mother was a nymph born in the spring. Is the time already like that? No matter how busy I am, I have a bit of a pity in my conscience that I forgot my mother’s birthday.
ㅡHyo… !
All right, Bael. stop biting
Anyway, Mormor was thinking about a gift for Trish’s birthday. He said that he was picking up pretty stones in the company’s garden to use as a gift.
“Trish likes pretty, shiny stones… !”
Ira said to him.
“I have something good. Mormor, I will give you this.”
Aira pulled something out of her arms and held it to Mormor. It was a rare gem that few have even in the kingdom, ‘Brilliant Diamond’ and ‘Shining Pearl’.
“Queen, can I give you something so rare?”
“As everyone knows, I am the most beautiful flower. When you’re by my side, any jewel loses its shine. In that case, it would be better to go to someone more useful.”
Shh.
“Wow-!”
Mormor received the jewel from Aira and liked it very much. However, the tears of Mormor, whose troubles were resolved, were also not used as materials.
* * *
It’s time for lunch.
Me and Ira ate at a nearby park. When I opened the lunch box Mirna had packed, I saw a sandwich with fresh tomatoes and cheese, and I ate it deliciously.
“… … .”
But Ira didn’t seem to have much of an appetite. They omit tomatoes from their sandwiches, or eat only oranges and strawberries.
When I pointed it out, Ira said, “Somehow, you don’t have much of an appetite.” It’s the first time I’ve seen Aira who has no appetite, even for me, who has been close to her for a long time.
I said to cheer up Aira.
“If you are the wise men of Ark, you may know the happiest person in the world. After we finish lunch, let’s go to the portal.”
“I will.”
So, having roughly finished our meal, we headed to the Ark through a nearby portal. The arc, where the spring semester had just started, was buzzing with people and overflowing with liveliness.
-Is that person Queen Aira? Right?
-Then next to him would be Tae-oh Gospel. It’s the first time I’ve actually seen it.
– It’s amazing. It must have been true that you were Ark’s cadet. Are you planning to attend this semester?
We headed to the place where the wise men were, seeing people’s gazes at a glance. These are the elderly people who are said to show great wisdom when they gather together, so they will be able to answer our questions well.
smart.
I knocked on the door of the meeting room of the wise men, whom I had often visited during the semester. Soon, the door opened, and a round table and several chairs were seated with colorfully-colored old men in cone-shaped hats.
Hynax with a white beard said.
“The stars of yesterday told you that you will come today. Come and sit down.”
We were seated in front of a refreshment plate that seemed to have been set for us. However, I was a little puzzled that there was one chair left even after me and Aira sat down and asked.
“Is there anyone else besides us?”
“Well. According to Sir Pelto, there are three guests to come today.”
“chaos! Destruction!”
“Well, Sir Pelto’s words are often misguided. So, why do the busiest people in the world find old people like us?”
I told the spirits of this and that.
Then the spirits who heard my explanation seemed to be whispering to each other, and then gave me a light answer.
“You are the happiest person in the world. We don’t even know who it is. However, someone who knows who they are can introduce you to them. Let’s go to Gracia.”
The old wizard Hyenax wrote something down and presented it to me. What was written there was the address. It’s an acre alley. where was it
“Goodbye then.”
Ira and I left our seats and headed for downtown Gracia.
However, the acre alley that the inspirations introduced was not a prosperous downtown, but a space like the outskirts of a back alley.
An alley where children with bare faces wander around because they haven’t eaten well. It was enough to be called a so-called ‘slum’. Does anyone really know what we want in a place like this?
I don’t think the spirits came here for no reason.
After wandering around alleys for a while, I stopped in front of a building with a damp, muddy floor because the road was not paved.
When I saw a place full of sick people, it was probably a clinic or a pharmacy. It seems like a house that does that.
“Wait. I’ll let you go first.”
“for a moment.”
It was time for me to get through the crowd and move forward. Aira grabbed my arm.
“There are a lot of people who seem more urgent than us. It would be better to line up in order in a place like this.”
Aira’s eyes watched the bandaged patients. To be sure, there were a lot of people out there who seemed more urgent than us.
I stood at the back of the line with Aira.
At the same time, I felt a little emotion that Aira had reached the point of showing such altruism.
little girl.
-The next person-.
little girl.
One, two, fewer people standing in front of us.
It was late in the evening when it was our turn. As we entered the door, someone was busy sweeping the floor to see if someone was trying to close the door to the clinic.
“You are no ordinary guests. I don’t think it came from any pain.”
I said to her with a white towel on her head.
“Saint Fri, I never thought I would meet you in a place like this.”
“I am no longer a saint, but a healer of an old and shabby clinic. The salary is too high, and I can’t sleep every night. So, why did you come to me?”