We Live in Dragon’s Peak

It was a strange sight.

Istericia, who had avoided us until earlier, is now crying in Louiseine's chest as if she were a little child.

"It was hard, wasn't it? You missed me, didn't you? It was sad, wasn't it? But don't worry about it anymore. The goddess will not abandon you."

Luiseine gently strokes and embraces Istericia, who weeps with a large grain of tears.

Oh, well. And I finally realized.

Istericia was a lonely child who didn't know how to deal well with people.

I can't see Isterisia's age on the outside because she is an ear elder. But even if you look like an adult woman, your mind is stuck growing as a child.

From the tribe they are treated as sacrifices, and from the rulers of the devil they are used as instruments of enjoyment. Istericia didn't know how to interact with people when she didn't have someone around to put her mind through.

So I didn't know how to reconcile with us who were hostile, and I didn't have a way to apologize.

However, we did not hesitate to involve Isterisia and seek information for convenience.

Then you won't even open your mouth instead of your heart.

If I stuck it in a little kid, they'd scare me or reject me.

But even Istericia really wanted to apologize, and she wanted to reflect, didn't she?

'Cause she's ear-length.

He has been forced to sacrifice the Spirit while being an ear elder.

I'm sure there may have been a lingering sense of pride and pride in Isterisia's heart.

Luiseine, a witch, may have had a sensitive understanding of such Isterisian moods. And I knew how to solve a heart like an Isterisian child.

I see, and look back again at Luiseine's behavior over the last few days.

First day.

We came to see Isterisia in prison.

Isterisia must have seen us and wondered if the interrogation would begin or be forced to do something.

Anyway, until a while ago, we were in a hostile relationship.

Even if it wasn't, at least Isterisia figured out what kind of interference we'd make with her.

Yet Luiseine's attitude was not bare.

Ask a question, and if you don't get a good answer, that's it. If they say "goodbye" and go home light, they'll eat the shoulder watermark, right?

But this was Luiseine's operation, wasn't it?

Whether it's a good thing or a bad thing, make them have some expectation. But I'll try to betray that lightly.

And then, what do you think?

I wonder if the other person's mind would be disturbed by the unexpected reaction?

What the hell was that?

What's the intent?

What are you up to?

Isterisia should have been left in the back of a dense forest to be suspected of being a ghost all night.

Yet, we visited normally the next day.

You walked away the day before saying "goodbye" as if you weren't coming to see me anymore.

Istericia would have been more and more confused.

Besides, it was different from the previous day's questioning, and we came to visit because we went to the prison of tree branches and made a lively noise.

This was Luiseine's operation, too.

On the first day and the next day, I make a strong impression of us. Then, even if I don't like it, Isterisian thought fills up about us.

We enjoyed going to jail every day for a few days.

How did Isterisia see us like that?

Toddler girls running around looking fun. Wives bickering busily from morning to evening. And delicious looking rice and snacks. Plus, a wide variety of drinks, from fruit squeezed to alcohol.

It may have been too irritating for Istericia, who hasn't eaten and fed properly since she was captured in prison.

Not to mention the young spiritual envy of our liveliness.

There, how exciting were the words that occasionally hang from Louiseine?

Anyway, it wasn't a question like the first day, it was a gentle care to serve food and drinks.

But Istericia, who doesn't know how to deal with people, couldn't react honestly, and could only react like an evil ghost.

Hmm, at this point, Istericia was already inside Luiseine's surgery.

For a few days, we made a scene to make it look like Isterisia.

But I suddenly stopped visiting.

Istericia must have disturbed her more.

What is our purpose? [M]

Why don't you blame yourself?

Maybe I hated myself for refusing to be kind, and I stopped coming.

In the days we didn't visit the prison, Isterisia must have kept facing her own heart.

And a few days later.

We came to see each other again.

Besides, as usual, as if nothing had happened.

Come on, it's time to see the change of heart in Isterisia here.

What the hell happened to Isterisia in the days we didn't come?

Then, what do you think?

It's the same as always.

There were more signs of eavesdropping on us and sneaking our ears.

A little, but I can also see a way to respond honestly to this one.

But not yet.

After all, Istericia, who could not be taught by anyone how to correctly relate to people, honestly didn't even know how to express her mind.

From here on out, he showed his true power as a witch.

As if, Luiseine told a fairy tale to make her little one listen.

Priscia loves Louiseine's spinning fairytale, doesn't she?

The gentle tone of Louiseine gives peace to the children. Plus, he's a good speaker.

Then Istericia, who looked adult but had a child's heart, became obsessed with funny fairy tales and listened.

Finally, I was struck by the adult story told by Master Madrine as well.

Seeing Istericia in tears of sorrow between the Virgin and the Divine Son, Luiseine was convinced.

I can't confirm it from the surface, but Istericia's interested in us. It's diluting my hostility and opening my mind.

"When you want to cry, you can cry. No one else is going to force Mr. Isterisia to do anything bad anymore."

Luiseine gently strokes Isterisia's head and back.

The wondrous and crying Isterisia looked really childish.

Istericia caught you, and Priscia was crying.

"Sorry. Sorry......"

Istericia was crying and apologizing to the spirits.

But the spirits, who have so far been sacrificed many of their companions, remain rejecting Isterisia.

Well, that's right.

The deep groove that has been made between Isterisia and the Spirit is not as simple as being able to make up for it right away because you apologized.

But I think.

As Yun Yun and Lin Lin are, if the opportunity for redemption is given, one day there may come a time when we can reconcile, right?

Anyway, the Ear Elders are long lived.

So I want Isterisia to face the sins she has committed from now on and sincerely commit the destruction.

And that was something I could also say to the ear elders sunk in a poisonous lake.

"Dear Jabalayan, may I ask for Isterisia"

"Yes, I'll take care of it"

We took Isterisia, who cried as much as we could, out of the prison of a tree branch.

And turn it over to Grandma Yuri and Lady Jabalayan, who were lenient in the Dragon King's Forest.

"But I can't believe you're into witches?

"Ernea, even the Ear Elders can be witches, so no problem, right? However, if you refine and be baptized in the future, you will not be allowed to use spiritual art. Are you sure?"

Istericia nods deeply to Luiseine's question.

"Straw, I know. Ernea wasn't using the Spirit, but she was manipulating the Spirit."

"No, no, because I'm not manipulating, am I? I just got your help, didn't I?

Rather, I feel more manipulated!

"But I think there's the bottom line there. Because even if spirituality is no longer available, it doesn't matter if it's patterned enough for the Spirit to do every favor. As a favor, I don't think I've ever used spirituality."

I see, and everyone nods at Isterisia's thoughts.

"Well, let's train well, shall we? Apologies to the Spirit as well as being a witch apprentice are part of the training."

"Yes."

Pinched by two gentle grandmothers, Istericia had unprecedented clear eyes.

Kids love their grandmothers.

Well, the look of Istericia is already an adult.

Whatever it is, from now on, Isterisia will be honest with Grandma Yuri and Master Jabalayan.

And Istericia, being only a little honest, gave me the information we wanted before she asked me the question.

Yes, it's about the base of the Baltic Noirs.

"... the ruins of the outer palace."

"But that's where we all get together once in a while. I didn't know there would always be..."

"Yeah, that's still good. Thanks for the clue, Istericia."

"Wow. Wow, you can't smile back at me like that."

Yeah, well, there was only one misunderstanding about Isterisia.

Istericia, who is always absent, but this was not on purpose!

I love insomnia, Mr. Istericia. The witch's morning is early, isn't it?

And when the treatment of Isterisia and where we should go next, the ear elders who were sunk in the lake of poison were also unsealed and returned to land.

"Listen to me. Whoever wants to stay here, stay. But you have a promise to make."

Mr. Carley says before the ear elders who look snugly exhausted.

"You shall in future forbid the use of the Spirit by force with spiritual power. If you want to use spiritual art, use it with friendship. And until this one admits it, we can't let you into the Dragon King's Forest. It may be an important place for your ancestors, but it is now an important place for the spirits who live today."

The ear elders were silently listening to Mr. Carly, a powerful man who would not say whether or not he was there.

"If you can't keep your promises to us, or make a commotion, you will be relentlessly removed from this land. Anyone who fails to obey in the first place will soon."

Mr. Carly's one-sided demands were not met with dissatisfaction by the elders.

Did you reflect all over the bottom of Poison Lake?

Or because you know how difficult it is to live on your own power alone in the lands controlled by the Demons.

I guess it would have been a bit better to have lived with my companions in the Forbidden Ensign than to be treated like a pompous rag and die mutilated as a slave of the Demon Nation.

There is a danger of a ban, but at least there is no irrational violence, and as long as we can be self-sufficient, we will not be living in distress.

Did the Ear Elders understand that, too, and I accept Mr Carley's suggestion.

"Okay, more residents live in the embargo, and we need to crush the Bartonoir plot quickly and get our normal lives back!

"So, are we leaving soon?

"Master Mist, please wait. I need a favor from you before you turn to the offensive."

Well, we note what Lyla's favor is.

Then Lyla said with her eyes shining.

"It's a pleasure to recruit Master Levalia!

"I see!"