Chapter 100.2: A Small Hand’s Prayer (2)
“Ross, you little punk. Can you really trust the Elves in that northern forest?”
McLoud realized that he was getting old now.
Unlike in the past when he ran around recklessly for profit, he now had too much to protect and too much to do.
That was why he was worried.
Even for Olivia, who was shining like a distant lamp.
“As per our agreement, Olivia will be able to accomplish enough to become king.”
“Can we even set foot in ‘Deep Forest,’ the heart of those filthy Elves?”
Nod.
Marquis Ross nodded without hesitation.
Marquis McLoud sighed deeply again and looked at the forest. The forest was so densely covered with trees that sunlight barely reached it.
Originally, there would have been appropriate gaps as the vegetation was naturally filtered out.
However, the Elves, who were crazy about greenery, used their magic power to grow all the vegetation in the forest, and it looked like a wall to McLoud’s eyes.
“Is it really possible before Princess Oleciren brings the ‘Headbreaker’?”
Originally, the Northern Expedition was a process of swallowing the forest little by little while preparing thoroughly for a long time and conserving as much power as possible.
However, it was different now.
As it was a showdown for the throne, who was faster mattered.
“It’s possible. By the time Princess Oleciren and Cain arrive, everything will already be over.”
Marquis McLoud’s eyes narrowed.
The situation fit too perfectly.
McLoud, who had been in politics for a long time, knew that when things went so well, it was the most dangerous moment.
However.
“I don’t know what promises you made with the Elves. I won’t ask.”
McLoud did not dig deep for his own sake.
Lest he end up being unable to forgive Marquis Heatherward Ross.
At least he needed to stay alive until his usefulness was at an end.
“However, I will trust you as I have seen you so far. Marquis Ross.”
Leaving only those words behind, McLoud turned around.
The path they were walking was already a path of no return, from the very beginning.
Changing the designated successor to the throne.
Getting rid of the existing king.
Becoming the new ruler of Airian.
As the beginning was not right, the time would come when they would have to gamble.
That was why Marquis McLoud and Princess Olivia had decided to bet on Marquis Ross and the Elven Queen.
“Believe.”
Marquis Ross muttered to himself as he watched McLoud’s back as he walked further and further away.
“You’ve really gotten old, Marquis McLoud.”
Rumble——
All preparations were complete.
McLoud and Ross.
The two masters of Marquis Belt, who blocked the Elves’ advance from central Airian, stood side by side, and in front of them, Olivia stood with her back straight.
Over three hundred people, including twenty wizards who had volunteered from the Mage Tower, looked up at her.
“We begin the 12th Northern Expedition, and the final expedition.”
“Yes, Your Highness!”
A chorus of loyal voices shook the earth and even caused the waters of the Elivagar River to ripple.
And so, the Northern Expeditionary Force led by Olivia headed towards the Elven Forest.
🔹🔹🔹
《They’re coming.》
Beneath the World Tree.
Glumiêm’s eyes flashed black as she lay leaning on the wide wooden platform.
It was a ‘miracle’ that Glumiêm had gained by becoming the witch of the ‘Unseen Forest,’ something that ordinary Elves could never possess.
《Shiny did a good job. He’ll really keep his promise to us.》
The queen’s black eyes scanned fate.
The seven Elders standing around her nodded simultaneously.
They simply followed Glumiêm, the Observer of Fate, whose words always came true.
Glumiêm, who had been lying down and looking at the forest from the middle of ‘Deep Forest,’ turned her eyes to the south.
《I still can’t see it.》
No matter how thoroughly she searched for fate, there was one human she could not see.
Faye MacGeraghty, the Elder who was closest to Glumiêm, spoke cautiously.
“Are you speaking of that human named Cain?”
《Yes. Is he really living outside of fate, or did he die in the meantime? I can’t find him at all.》
Faye mentioned a question that she had had ever since she had heard the news that Sigma had been defeated.
“Your Majesty, then can’t you see the fate of those around him?”
《I don’t know who they are.》
“According to the information sent by Marquis Ross, it is said that he always travels with Airian’s 1st Princess, Oleciren.”
Glumiêm, who naturally hated anything bothersome, did not know because she had not even opened it.
《If she’s from Airian’s royal family, I can do it.》
Glumiêm sat up and sat straight.
She flashed her black eyes as she recalled Airian’s bloodline, which she had seen dozens of times over hundreds of years.
The forest did not look back, but the abandoned queen of the forest looked into fate.
《One of them is coming this way.》
She tried to read the fate of another fate that was directly connected to Olivia’s fate in reverse.
Crackle——
The moment she looked further south, sparks burst around Glumiêm.
“Your Majesty!”
The Elders, including Faye, approached in surprise, and Glumiêm, who was slightly singed, waved her hand.
《It’s nothing. The Grand Magic Barrier of the royal palace is repelling my power. So there must be a king there, which means this is no good.》
As the queen who connected the consciousness of countless Elves as one, her vast spiritual world had found the last of Airian’s royalty.
《Huh……?》
Glumiêm blinked.
Soon, the witch’s black eyes disappeared, and the Elf’s original green eyes stared blankly at the same place.
“Your Majesty?”
《This is interesting.》
She spoke as if she was delighted to have obtained an unexpected toy.
“What did you see?”
《Very briefly.》
For a moment, Glumiêm saw Oleciren’s fate.
She also saw Cain, who was standing next to her.
They were sailing up the black river on a black ship. However, as soon as she tried to observe Oleciren’s fate, she was repelled.
Glumiêm knew better than anyone what this phenomenon meant.
《The 1st Princess is a witch.》
It was the moment when the ‘miracles’ of two witches collided and were nullified.
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