Chapter 251 – If Brotherly Affection is Needed

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Translated by Heavenly Cat

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Peace.

Rumors have been rampant since Arcana was a game. Even though its existence was unclear, there were even those who chose the Adventurer class solely with the objective to find Peace.

The reason was simple of course.

Peace.

Starting from the name itself, doesn’t it seem like a colossal reward would follow?

However, after the Cataclysm.

After the AAU shared Arcana’s information with players.

Peace became a nonsensical joke.

– Why bother looking for it when rewards aren’t even implemented lol

– Fr, it wasn’t made to be found in the first place

– You’d just lose interest even if you find it lol

Before the Cataclysm.

Peace wasn’t content that was scheduled to appear at the time.

Simply put, it meant it was unimplemented content to be used only later.

Because of that, even the AAU side didn’t know about its existence or its rewards.

‘That’s natural.’

I was someone who went through dog-like suffering ahead of other players…

No, I was someone who skipped the intermediate process and only experienced major events.

Yet even for me, discovering Peace was my first time.

[Peace, Snowy Mountain of the Ice Dragon]

[Peace, Dragon’s Temple]

Actually, just looking at the names attached behind it brings natural comprehension.

Peace, in one word, it truly lived up to its name.

Firstly, isn’t the difficulty of entering it beyond imagination?

‘To take the Snowy Mountain of the Ice Dragon for instance.’

It came with a condition that one must encounter the Ice Dragon, Froznax, within a dimensional rift. Well, the Dragon’s Temple must be even worse than that. Because without being a dragon, you can’t even approach that place.

‘I hate to admit it but…’

…It was an exception for me because I am the Dark Dragon.

Anyway, Peace means it’s that grandiose of a location. Yet to think the modifier Peace got attached to the Yusra Kingdom’s garden that grows elixirs at best…!

There was only one possibility I could think of.

During the fortnight I was absent.

Something must have happened to the garden.

Elsidor.

Trigger ‘Hierarchy of Blessings’.

“!”

Thanks to that, I could tell just by looking at the expression of Elsidor, who took a step back.

It’s obvious at a glance that he has something to hide, this.

If it were up to my feelings, I would have wanted to grab Elsidor and question him refreshingly.

Besides, I have the Hierarchy of Blessings anyway.

Because even if he wanted to hide something from me, he wouldn’t be able to.

However, who is Granfel?

An owner of an overly noble pride.

Due to unforeseen circumstances.

Failing to visit the flower garden for a fortnight was also.

Because he was an owner of an annoying personality who considered it a weight he must bear himself.

‘There’s no way I could interrogate Elsidor.’

So I had no choice but to judge it with my own eyes.

First off, what Elsidor was hiding by standing in front of it was an elixir flower.

But, wait a minute…

Somehow its appearance is unusual?

The petals bloomed excessively wide and abundantly.

Moreover, the conspicuously large fruit above all else.

I spoke calmly.

“Is it because it passed the harvest period.”

I really said it without much thought, but.

“Gasp…”

The sound of Elsidor flinching is heard.

What’s with the overreaction?

Someone might think I’m treating him like a real slave.

When it comes down to it, missing the harvest period is also my fault for failing to visit the flower garden.

Even though Granfel under the heavens would never blame others.

I wanted to generously tell him not to worry, but I couldn’t.

“It has truly grown bizarrely (기이하게).”

That’s right.

Because the fruit visible before my eyes was truly ‘bizarre’.

To the point where I couldn’t recognize its nature.

The Demon King’s spoil, [Pentagram of Pure Knowledge].

Thanks to its effect, I possess information regarding all plants and minerals existing in Arcana. However, even within that knowledge, there was no information regarding this fruit.

What those words meant was simple.

That fruit isn’t just ‘bizarre’ in appearance.

It is literally an [『Anomaly』].

Thinking like that…?

I can understand why the grandiose modifier ‘Peace’ was attached to the elixir garden. If it’s a garden where an Anomaly has grown, it deserves to gain the qualification to be called Peace.

‘So the important thing is.’

How.

Did an anomalous fruit grow in the garden.

I asked Elsidor while examining the fruit.

“Was there anyone aside from you who visited the flower garden?”

“…None.”

“Are you certain?”

“That is so. I have not left my position even for a single moment.”

Actually, was it a question not even worth asking?

Elsidor’s temper, you see.

It was widely known to the world since his first appearance.

He’s only keeping his mouth shut right now because of the Hierarchy of Blessings.

Despising everything excluding himself, not to mention humans.

I don’t even expect that temper of his to have been fixed.

‘With such Elsidor glaring with eyes wide open.’

Who would have dared to drop by the garden?

Then, as expected, there’s only one possibility.

Elsidor, just as he said himself.

Thanks to tending to the elixirs without vacating his position even for a single moment.

The elixir grew [『Anomalously』].

Anomaly.

When two completely different concepts merge together.

Adding to the properties of the elixir.

I don’t know what kind of influence Elsidor exerted to turn it into an Anomaly but.

One thing was certain.

First, its effect couldn’t be known just by looking at it.

In order to know its effect…

‘I’d have to try eating it.’

Of course, I don’t intend to swallow the fruit in reality like a crazy person.

Even when I consumed an elixir whose effects I knew.

I fainted from the rebound, dropping the teacup…!

‘In the Arcana Continent, that is.’

Well, it might hurt but.

Because dying there doesn’t mean you actually die.

Anyway, good job, Elsidor.

Thanks to you, I’ve obtained an extraordinary fruit although I don’t know what it is.

I opened my mouth.

“Your pride has borne fruit.”

Pride bearing fruit, what an expression…

The Granfel-style of speech that’s hard to understand even for me spitting it out.

However, the meaning seemingly managed to get across somehow.

“Is that so. Haha…”

Because Elsidor’s face suddenly beamed.

Did Elsidor become sincere about growing elixirs at some point?

Was being a farmer a job fitting for an elf’s aptitude?

It was the moment I was thinking that.

Ah, I almost forgot.

‘Come to think of it, there was something I needed to ask.’

─Enter the land of elves, Sisley. (In Progress)

The Class Quest after a long time.

The World Tree and the Fruit of Good and Evil.

And what exactly happened between them and the demon.

To chase that clue, entering Sisley was…

“!”

No, wait a minute.

In an instant, like being electrocuted.

I got a jolt.

The Fruit of Good and Evil.

The fruit visible before my eyes.

The elves’ hometown, Sisley.

The Flower Garden of Dignity where the elf, Elsidor, permanently resides.

The Fruit of Good and Evil where completely different good and evil coexist.

The fruit harboring two completely different properties, an anomaly.

…Wasn’t this a commonality I shouldn’t take lightly?

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The Golden Palace.

However, it was not the annex where he stayed.

At this moment, Elsidor felt extreme anxiety.

‘What is this?’

It was bound to be so.

-“Your pride has borne fruit.”

Leaving the process aside, he definitely heard such words at the end.

So he was relieved.

Although he hadn’t yet expected to get Mother’s blessing back.

At least he avoided the reprimand for neglecting the flower garden’s management.

But what was this sudden bolt from the blue?

“Follow me.”

Clack

Before he knew it, he found himself trailing after Ho-yeol.

Elsidor retraced his own actions.

No matter how much he thought about it, actions that offended him…

‘…Could it be?’

As expected, was he found out?

Starting from attempting to pull it out from the roots?

When looking closely like that, there were overflowing guilty corners.

Even trying to block the flowers and fruit with his body before being reprimanded and stepping back… That was why Elsidor couldn’t help but awkwardly enter Ho-yeol’s office.

Bang

‘Ugh.’

The moment the door closed.

A terrible memory resurfaced afresh.

The time he docilely answered without being able to say anything to Ho-yeol because of the Hierarchy of Blessings. Perhaps because he had experience. Elsidor didn’t use useless petty tricks.

‘Rebelling is useless.’

If he could rebel against the Hierarchy of Blessings in the first place.

He wouldn’t be suffering this indignity.

So he voluntarily opened his mouth first.

“I will obediently answer what you ask.”

Then a calm answer returned.

“The conversation will be quick, then.”

Elsidor bit his lip closely.

‘Must I truly say everything…!’

The fortnight Ho-yeol vacated his seat.

Elsidor reflected upon his mistakes.

As expected, what bothered him the most was the monologuing he constantly muttered.

-“Behold. Isn’t the water I give it better.”

-“Haha, at this point one wouldn’t know who the owner of the flower garden is.”

-“This is dignity, and the Flower Garden of Dignity.”

…All of that?

In an instant, Elsidor fell into agony.

Ho-yeol continued speaking to such Elsidor.

It was a question he hadn’t expected at all.

“Elsidor.”

“…I am listening.”

“How had you been in Sisley.”

…Sisley?

He couldn’t even imagine.

That he’d suddenly ask about the past.

Wasn’t he trying to interrogate me?

It was the moment Elsidor doubted until the end.

A merciful recommendation followed.

“It would be better to sit down and converse.”

“…!”

“Since the story might become long.”

Truly.

Is he curious about.

How I had been?

“…”

A question he heard for the first time since birth.

Furthermore, it wasn’t the question he was worried about.

So Elsidor could casually answer.

Because there truly wasn’t anything peculiar about his daily routine in Sisley.

“My kin and I enjoyed eternity in Sisley communing with nature. If I had to compare… it was a life similar to now. Of course, in Sisley, things grew on their own even without us putting in effort. So cumbersome labor like now wasn’t necessary though.”

“Does that include the World Tree as well?”

“Naturally.”

Beyond naturally.

Since protecting the World Tree was their mission.

Mother was naturally included as a target of communion.

“…May I drink it?”

“Of course.”

“…Thank you.”

Elsidor held the teacup Ho-yeol offered and tilted it.

‘Green water?’

The bitter taste didn’t matter.

Because a warmth was sufficient to talk about past stories.

Elsidor lacked nothing.

The moment he continued talking about the life in Sisley.

A question followed once again.

“Then the World Tree must have been able to bear fruit as well.”

“She would have.”

“If there had been your care, that is.”

As expected, he is an owner of a non-human aesthetic sense.

He recognizes our greatness at once.

Before he knew it, Elsidor’s nose went up (became haughty).

“Although they say scattering the seeds is the role of the lizards. If we do not care for Mother, she cannot even bear fruit containing the seeds. Hence, the responsibility for the current situation lies not with us but with the lizards.”

The side that first offended the mood was the dragons, the lizards.

Therefore, he and his kin also simply neglected their duties.

Mother dying failing to bear proper fruits.

And the dragons scattering the seeds without knowing that fact.

It was not their fault.

It was during his thoughts.

Click

The sound of placing the teacup down was heard.

“As expected, was that how it was.”

Like always, a voice filled with certainty continued.

Like before.

Once again, unexpected words followed.

“Everything was from a lack of pride as brethren.”

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First off, one thing is certain.

Granfel, you are indeed an addict of green tea.

It must be because the caffeine of the green tea entered.

‘It feels like there’s no blockage in my brain’s rotation.’

Perhaps that’s why.

The moment I heard Elsidor’s words, the tangled clue unraveled.

It means I realized where the misunderstanding began.

‘Dragons and elves each had a mission.’

If dragons had the mission to scatter seeds.

Elves had the mission to make the fruit harboring the seeds bear fruit.

Yet Elsidor definitely said it.

That he and his kin did not fulfill their duties.

Then the fruit of the World Tree.

Meaning the Fruit of Good and Evil didn’t properly grow from the start.

It was the same for the dragons.

The dragons’ duty was simply to scatter the seeds.

It wasn’t to offer their own lives to sprout the seeds.

Meaning they were toyed with by ‘someone’ from the beginning.

“Everything was from a lack of pride as brethren.”

Brethren’s pride.

Translating the Granfel language, it must mean brotherhood.

Exactly like the words implied, if they hadn’t lacked brotherly affection.

If they conversed with each other.

If they resolved the misunderstanding.

If they found the culprit of the incident.

The current situation wouldn’t have occurred.

‘This is why a family must be harmonious.’

Still, it can’t be helped to regret it.

Because the word ‘regret’ does not exist in Granfel’s dictionary.

I’ll just move forward with the time to be spent regretting.

“However, that is also a matter of simply setting it right.”

“…?”

In that sense.

It means my tasks to do in Sisley increased by one.

Carrying out the Class Quest is a given.

“Through guidance and education.”

“?!”

Dragons and elves.

Even up to the restoration of sibling brotherhood.

Why is this damn family…

About to make the youngest beat the drum and play the janggu all by himself!

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Tap tap.

Fingers dancing on the keyboard.

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