episode_0076

After some time had passed, Aila crossed over to this side, avoiding the swamps.

The uniform is the same as the last time, a patrolman’s uniform.

He is wearing a cape with a light hat on his shoulders, and the inside of the cape is wearing something similar to a very light tank top and shorts, giving off a summer feel.

Attached to his waist are the bow and arrows he shot earlier, and the scabbard of a sword that looks good at first glance.

‘That kind of sword was called a white sword.’

Eila used such a good sword like a cane, clearing away obstacles, and came over and took off her hood.

“Hey, nice to meet you Lee Rim! How long has it been?”

‘The tension is really high.’

Since I had decided never to enter the elf forest, I never thought about meeting again next time, so I wasn’t that happy about it.

Still, it’s person to person, so there’s no need to show it on your face.

As the other person greets me brightly, I also receive her greeting with a bright expression.

“Sure. It doesn’t seem that old, though.”

At the same time, I clearly remember the promise I made to her.

Aela is an elf who promised to save my life the next time I see her in exchange for taking my hair.

‘My hair isn’t very long, so are you really here to cut it?’

But my hair is short, no different from when I met Aila before.

“What brings you here? I have some business to do here in the swamp, and I’m here to perform patrol duty!”

Fortunately, it seems that it was a coincidence that Aila and I met, and Aila took the initiative to reveal her business.

So, I tell the same story and ask for help to somehow get Peria out of the hole.

“My colleagues and I came in to collect some necessary materials. Well… more than that, I’d like to find a colleague first, so can you help me? I was just dragged down here.”

“Huh? Don’t you think it would be better to give up on that? Looking at the vines sticking out earlier, it looks like the thing underneath these slimes is a plant called Aplesia, which I came looking for on my patrol mission. Once the plant drags its prey in, it should be considered finished.”

“Like that.”

Of course, it failed cleanly.

“Even the strongest elf says this, so I can’t help it. Goodbye, Feria.”

In the end, I gave up on rescuing Peria and, shouting adios in my mind, I searched through my backpack and moved the spare clothes upstairs in advance for Peria to be revived.

Ayla saw that and asked me as if something was strange.

“You’re not very sad, are you? I heard that humans have a very strong sense of camaraderie.”

“It’s okay. When you give up, you have to give up cleanly. But is this plant truly digestible?”

‘I feel sorry for Peria if it takes too long.’

Seeing that he hasn’t been revived yet, I’m worried that he may be in a painful state for too long.

“No? Aplesia is a chewable type of herbaceous plant. However, before I chew it, I roll it around in my mouth for a while to determine if I can eat it properly, and then chew it.”

“Then I’m glad.”

“You’re cruel. Is that fortunate? It’s dead… Anyway, I wonder why there are so many things with teeth in plants. Anyway, when the ley line rots, these things come out and bother me.”

As soon as those words were finished, Peria came to life with white flames in front of me.

“Woah, Peria. Welcome back.”

“…It hurts… I got chewed. I chewed it carefully… I rolled it left and right with my tongue, savoring it and chewing it… Ugh.”

“That’s the worst. I’m sorry.”

“Oh, it’s okay… No, to be honest, it’s not okay, but it’s better than having my brother dragged in and losing the lantern and all my belongings… Ugh!”

Peria seems to have died after rolling around inside the plant as Eila said.

I pulled myself together naked and started rubbing my body with my arms, but I guess the feeling of touch was worse than I thought.

First of all, he was still nauseous, but I felt sorry to see him, so I gave him a pat on the back.

And Aila was shocked to see a naked person appear from the resurrection.

“Uh… Lee Rim? What is this? What happened?”

“Well, it’s long, but as long as I’m alive, I’ll be resurrected. In front of me.”

‘I saw it all anyway, so there’s no reason to hide it.’

“Is this person also mentally ill? This is my first time seeing a resurrection like this.”

“No, it’s a little different. I’m bound by servitude or something.”

“I see…um…”

Even though I gave a rough explanation, Eila seemed to understand the same thing and started looking up and down Peria.

Peria has just been resurrected and is naked, so she is taking out new clothes from her bag and is staring intently at her back.

Startle!

“What, what is it? Why are you looking at me? Is this your first time seeing someone naked?”

Peria must have felt the creepy gaze, so she quickly put her clothes back on and looked back.

‘But why are you looking at me so intently? Could it be that one?’

And when I saw Aila like that, I wondered if she was a person with slightly different tastes than others, but fortunately, she wasn’t.

“Hair!”

“Huh?”

“It’s a pretty black thread!”

Eila was looking at Peria’s hair.

‘Now that I think about it, Feria’s hair turned black like mine, probably due to the curse.’

Peria’s original hair color was blue, but even after death and resurrection, it never went back after turning black that day.

I don’t know if the attack Nayal used was a curse, or if it’s the essence of soul bondage itself, but Peria’s hair color remains the same color as my hair.

However, whenever it is revived, the tip retains its original color of blue.

Ayla, who had been looking at Peria, or more precisely at her hair, as if she were lusting after her, suddenly looked back at me and got angry as if she had remembered something.

“Oh indeed! I still thought I should say something to Lee Rim when I meet him!”

“Suddenly?”

“Not suddenly! Why do we die so often? I hung a contract around Lee Rim’s neck. But that means that every time Lee Rim dies, it hurts me too!”

“No, is there a magic that makes such a contract?”

‘Was the magic you used back then a type of magic like that? ‘Why on earth is there magic?’

No matter how much I think about it, it’s a contract that doesn’t seem to have much benefit.

Still, thanks to Aila’s next words, I was able to understand why such magic exists.

“Yes. It’s a magic called ‘Couple’s Vow’, and instead of being able to feel the other person wherever they are, you share the pain when the other person dies.”

‘what? ‘The couple’s?’

However, I couldn’t help but be embarrassed because it was a name.

“No, why would you cast such a spell? We’re not even married.”

At that time, we had eyes for each other, so we were busy signing a contract, but I had no idea that such a spell had been cast.

“But I’m not a magic major, so I only know the leftover magic like the old custom. At that time, I had to hurry and sign a contract because I had eyes on my sisters.”

“No, that’s true, but the name is…”

“It’s okay, it’s okay! You don’t have to worry because the magic has to be cast on each other for it to be truly meaningful as a marriage. Well, just when I was eating, Irim died and I felt pain, so my sisters caught me and scolded me. Honestly, it’s a very old-fashioned magic. There’s really no way I could have gotten married without my sisters knowing, but they scolded me? Who uses something like that these days!”

‘Well then, that’s a good thing. It’s uncomfortable, though.’

Fortunately, it was a meaningless action unless a spell was cast between the two parties, so it seems that Aila also cast a spell on me like the detector I am holding right now.

However, in that case, I wonder how I endured the number of injuries and deaths I have suffered so far.

“It wasn’t intentional, but I’m sorry. I mean, I didn’t die once or twice, but did all of that really convey the pain?”

“It’s okay. It was my first time feeling such pain, and I thought it might come suddenly at any time, so it started to feel more and more thrilling. In fact, I don’t think I could live any longer without a body like this. It’s always new, it’s so exciting!”

‘I unintentionally turned someone into a pervert.’

Still, it’s definitely not my responsibility. Because it was arbitrarily corrupted.

Ayla hugged her body like that for a moment, then trembled as if she was remembering the pain, and then returned to the main topic.

“But actually, there is a separate problem, right? If Lee Rim dies so often, there won’t be time for his hair to grow. If you die that often, I don’t know when the contract will be kept. So, I was planning to say something whenever I met him. Stop dying.”

Well, that’s true.

I don’t know if I, like Peria, have long hair so even if I die, I will die with long hair. My hair isn’t very long, but growing it long enough to make clothes would actually be close to impossible.

At least several decades must pass.

But as of now, it is difficult for me to last that long without dying.

Eila also understood that to some extent.

“The opponents I was fighting were all so strong that I had no choice but to die.”

“Well, humans are really weak. I tried to wait for Lee Rim for about 70 years because he doesn’t die, but I can’t.”

It seems like the elves’ concept of time is really amazing. I can’t believe they had waited such a long time before signing the contract.

This level of persistence is tenacity. Does it honestly make sense to make clothes out of hair?

Eila finished speaking and spoke to Peria.

“So, what is your name?”

“Huh? Why me?”

“Do you need anything? Is it something you want? how is it? If it’s the kind I can get, I’ll get it for you. I’d like to get some hair instead.”

‘You changed your goal.’

If Eila gives up on me and goes to Peria, that’s a good thing for me.

“Irim’s hair is pretty black, but it has blue at the end, so it looks like a really beautiful skein of thread. I think it will come out really pretty if you put the two together. How about signing a contract with me?”

‘No. That still includes me.’

Unfortunately, that wasn’t the case.

It seems that Aila had no intention of letting me go and just approached Peria with the intention of getting insurance.

Peria looked at Eila looking at her hair lustfully, and her attitude changed, as if she had finished calculating in her head.

“Really? You want to make a deal? This is the first time I’ve heard of a human meeting an elf, so I might be the first. Okay, let’s make a deal. I am Peria of the Trickster.”

“Peria? good. So can I cut it right away? At this point, I think I can tie up the part I was making.”

“Before that, the contract needs to be clearly written. Let’s be clear about what we both want, Elf.”

“Huh? contract? Let’s just finish that kind of thing.”

“Good. Well, I’m going to write it from now on, so just wait a little bit. Let’s see, I put a pen and paper in my bag… I think I also put something to stamp, but where is it?”

It seems that opportunities like this don’t come often to Peria, so she fully prepares herself and begins to write a contract.

I place a flat wooden support on the mat and use my pen to concentrate and write down at least one more advantageous clause.

‘If you think about Feria’s personality, if you don’t read the details properly, he will try to completely brush it off, but it’s a shame. Well, I have no obligation to tell you that.’

I leave Feria, who is excitedly writing down various things on paper, and Eila, who is completely focused on her hair, and head towards the pit.