(EP-305.2) Princess #3
305 – Fairy Princess #3
Then she’ll definitely praise a lot.
With that thought, I hid inside sothing like a large jar and closed the lid.
I didn’t like tight, dark spaces. But the thought of the praise I’d soon receive made feel better so that I could endure it.
And so, ti passed slowly, one by one…
By the ti my count had reached several hundred, I suddenly realized—what am I doing right now?
Rustle.
Just then, I heard sothing move beside , and with a heightened sense, I opened my eyes. Instead of the cramped jar, I saw nothing but the worn ceiling of the old cabin.
“A dream?”
It felt too vivid to be just a dream. There was a strange sense of nostalgia. Was it a mory from my childhood? I got up as I cleared my body stained with emotions.
Now I saw that Stella’s spot was empty.
When I stepped outside, Stella was ditating in a strange yoga pose in the forest. It was before dawn, and the sun had yet to rise.
I couldn’t help but admire her dedication, but it also made feel like I couldn’t just sit idly by. Even though it was sumr, the early morning air in the north was cool, and I imdiately felt awake.
I sat down lightly and tried ditating myself.
They say that in learning immortal arts, it’s good to sotis empty your thoughts and mind like an unmoving rock.
Of course, ditation was like a muscle that you need to train. For a beginner like , my thoughts often wandered.
What ca to mind was a mory.
The warmth and scent of Elga or Mirna’s soft skin, or perhaps the taste of the soap that had covered Aira’s body.
Seriously, I licked the soap off soone’s body.
Even though it was edible soap, thinking back now, it was an odd but funny situation.
I wonder if Aira thought the sa? Ever since she entered Ark and regained so clarity, she hadn’t asked to lick off soap.
Perhaps Aira also realized that it was ‘a very strange and embarrassing thing.’
But sitting here quietly like this, I can vividly recall her breath and that warm touch.
It’s been over ten days since we set off for the north. Was it because the hot desires within was pent up without release?
“……”
No.
I need to cut down distractions.
I tried to wave away the thoughts in my head like dispersing clouds. After so ti had passed, various other random thoughts started to pop up again.
━I’ll co pick you up in a hundred nights. Can you wait?
I nodded.
Counting to a hundred wasn’t hard. I didn’t say it, but I could actually count to a thousand.
But even when I had already counted near a thousand, no one ca to find .
After quite the ti has passed, I realized I had been abandoned. Why didn’t they co for ? There must have been many reasons. I just wanted to know why.
If I could understand, I could forgive.
That might be why I’m so obsessed with this body’s past.
This guy and I were alike. As if we’re the sa person. It’s like we were always one from the beginning.
So, if I could learn why this guy was separated from his family, it would feel like discovering the reason why I was left alone in the world. That’s why I’ve been clinging to it.
I know it.
I know that it’s not a good look for a grown adult, that can take care of themselves, to be so hung up on the past.
Was that to say I’m not an adult yet?
As I reflected on that, soone tapped lightly on the shoulder.
When I ca to my senses, Stella was looking at .
“Theo-kun, it’s lunchti. ditation is good, but do it after lunch.”
“Lunch?”
I realized that the sun was now high above my head. It had been early morning when I first started ditating. I was taken aback by how quickly ti had passed.
A wolf then approached us and nodded. It ant one thing.
Seuk.
I handed the apple I had been eating back to Stella and entered the cave where the white wolf was lying down.
━Little fairy child, let tell you one last story.
The white wolf Tasagan paused for a mont before slowly beginning her tale. The story she shared went like this:
━Even for the most beautiful lovers, fate can be cruel. The man began to grow weak, slowly marching towards death.
The man—Isaiah’s health gradually deteriorated, and his once confident face beca gaunt, his cheekbones sharply protruding.
Eventually, it seed his mind began to falter as well. He wandered the forest at night like a madman, sotis rambling nonsensically at the empty air.
Pehaps it was the curse that plagued the Angmar family. As I ford my own guesses, the wolf concluded its story.
━Not long after, the man disappeared. No one knew if he had gone back south where he had co from or where he had gone. The nymph was heartbroken, and we were worried.
It was said that all living creatures felt concern for the nymph who was now left alone, as losing a mate was devastating. But the nymph wasn’t entirely alone.
━The nymph had a child. A very small child. I still rember the scent—the sll of grass and wildflowers… It slled just like you, half-fairy, Theo Gospel.
The nymph and the small child were said to be a happy mother and son.
They would look for streams.
They would draw pictures on pebbles, and even built a small cabin and play hide-and-seek inside.
━But the world is often cruel. Death cos without regard for order. One day, the child fell ill. Even Angala-nim’s dicine didn’t help.
“So, what happened next?”
━The nymph knew the answer. She knew what she had to do. She decided to challenge the master of the north.
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