Chapter 146 – What Is It For?

Certainly Galatea had a unique personality.

However, in this world, there are no words that can accurately describe her personality, and she can only be described as unique.

Fortunately, the modern side has a word that fits her personality perfectly.

She was seriously ill.

“Sit here.”
“Yes…”

After Galatea threw out her men, the Dark Elves, she escorted Allen to her drawing room.

Allen sat down on her cozy sofa and looked at her with her bewildered expression. Galatea smiled and held out a steaming cup.

“It is tea. Have you ever tried it?”
“No…”
“Fufu, take it easy. I didn’t put anything strange in it.”
“Yes…”

It’s hard to believe that right away, but it wouldn’t be a good choice to be uncooperative here. Allen carefully put the tea into his mouth. Thanks to Lee Seon-woo, she was an Allen who had various food culture experiences, but black tea was her first time. Unfamiliar bitterness and heat… But it felt warm inside. Allen felt her heart calm down a little.

“How is it? Is it delicious?”
“Yes. Thank you…”
“It was nothing. Humans are hateful, but there are many good things in the cultures they left behind. It seems that forest elves live their entire lives without knowing that.”
“To that extent…”

Forest Elves was an expression of Dark Elves referring to existing Elves. It also contained a somewhat contemptuous tone.

However, it was absurd that forest elves lived without knowing human civilization at all. Because they also regularly supply human goods through search teams. However, it was nothing compared to the Dark Elves who lived out of the forest and enjoyed the legacy of humans.

“Come to think of it, I haven’t even made a statement yet. My name is Galatea. If it’s not rude, can I hear your name?”
“Allen… No see. But to call you Mr. Nang…”
“Huh, Nanggunnim is Nanggunnim.”

Galatea laughed again. Allen made a troubled expression.

She was brought here and there was something she heard. The chieftain’s personality is rather peculiar. Allen also felt that it made sense now.

She heard other words.

‘She said she was a virgin…’

Virgin.

Also called sympathy. It refers to someone who, like Allen, has no sexual experience.

It was certainly unusual that Galatea still maintained her chastity, though Allen’s was due to a curse.

Allen also had heard of the dark elves to some extent.

Those who abandoned the spirit tree on their own and left were hedonists on par with extinct humans. In particular, I heard that they enjoy hunting males. It is said that they kidnap males of different races and use them as sex slaves. The chief who leads such people is a virgin…

Aside from that, the atmosphere in Galatea was quite different from that of the other Dark Elves. Even the clothes she was wearing were the same. She wore a fancy gothic dress that reminded her of a princess of a kingdom, and it suited her very well. Her silver hair, resembling Allen’s, was long enough to reach her waist, which also added to her elegance. There was an elegant atmosphere in her, enough to make me wonder if she was really the chief who led the rough Dark Elves.

Her attitude towards Allen was also polite. If she hadn’t been brought in in the form of kidnapping, she treated Allen so hospitably that I wondered if she had been invited.

I’m not sure why… She obviously has a crush on herself.

Perhaps… Maybe we can overcome this crisis easier than we thought, Allen thought.

Of course, it didn’t take long to realize that it was just an illusion.

“Excuse me… Why did you kidnap me…”
“Kidnap? Hmm… That’s strange. I just invited you here… Was there anything barbaric like kidnapping?”
“No, that…”

Allen was speechless. I hope it comes out like that Did I think it was too easy?

“Rather than that, I want to have a more important conversation with you.”
“An important story?”
“Yes. For instance… It is about our oath ceremony.”
“… Yes?”

Allen was taken aback when the unexpected word came out.

Oath ceremony. To the elves, a vow ceremony is nothing other than a wedding ceremony. No… Rather, it is not an exaggeration to say that it has a much deeper meaning than modern weddings in that once a vow is made, it cannot be broken until death.

Galatea, who mentioned the oath ceremony, put her hands together with an ecstatic expression and said as if looking somewhere far away.

“The moment I first met Mr. Nang… I felt doomed. I know that you are the only one who will be with me for the rest of my life. Of course, you must have the same thoughts as me, right?”
“Uh… That is…”

His tone of voice, as if everything had already been decided and all you had to do was follow along.

Allen’s subconscious was talking. This woman… She’s not as normal as I thought.

Allen’s mouth barely opened.

“I… I’m sorry, but I already have a fiance…”
“Fiance?”

At Allen’s words, her Galatea’s eyes changed. For a moment, Allen felt the air around her cool.

It was not an illusion.

“A fiancé… You are really good at jokes.”
“No… I’m not kidding…”

It was the moment when a shadow fell on Galatea’s face.

Quick.

“!”

Suddenly, the teacup in front of Allen cracked. Allen’s body stiffened. His eyes widened.

An unbelievable sight was unfolding before my eyes.

‘What, what is it?’

Around Galatea’s body, an unknown black aura began to rise. A truly tangible phenomenon, not a metaphor. It was an unfamiliar and terrifying sight to Allen, who knew nothing but her elemental magic.

In the gloomy aura, Galatea asked again with a bloody smile.

“Joke… Would you?”
“No… That, so…”

What should I answer? Allen was troubled.

She seemed to know what Galatea wanted. She wants to sign her vows with Allen. She can’t relate, but she must be that much that she fell in love with Allen at first sight.

But Allen already has a fiancé named Aricia. Even if it was to get out of this situation, she was unwilling to tell lies now. Even after she was brainwashed by Lee Seon-woo, her nature as an elf who couldn’t lie was still the same.

Instead, Allen came up with a different trick.

“I… Leaving aside the fiancé, wouldn’t it be too sudden to discuss vows as soon as we met when we don’t even know each other very well yet?”
“…”

What Allen tried was the so-called horse-turning. It was a ploy to prolong the time while avoiding the topic of conflict.

Fortunately, Allen’s operation worked well.

The cold atmosphere around Galatea disappeared like a lie. She said with a bright smile.

“Whoops… That makes sense. I guess I was in a hurry. It’s been a hundred years since I’ve met a male elf, so stop… Will you please forgive me for not thinking of you?”
“Yeah, even to the point of forgiveness… It’s okay.”
“How can you, Prince Nang, have a heart as broad as the sea? I think I will fall in love with you more and more. Oh, you don’t know much about the sea. Next time you have a chance, let’s go together. What a wonderful place.”
“Ah… Yes.”

If it’s the sea, Allen has seen it through Lee Seon-woo’s broadcast, but she won’t have to pretend to know it here and now. Allen just quietly nodded her head.

“Then, as you said, since we don’t know each other well… Shall we take the time to get to know each other from now on? First, let me introduce my subordinates…”
“Ah, there… Wait… ! Before that, there is something I must tell you…”
“?”

When Allen said she had something to say, Galatea tilted her head. Allen put her hand in her trouser pocket and she pulled out an object.

She kept thinking… This was the only way to buy time somehow.

Allen unfolded what was in her hand and showed it to Galatea.

“This… ?”
“It is medicine. As Galatea-san knows, I’m a male elf… Of course, because of the curse, you just can’t live long. But with this medicine, I can continue to live.”
“!”

Allen’s words widened Galatea’s eyes. Of course, she had never heard of such a drug. She thought that the reason Allen was still alive was because she was still young.

But is there a way to get on with her life without doing that?

Allen continued her speech.

“You may not know it from the outside, but I am already over 20 years old. If you’re a normal male elf, it’s normal for him to have a hard time even behaving normally. But as you can see, I’m living my life casually. All thanks to this drug. But… This medicine should be taken at least once a week… With the amount we have now, it is difficult to last less than a month.”
“Then… ?”
“Fortunately, there is still plenty of medicine left in my village. So, if you have pity on me, please return to the village…”
“…”

Allen’s words did not carry on to the end. Galatea’s eyes sharpened again. She said, looking at Allen with sunken eyes, as if her Allen was trying to gauge the truth of what she said.

“That drug… It doesn’t look unusual at first glance, but I’m curious about the source. It doesn’t look like something made by the village itself.”
“That…”

Allen struggled with how much she would say, but she decided to just say it the way it was. If she lied clumsily, she would soon be caught. It was important for her to survive somehow now.

“Actually… There are guests in town. You are also the benefactor who saved me. This medicine is also supplied by him.”
“What do you mean by benefactor?”
“That is… You are human.”
“Person… Liver?”

Galatea’s expression hardened even more at the word human. Even if you are a Dark Elf, your hatred for humans is the same as that of the Elves. But that’s a story when humans are alive. Now that they are extinct, it was just a history of the distant past.

But are there still living humans?

“Lie. There can’t be any humans still alive. Nanggunnim is joking again.”
“I am not lying. Because he is a human being, but he is a human being from another world.”
“Is he from another world?”
“Yes. I can show you proof.”

Allen pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and showed it to her Galatea.

“This… What is it?”
“It’s a thing called a cell phone… He gave it to me. It’s something from another world. Even Galatea-sama, who is accustomed to human civilization, will have never seen anything like this.”
“…”

Certainly, as Allen said, cell phones were completely unfamiliar to Galatea. A strange appearance that is different from the objects of this world. Galatea began examining her phone as if possessed.

Allen continued.

“Now my words… Can you believe it?”
“Surely… It’s an unusual thing. The words of Mr. Nang… It doesn’t sound like a lie.”

In fact, I knew from the beginning that Allen’s words were not lies. Even Galatea knew at least that forest elves couldn’t lie. She was just surprised by the contents.

However, she thought it was something that could have been done if she was a human from another world. If you look at the black magic Galatea uses, it’s a different world… It’s because he got the power through a contract with demons living in the underworld.

Even if there were other worlds, it was absolutely not strange.

“But this cell phone… What is it used for?”
“It is difficult to describe in one word. It can be used for so many different purposes… But if I can show you just one thing…”

When Allen turned on her phone screen, Galatea’s eyes widened. I was surprised by the phenomenon itself, but the problem was in the phone background set by Allen.

“Ah…”

I made a mistake. A cold sweat ran down Allen’s back.

A picture of herself and Aricia leaning on her shoulder like her lover was projected on her phone screen.