* * *

“… I can get the other things somehow, but I have to deal directly with the elves for the leaves of the world tree. In fact, in the elven society, things are not that precious, but things related to the world tree are very difficult to take out. If the addressee doesn’t come in person, they won’t even let you watch it.”

“Then, in the end, it’s a story that I have to go find myself. How long does it usually take to go up there?”

“It will take about ten days at the latest.”

“I have no choice but to take a vacation. Could you possibly adjust the schedule to that extent?”

“It is not difficult. I’m planning to move there anyway, so I can adjust it for a day or two. Are you going with me?”

Philip was talking with Lizriel about elixir ingredients in the drawing room.

The other materials that Privia mentioned were things that could be solved somehow with money, but the leaves of the world tree were hard to see unless the elves lived.

“As I said before, my sister is going to do something wrong with the ascension. Well, it’s the duty of the weak. Knowing that there is something, but trying to overcome it somehow.”

Lizriel sipped her tea, baring her white teeth. She chuckled with joy and stared into Philip’s face.

“I think the time has come to reveal your golden seal.”

“You know that. I’ll follow your plan. A merchant’s physiology is well known to merchants.”

“Your sister will set a trap from which you cannot escape. damn that… Oops, my sister was always hostile towards me. I even said that one day he would take everything from me and sell me as a prostitute. I was only sixteen at the time.”

As Philip listened, he noticed that Lizriel’s hostility towards her sister was quite large.

“Ever since I was young, I never thought of wanting to become the owner of Yousef Company. He said he never liked things like going uphill. To protect me from my sister, Deluan Youssef, I had no choice but to enter the race for successor. There was still a kind of family bond with my brother, but my sister only wanted to use me.”

Philip let out a heavy breath as he watched Lizriel spit out a deep story.

“It was a lot of trouble.”

Having a brother like that would have been one of the worst things.

“If you mold the word greed into the image of a human woman, it will be just that woman. I’m really curious. What expression will she make when she loses everything she had in her life?”

I wondered what the hell they were planning, but Philip didn’t ask. Just looking at the joy that could be seen in Rizriel’s expression, I could feel that she was preparing well.

‘It’s fun to listen to this kind of thing as much as possible and later when the plan is complete. Spoilers are a felony.’

“okay. I’ll help you with anything other than killing people, so do your best.”

“… thank you. I am so glad you are here.”

Lizriel leaned forward and took Philip’s hand. Phillip thought she was just moved, but Lizriel wasn’t so out of control.

However, her renovation work was blocked by someone’s visit before it could produce a proper result.

“I’m an instructor!”

Lua’s urgent voice moved Philip’s body. When the door to the parlor opened, Lua was seen with only a towel wrapped around her body.

Before Philip had time to say anything, Lua stomped her feet.

“The princess is crying! Where is the princess’ mother?”

“huh?”

Surprised by Lua’s sudden search for the queen, Philip thought for a moment and then guessed why Lua was doing that.

‘The princess is crying while looking for her mother?’

“… Let’s go quickly.”

“Uh, let’s go together.”

Philip hastily got up from his seat. Lizriel also frowned for a moment and hurriedly followed. Leaving aside the interruption of the repair work, I didn’t want to miss the sight of the princess crying while looking for her mother.

It was a sight that could not be done even with money.

* * *

“Black… uh huh… Mom… sniff.”

Camilla Velofer Callaria buried her face in Lua’s bed and sobbed. She didn’t speak, but she was also afraid of an unfamiliar environment.

In the meantime, I suffered something similar to physical abuse that I had never experienced in my life, so my mental was completely broken.

As soon as Philip and Lizriel arrived at Lua’s room, they heard Camilla’s cries.

“What happened?”

“So, that… .”

Johnny, who had been comforting Camilla without a word, told her about the bathroom fairy’s atrocities with a troubled expression.

“A fairy did that?”

Philip glared at the bathroom with a bug-bitten expression.

‘Ji Park-ryeong, who doesn’t even know how to pay for that age… .’

Philip sat down on the bed and checked Camilla’s condition. Camilla’s cries subsided a little as Phillip drew closer.

“Are you okay?”

“… this looks ok… ?”

“I don’t think so.”

“Then why are you asking?”

It seemed that the sharp reaction wasn’t usually a terrible experience. As Philip watched Camilla whimper with red eyes, he realized once again that she, too, was only a little girl.

“The fairy who tormented you is a fairy who has lived in Mirage Lake for thousands of years. It is an existence beyond human law. There is definitely something wrong with you in this.”

When Phillip said that, Camilla’s throat, which was filled with sorrow, cried out again.

“But I shouldn’t have bothered you in my house, who should be protected by me. I’ll give you a hard scolding. We can go and have a look together. What would you like to do?”

As Philip’s words continued, the flames of revenge began to burn in Camilla’s red eyes.

“… I want to go.”

She jumped up and gritted her teeth. I’ve never been so angry in my life. He was born of noble blood and suffered unspeakable shame in front of a commoner girl he had never seen before.

‘I will never forgive you.’

“okay. Were you surprised? If you scold me hard, you will never do such a thing again.”

Philip immediately took Camilla up to the bathhouse. Fairy Yuna welcomed him.

“hello?”

She too was a little girl, but Philip knew perfectly well that she was a fairy thousands of years old. When Camilla and Phillip came up together, she sensed that something was not right, and began to make an urgent excuse.

“I, that baby, was rude to me first. I was only teasing you a little bit.”

Philip sighed and pointed at her.

“… keep your mouth shut Is it that hard to keep quiet? Regardless of whether he has offended you, he is under my protection as long as he enters this house. I should have been a little scared and put it down. If it was that much, I would have understood and moved on.”

In a firm, nervous voice, Philip pushed her.

“Ha, but… .”

“But nothing is the same. You have behaved unacceptably. without asking permission from me. If this happens, I think we should reconsider protecting you.”

At those words, the fairy Yuna became contemplative and panicked.

“What do you mean? Didn’t I say you could stay here?”

“That’s when you respect me. I felt you didn’t respect me from what just happened. I don’t have the confidence to live under the same roof with someone who doesn’t respect me.”

Yuna heard that saying that she would turn herself over to the dragon and eat it as an elixir. The frightened fairy cried and cried.

“Please don’t… My source belongs to you. If I’m with you, I… I will meet a terrible end. Would you like that?”

Philip shook his head with a nonchalant expression.

“I don’t want to, but it seems none of my business anymore. Your fate is now out of my control. I have no intention of hurting you or taking advantage of you. But I have no desire to see your face again.”

Yuna became desperate at Philip’s attitude, which seemed to draw the line completely. It was only when she faced Philip’s attitude that she realized how good it was to stay close to him.

moderate indifference. and moderate favors.

The image of Philip, who chatted with her every time she stopped by the bathhouse, was gone.

If she had settled down in a nearby lake or river without meeting a dragon, she might have become the blood and flesh of some spiritual being by now.

If he was lucky, he would have repeatedly run away without a promise, waiting for the time when he would regain his strength someday. And it was clear that the moment he was kicked out of this place, he would be immediately exposed to the terrifying dragon’s gaze.

‘I am… I need to stay with him.’

Thinking that far, the fairy Yuna lowered her head and prayed for forgiveness in a crawling voice.

“I am… sorry. Please take a look.”

Philip shook his head resolutely as she began to ask for forgiveness.

“I would have forgiven you if you had wrecked the bathroom, or if you had brought down the whole house. if that’s a mistake However, I think that recklessly harassing someone under my care in my own home is the same as saying that I will stand above me.”

“I didn’t think so. really. never again, never again please. yes?”

Yuna prayed in a pitiful voice that made even Camilla, who was watching, feel sorry for her. She felt that the hostility she had towards the fairy was gradually fading, and began to look at Philip.

Philip sighed again, as if he couldn’t help it.

“… This forgiveness will be the last favor I can do you. I forgave you for trying to use me, and I took care that you would stay by my side. Forgive me for this one last time. Apologize to this child.”

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Yuna’s face brightened in an instant. Moving her short legs, she approached Camilla, grabbed her hand, and cried.

“sorry… Sorry… It’s my fault… Heeep.”

A weak-minded Camilla nodded.

“Gwa, it’s okay.”

“I will keep an eye on you.”

After saying that, Philip took Camilla’s hand and left the bathroom.

Left alone, Yuna, the fairy, stood there for a long while, sobbing.

“… too bad.”

In fact, she was also a fairy with a conscience, so she didn’t really think Philip’s behavior was too much. It was just sad.

Fairies were not a race whose mental age increased that much even if they were thousands of years old. There was a childlike side to the fairies that existed from the distant past, and they, too, still loved mischief.

However, this did not mean that the experience of life accumulated over thousands of years was lost. Fairy Yuna thought about Philip with tears running down her face.

She never believed that she would never make that mistake again. So, what she needed was a way to not be kicked out if something went wrong in the future.

“… I can’t help it.”

She thrust her hand into her stomach. As if made of water, her hand penetrated the skin and muscle without resistance and reached the heart.

And when she withdrew her hand the next moment, in her hand was a water-blue orb the diameter of two fingers.

Yuna intended to use it to buy Philip’s favor.

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