Political Marriage With a Friendly Enemy - Chapter 104

The three-day banquet was full of excitement and splendor, but when it was over, fatigue flooded in. The empire, which had been engulfed in a festive atmosphere, returned to its daily life little by little.

Everything was perfect.

The power of the Goddess Fahar was getting stronger, and she entered the front line of peace with the North. The projects carried out by the Relief and Assistance were proceeding smoothly in their own way.

Complete happiness without a single flaw. But in the midst of it, I sometimes felt anxious. As the happiness increased, the troubles increased in proportion to it.

It was because the infertility problem, which had been forgotten for a while due to several incidents, was revived through an encounter with Linvera.

The only exception was that even the Awakener had children. A story about Genesa Catatel that I read in the library the other day kept floating around in my head.

[However, there was one person who surpassed the limits of human beings.

The one who saved this world by devoting herself to Goddess Fahar.

Hearing the whispers of the forest.

Wood Elves’ eternal friend. Genesa Catatel.

The child that Genesa had struggled with returned to her family with the blessing of the elves.

The Wood Elves of the Hidden Land still miss and pay tribute to Genesa hundreds of years later.]

‘What the hell was the story? I don’t know if there is any way…’

After a few days of worrying alone, in the morning when we woke up, hugging each other naked, Kwanach suddenly asked me.

“I’m just asking by any chance. What’s the matter? You seem to have a lot on your mind these days.”

I was wrapped in a blanket and hugged by Kwanach. I gently lifted my face, which had rested on his firm chest.

I couldn’t sleep at all, so I was half-dazed. I blinked a couple of timess before answering blankly.

“Me….?”

“There were a lot of times when you was lost in thought by yourself. Are you tired because you have a lot of work? Do you want me to add more assistants?”

“No, my work is fine. We have enough people.”

“Then?”

I licked my lips and fell into silence for a moment. I was reluctant to mention the children problem.

Was it because it was a secret that had been hidden from Kwanach for a long time? At a time when everything was perfect, it seemed like I was bringing out unnecessary anxiety.

“Usphere.”

Kwanach called me softly, stroking my forehead with his fingertips. I guess he saw me frowning without realizing it.

“Can’t you tell me?”

The whispering voice was engulfed in concern. As I looked at Kwanach, who was worried because of me, a corner of my heart swelled.

‘Yeah, it’s not something I have to worry about alone…’

Most of all, I didn’t want to make Kwanach worry. I wiggled my fingers and opened my mouth, holding Kwanach.

“A child.”

“A child?”

Kwanach unexpectedly opened his eyes slightly wide as if bewildered by the topic. I hesitated and said.

“I know you said you didn’t care if I could have children or not, but I…..… If there’s a way to solve infertility…… I want to have a baby.”

“Ah, that’s why you’ve been depressed.”

Kwanach hugged me tighter with both arms. The weather was warm even when you sleep with only a blanket. I could clearly feel Kwanach’s hot skin and his scent.

Swoosh. Swoosh. Kwanach brushed my hair as if to soothe me. I fully dug into his arms.

“If you want a child, let’s find a way together.”

Kwanach’s firm voice gave me relief. I mumbled as I buried my face in his chest.

“A child who looks like you… I want to have it.”

“The child should look more like you than me.”

Kwanach smiled and patted my shoulder. Nothing has been resolved yet, but just talking to Kwanach made me feel less burdened.

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At the same time, it was the spring season when the Dwarves came to trade regularly. The only heterogeneous race to set foot on the human continent. Gold lovers did not give up business with humans.

Kwanach quickly figured this out for me. When I told him the story of Genesa Catatel, Kwanach asked the Dwarves who knew about it.

The era of Genesa Catatel was a time when humans and other races were actively interacting. In addition, the lifespan of this race was several times longer than that of humans, so there might be someone who knew of Genesa.

‘Can the Dwarves give me the answer?’

If I couldn’t find the answer, should I give up on having children? I felt disappointed and tried to concentrate on work.

Then the Dwarves visited the Imperial Palace directly, loaded with weapons for trade. After Gullier, who acted as an intermediary for heterogeneous trade, disappeared, the Dwarves monopolized the market in the imperial family.

The Dwarves visited the human continent once or twice a year. Their visits had always been a surprise and a miracle for humans.

But this visit was even more shocking. It was because one Wood Elf was accompanying the Dwarf group.

It has been over a century since elves have not set foot on the human continent. None of the current generation had ever seen an elf in person. Everyone was flustered at the appearance of the elf, whom we had only heard of from stories.

On top of that, Dwarves and Elves were famous for not getting along. So it was unusual for the elve to follow the trade route.

While the Dwarves were bargaining and trading weapons, the Wood Elf asked to have a private chat with me.

“Why me?”

The elf had no interest in trade, but just wanted to talk to me.

‘Is it about Genesa?’

My heart was pounding with half anticipation and half tension. After taking a few breaths in front of the door where the elf was waiting, I went inside alone.

The figure of the elf sitting in front of the tea table caught my eye.

The elf’s ears were long and pointed, and his face was white and transparent. His long, drooping hair was green, and so was the color of his eyes.

I couldn’t tell if it was a woman or a man just by looking at it. It was because he was wearing a long robe that covered his whole body, but his facial features were neutral.

While I was mesmerized by the encounter with the elf, the elf spoke first.

“I came here because the descendants of Genesa Catatel are calling us.”

“Oh….”

The elf’s voice echoed. Contrary to his appearance, his voice was low and thick. The moment I heard his words, my mind felt dizzy.

I said, barely suppressing the tension.

“Thank you for coming. I never thought you’d come in person…”

“Although our people kept their distance from humans. But now I think it’s okay to set foot on this land.”

As the elf’s humming voice pierced my ears, I felt an instinctive sense of tension and overwhelm. It felt so far away from me.

“Why did you think that way……”

I ended up using honorifics. The Elf said with a faint smile.

“Because the power of the Goddess has returned.”

“That… Do you mean that until now, the Goddess’s power has weakened and she cut off communication with humans?”

“It is precisely because the human continent was full of unclean energy. We are much more sensitive than humans. It was so that the energy would not transfer to us.”

Hearing the elf’s words, several things came to mind at once. As the madness grew in the Fernen bloodline, they conducted various unholy experiments to challenge the realm of the gods. Recently, even the curse that Roman cast in the river.

However, as all of this was swept away and the power of the goddess returned, the entire continent was being purified. Enough for the elves to step in.

Suddenly, the Goddess who came to my dream and told me to protect her echoed through my mind. Fortunately, I seemed to have done the job well.

I breathed a small sigh of relief and said to the elf.

“Oh, come to think of it, I haven’t asked for your name.”

“My real name will be unpronounceable by humans. Instead, call me Sharsh. Genesa also called me that way.”

“Did you know Genesa personally?”

Then Sharsh would have been at least 300 years old. The eerie feeling of being overwhelmed when meeting him was natural. He was a being who had lived through hundreds of years.

“Genesa helped us. She was our eternal friend. When her descendants asked for help, we came to pay back the favor.”

“I, then…… Can you tell me a little bit about Genesa? And I heard that she gave birth to her child.”

When I met the person who experienced the story I had been curious about the whole time, I was in a hurry without realizing it and talked faster.

Sharsh smiled generously as if he knew all of my inner feelings and reached out to me.

“Come this way. Let me show you.”

“Yes?”

The moment the elf’s palm touched my forehead. I was suddenly immersed in a strange sensation as if my whole body was scattered.

And after some time. Everything around me changed.

It was obviously in the Imperial Palace, but now the surroundings were all covered in green.

‘What the hell is this…’

It felt like I was suddenly in a dream. Then I heard the voice of an unfamiliar woman next to me.

<Sharsh. Can you really help me?> (Genesa)

In my view, I saw a woman with platinum blonde hair and light blue eyes. Evidence of the Awakener of the Catatel family.

It was then that I began to fully understand the current situation. This was in Sharsh’s memory. I was watching what he was going through, as if possessed by Shars’s body.

Next to me was a human man with an unfamiliar face and Genesa Catatel, whom I had only read in books. Sharsh said.

<Of course. Because Genesa saved us.>

<But how…>

<I’m going to ask the Silver Forest now. Can they give me a child?>

<Now? The Silver Forest is too far from here.>

“We can directly connect to all the forests that exist in this world. No matter how far away they are.”

A blush appeared on Genesa’s anxious face. The man next to Genesa hugged her by the shoulder. The two seemed to be in a romantic relationship. The way they looked at each other was full of affection.

‘Genesa wanted to have a child with someone she loved like I do…’

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