“Anter·ander……”

Unlike other troublesome spells with hard pronunciation, the spell of the Three Life Chain Knot is very smooth, like a tune, and tis highs and lows and repeated sounds are like telling some sort of confusing and bizarre story.

As I chant, a soft light ball coalesced between Kalmen, Finlan, and Shia, and gradually expanded to envelop their entire bodies ......

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Time went back more than forty years ago.

It was after the Elysis revolutionary group had succeeded in putting Cyric on the throne of the city, the changes they held were accepted by all, and Fae and humans were truly integrated together. And they, too, could finally put their guards down and enjoy the good life from now on ......

Now, it was sometime after that.

Nalisa crouched alone in the the flowers, quietly listened to the sound of the wind blowing through the flowers.

Kalmen and Finlan crouched furtively behind a stone away from the flowers.

"Finlan, is this the Nalisa you see in your mind?"

"What do you mean in my mind ...... you keep your voice down, what if she finds us?"

"...... Speaking of which, I would love to ask why in the world we are looking at her."

"Shhh~"

Finlan put a finger on his lips, then pointed to the flowers--

A gentle breeze swept past Nalisa's cheeks, blew away her long hat that shielded her from the sun and stirred up the flying hair on her forehead.

"...... She is beautiful."

Kalmen exclaimed.

"Isn't she? ......"

Finlan replied without pretense.

"The Nalisa you have in your mind ...... is really pure and noble and perfect beyond comparison ......"

" ......?"

Finlan looked at him with a confused expression.

"But ...... I think the Nalisa I have in mind will be more active, more vivid, and more charming than the one here."

Kalmen finished these weird words and kicked Finlan out of the stone.

"Hey!"

"Shut the hell up."

Kalmen looked at Nalisa who stood up and gazed at the two of them, then he completely lost his noble manner as the elf king and shouted loudly -

"Nalisa! Remember what happened when we first met!?"

After saying that, a light-colored mist emerged from Kalmen's body, then gradually floated and gradually rose, then converged to Nalisa's body.

Nalisa, who had been smiling faintly, smiled even more animatedly -

"Of course I remember! You idiots!"

Kalmen waved at her and looked back at Finlan with a smile.

"Flower dryer, do you understand?"

"......" Finlan looked up at the sky in a daze, muttering, "So... ...... So that's how it is... . that's really ......"

"Quite a worthy beauty dream, isn't it?"

"......"

Without waiting for a word back from Finlan, Kalmen suddenly ran towards Nalisa.

"...... Hey! Wait for me! You bastard!!!"

Finlan shook his head and rushed after him ......

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The Three Life Chain Knot that I chanted lasted for just a moment, and the light ball that wrapped around the three of them suddenly died out without a trace.

Finlan and Nalisa's bodies transformed into golden light and dissipated along with the light ball, left only the pale and white-haired elf king behind.

He sat on his back, stared blankly at the sunlight outside the window.

"Hey ...... Mr. Kalmen ......"

"Oh," he came back to his senses "...... I'm sorry to make you laugh, but that was a wonderful dream ......"

"... ...how much life have you paid?"

"I only left myself a little time, I paid a hundred year of my lifespan, which is exactly each fifty years for the two of us, Finlan and me."

A hundred years ...... He abandoned them so easily ......

"Eh? Two?"

Shouldn’t they be Finlan, old lady Shia, and Kalmen?

Kalmen touched the three thousand spirits ring on his finger and transformed himself back to his young appearance.

He smiled at me and said blandly-

"Well, two of us."