This time, I won't be the devil.

Since the Forest Kingdom has no household registration system and the elves are not closely connected to each other, it is not uncommon for someone who has been traveling abroad for one or two hundred years to suddenly return home and be unrecognized.

After returning home, Laura lived alone for several years without friends until she met young Didorice.

Under Didoris's questioning, Laura told her about her experiences while traveling. The two quickly became familiar with each other, and later Laura taught Didoris to play the bamboo flute.

Several years passed quickly, and in the 900th year of the Aiden calendar, Laura suddenly proposed to leave the Forest Kingdom and embark on her journey again.

As for the reason for leaving, Laura said:

"I've been to many places and experienced many things, but I still have one last regret that I haven't completed."

"I want to experience love."

After hearing what Laura said, Didoris, who was unwilling to let her leave, retorted:

"Love and the like are nothing but illusory illusions."

According to the traditional beliefs of the elves, any overly intense emotion is poison to them, as they have a long lifespan.

In addition, Didoris had read many books on philosophy on her father's bookshelf since she was a child, so she was in her rebellious period at the time and was very contemptuous of vulgar things like love.

"Dido, are you a little too pessimistic about love?"

"I believe that one day, you will also have a longing for love..."

In the end, Laura left the Forest Kingdom and has never been heard from since.

Didoris spent nearly a hundred years of peaceful time in the Forest Kingdom, until three years ago, when she embarked on a journey in search of Laura's life crystal.

"The adventure stories in the fairy tale 'The Snow Leopard Princess' were actually stories Laura told me before, based on her own experiences."

"The kind, gentle, and somewhat goofy Snow Leopard Princess in the story was probably also created by Petrarch based on Laura."

After listening to Didoris's story, one point caught Frey's attention.

"Dido, according to this statement, your age..."

Didoris then realized that she had let the cat out of the bag, and she quickly turned her face away.

"Now that it's come to this, isn't it time to tell me your real age?"

Seeing that Didoris was still unwilling to speak, Frey raised his voice and said:

"I went through so much trouble to help you complete the commission, but in the end you kept even such a small matter from me. I'm so disappointed."

Facing Frey's attack, Didoris had no choice but to confess:

"One, one hundred..."

"114 is old."

114 years old. Based on the fact that the lifespan of elves is five times that of humans, it is 5 years old.

Isn't that a few months younger than me?

After realizing this, Frey spoke earnestly, as if teaching a younger generation:

"Dido, you're so young..."

Hearing Frey say this, Tidoris puffed up her face somewhat unhappily.

"You are looking down on me."

She usually calls herself a 17-year-old beautiful girl, but now that I really treat you as a girl, you are not happy.

Frey originally thought that Didorice's occasional childish behavior was a trace of innocence retained in Cangshang's heart.

But now it seems that maybe her deep look was just an act.

Considering the content of her quarrel with Laura 100 years ago, it was determined that it was read by a 14-year-old girl reading a philosophy book.

At this moment, combining Petrarch's memory with Didorice's description of Laura, Frey roughly guessed the whole picture of the incident.

110 years ago, the elf Laura, who survived the catastrophe at the end of the Age of Law, returned to the Kingdom of Forests after a long journey and met the young Didoris.

One hundred years ago, Laura, who was already over 100 years old, decided to fulfill her last regret and experience love.

After leaving the Forest Kingdom, Laura met Petrarch.

Maybe she initially just wanted to help the homeless boy, but after five years of living together, Laura might have developed feelings for him.

However, just as Petrarch realized his feelings, Laura's life crystal turned blue, announcing that her life would end in five years.

There is a gap between humans and elves called lifespan, but in this love affair, the one who will leave first is not the human Petrarch, but the elf Laura.

Faced with Petrarch's confession, Laura, realizing that she had not much time left, chose to leave him.

"Live well, and if one day you can earn 10 crore rupees, I will come to you."

Laura said this at the time probably because she wanted Petrarch to give up, slowly forget her, and live his own life.

As to whether the number of 10 billion was just a casual remark or just a coincidence to think of the amount needed to upgrade the Golden Rule, it is unknown.

In fact, Petrarch did forget about Laura for a while in the years after he became rich and learned the truth about the Golden Rule.

From this perspective, the motto given by the Holy Tree, called "Oblivious", is actually quite appropriate.

However, Petrarch's feelings, or obsession, were deeper than imagined, so that he finally sacrificed his life for an illusory promise.

The last remaining doubt is the reason why Laura's body appeared in the Demon Territory, but this has nothing to do with the commission, and Frey does not intend to delve into it.

"Dido, what do you think about their relationship?" Frey asked.

Facing this question, Tidoris buried her face in her knees and said with some confusion:

"Honestly, I don't understand what Laura is thinking."

"If she wanted him to forget her, why did she leave the crystal behind?"

"If she didn't want to be forgotten, why did she have to leave?"

You want to sacrifice yourself for the other person's happiness, but you don't want the other person to really forget you.

In Frey's opinion, Petrarch probably had the same idea, which is why he left such a question at the door.

What he was looking forward to was to see Laura, codenamed Oblivious, again.

Or maybe I hope Laura can forget about me and live a good life.

Or perhaps, these two contradictory emotions exist at the same time.

As the saying goes, love is the most difficult thing to understand in this world. Despite watching Petrarch's memories, Frey still could not fully understand his thoughts.

And the same is probably true for Didoris, Laura.

After worrying for a while, Didoris came to Frey, took out the harp, and played a piece of music.

"What's this song?"

"The sheet music found in Laura's pocket is called 'Oblivious' and is considered her last work."

An ethereal melody echoed on the rooftops at night. Although the song was called "forgetfulness", the lyrics said the exact opposite:

One day, I will be with you, watching the bright moon and appreciating the morning light together.

Travel together in the hot summer, endure the cold winter, watch the stars together, and weave dreams together.

Let's feel the breeze together, play in the water together, walk on the dust together, and spend time together...

After the performance, Didoris suddenly burst into tears.

After revealing her age, Didoris dropped her cold and mysterious demeanor and revealed her true emotions.

Perhaps it was not until this moment that she fully realized that the friend who had accompanied her in her childhood had passed away.

After she finished crying, she leaned on Frey's shoulder and said to herself:

"What is love?"

Frey, who had been single since birth, didn't know how to answer this question, so he asked in return:

"Dido, have you ever fallen in love with anyone?"

Didoris nodded and said:

"The person I like is not only a poet, but also a swordsman, a knight-errant, a philosopher... and a pioneer of aerodynamics..."

"May I ask the name of this versatile and powerful person?"

"His name is Fantasy."

"What about you? Have you ever had a girl you like?"

"Just like you."

After receiving Frey's answer, Tidoris showed a somewhat incredulous expression.

After observing the aura of Frey and confirming that he was not lying, she first felt a sense of surprise, and then a hint of sadness.

She took Laura's crystal from Frey again and said:

"Two people with different lifespans will not have a happy ending."

"That's not necessarily true. In my hometown, there was a muscular blond wizard who once said something like this."

"What?"

Frey suddenly stood up and roared:

"Screw your lifespan theory! The power of love is infinite!"

"What is this? It's totally unfounded..."

Although there was no basis for this, the man's words made her want to believe them.

During these days, his performance exceeded Didoris's imagination time and time again.

Especially his heroic performance in today's battle against the Skeleton King.

To be honest, it's really handsome.

If it were him, he should be able to break through all obstacles and create new possibilities.

Thinking of this, Didoris felt much better.

Maybe, as Laura said, she was just too pessimistic.

Looking at Frey in front of her, Didoris thought of that word that belonged to her.