At the End of the Hidden Greenery - Chapter 239

Jiwoo hadn’t explicitly agreed to or made a deal about what just happened, but the conversation quickly flowed as if the agreement had been finalized.

The husbands seemed somewhat displeased with this development.

Their first impressions hadn’t been great, and they were also unhappy that Jiwoo hadn’t chosen the destination for the mission herself.

Moreover, Solmih worried most that Jiwoo might have been pressured into this situation against her will.

“There’s no need for you to stay here if you don’t want to. From what I’ve heard, this place is too dangerous.”

Opposing voices naturally arose.

“You don’t have to find the rift here. There are other ways to return. If you go to the capital as originally planned, they’ll listen to you there.”

“…That may be so.”

Interestingly, the female manifestation sometimes knew things about Jiwoo’s circumstances without her having to explain. Sometimes, they even wanted to meet her first.

There was no proof, but Jiwoo had a hunch that if she told the female manifestation about being suddenly swept into another timeline, they would understand.

Still, there was no urgent need to rush.

As long as there was a way back, the situation wasn’t too frightening.

“But I’d still like to find the bag if possible.”

It wasn’t that important when confirming whether the husbands were safe, but now that she was somewhat reassured, she felt the loss more keenly.

It wasn’t simply because the bag was full of precious items.

Solmih understood what it meant for Jiwoo to be out and about using Akarna’s power proactively. And he also knew that her attachment to those items wasn’t just because they were expensive or strange.

So he couldn’t just tell her to throw the bag away and offer her other precious gifts instead.

“Understood.”

“I’m sorry. We should have taken better care of it.”

Lancet and Arven began blaming themselves for losing the bag, but Jiwoo waved them off.

“No, your safety can’t be traded for anything. Still, since they said they’ll try to find it, I’ll leave it with them. Actually, I asked if those people took it, but apparently not.”

Since the matter was settled, there was no point complaining further.

Kaman lightly said.

“In the end, you’re just asking us to have a date here, right? That shouldn’t be difficult.”

“…Even if we date here, no other guys can come.”

“Right. That’s another plus.”

“That’s nice….”

Kaman and Skias seemed surprisingly pleased with the idea of dating in this environment.

“Well, I… also have something I really want to do…”

Skias lowered his voice and spoke.

Jiwoo wondered what he wanted to do. Skias was usually shy and didn’t talk much to her, so if he said this, she felt she should definitely agree.

“Instead of finding the bag, we could just hang out here together. I don’t think it would be too hard. If we can’t find it after a long time, then so be it. I won’t stay long to cause trouble.”

“That sounds reasonable.”

So the topic returned to dating.

Which meant they couldn’t avoid talking about Tevon.

“What kind of date did you have with Tevon? If we try to recreate a similar environment, I think we’d be satisfied too.”

“We went hunting. There was a mushroom that created illusions. So we went to pick it together…”

The mushroom showed gentle, cute animals like quails and rabbits, and later even appeared as Tevon.

The illusion was supposedly a poison bait produced by the mushroom, so usually people ignore the illusions and just pick the mushrooms.

Tevon didn’t think much of the danger, even knowing he was duplicated. Instead, he enjoyed it thoroughly. Jiwoo didn’t know how many times they played guessing games happily, relieved that she had recognized the real Tevon.

“And in the end, Jiwoo ended up with the two Tevons…”

Jiwoo felt too embarrassed to explain in detail after that, so she gave a brief summary.

“…”

“…”

But that was enough for the husbands to imagine.

They all fell silent, having unwittingly learned the truth about that date.

They had all shared the mushrooms Tevon brought back, but hadn’t exactly shared where or what kind of date it was, so this was the first time they knew.

“That brat…”

“No wonder he looked so beaming.”

Lancet and Arven clicked their tongues.

“Crazy bastard.”

“How could he do something like that…”

Kaman reacted sharply, while Skias looked down, seeming pleased with the new method.

Only Solmih calmly asked again,

“The illusion had poison, right?”

“I’m, I’m Akarna, so, so it’s okay.”

Feeling embarrassed to keep discussing it, Jiwoo cleared her throat.

“Ahem. Anyway, after that, the mushroom glowed white, and it really looked like Ellandos.”

“You don’t know exactly what happened then. We can’t just speculate carelessly. Maybe if we went there to check…”

“That’s right…”

But that was impossible under the current circumstances.

And there was no guarantee it would be as safe as that mushroom.

“But is it really so impossible to transplant Ellandos? We brought a branch from Caranazion before.”

“At that time, we weren’t relying on the tree’s power. And if we transplanted it, the area protected by that tree would become vulnerable.”

“I see…”

It seemed there was little Jiwoo could do here.

She might try a normal date, but wondered how much effect that would have.

“But…”

“What?”

“You’re saying Tevon did that.”

Solmih smiled softly in front of Jiwoo, but Lancet and Arven flinched at the sight.

They nudged each other with their elbows and whispered.

“…What are we going to do with the youngest?”

“Guess it’s his fate.”