The Legend of the Flower Demon Lord

Chapter 14 - And so a 'white angel' descended on a journey for beauty

Chapter 14 – And so a ‘white angel’ descended on a journey for beauty

“Hm? Ellie? Are you…okay?”

Suddenly, Felly was leaning forward towards me, a concentrated look on her face as her eyebrows scrunched and her eyes narrowed, examining me carefully.

“Eh? What do you mean?”

“It’s nothing…it’s just…are you really okay? You look a bit…pale?”

She was a bit uncertain as she spoke, so she examined me even more carefully, saying ‘hmm’ quite often.

“Felly might have a point…”

It was Angie’s turn to chime in as she held a hand to her chin thoughtfully, and then suddenly pointed at me dramatically, “Ellie, you are blending even more into the light than normal right now!”

 “…what is that supposed to mean?”

“Eh…how to explain it?”

Felly was awkwardly looking around, a blush dying her cheeks a light pink, “Sorta like this aura? Well, it’s usually more like a blinding golden light amidst the white light of the sun…but today! Today…”

“Today you are blending into the white!”

Angie finished with an oddly dramatic and serious expression, nodding her head vigorously as if to further affirm her claim.

“Eh~ What are you guys saying? There’s no way! I’m fine, I fine! Hahaha!”

With a wave of my hand, I simply laughed it off without much though. I really am such a bright creature, huh? Hehehe… Inside, I was quite content with myself.

“Ahem!”

A very annoying noise interrupted me from my happy thoughts. With a sudden change of expression, I looked darkly towards the awkwardly standing Magnus. Even though we were all happily having a picnic and sitting on the nice tablecloth on the crater filled grass, he opted for standing right by us with his arms crossed and a disgustingly arrogant attitude, destroying our pretty picture.

“Just now…she was really blending in, right?”

Meanwhile, both Angie and Felly had huddled up facing each other with their fingers entwined, looking towards me as they whispered. Felly nodded vigorously in response to Angie, “It was really bright!”

“What do you want?”

Even my voice was suddenly very dark, making Magnus look extremely uncomfortable as his body unconsciously leaned back. He couldn’t even form words properly, and it seemed like he had forgotten what he wanted to say.

The two girls now looked helpless, “And now it’s extremely dark…Haha…”

*

A nock sounded on the wooden door. When it received no response even after knocking, the door started to slowly open, “What’s this…its open.”

Magnus mumbled as he revealed his head through the crack.

“Hey…Ellie? You there?”

He called out to no response, so he sighed as he opened the door fully and walked inside, “I know you’re here. At least answer, ok- huh? You are here.”

He looked towards the figure kneeling by the mirror, the golden hair draping my body as I slowly trembled.

“Huh? You okay?”