Green Meaning...

We came out from the hidden village of bee tribe after lunch.

Glad I brought lunchbox from home. I like honey but... for me it's not food. Anyway, we're not bees.

"Did you plan this from the start?" I asked.

C took the rein and thanked the bees that guarding our carriage.

With this speed, I guessed we would be home tomorrow.

"What? The trade? Of course not. If they have malicious thoughts, then I would have burned down their village." C answer made me stiff silly.

He sounded so serious.

Yup. He's serious.

"They keep us away from church people. One reason. The Queen's state was more horrible than I thought. Two reasons. At least until the Queen is healthy enough to crown the new Queen, they don't have reason to betray you. Three reasons. Do you have any question, Mrs. Finnanna?" (C)

"No... but, just call me Sally. It's not nice on my ears. I felt like an old woman."

"Haha... a married woman with a kid and three step kids still wants to feel young, huh? No problem. Sally." (C)

I didn't like his tone. But, please!

I. AM. YOUNG. And now that I have an elf body, I'LL BE FOREVER YOUNG.

My step brother was just a bit older than Rooga. It couldn't sink to me, that I have four children. I really, really like Rooga and the rest. But at most, I just saw them as kids from neighborhood.

"Making business deal in the middle of hostilities, you're such an opportunist. Hey, talking about business. I just realized, why don't we have silver coins?"

"Huh? Are you kidding?" C looked at me like looking at an idiot. "I guess even a great mage has her bad luck, huh? I wonder what kind of curse they sent to fifth sister. Hmm, maybe he thought, if sis has amnesia, she will come back to him?"

"What are you mumbling? What curse? I talked about silver here!"

C sighed in depress. "Okay, I'll tell you. But first... You maybe forgot, but that day you took a curse for fifth sis. We were going to Dandeli to get the kids. But, there was an ambush. After the shadows went down, you protected Rooga and Ibil. I guessed, they saw your green hair and underestimated you. The way you crushed them was cool and ruthless! I felt excited remembering it."

"What about my hair?" It picked my interest.

"Green hair and green eyes are a special mark for elven people. Its meaning is... abandonment."

"WHAT? So that's why my power was sealed? And why do you know something that Ibil don't?" I felt listless.

"I had elf friend, her brother was marked too. But... I don't think that seals had to do with the mark. My friend's brother still has his power. He lived normally, except he was forbidden to step on elven lands. Well, interestingly, not even fifth sis has any idea about your power getting sealed. How did you manage to live, it's a mystery. Unfortunately, you don't remember. This case is worth to be studied." (C)

"So... Sally was abandoned by her people, then got her power sealed by outsider?" somehow I felt her loneliness.

What a sad life you got there, Sally!

C turned, looking confused.

"I mean, me of the past! That Sally was so sad." I felt bad for her.

"Don't make conclusion! Well, we can ask brother in law later. When we met, your hair and eyes had been green. But, you were an influence figure... It's impossible for an abandoned people becoming priest or priestess."

The more I know, the more rage grew in my heart. If they didn't seal her power, Sally wouldn't die. And if Sally didn't die, I wouldn't be here!

"So... she got her power sealed, then... the useless Sally didn't have value anymore, that's why she was abandoned." It was even sadder. I reminded myself, those people were Sally foes.

I sighed helplessly.

Sally Finnanna... we both were abandoned by our loved ones.

I was better than you. My father abandoned his children, but I still have my siblings and our grandparents. Unfortunately, I was dumber than you... I lost my last treasures for ego, and love.

I lost my siblings... and couldn't even treat grandpa and grandma a meal before I got transmigrated here.

But you're dead, and I am alive.

So, who's the most unlucky between us?