Chapter 291 – Growing Up Tree (3)
However, unlike the world tree that was growing rapidly, Ariad was somehow… Growing.
“Uh oh…”
That…
That thing is getting bigger…?
Ariad’s physical growth had stopped and he was no longer growing, but aside from that, Ariad could be seen with his sap tank growing bigger and bigger.
No, really.
Ariad, whose sap tank had grown from the size of a watermelon to as large as a real watermelon, was seen sighing and stretching while making a drowsy expression.
In fact, I think it’s really similar to the watermelon, which bursts out sweet juice when you bite into it, or Ariad’s sap container, where sweet sap gushes out into your mouth when you take a bite.
But what was important now was not how similar Ariad’s sap tank was to a watermelon.
“Ugh…♡”
Ariad stretched out with an expression like that of a well-fed cat and lowered her arms. With just such a light gesture, I couldn’t take my eyes off the huge fluid tank throbbing dynamically, but somehow I came to my senses thanks to Lilith who stepped on my foot and said, “Whoops.”
I’ve gotten used to it now and can block it, but not the top of my foot yet.
Lilith knows that, so these days, whenever she does anything, she steps on Lilith’s toes.
“How are you feeling? Ariad.”
Justitia glanced at me, whose toe had been stepped on by Lilith, and laughed. When she asked Ariad that question, Ariad responded to Justitia’s words.
“Ugh, very good stuff. “I feel like I’m back in my prime.”
Heyday…
So does that mean they used to have something like that?
The heyday Ariad was talking about was the time when half of the entire world was covered with the World Tree… Ariad’s body, so it was clear that it was probably like that.
So, the sap container before that was nerfed…?
When I was unable to continue speaking after seeing Ariad, who had grown so large that even the real Minotaur could not hold out a business card, Ariad spoke.
“So what? No matter what, there must be a reason for giving something like this away. “What should I do?”
“Nothing much. Will you spread your roots as far as possible?”
“…Aha, are you planning to use me as a medium?”
“Yes, I plan to carry out a large-scale purification using your roots as a medium. So, let me ask you a favor. Ah, I wish the roots would spread out like this. “Is it possible?”
Ariad, who had been watching in silence, opened her mouth when she saw Justitia drawing a shape in the air with lines extending from the center, like a giant ordering circle.
“What about this… I guess the purpose isn’t just purification?”
“For the future… It’s the home for all of us. I hate being bothered. Ariad, you don’t like being noisy either, right?”
“Uh, well. That’s right. Okay, this is all I have to do, right?”
When I saw Ariad nodding her head in response to Justitia’s words and trying to gesture, I quickly spoke.
“Wait a minute, Ariad. “Just wait a moment.”
“Yes? “What’s wrong, George Han?”
I actually stopped Ariad, but how can I say this?
But I couldn’t help it.
Ariad became like that thanks to a pseudo-gem or something, but I can roughly understand that it is not a sustained power and is only temporary.
Roughly speaking, it felt like I had temporarily granted Ammut power in a similar way to when I borrowed his divinity.
As such, I understand that it would be right to spread out the roots far away while the power is growing… To use the power to grow the world tree.
On the contrary, I had no choice but to stop.
That’s right, it was clear that the world tree’s roots would spread far and use as much power as they could to grow, and that would mean that the sap tank would shrink again.
Since it was only a temporary power, I didn’t know if I would turn into little Ariad once I used it up.
But I couldn’t tell her to do just enough to keep her breasts from shrinking.
There were too many eyes to see that.
When I stopped Ariad, I was most scared of Lilith, who was looking at me with a face that told me to just talk nonsense.
The scariest thing was Lilith, but the gazes of Hoaran, Justitiana, Carmina, and Karura were also formidable.
Sati, what…
Ariad was showing a devastated expression as she was overwhelmed by Ariad’s breasts, which had grown enormously.
I felt a bit sorry for Sati, who was staring at Ariad in fascination while groping the air above her own chest.
I also like Sati’s small breasts, so there’s no need to do that too much.
Of course, I also liked Ariad’s extremely large breasts.
I also liked how those big breasts got even bigger, just like they do now.
Okay.
There were times in the world where one had to retreat despite oppression.
For example, Ariad, who was tilting her head and asking why… She could have done that if only to touch that large liquid tank in front of her.
So I said it.
“Please don’t be too pushy so I can touch those breasts later.”
Ariad, who opened her eyes round at my words, then smiled and said, “Ahahaha.”
“Uh, yeah. Hehe…♡ Hanzo asks for a favor, so I have to listen. I understand… ♡ These breasts that Hanzo really likes… I will try my best to keep them from shrinking ♡”
Ariad says that while laughing.
“Really?”
It’s really not decreasing, right?
Ta-da, there is no such thing as an absolute, and then shrink back down, right?
As I tried to look at Ariad with that face, Lilith’s tail hit the back of my head.
It fucking hurt.
“You bastard… Do you really think this is a joke?”
“That’s not true…”
I looked at Lilith while rubbing the back of my head, but I saw her glaring at me.
“But damn it. Ariad, don’t listen to the pervert who only likes these breasts and do as Justitia says. “Because that is much more important.”
You’re a pervert who only likes breasts.
I wish you would tell me again that you are a pervert who also really likes breasts.
Anyway, as I was sulking at Lilith’s words, Ariad reached out to me and caressed my cheek.
“Don’t worry. George Han… I told you so. “Are you going to try your best to grant what George Han asked for?”
“Ariad.”
Lilith frowns at Ariad’s words.
Ariad said after seeing such a release.
“Ugh, Mulo-on. “I’ll do it right, so don’t worry.”
What.
I wondered if it was possible to do that while maintaining her breasts, but Ariad smiled with her light green eyes sparkling.
“I told you, right?”
Do.
Ariad said.
“I feel like I’m back in my prime♡”
Ariad said and waved his hands.
Rumble…!
The ground shakes.
No, the roots of the World Tree extending beneath the ground shook.
Eventually, the roots began to spread out in all directions, digging through the ground at an incredible speed, causing the ground to shake as if an earthquake had occurred.
Hehe… Just as Hanzo requested… I will listen to everything you asked for, too, with these breasts that Hanzo really likes♡”
Ariad said that while caressing my cheek.
A tree that once covered half of the world.
A huge tree that reaches the heavens.
God’s tree.
Mother tree.
And the most commonly used name is World Tree.
There was a tree called that.
However, the tree was not called the World Tree from the beginning.
Just live a little longer…
It was just a slightly unusual tree that grew from root to root, sprouting new stems and counting as one tree.
However, even if at first it was just a tree that only lived for a long time, if it passed for a very long time, naturally there would be people who believed in that tree.
For a child to be born and grow up, to have another child and grow old.
A huge tree that always stayed in one place must have been worthy of devotion.
At first it was like that…
There are people who believe in trees that are just big and long-lived.
And in that way, the child who believes in trees becomes an adult, the adult gives birth to a child, and teaches the child about trees.
Belief in trees flourished.
And the belief in trees spread.
The ‘divineness’ was imbued in a tree that was simply large and long-lived, around the time when a small village made up of people who believed in the tree, which was just a large tree, prospered and prospered over a long period of time, and eventually became a country.
As the children grew into adults, gave birth to more children, and prospered, they grew bigger and bigger, growing from a village to a city, and from a city to a country. Many years have passed.
The tree that received their faith also grew over time and became large enough to cover the entire country.
The tree that had grown so large that it could cover an entire country thought.
Originally, it was just a tree that couldn’t think, but it became an object of faith… And gained will, so the tree thought.
I wondered if there was more I could give to those children who were born, raised, and buried under me…
Although they were satisfied with the fruits that grew on them, the branches that died and the sap that occasionally flowed, they still felt the desire to give even more.
The God of Later Heaven exists to fulfill the wishes of those who sent their faith.
They looked to the tree.
I prayed for prosperity.
I prayed for eternity.
They hoped that they would always be there, taking care of and protecting them.
A large tree that received faith and became a sacred tree with divinity imbued with it wanted to be of help to the children who believed in it.
And, the tree imbued with faith gave birth to one being.
He took away his power and used his own power to give birth to the first being.
As a being who will exercise the faith that was gathered in him and the will that was created in that way.
As a being that performs tasks that are simply impossible for trees.
And that was I, Ariad, the oldest spirit among the countless spirits born of the World Tree.
Since its birth, it is a being that has been worshiped along with a large, long-lived tree that has come to be called the World Tree.
Ariad, who is her child, her alter ego, and the world tree herself, faithfully fulfilled the wishes of the tree, which was her mother, her alter ego, and herself.
From the beginning, Ariad was born as a spirit.
The essence of a spirit is a being that loves living things.
Ariad, who was born as a spirit who loves life and a tree that wanted to help those who live in its arms, worked hard to take care of the children who settled down and lived under her.
The faith that started in such a small village gradually prospered and formed a country. A tree that was simply huge and long-lived came to be called the World Tree, and before we knew it, it had covered half of the world.
It happened.
The malice shot out from the other half of the world flew through the sky, and eventually hit the ground and burned the tree.
For what reason such a thing was done, neither the tree, which was called the World Tree and had become a sacred tree, nor Ariad, who had acted as an agent of such a tree, could know.
Even though he was imbued with divinity, he did not become an omnipotent and omnipotent god.
I didn’t know any place other than where the branches, stems, and roots extended, because I was an ignorant being who was just that.
I did not know that faith is not something that is achieved through consideration and love alone.
Outside his own branches, outside his own trunk, beyond his roots, he did not know what the children he loved were doing to someone else.
Not knowing gave birth to hatred.
Hatred also grows over a long period of time… I never dreamed that it would cover half of the other world, just like the tree that covered half of the world.
That’s why the tree burned.
And… The dying tree tore off a part of itself, crossing the boundary of the dimension.
He did so because he knew that the flame that burned him, filled with malice, would never go out… And would eventually burn down the entire world.
‘That was already three years ago.’
If they all burned down, Ariad, who wanted to burn up together, squeezed out all her remaining strength and sent her to the other side of the dimension… From the time she came to this world away from the being who was both her main body and her mother.
A considerable amount of time has already passed.
