Chapter 29 – 2. Hansel and Gretel (9)
With the exception of Merkin, who was busy taking over the post of village chief, YuRia was lost in her thoughts as she headed towards the cedar tree forest with all of her party.
She put down everything that had been erased from her, and she only looked at Loa, and didn’t she think too much?
No, she wasn’t even trying to find out about anything.
She gave up her life on her own, relying on her loa, choosing to live a passive life.
Even though she knows what fate lies ahead of her.
“…”
I should repent.
The recent hot spring incident could have been prevented had it been prevented.
Even after being caught, there was no damage. I don’t know if I could have solved it without getting this hard.
To that extent, I did not know about my surroundings and did not try to think.
As a result, she suffered so much pain and lost her near death, making Loa sad…
That’s why I came to the idea that I should actively step out into this world from now on.
What kind of world is this world?
Although there are differences from the historical magic book called Remegeton that he knew, it is a difference within the margin of error that can be caused by parts that have been misrepresented over a long period of time, so there will be no problem even if it is the same magic book.
Did Remegeton transfer to this world?
Or is this world now the past of the world he lived in?
If that’s not the case…
“Whoa…”
There are so many hypotheses that can be made.
However, as of now, the biggest hypothesis that Yuria can think of is that the world belongs to a branch different from her own world among the branches of time that diverged from the time when the King of Wisdom created the Book of Magic in the past.
Although he couldn’t be sure, the flow of this world was quite different from the world history he knew.
One thing was certain, however, that there was someone in the world who could manipulate the book of magic, even if it wasn’t him.
And that someone with such power and ability is doing something.
While thinking about this and that, the party arrived at the forest of cedar trees before they knew it.
“Then wait for everyone. I’ll see what kind of tree I will cut down.”
After YuRia disappeared into the forest to select the tree to be cut down, her party naturally gathered near a tree with hibis flowers planted in one part of the forest.
“Thinking about it again, it’s an amazing forest. How the hell did Yuria create such a forest? Didn’t Roa say that she saw Yuria 6-7 years ago?”
Considering the growth rate of the cedar tree that Cashwin knew, it seemed that it would take over 100 years to grow to this extent, but according to Roa, it was estimated that this tree only had time to grow for 6-7 years even if it was maxed out.
Even this was almost a forced deadline, and considering the situation Yuria had been living here, it was actually about 5 years.
In effect, 20 times meant growing faster.
That’s it, but she created a forest of this scale by herself?
Where the hell did you get all these cedar seeds or seedlings?
There, this power that surrounds this forest.
How did you do it…
Cashwyn stared blankly at the cool spring breeze around her.
This is my second visit, but it was still a space I couldn’t understand.
For sure. Although spring is near, it must still be winter with a sharp wind blowing outside.
“Haa… As expected, I didn’t manage well in the middle, so there are kids like this.”
Trees that do not grow straight and straight and have too many branches.
Trees that overgrow or undergrow.
Even if it wasn’t like that, YuRia let out a sigh as she looked at the trees with problems or flaws.
It is good for her to grow quickly, but since she is in this situation even if she loses sight of her for one day, she has no choice but to visit the forest every day.
The recent Witch Trials or the Winter Queen. I couldn’t come often due to work at the hot spring, so there were things I did as expected.
Pulling out pieces of her charcoal from her arms, YuRia placed her X on the four trees that looked the most hopeless among the trees in such poor condition.
Originally, she only cut down about 3 trees, but the condition of the trees she cut was not that good, so she had no choice but to add one more tree.
No. If not, this tree had to be plucked out of the forest anyway.
Because it couldn’t grow properly and it would only hinder the formation of this forest.
“I’m sorry. It turned out like this because I couldn’t take care of it properly.”
Anyway, this forest was going to be cut down one day, except for one tree.
It’s just that this wasn’t the time.
Yuria glanced at the deepest part of the forest. She looked at a large cedar tree.
The tree that forms the barrier of this forest and the source of all the cedar trees that make up this forest.
And she is the tree that was the backbone of the ship she operated.
“Sorry Hotels.ComThat’s how you deal with your children.”
The tree, which could only be seen by YuRia’s eyes, just shook its large branches as if it were a little sad but okay.
“What does this land look like? No matter how wide it is, it feels more breath-taking to be rooted on the planet than to the confined space of a spaceship.”
Just Hotels.ComWas just quietly sending silence.
“Well, you were created that way by us. You were created to aim for the vast universe…”
But now, Yuria had no intention of going to space anymore.
It was because I intended to settle down with Loa in the continent of this small planet.
If someday Roa wants to go to space, then I don’t know, but Yuria has now taken root.
In this little place.
No, to be precise, to the Loa who are rooted and living here.
Loa’s place was a place for him to stay.
“Then, I’ll take care of you.”
Hotels.ComAs if she understood, she shook the big branch slightly again.
Digging and shoveling the ground with magic.
What was thought to be cutting with an ax has become digging with a shovel instead of an axe.
Taking a tree was expressed as ‘cutting’, but in fact, this was digging, not cutting.
“Damn it! Is that why you called all of us like this?”
While panting, Roa and Nuri silently wielded the shovel, and Cashwyn removed the soil with her magic, eventually holding a shovel together and shoveling, making a sick sound.
“I haven’t been able to dig up even one tree yet, but when can I get all four trees…”
“Cane…”
“Oohhh!!”
At the word of a cane, the momentum changed again, and Cashwyn, who was running wild, eventually exhausted her physical strength within a few minutes and whimpered at her muscle pain.
Nuri and Roa also laughed and continued her shoveling.
Even so, when I saw Yuria digging the ground in the deepest part of the world, I wondered how much she was really doing if they were of help.
As if digging up a tofu, I dug up the ground with my bare hands, and in an instant, the soil around the roots of the cedar tree disappeared and the roots were revealed from the ground.
In fact, Nuri and Roa didn’t do much, just scooping up the dirt that Yuria had dug up.
It was to the extent that Cashwyn, who was resting after losing her temper for a while and running amok, lost more strength than she dug out with Nuri and Loa.
As time passed, the first round of logging, no, the tree digging was over.
“Any other trees? You weren’t trying to dig more?”
At Cashwyn’s words, Yuria shook her head.
“Because I have to finish processing while the tree is still fresh”
Yuria, who took her hand by her waist, let out a sigh at the emptiness, remembering that her own kukri had been broken for a long time.
If there were no teeth, she said it was gums.
Although she struggles a bit, she can now make blades with her power alone, even without her kukri, so Yuria stretches out her blades and begins cutting off the branches and roots of her branches.
And when she put her hand on the body of the remaining tree, the body of the cedar tree glowed and became a pure white fiber that began to unravel, and it became a ball of thread in Yuria’s hand and began to curl into a ball.
The cedar tree, which had been proud of its size, turned into a ball of thread roughly the size of two human fists in Yuria’s hands, and Yuria looked at the ball of thread with a slightly bitter expression.
Originally, these are not the children who would be destined to be like this.
A bit bittersweet came into my mind, thinking that she couldn’t see the light because of herself and became like a wolf.
“What, what. Is this the only thing that comes out of that big tree?”
Cashwin said as if embarrassed.
Loa just doesn’t know anything. He was quiet because he unconsciously knew my true nature better than Cashewwin, but he seemed to have no idea what it was now.
“It’s not that only this came out, it was that I was able to pull out this much.”
Yuria quietly took a few branches that had fallen to the ground and she slowly released her powers.
The branches twisted and clumped together, and the volume gradually began to decrease, soon changing into something in the shape of a small wedge.
Cashwin stared at the ungainly appearance.
YuRia didn’t care what Cashwynn’s reaction was and stuck it into Cashwynn’s staff as it was in her head.
“Huh!?”
“I kept my promise”
“Hey, wait a minute. I just screwed it in…”
Before Cashwyn could say anything to her, she looked at her own wand in amazement as her own wand began to change something.
Roots and branches grew from the wedge of the cedar tree embedded in the wand, and began to completely erode the cashwyn’s wand. .
“Huh? Huh? Huh?”
“Only?”
“Oh no! I believe!”
Seeing Cashwyn’s sudden change of attitude, YuRia’s sighs increased.
How light is this man.
However, she was directing her gaze as if she could understand Noori’s reaction.
What? Why are you doing this?
“It’s a wand that’s more powerful than the national treasures of the empire or even the wands of mage masters.”
What is that?
Hearing the level of this world she had learned through her new experience, Yuria adjusted her own evaluation of her world.
This world had a lower level than Yuria thought.
The branches and roots gathered while making four white threads were also transformed into a bundle of threads through a similar process.
Balls of black thread, each one a third the size of the ball of white thread. The eggplant is a ball of azure thread.
And the leaves of the cedar tree made some kind of transparent reagent, and Yuria put it in a glass bottle and sealed it tightly.
“All that’s left now is the metal material…”
YuRia groaned and pondered for a while.
Even if it’s just a little sloppy, should I make it with just this?
Considering the level of this place in the first place, it seemed difficult for her to get the metal she wanted here.
And at that, Merkin wrote a letter of introduction, and Cashwin, who saw it, said, “Oh?” He looked at Merkin for a while as if he was quite right.
“?”
“Well, let’s call it trivial pleasure. Let’s call it a surprise gift. Sometimes I have to pretend to know. Fufufu.”
YuRia tilted her head at Cashwyn’s appearance, but slipped away by saying, “Cashwynn is a later pleasure” And “Open the gift wrapping later.” Seeing that he didn’t say anything to him, it seemed that he wasn’t particularly opposed to Cashwyn’s actions.
“There’s no problem with going on a long trip now, right?”
At Cashwyn’s words, Yuria nodded her head.
If it was the liver, most of the damage to other organs had been restored, and now her cold power could no longer harm her body.
Even though the liver was cut in half, it was still regenerating, and even if only half of the liver’s ability remained, it wouldn’t be too much trouble.
She may get tired more easily than usual and her detoxification ability may be reduced, but she had no problems now that her biggest problems were solved.
Regarding the management of cedarwood, if you keep it at its original growth rate while you are out, Hotels.ComI know you can take good care of it.
For her, this may be a bit, no, quite a cruel request.
Glance Hotels.ComLooking back in the direction I was going, the wind blew as if it were okay.
‘Sorry… ‘
YuRia left behind her friend who had been with her for decades, who was also her heart, and headed back to her loa.
Someday. Thinking of introducing her to her loa as well.
Yet. Her existence was premature even for anyone in the world.
“Come to think of it, what are you usually doing?
“Well, should I say that there are a lot of things. Since each one is a different request. However, it seems that Merkin’s personal connections are greater than I thought. While solving Yuria’s affairs, I also try to get some help.”
YuRia slightly frowned at Cashwyn’s words.
“Isn’t that going to be a nuisance to Mr. Merkin?”
“It’s a bit embarrassing. Are you saying that Merkin has priority over me?”
“Do you think about her usual behavior? She admits that she was a good person to Loa, but what was she really like to me?”
At that, Cashwyn tried to say something to her, but eventually she quietly shut her mouth.
I was assaulted with facts.
In reality, Cashwyn also revealed her hostility toward Yuria, whether it was true or a joke, and she realized that even her kindness towards Yuria was close to the feeling that Roa looked after her.
Even in reality, she was distracted by her cedar tree, so she forgot about it for a while, but she remembered how she was looking at YuRia.
If it wasn’t for Roa, I want to do more proper experiments and research.
If it’s not Loa, I want to attack it, etc.
On the other hand, even if it is a favor made by overlapping her past friend, there is a reason that Merkin is Roa’s friend, but apart from Roa, he has shown direct favor to Yuria himself.
And. Just as the relationship was established when she provided a bottle of high-grade potion she had given to Roa as a pure favor to Yuria, Merkin also provided the hibis flower as a pure favor without expecting anything in return.
A huge favor that doesn’t expect anything in return rather than how much you’ve done.
That must have been able to buy Yuria’s favor.
If but She thought that if it was Merkin who first met Yuria, she might have become Merkin.
If she were Merkin, she would have given Yuria a hibis flower for free, and she would have come to love Merkin, just as she eventually accepted Loa.
When she thought so, she laughed for some reason.
The love between a middle-aged man and a kid like that. Is that a crime?
Around the time when Cashwynn was giggling like that, Yuria was staring at Cashwynn with a very salty expression.
Loa looked at her house for a moment as she packed her things.
Why? The reason why she feels like the house she used to see every day is somehow unfamiliar.
She had been to the hot springs for YuRia’s treatment, but this time she really was going to leave the town properly and be roaming around outside of her for a long time.
It is unknown what Uncle Cashewyn does outside of this town, but she follows Uncle’s schedule, forcing her to go on a quest to get the items Yuria needs.
The return was supposed to be around the fall, when the old man usually returns to the village, if nothing special happened.
YuRia was wearing completely different clothes than usual.
Although different from the magician’s robes, such as a cloak-like garment that covers her entire body and a hood that is worn on her head to cover her face.
Looking at Yuria in her very meticulous way of hiding herself, a strange feeling came over her.
Now I really think I’m leaving this town and going to the city.
“Are you nervous?”
“Umm, I did go out of town once during the hot springs… But back then I didn’t feel like I was going that far. For some reason, it feels like I’m going to a completely different world now…”
Yuria looked at Roa like that and made her look apologetic.
“Sorry. I made Loa participate in my greed.”
“No. Even if it wasn’t for Yuria, she would have needed to see the world outside the village at least once. And I’m glad I can be of help to her.”
YuRia’s heart tickled at Roa’s words, and she hugged her Roa tightly.
“Thank you”
“All preparations are complete, Eun-gong. Now all that remains is to depart.”
Hearing Nuri’s voice from outside, Roa and Yuria stood up from their seats, smiling lightly at each other as they faced each other.
“Let’s go. To a new world”
The weather was still bitter because the seasons were changing little by little, and winter and spring were changing places, but the weather like before did not exist anymore.
Cashwynn’s steps were very fast, probably because she used some kind of magic. Nuri and Yuria’s steps were also very fast.
Of the party, Roa was the only one who couldn’t keep up with his steps.
Before long, Roa gasping and staggering embarrassedly had to lean on YuRia while walking. She knew that YuRia was stronger than she thought, but she was ashamed because she did not expect such a situation to happen. It was embarrassing not to.
It was unexpected that he would be so helpless.
He himself wanted to help Yuria, he didn’t want to be Yuria’s burden…
“Eww…”
“It’s okay. It’s not that hard.”
“No, it’s not like that…”
Roa sighed and thought for a while before finally opening her mouth.
“I want to be strong”
“Huh?”
“I want to be a help to Yuria, not a burden to her.”
At Roa’s words, Yuria looked at her Roa with a strange expression.
“Okay?”
At that moment, Roa felt a chill run down her spine.
The feeling that she opened something she shouldn’t have.
Her instincts have been alerting her intensely.
It’s not too late. Now, ahead of us is hell.
Tell me to go back
The loa gulped and swallowed her saliva, still stiffening her resolve.
“Yuria knows a lot of things that we don’t know, right? Train me. I want to become stronger.”
YuRia smiled softly at him.
For some reason, it’s clearly a smile, but with a very creepy and creepy expression.
“It will be very difficult in the future.”
“…”
Loa clearly realized.
I can’t turn back now.
“The training I give you is going to be very difficult. I’ll be sure to do it once I order it.”
Yuria stopped supporting her loa.
“It’s starting now”
“Yes?”
As YuRia clapped her hands, flames suddenly started to rise from behind.
Uh? Uh?
“Run!”
“Aagh!?”
However, Cashwin and Nuri just tilted their heads as they watched this scene.
The flames were not real, they were only illusions seen by Loa.
Nouri and Cashwyn just looked at Loa, who was startled by something about her and was beating like crazy as if her hips were on fire.
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