128 – Ghost of the Guardian Tree (7)
My misbehavior played a big part in Cecile acting so emotionally.
There was little room for excuses when asked if only the seniors were chosen to meet. Since the only people who were wearing masks were seniors like Luna and Shion, it was enough to have antipathy.
It’s difficult to draw a line in a relationship while leaving emotional goals like this. First of all, I need to calm myself down in moderation.
“Okay, but what exactly are you talking about with ghosts?”
And the news of a ghost appearing in the Guardian Tree was enough to draw my attention. Perhaps it refers to a thought form that I have not dealt with.
“Do you know the legend of the guardian tree?”
I rummaged for a while. I think Silverin mentioned the legend when explaining the Guardian Tree.
A priestess cast her spell upon herself to protect her Eternia, becoming her guardian tree. I remember it being like a fairy tale story.
I also said that if you confess to the guardian tree, you will sometimes hear the answer.
“Roughly.”
“You know that the original form of the guardian tree is a priestess, right? It seems that the priestess of the guardian tree sometimes wanders around in human form. I have seen a few kids.”
“… What does it look like?”
“Sightings say a young woman with long white hair.”
Listening to the way you look, there is one person who is suspicious.
“… Couldn’t it just be a human instead of a ghost?”
“Except for the professor, nobody in our school has gray hair.”
“There must be similar colors. Because the human eye is not accurate.”
“Well, another eyewitness testified that she was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. It was as if he was possessed by the siren. If it comes to that legendary priestess, she has something she really wants to ask. I’m just too curious.”
Trisha just sneaked out and she must have been spotted by some. It’s not a thought body, so I should say it’s fortunate.
Cecile narrowed her eyes and glared intently at me, lost in thought.
“Why does the reaction suddenly change because you are beautiful?”
“Can you see my expression?”
“Yes, I have clairvoyance. Behind the mask, I can see Candy, who is a bit ugly but has a friendly impression.”
“I can’t play cards with you.”
Cecile’s mood seemed to have eased to some extent, so I stood up.
Help me look around the guardian tree, and leave the appraisal and processing of the wingless dragon crystal behind him.
She said that if Trisha, who sneaked out of the labyrinth, is captured by other students, there will be no catastrophe for her. I’ll have to step out and use my hands in advance.
“Then see you in the evening. Do you have any other supplies?”
Cecil slipped up the book and covered her face.
“Just come.”
***
On the evening after the sun had set, I came out in front of the dormitory garden that I had promised with Cecil.
Cecil was waiting with a black robe pressed tightly over her head, probably for camouflage. It’s evening, but there are many students wandering around the dormitory.
Cecil waved her hand.
“Candy! You really came. Nice.”
“It’s a restricted area, is there any way to get in?”
“You haven’t been there, have you? Not too long ago, it was surveillance magic, Planterada, and it was all different, but now it has been canceled. It’s just that the restrictions haven’t been lifted on the surface, but there’s no problem if you actually go in.”
I asked with the intention of finding out, but the information is quite quick.
I went to Trisha’s labyrinth to warn her not to come out, but she was away so I couldn’t tell her.
I moved towards Cecil and the guardian tree. One was wearing a mask and the other was wearing a robe, so it was very suspicious.
Cecile asked while moving.
“But… I mean.”
“Yes,”
“How did you get close with Shion?”
I said it right.
“I’m not friendly.”
“Then why did you go to Rigbed?”
“I have work. You?”
“I went to jumbo.”
“How did the fortune teller come out?”
“As you know, I was in Rigbed at the time, but I never met the Prophet of Stone. I also wanted to see the fish tank store.”
“Fish tank store… ?”
“Yes. It seems that fortune-telling is done with a stone and a fishbowl. They say you can see the future well and guess the past well.”
“….”
“I’m sorry, I wanted to see your marriage luck.”
“How much do you look at fortune telling to meet a great person?”
“My eyes are not very high. You don’t need everything, you just need to look good.”
“….”
“Candy, what is your ideal type?”
To clear up the misunderstanding that you like things in order of s*xuality, wouldn’t it be better to make up and cover it up?
“Well, if you eat well, everything looks fine.”
“Ummm…. Something like an old man.”
We stopped at the border between the forest and the clearing. Cecile found a seat in an appropriate place and squatted down. Then he said, patting the seat next to him with the palm of his hand.
“Come and sit down.”
“Do you have any plans?”
I sat down next to Cecile and leaned against the stump.
“What are your plans? Just waiting.”
It’s a bit chilly maybe because the sun has gone down. I can’t even light a fire near the guardian tree, so will it last long?
“What about the cold?”
Cecile smiled brightly and took out a black bottle from her robe.
“I knew that and brought a potion that doesn’t warm you.”
Looks like a lot for a potion.
She unscrewed her cork and she herself first gulped. Then, she wiped the black liquid from her mouth with her sleeve and handed me the bottle.
“Now, drink too.”
“….”
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I turned my back on her, lifted her mask, and drank her potion.
Pooh!
And I took a few sips before spewing the liquid into the air. It was wine, not potion.
“What if I just spit out that expensive thing?”
“This is alcohol.”
“Why are you so sensitive to common alcohol while drinking potions that are poisonous to your body?”
I can’t answer you when you say that.
“You are not allowed to bring it into the dormitory.”
“This is my first time drinking too. I just brought one in the form, but why don’t I keep it in the dorm, so I’m going to empty my body at this point.”
“….”
After pondering for a while, I closed my eyes and gulped down the wine.
Bitter and astringent liquid enters the throat. I really don’t know what wine tastes like.
Cecil was handed the bottle again and she gulped down again. Is this woman crazy
We killed time in silence for a while in that state.
Because I got a little drunk, I looked at the guardian tree in a daze and said,
“If we stay like this, the ghosts will really see us and run away.”
“No. I really have a question, so I must meet you. Heeep.”
Cecil pounded her chest with her fist as if she was experiencing hiccups.
“Candy, hib, me back, hib, knock.”
I tapped Cecile’s back with my fist as if giving a massage. Only then did the hiccups stop.
“Enough.”
Then she turned around and leaned her head gently on my shoulder.
“Coming here at night, the atmosphere is subtly good. Very quiet.”
Only the sound of wood grain being swept by the wind and the cries of grass insects filled the silence.
I asked Cecil.
“… How long are you planning to stay here?”
“Until midnight.”
Rather than catching ghosts… I guess I just came here to have a drink and have a joke.
In the meantime, a black figure moved behind the guardian tree. I thought it was an animal, but when I looked closely, it was a human figure.
“Wait, did you see that?”
“… What?”
“Something moved behind the guardian tree?”
“Um… really? I can’t see Let’s go for now.”
Cecile stood up, clutching her wine bottle as if it were her weapon. She already felt a bit drunk.
As Cecil stumbled over her body, I grabbed her by the wrist and led her.
She wondered if she had found something of hers too.
“Is there really something?”
But it wasn’t the ghost Cecil was talking about. If so, the white hair would have reflected in the moonlight.
As she walked, she bit more of her bottle. She was really out of control that she had no drinking experience.
“Drink in moderation. Are you going to get drunk and go to the dormitory?”
“From the vineyards of our proud Pontard family. I cannot throw away a single drop.”
I silenced the sound of my footsteps and slowly approached the Guardian Tree. Then I heard a rustle behind the tree.
I held my breath and put myself on alert.
In the meantime, Cecile shouted out loud.
“Who is that? Heeep.”
Then a woman’s voice came from the other side.
“…… Cecil?”
Cecil kept her eyes wide open, then she said.
“…… Elias?”
Soon after that, a pair of men and women began to walk out from behind the guardian tree.
It was Victor who had faced Elias, Cecil’s friend, and her circulatory system.
Elias said with a puzzled expression.
“Cecile, why are you here… there is? What is that in your hand?”
Cecil seemed to have regained her senses, but suddenly her tone became clear.
“Oh, just a potion?”
“… Okay? What are you doing here?”
“I came to find the ghost of the guardian tree. You?”
“Ooh, we’re here for the same reason. You guys are so unique that we wanted someone. Ai, we should wear masks in case we get caught!”
There seemed to be a different reason, but we didn’t bother digging into it because we looked suspicious too.
Victor looked at me and Cecile in turns and nodded silently as if he understood everything. I don’t know what you’re thinking, but it’s not like that, son of a b*tch.
And another person who had been hiding around the Guardian Tree popped out.
While showing blatant hostility.
“Hey, what are you guys doing!”
Someone walked out of the forest with a suspicious look, wearing a black mask like a sackcloth over his face, with eye sockets and breathing holes pierced.
Judging by his voice and physique, he was a man of our age.
Its distinctive feature is that it is holding a dagger for self-defense in one hand and a white canvas in the other.
He took one look at us and shouted.
“Are you in first grade?”
I came out with a high-handed attitude, but I couldn’t hide my nervousness.
I asked Cecil in a whisper.
“How far did rumors about ghosts spread?”