After roughly finishing his work at Viscount Blentz, Leo left for the fairy forest with only Celise.
It wasn’t too far from the viscount’s house, and it was unreasonable to take ordinary soldiers to such a place.
It was much better to move with a few talented people.
“Do you know anything about the fairy forest?”
“any.”
When Celise asked as they entered the forest, Leo shrugged.
“The dwelling place where the fairies live. All kinds of mysterious things happen, and it is said that the knight or wizard who finds it gains great power. Some say they gained strength by befriending fairies.”
“Also. You have been looking for books about adventure and exploration in the library since you were little, and you know that.”
Saying that, Celise was startled.
“… But I got confused for a moment. I was still young.”
“… … .”
Leo almost got angry for a moment.
Of course, it’s true that he’s 11 years younger, but if you add up his age in his previous life, he’s much older than Sellise.
So I felt quite bad, but it was all the more so because I couldn’t refute anything.
-Sabaksabak.
The two walked through the woods.
The sunlit forest was peaceful without a single monster.
Breathing in the fresh air, the two went deeper and deeper.
“But it is a fairy tale story. The reality is a bit different. The fairies do not welcome the invasion of humans.”
“Is that so?”
“Of course, among wizards, there are many people who go crazy when they see fairies. Fairy wings are a rare magic ingredient.”
Not only that, it is said that all kinds of vaporizers are scattered around.
In addition, just staying in the fairy forest leads to an increase in skill.
Because of this, countless humans wanted to get into it somehow.
Perhaps if the fairy forest had not been protected by a strong barrier, the fairies would have gone extinct long ago.
Leo, too, had come to seek rare materials from the forest.
‘If I deliver it to Sonia, I might be able to make something like a potion with good performance that will help me.’
In order to extend my lifespan even a little, I had to work hard to make and eat something good for my body.
-Sabaksabak.
Leo, who had been walking slowly, stopped.
Celise looked at him.
“Are you tired? Can I pick you up?”
“… Not yet. I stopped because I thought I found a barrier.”
Leo said with a slight bewilderment.
If you look closely, there was a time when Celise would break into people’s hearts casually.
“Are there already barriers? It is still near the beginning of the forest.”
“Sniff it. What does it smell like?”
Selize sniffed at Leo’s words and answered.
“… honey scent? It seems to have a little bit of floral scent as well.”
“That is correct. The place where honey and flowers smell at the same time is where the fairy forest is.”
“A place like that must be too common, doesn’t it? Even if you go to a suitable field, it seems that the conditions will be similar.”
“Look around. It’s all pine trees, how can I smell flowers and honey here?”
“ah… .”
Celise nodded as if she understood.
Perhaps it would be better if it was the scent of the forest. No matter where I looked around, there was not a single flower and not a single bee flying around.
“Of course you are right. There are so many places that fit the criteria, it’s almost impossible to find the fairy forest.”
It is said that the fallen Viscount Calne also happened to set foot here and noticed the existence of the Fairy Forest.
It was because he was interested in old legends and exploration.
“But how do I get in here?”
“You have to break the barrier. It won’t be easy, though.”
Leo shrugged.
The reason why the fairy forest is treated as a legend is because it is difficult to find the place, but it is very difficult to penetrate the barrier.
At least 6 ranks. It was possible only if you had some expertise in the field of barriers.
‘But I’m different.’
He is a Leo who has already been through many times and has figured out his strengths.
[Eyes that see mana], [God of Spell Interpretation], [Excellent mana sensitivity], etc.
He possesses various characteristics, and his understanding and magic talent are 10, so he was confident in analyzing and breaking through magic circles or barriers.
Leo concentrated with his eyes wide open.
With his eyes on the flow of mana surrounding him, he tried to discover the body of the barrier.
‘… found.’
And I grabbed the edge of the barrier.
indeed. As rumored, it was a very solid barrier.
It was difficult to notice at a moderate level, and it was close to impossible to break.
It was unreasonable for Leo to break this with the straight attack method as well.
However, didn’t he find a gap in the ice cap of the great king of karst?
‘Let’s go slowly.’
Carefully handling the mana particles, he penetrated the gap in the barrier.
It’s a delicate process, so there shouldn’t be a single mistake.
Sweat dripped down his eyebrows, but without blinking an eye, he burrowed between the barrier magic ceremonies.
– Ugh!
After a while, they succeeded in opening a hole in the barrier.
“Whoa… done.”
Leo let out a deep sigh.
Sellise said with a tired expression.
“… What the hell did you do? He said the same thing in the last Hydra poison. I didn’t break the barrier of the fairy forest by force, and I’ve never heard of someone breaking through it this way.”
Leo shrugged.
“Is it okay if I just do what I see?”
“… … .”
Celise looked at her incredulously, but had nothing else to say.
As you can see, I broke through the cracks and opened them up. How can I explain more?
“Enough with this, let’s go in. This will be restored in a little while. It’s hard to do it twice.”
“… All right.”
The two crossed the barrier.
* * *
Starting from the barrier, the atmosphere of the forest changed drastically.
Originally, it was a refreshing forest, but once inside the fairy forest, it was on a different level than before.
I felt like my body was being purified simply by breathing.
In addition, there were a lot of rare plants blooming everywhere.
‘Jellyfish grass leaves seconds? It’s the best when used as a hemostatic agent.’
‘Five. There are also flame trumpets. Adding it when making a flame magic circle increases the power, but there is nothing like it.’
Every time he turned his eyes, Leo inwardly admired.
Indeed, it was like a fairy forest that was named Treasure Island.
Everywhere my gaze landed, I couldn’t just pass by.
In addition, there were quite a few things that seemed out of the ordinary to Leo’s eyes, which he did not know well.
Maybe if I had brought Sonia, my eyes would have been tight?
That was the moment.
“intruder! It’s an intruder!”
“It’s a big deal! It’s a big deal!”
“What do we do? Even human!”
“So big!”
A cluster of lights flashed around, and small creatures popped up.
They were fairies.
They flapped their little wings and roamed nonstop around Leo and Celise.
“… … !”
Celise was startled and stood in front of Leo as if to protect him.
However, soon, the tension was about to be relieved.
“What is this… .”
It was because of the appearance of fairies.
They were the size of an adult’s palm and had cute looks regardless of gender.
“Humans look like this.”
“Interesting! No wings!”
“Then you can’t fly, can you? I would be completely uncomfortable.”
They chattered around in that state, and soon some even poked exposed parts of the skin, such as arms and hands.
Celise’s face turned slightly red.
It was quite surprising since she was usually like a knife.
‘Selize likes cute things.’
These days, she rarely showed emotional changes in her daily life, but she learned something new.
Meanwhile, the fairies chattered incessantly.
“But what? The Queen said that humans are scary.”
“And the Queen is sick. No intruders.”
While listening to the fairies, Leo opened his mouth.
“When you say queen, do you mean Queen Daisy?”
At Leo’s words, the fairies flew even more violently.
“You know our queen? But my queen’s name isn’t Daisy?”
“That person is an idiot. Daisy is a princess, not a queen.”
“Fool. You’re stupid~.”
Fairies flying around laughing at Leo.
Hearing their words, Leo’s eyebrows twitched.
‘At this point, the queen wasn’t Daisy.’
It was much later that he came to the fairy forest when he was playing Lost World.
At this point, it seems that the previous queen was in power.
“But in a little while, Daisy might become a queen.”
“that’s right. Because the queen is sick.”
“Huh… . I’m so sad… .”
The chattering fairies began to get depressed as a group.
Emotional changes happened really quickly.
It was a characteristic only of fairies.
Leo took a step.
Then the fairies flashed and reappeared in a space a little further away.
As if they had taken it out before they knew it, they pushed the spear with a wary face.
Of course, holding a spear with that little arm was just cute.
“You can’t move!”
“right! If you attack us, we will punish you!”
Leo shrugged.
“I have no intention of attacking you.”
“lie!”
“Why do you think it is a lie?”
“Because the queen said that humans eat lies!”
Other fairies joined in as well.
“right! right! It must have been!”
“He said never to be fooled by humans!”
Their vigilance was not something that would come off easily.
Of course Leo knew that too.
Even when I was playing the game, I had a really difficult quest to relieve their vigilance.
But this time there was a method of conversion.
“you. You know the 5 heroes, right?”
“5 heroes? yes! We know! They are great people who defeated the monsters of the Abyss!”
“The Queen has said many times that even though they are human, they are really amazing.”
Leo pointed to his own face and said.
“Look at this hair and eye color. Silver hair and silver eyes? I am a descendant of one of the 5 heroes, Lord Karst.”
“Huh! A descendant of the Karst King?”
“He is such a great man!”
“If you are a descendant of a great man, aren’t you equally great?”
Leo smiled happily.
“right. I’m great. So will you guide me to your queen? Since I am a descendant of Karst the Great, I may be able to cure the queen.”
That wasn’t logical at all.
What does it have to do with being a descendant of the great king of Karst?
However, it was eaten by the fairies.
“It could be!”
“Shall I guide the queen?”
“yes! yes!”
“Let us heal the queen!”
Leo grinned.
‘It worked properly.’
It seemed to take advantage of children’s innocence, but what about it?
As a result, Leo had no intention of harming them, and if he really could, he wanted to heal the injured queen as well.
At that time, Celise muttered behind her back with a betrayed face.
“I don’t know when you grew up so badly.”
“… … ?”
Leo looked at Celise with a puzzled expression.
Disappointed Noona