72. Theory of Everything
The golden adventurer Shu.
Active from the beginning of the adventurer’s guild, his story of exploring the world tree, the ruins of giants, and dragon rares was a legend among adventurers.
Although there was no platinum rank at the time, he remained a gold-ranked adventurer, but Shu and his companions’ adventures, friendship, trust, and good deeds have continued to this day and are praised by countless bards.
[So that’s you?]
[Ah, that’s right!]
We were back in the inn room after Cream had awakened the fainting man with appropriate means and had him write a letter to the wandering man with an electric shock.
And the holy sword was questioning me as if it couldn’t believe it. I was so pitiful.
[You are the golden adventurer who always fought on the side of the weak, ended the war between two small kingdoms, and was famous as the godfather of a thousand children?]
[Yes! Why can’t you believe me?]
As I affirmed and grumbled at those words, the Holy Sword and Cream were staring at me with astonished eyes. No, why are you Am I not that trustworthy?
No matter how much it is, there is even a cheat key called status window in another world. Even if I wasn’t a heroic figure like a battle saint or a great boss, I was also quite famous when I was younger.
[And it’s Siwoo, not Shoo!]
[It’s not Shu, it’s Shurani, what the hell does that mean? Aren’t you a golden adventurer?]
[No, I am a golden adventurer… hahahaha, damn Call me at will.]
Damn another world, damn another world. There is no one who calls me by my name properly! In fact, there was no reason why I changed my name after becoming a demonic sword.
The golden adventurer Shu manages to get past Shu, the one who lives in the deepest pit of the abyss, Shu! No matter how you think about it, this isn’t the case.
“Carvaldo, honestly, not so much…”
[Too much!]
It wasn’t long before we had such a trivial conversation, and Cream returned to our conversation in a serious tone.
“So, adventurer, guild leader, why?”
The identity of my human days is shocking, of course, but in fact, isn’t it what repairs me that really matters, not my past?
[Ah, don’t you guys know about the adventurer’s guild leader?]
Of course, I was well aware of the identity of the adventurer’s guild leader. From the time I was human to the hundreds of years I’ve lived as a demonic sword, the guild leader hasn’t changed even once.
[Can I be a rich? People couldn’t live that long.]
[She’s a high elf.]
The upper class of humans, the Golden Eyes clan with foresight. A superior breed of beastmen, a pure-blooded beastman with the ability to transform into a beast. Like him, the head of the adventurer’s guild was also a high elf, a higher species of fairies.
There are many racial characteristics of high elves, but the most representative of them is, of course, longevity. The high elves were the only race that could compete with dragons for lifespan.
[When I first met, I was young even by human standards, so now I’m in full swing.]
I muttered vaguely, soaked in the memories of my human days for a moment. Memories of human days, which I tried not to recall, revived in the fog of memories.
Actually, I don’t really miss it, but when I think about it, I had far more f*cking memories than good ones! Even in such muddy water, there were definitely memories shining like pearls.
“Are you a girl?”
Just as I was about to enter the flashback, I came to my senses when I heard an eerie voice. Cream was looking down at me with some creepy eyes.
Currently, I am stuck in Cream’s shoulder. Naturally, their faces are close, their breath tickling as they touch the handle, and the gaze looking down from them is frightening. Don’t look at me like that!
[Huh? No, that’s why…]
[hahahaha, don’t worry too much. Warrior. Some of the warriors from the previous generation were enthusiastic about golden adventurers, right?]
The holy sword intercepted my words before I could finish my words. However, the sentence the Holy Sword uttered was so shocking that I forgot to even argue.
[What? There was a fan of mine among the heroes?]
[I didn’t know it was you at the time. Is the courage to throw one’s body into danger with only such a weak force admired as a human being?]
What the f*ck. Even if I packaged it pretty, in the end, I’m just saying that I’m f*cking weak. Certainly, when I was a human, I wandered around the world, not knowing how precious my life was.
Think about it, one day you fell into the world of swords and magic. That alone is surprising, but a cheat called the status window has been added. I am the main character of this world!
-It’s not strange to have such childish delusions. And since there was no cure for delusion, he was only able to escape after the panacea of death was given.
[Anyway, as a result, I naturally learned quite a bit about the golden adventurer…]
Cream looked at the holy sword who was suddenly talking about something absurd. However, at the words of the holy sword that immediately followed, Cream’s face changed strangely.
[The golden adventurer acted as the leader of a party of 4, and all of his colleagues were female except for him. However, there is one curious thing here.]
“What is it?”
[The golden adventurer and his party were described so closely that the proverb, ‘The promise of gold and pure iron’ remains, but strangely, there is no record of their love. Their friendship has been described so much.]
Then the holy sword looked at me and smiled brightly. Of course, the sword doesn’t have a face, but that kind of will was transmitted to me.
[Isn’t it amazing? Even if there was no relationship in reality, there are many cases where love between heroes who are close to each other is often described even in later creations, but mysteriously, there was no such record of the golden adventurer and his companions.]
[Shut up.]
The past that I thoughtlessly disclosed was coming back to me as karma. No, of course, I was a celebrity in my lifetime, but the average person only knows his name.
Actually, that alone is great enough, but it was unfortunate that someone who knew in detail about the old me was so close. Even that sword is my enemy.
[Ah, even though you’re an underdog now, you can be proud of the old you. I heard that stopping the war between the two small kingdoms was also to win the heart of the youngest princess?]
[Aagh!]
[Ah, of course I know I was rejected before I even brought it up.]
The holy sword mercilessly pulled out my dark history and hacked it to pieces. There was no mercy in that tongue movement. It’s not me, that’s the magic sword,
Still, thanks to my sacrifice to create this atmosphere, Cream shook off a lot of shock and smiled lightly. Ugh, are you happy?
*
The forest of the World Tree is night all year round, and day all year round.
If someone entered the forest of the World Tree and looked up at the sky, they could see that day and night were mixed and divided like a grid. Sunlight and moonlight pouring down from there at the same time.
Of course, all these mysterious phenomena originated from the World Tree. Because the world tree that dominates space warped the entire space, those without permission could not reach the forest even if they walked for a thousand years.
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The ability to see the world tree with the naked eye is a very small number of fairies, and only those born in the forest of the world tree were allowed that honor. And, to be able to rise above the world tree.
Only one. Among the fairies, there was only the High Elf.
“Kaliya, this is a letter.”
“Send it up.”
Kaliya is the youngest among the high elves, so she was sitting on the lower leaves of the world tree. However, even that much was far from the ground.
However, the physical space did not hinder their communication. The fairy who came as a messenger threw the paper bird she was holding in her arms.
If you are outside the forest, you need to consume at least the branches of the world tree to move to a level that can be realized. However, in the forest, this leap in space was as natural as breathing.
“Hmm.”
The messenger withdrew, and Kaliya stroked the paper bird sitting in her hand. The paper bird raised its beak to the sky and cried silently.
Those disorganized and meaningless-looking pieces were the adventurer’s guild’s means of communication and their coded text. After reading the contents of the letter, Kaliya blinked his eyes to see if he had misunderstood.
“Shoo?”
And seeing the description of the existence claiming to be ‘Shu’ written below it, Kaliya laughed. It’s like them.
As Kaliya raised her body, the leaves and moss that had accumulated on her body for so many years fell away. She straightened her back lightly. It was time for her to go out after a long time.
It’s good if the content of the letter is real. It will be a long time since she will be able to meet her old friend. However, it doesn’t matter if it’s actually false. It’ll be a good reason to go out anyway.
“Do you want to go with me?”
Before leaving, Kaliya cast her gaze through a gap in the shade of the vines of the World Tree.
Unlike the gigantic ash tree that people often think of when they think of the world tree, the actual appearance of the world tree was closer to ivy. A gigantic vine that coiled around a white pillar and rose to the end of the sky.
And there were holes all over the white pillars around which the World Tree was wrapped around, and ‘guests’ lived in those places. The high elf, Kaliya, did not know all the guests either.
However, there were some guests she had brought into the hole.
“Is it too early? Ok, ok If that’s what you mean.”
No sound, no spirit waves could be heard beyond the shadowy hole, but Kaliya nodded her head as if he had heard her answer.
“Then I’ll be back!”
Soon she was waving her hand at the hole, and leaping lightly on the leaves. In the next moment, her new face was washed away. She disappeared due to space travel.
The leaves left by those who stayed were quietly rustling in the wind. How much time has passed A human hand protruded from the hole in the World Tree and groped for something.
[ㅇ…A…J…A…]
[A…D…S…..]
Soon, as no harvest was reaped, the hand that had been meaninglessly stroking the air hid into the hole again. The whispers that seemed to be scattered also cut off together.
It was a peaceful day like any other in the world’s unchanging forest.