154 – Gaia (10)
[Haaa…]
Instead of a voice that embodies nature, an indescribably empty voice comes out of Gaia’s mouth.
You can be sure that the feeling as if a person has changed is not a feeling, but a reality.
Faust’s body, facing the energy that engulfs Gaia’s body, is running wild unlike before.
As if the being that occupied Gaia’s body was more dangerous than Gaia.
And that existence that occupied Gaia’s body also seems to have judged me dangerous.
‘…How can I flirt with you so badly.’
Gaia’s eyes, no, someone who stole Gaia’s body is staring at me through Gaia’s eyes.
There was clearly hatred in that gaze, but also astonishment.
As if you already knew me, no, Faust.
[Yes, to stop my plan—-]
“—-I thought you were the only one.”
The empty voice eventually fluctuates and fluctuates around as if finding the most optimal tone of voice, before finally changing into a voice that sounds like the vocal cords attached to the physical body.
Certainly this is less irritating than before. The previous one was so empty it just made me feel bad, but this one is still worth listening to. Strange things still remain the same though.
‘By the way… who the hell is this guy?’
It was an attitude that seemed to know Faust clearly, and it was an intimidating existence to the point of stealing the body of Gaia, which was overflowing with divine power.
There’s no way that such an existence didn’t exist in the original Noah’s story, so he must have played an important role in the story… Uhm, I don’t know.
Gaia only threw rice cakes, and I don’t know because she never appeared in the story in earnest.
Hmmm, if you confess that you don’t know, you might look down on you, so pretend you know for now—
“Looks like you don’t know me.”
“…”
“To pretend to know on purpose and to hold on to a lot of ostentatiousness, you’re really moving the way I thought.”
However, the being who occupied Gaia’s body seemed to see through even my reaction in an instant.
Ever since I possessed Faust’s body, I’ve only seen through other people, and it’s the first time I’ve been able to see through myself, so I feel really bad. Faust’s body, as well as my soul, is screaming all over the place.
…what the hell is this bastard.
Who are you to know me this far?
[Noah…? How the hell…!]
At that moment, a voice came out of Gaia’s mouth. A refreshing voice like a babbling stream and the chirping of grass insects, the original voice of Gaia.
And the words the voice made were things I could never get past.
…Noah?
that Noah?
You mean Noah, who occupies the name of the original game?
“Gaia, that’s why you shouldn’t have reabsorbed the elves wholeheartedly. I could have been in them, didn’t I?”
Despite the fact that Gaia desperately regained control of her body and barely uttered the words, the owner of that voice called Noah was not nervous at Gaia’s efforts, but rather laughed.
As if Gaia was glad that she had regained control of her body for a moment, as if she was glad that she had given herself a shot.
In a good way, he is praising Gaia’s will and strength, and in a bad way, he sees Gaia as a 3-year-old child, not as a person like himself, and applauds the child for her bold actions.
“Hmm. No, strictly speaking, they’re not elves, but should I say they’re bugs in the shape of elves? Since there’s only one true elf left over there.”
“…”
Noah points to Irene and says so.
Seeing that she was suddenly pointed with a finger and looked down on Gaia, whom she served, Irene frowned and revealed her displeased attitude, but she didn’t step forward, perhaps thinking that it was me who was leading the story.
“…so what do you want to say?”
“What I want to say?”
“Isn’t there a reason why Gaia took possession of the body? It looks like Gaia is filled with discontent because the flood was blocked.”
“Hmm, well, I’m not full of complaints.”
Despite Gaia’s desperate efforts to regain control of her body, Noah, who is moving so calmly, sits roughly on the world tree that has become charcoal and says so.
I don’t know what to say, but Gaia’s appearance is so creepy that I have to go through an exorcism. It was the first time I knew that having two wills in one body could be so terrifying.
“But there’s nothing I want to say. Even if I said it, they wouldn’t listen, so why bother talking about it? It’s better to talk to the bastard face to face. Wouldn’t it at least make you feel bad?”
After Noah’s words, everyone in the warrior party simultaneously creates hostility towards Noah.
Lena and Irene are creating hostility for stealing Gaia’s body and acting as they please, while Lucia and Iris Celestine for swearing at me.
Of course, Noah accepts such hostility casually.
There is a degree no matter how low it is, as if there is no need to care even if bitches like ants have hatred towards them.
“…I see, I’m really sorry.”
aaa!!
Since he was Gaia’s body, he was a bit hesitant about attacking, but hesitation was just hesitation. There is no reason why Gaia must be saved as he had decided to stop it even by killing Gaia anyway.
Above all, there is no reason not to attack as long as you are bragging that there is no room for dialogue.
The high-concentration magic mines created by condensing mana and demonic energy cover Noah and Gaia’s bodies, and before long, the bodies are completely swallowed up by the magic mines and disappear.
“…Rough, why are you in such a hurry when it’s not even my body anyway? You must be very popular with the girls in bed.”
However, the magic mine does not do any damage to Noah.
Previously, when Gaia was fully in control of her body, she would have obviously suffered damage, but Gaia’s body under Noah’s control is still intact despite being properly hit by my magic mine.
…what the heck?
The power I can feel is no different from Gaia—
go oh oh
At that moment, the space around Noah is distorted. As if it was swirling, as if Noah was the eye of a hurricane.
And that’s not all.
The black space, the ‘flood’, is reappearing.
The pieces of the World Tree that were cut and burned by my slash melted like oil and tar and turned into a flood.
Gut…!
passss
“You’re trying to do something futile.”
“…tsk.”
Fortunately, the difference in composition from the flood created by Gaia before has not changed, and when I attack using magic, the flood disappears. If this hadn’t worked, I’d have been in a bit of trouble, but I’m really glad.
Noah clicks his tongue and looks at me with dissatisfaction in his eyes.
The gaze contains the dissatisfaction caused by getting rid of the flood, but that dissatisfaction is only a cosmetic, and the biggest complaint in the gaze is fundamentally about my existence.
So Noah is dissatisfied with just one reason I exist, not everything else. It’s like watching an old bad relationship.
“Hmm… Well, that’s okay. I’ve seen everything I’ve seen anyway.”
Noah, who looked at me for a long time with a frown on his face, then looked away from me and said so.
It’s like an attitude that there’s no point in getting angry about a natural disaster like a typhoon or volcano.
“It seems that the time has not yet come. Faust, I will watch over you from the back of my universe. will do.”
“…Since such a regretful future won’t come, why don’t we stop making empty prophecies?”
“Kuh, think about what’s good for you.”
Black smoke begins to rise from Gaia’s body.
It’s like a transformation used by a hero in a pirate cartoon with special abilities.
That black smoke… It’s probably Noah’s will itself.
“Oh, and I forgot to mention, that magic sphere. Isn’t it made from the Great Forest?”
In the meantime, Noah slaps his palms as if he had just remembered, and points to the Magi Sphere I made.
“…”
“Thank you for doing my job for me.”
After Noah expresses his sincere thanks to me, Noah’s energy is no longer felt in Gaia’s body. The black smoke melted into the atmosphere and became completely transparent.
All of the expressions Noah had made until now, who had stolen Gaia’s body, were full of unpleasant things, but the smile he made while looking at the magic sphere at the end was not at all like that.
…What, there’s so much information to organize, my head hurts.