The next day, in front of the roots of Adrin.
Vera watched Marie manifest her powers and explained to Renee what was happening in front of her.
“Marie-sama’s divinity is the color of greenery. As the divinity flowing from your fingertips seeps into Adrin, the leaves are animated. You can also see that the torn outer skin is regenerated.”
the power of vitality.
This was the first time he had actually seen it, but Vera knew how useful that power was in war.
Simply put, the ability to increase the combat ability of the personnel of the corps unit.
In addition to that, the ability to on-the-spot replenishment of quickly consumed food in advance or in corps isolation.
The power of fertility was the ability to reproduce food infinitely with seeds.
Vera remembered clearly. At a time when the war with the Demon King was intensifying, Marie’s ability to go to the isolated front fortress and copy food for three months and succeed in the fortress.
‘Thanks, I did some damage.’
At that time, I decided that the front was going to retreat, and there was a case where I cut off all the black trade lines that had been made on the battlefield side.
It was a decision I made out of the thought that I did not want to incur any loss of manpower, and in the end, it was a judgment that returned to a loss because Marie defended the fortress and the front was maintained.
Vera stared blankly at Aedrin at the events of her past life that came to mind, while Renee, who was holding Vera’s hand, opened her mouth.
“… Is it difficult to do this?”
It was about Adrin’s growth. It wasn’t something he could see with his own eyes, but Renee could definitely feel the divine emanating from Marie.
In terms of the total amount of divinity he has, it is a far greater amount than himself.
Even with such a large amount of divinity, with the power to control growth, can’t Aidin be cured?
“Yes. Because the mother’s body follows the growth of the essence.”
It was Friede who answered the word.
“No matter how much divinity is poured into the body, only a small fraction of the divinity that permeates even the essence of the mother. Of course, there are limits to this approach.”
Words in a feminine tone. It was a word with a loose smile on top of it.
Renee felt that his curiosity about Friede was rising again as he heard the words.
“… Are you okay?”
“What do you mean?”
“This is how it all ends. By the way… .”
It looks so casual.
The back words were swallowed. It was because it was Renee’s arbitrary judgment to the end.
However, Friede could understand what Renee was trying to say. The long years allowed to Friede gave him a sense of recognition.
“… I think it’s unavoidable. Well, doesn’t everything in the world have an end? The long and long life of a mother, and the life of the fairies who protect it. It’s just that we’ve reached the end we deserved.”
Friede sincerely thought so. I’m just trying to greet him because it’s coming, so why do I have such a question?
“Aren’t we all mortals in Providence?”
Renee thought that Friede’s words were sad for some reason because of the dryness in them, so she continued with those words.
“Still, you may want to live.”
“Well?”
“I think it is natural to hope that one day the end will come, but not today.”
His head turned in the direction of Friede.
Renee said that as she recalled the past years, when she cried while curled up in a blanket.
“I think it is possible to want to live even if you are too desperate or if you can’t see any hope. Even if you want an end, I think it’s natural to want it to be a happy form.”
So I cling to prayer. I couldn’t see any hope, but I still hoped for it, because I thought that someday I would get the light back if I lived like this, and I hope that my end would come true under the dazzling light.
So for Renee, this was natural.
No one wants to despair. You will want the light to come at the end.
We would not want such an intentional end, such a catastrophic end.
“Does Freedenim have any regrets?”
Friede kept her mouth shut as if to contemplate for a moment at Renee’s words, then looked at Aedrin and spat out an answer.
“No.”
It was a firm word.
“I don’t know how this sounds… . I have no regrets. Aren’t regrets caused by unfinished work? But I don’t have any unfinished business. I have the talent to do anything I want, and I have plenty of time to spare to achieve it.”
Friede continued as she recalled things from a long time ago, when she was still young.
“Come to think of it, I have never been desperate. Well, I’m sorry I couldn’t empathize.”
“Oh, no, that’s… .”
At Friede’s words, Renee replied with a smirk.
Friede put a small smile on her face, and then added those words.
“Well, the words of the saint may not be completely wrong. In fact, the brothers who ran away want to continue living according to the words of the saint.”
It was about Neuer.
“I don’t understand, but… . Obviously, the brothers must have something called longing, as the saint said. Oh, you call this romantic?”
Renee raised a small question about Friede’s playful ending.
“… Are you not resentful?”
“Why should I complain?”
“It’s been betrayed. I heard that you are aiming for Adrin-sama and that you are fighting again.”
“You might feel that way. But I love my brothers. Respect your brothers. But the path they walked was different, so I had no choice but to turn my back on them.”
lie.
These words, too, did not contain any emotion.
Rene felt as if she had realized something about Friede at the words that didn’t show any emotion.
‘ah.’
This fairy knows no emotions.
I don’t even know why, but I could tell that the fairy called Friedera didn’t feel any longing at all.
For Friede, all of this, life and death, and all the conflicts in between, were just a stream.
Friede was a staunch bystander, merely observing the flow.
Renee didn’t comment further. However, I felt sad.
It was the sadness I felt at the life of that fairy who had just lived for a long time without any longing, something that Renero couldn’t even imagine.
“… is that so.”
The voice subsided.
Friede raised a small question about René’s darkening appearance.
“But why? Anything uncomfortable?”
“no. just… .”
Renee chose the words to continue. It was because he considered it rude to say what he thought.
“… I think it’s a little sad to see brothers fighting.”
That’s the only word I uttered like that. It was about the dispute with Neuer.
“right. It’s really sad. The intentions of the brothers are now unknown.”
“now?”
“Yes. now. We had a glimpse of their intentions until they cut off their ears.”
Renee’s head tilted.
“What does that have to do with your ears?”
“Um, yes. It’s natural that you don’t know. The elves’ ears are highly nerve-wracking. At the tip of this ear there is a nerve that connects to the mother, through which the elves share the feelings of the mother and the other brothers.”
“ah… .”
That’s what it is. I thought of the meaning of persuasion, but Renee’s expression began to take on a slightly strange form.
‘little… .’
For some reason, it felt like the romance with the fairy had disappeared. It was not a very pleasant feeling to discover that what had been established as a child was scientifically revealed.
Friede smiled brightly at Renee’s strange expression and continued talking.
“Are you disappointed? Well, it could be. All the guests outside who heard this had the same reaction.”
“haha… .”
“The fairies have a deeper academic depth than you think. It is because there is no such thing as a good hobby to appease the boredom of the long years.”
Renee nodded and added those words.
“So, are you still sharing your feelings with those who haven’t cut off their ears?”
“Yes. The brothers who are scouting at the entrance of the great forest are feeling nervous, and the brothers who have gone to harvest the fruits are feeling proud. In addition… .”
Words that change the tone by adding artificial emotion.
Renee recalled the idea that the word was in the form of an observer’s report.
*
A few more days passed.
What Renee and the others have been doing… . there was no
There was a reason that there was nothing they could do for them right away, and there was a reason that they didn’t want anything from them.
So Renee killed time by taking a walk in the woods with Vera, or doing frivolous things like hearing Marie about living in the woods.
Unsurprisingly, Rene was filled with frustration.
It was because he felt ashamed to only serve rice as a foodie in such a bad situation, and he felt helpless because he wanted to help but he could not do anything.
So today, with such frustration, while sitting at the roots of Adrin, Renee felt a different atmosphere than usual.
“Vera.”
“… Yes.”
“The surroundings are bustling.”
More noises than usual intertwined. There was a sense of urgency at the sound of footsteps.
The conversation they had with the fairies was not very clear, but René could understand the cause of this atmosphere.
smell of blood.
The wind blew in the distance, and the thick smell of blood wafted out.
“What happened?”
Vera hesitated at Renee’s question.
It was because of the thought that it was right to explain to Renee what he was seeing now.
The personnel of the reconnaissance team who had gone out early in the morning were returning with serious injuries.
Some had their arms cut off, and some had missing below the knee.
Among them, some had already died and became corpses.
subsequent hesitation.
Rene urged him to hold Vera’s hand tighter.
“Vera. You cannot lie.”
The expression on his face as he spoke was hardened. Vera smirked at Renee’s decisive attitude, hesitating, and bowed his head slightly in response.
“… Some of those who returned from reconnaissance were seriously injured.”
“Are you seriously hurt?”
“Yes.”
Vera answered and licked his lips a few times, then continued.
“… There are also deaths.”
rattle. Renee’s body stopped.
“It seems that there was an engagement.”
It must be referring to the battle with Neuer.
Renee bit her lips at the words she heard, and then got up.
“Lady?”
“Guide me.”
Renee thought she shouldn’t be like this. There must have been fairies who were putting their hopes on them, but they shouldn’t just eat rice here, and even if they can’t save Aidrin, they should give them as much help as they can.
I thought so.
Vera knew that Renee, with such a determined expression on his face, would never listen to him.
“… Yes.”
*
wide open space.
Friede tilted her head as she saw Renee and Vera walking in the distance.
“What’s going on?”
“I’m here to help.”
“Well?”
“I heard there are people injured.”
René concentrated her senses on the things that were being transmitted.
suppressed groan. An intermittent sigh of relief. The smell of blood soaked in bitterness.
Such things were conveyed with a very deep pain.
“I will treat you.”
The power that Ren had, and the divine magic that Renee learned, could heal them.
Friede looked at Renee with a hardened face and added those words.
“Why?”
rattle. Renee’s body stopped. Vera narrowed his eyes and looked at Friede.
Friede received those gazes and made an ‘ah’ sound and then added.
“Well, I don’t mean anything else. You can’t cause such a nuisance to your customers. And the brothers would have expected such an injury.”
Friede’s own words were justified.
“The brothers are now willing to accept death. They think it is unavoidable because they are dying to protect their mother.”
Friede thought that his logic was valid now. The feelings felt were in the form of determination and acceptance. The brothers had a sense of their own death.
However, that was not something that convinced Renee.
“different.”
“Well?”
Renee knew why Friede was talking like that.
Plus, I knew it was wrong.
“No one wants to die in pain. Just because I accepted it doesn’t mean I’m not sick.”
To die in determination does not mean that I am not afraid of death.
René knew how weak people can become in the face of the despair they finally met, and what kind of aspiration lies within.
He knew that Friede’s judgment based on reason was as useless as it is now.
“I will treat you.”
Renee wanted the withered fairy to know.
I can’t feel it because I don’t know the emotion, but I hoped that I could understand in my head that this ending is different from happiness.
Renee’s power was reacting to such a wind without even realizing it.