Episode 240
62. How to nurture a clumsy Artel (4)
“I will be back!”
“Get cool and have some fun!”
“Yeah, if something goes wrong, should you both call me?”
“Hold on to your worries.”
“Cancer, even if your arm is torn and your leg is cut off, you can’t run away with your tail!”
“Byron, please stay still. Every time you play a mock battle with time magic, your arm is cut off.”
“Uh… … I see, old man.”
“Is it true… … ? I’m glad I didn’t go into the raid.”
“George would have been more stable with you… … .”
Seeing you say things like your arm being cut off insignificantly.
I thought they were really fun guys.
I must be 18 or 17 years old, but… … .
What he says is that it is so bloody that he starts to realize how harsh the environment of the academy is once again.
‘I’m a weird kid who’s perfectly adapted to such a place.’
I burst into laughter as I looked at the children scattered into groups.
Today is the long-awaited Saturday.
It was the day when the Aidan weapon recovery operation that had been tightly prepared for so long began.
The goal is Aidan’s super-fast power-up.
The Illuminati went out to procure weapons for him.
If this is done well, now Aidan only needs to train hard in the room of time and mind.
Sometimes even when playing RPGs, there’s a cheat mode, right?
After raising the skill level and level like crazy in a place where monsters are created indefinitely.
You’ll become incredibly strong, appear and catch the boss monsters in one shot.
It’s just magic right now, but if you get Kakutsuchi, Starburst, and even the Palace of Life today.
To be honest, it is only a matter of time before Aidan takes Triston’s title, ‘Weapon Master’.
“Then it’s our turn now.”
I checked the party who had completely disappeared from view, and looked at Illyana, who remained beside me.
“yes. let’s go. Aidan?”
“I told you to wait at the breath of the world tree.”
Illyana nodded her head.
The two of us walked towards Artel’s manor dormitory.
* * *
“ah… … ! I was waiting for you, Sanwoo-san, and Iliana-senpai.”
“hi.”
“Ahaha, hello. You seem to be doing well.”
Illyana and Aidan had become quite close as alchemy teachers and pupils over the winter break.
Even though alchemy classes were temporarily suspended after Illyana went missing because of Sephiroth.
Both Aidan and Karin, who were students, said that they were able to raise their alchemy proficiency considerably.
Of course.
He is one of the few master alchemists in the Alchemy Faculty of Ortana.
“How about Karin?”
“I didn’t bring it today. And just yesterday, we went to the dungeon together. I am tired.”
“Oh, what is it? Dungeon date?”
hey moya
What did you do in the dungeon?
As I flew away, Aidan hurriedly waved her hand and backed away.
“Not like that! Of course, a date… … Recently, I do it in dungeons.”
“A date in the dungeon?”
“yes.”
“why?”
Illyana didn’t seem to understand why they usually go out on a date in a dark, damp dungeon.
“Ah, I’m embarrassed to tell you why, but… … It’s because I’ve become more famous than I thought.”
“They say that it is a little unreasonable to have an act of affection in a public place.”
Aidan’s face turns red when he makes fun of him by adding a word straight away.
“Aha, outdoor play?”
“to?”
“Huh, Illyana?”
“Outdoor play is… … town.”
“You shouldn’t use those words because children might hear them.”
Artel is still pouring out bomb-like remarks. The strange thing is that even if he became Sephiroth’s only heir, it’s the same.
Now, there was a commotion for a while.
As I unblocked Illyana’s mouth, Aidan burst out laughing.
“It has nothing to do with that, but not all dungeons are wet, dirty, and dark.”
“Ah, yes.”
“Yesterday I went to the Amethyst Cliff. It was fresh and shiny, so it was very pretty.”
“It’s perfect for a date course there.”
I said, reminiscing about the days when I was a player in Paradise Academia.
There seems to have been one heroine whose favorability greatly increased when accompanied by a poisonous amethyst cliff.
anyway.
Amethyst Cliff is a dungeon where violet crystal golems and jewelry bugs appear as main monsters.
Among the numerous dungeons in the main story, it was a dungeon with a pretty beautiful background.
“The root of the World Tree, Freya-sama’s hall is also beautiful.”
“is that so? World Tree- No, it’s the first time I’ve come to this area in the first place.”
“… … Write it down, I guess.”
I had a bitter taste.
I mean, until the main character is a sophomore, he’s never even come close to the Breath of the World Tree.
Does this mean that the scenario will not be twisted and run out?
From Chapters 6 and 7, there was a need to prepare more thoroughly.
no… … Anyway, it’s all about the back alleys and the demons quarrel, so I wonder if there’s any need to prepare?
anyway.
I had to cleanly admit the scenario that had already crossed the water and bring what I had to bring.
scenario?
Oh, give me something.
If I tried to catch both rabbits for nothing, I could have missed both.
Even Chapter 3, which I somehow skipped because I played the Ghost Knight, was almost staggered in the middle.
“Then we’ll go in.”
I took Aidan into the Breath of the World Tree.
Passing through the exterior of the dormitory, which had lost its inspiration from seeing too much.
It went down to the basement of the dormitory, which was carved out of a whole world tree.
Soon after, a path to the root of the World Tree appears.
Instead of sunlight and crystal lighting, luminous moss and mushrooms scatter soft light.
Fresh air and thick mana are mixed in the blowing wind.
Above all, a place filled with the fragrance of the living, breathing world tree.
the starting point of life.
It was the root of the world tree.
* * *
“These are the fruits of life. It looks like a fruit, but it is actually a worm.”
“We live on the nourishment of the world tree. It is our precious ingredient and a spiritual object used as a ceremonial offering.”
“Wow! It was something I really wanted to know!!”
We, who have entered the root of the World Tree, have moved further and deeper.
Because the Halls of Freyja were located in the deepest and safest place among the roots of the World Tree.
Artel’s mother-in-law, Freya.
She was one of the heroes who represented Artel in the expedition 300 years ago.
Of course, compared to the five human heroes, his status is inferior.
A great person who was friendly with the 5 Heroes and contributed greatly to the victory by commanding Artel’s large army in the last bloody battle with the Demon King.
Except for the Spanish Empire, where there were many large and small frictions since ancient times.
The reason why other human nations could not persecute the Artels was because of Freya.
After the war, she united the artels that had been separated in tribal units.
He founded the kingdom of ‘Arhalten’, named after her sister lost during the war.
As the mother of Artel, Freyja was worshiped along with the god Iruil.
One, is it because of so many achievements?
Freya died of an illness in the 50th year after the expedition ended.
Here, he was buried in the basalt forest on Nakwon Island.
The very spot where Ilyana and I met for the first time, where black blood was in full bloom.
Artel’s nature-loving nature didn’t go anywhere, so she didn’t want the location of the tomb to be known.
It is said that only a few people, including the royal family and priests, were informed of the place.
One, how easy is it for a hero to die?
Freyja made a kind of ‘Hall’ in which the world tree settled on Paradise Island and his memories and maintenance were kept at the root.
The hall was known externally as the tomb of ‘Freya’.
“It’s right here.”
Illyana stood tall.
Thick roots extending from the World Tree were intertwined and blocking the way.
“The blood of El, the successor of the hero, the guide.”
Our Hafartel raised both hands and uttered the word, and the roots that were blocking it slowly receded.
“The priest of El sees the mother-in-law.”
And the sight revealed.
It was more dreamy and beautiful than any landscape I had ever seen.
It was paradise.
Not a mere illusory garden created by Amodea as an illusion, but a garden of Eden that seems to come out of a real myth.
Even though it was clearly underground, the sun was shining brightly in the sky.
Rabbits and deer do not run away even when they make eye contact with people.
Plants and flowers in full bloom greet you with the fragrant smell of grass.
“ah.”
I had nothing to say. Even me, who came here after clearing Paradise Academia countless times.
The overwhelming beauty momentarily stopped breathing.
Even more so than when I first witnessed the breath of the World Tree.
Around the time Aidan and I were struggling without saying anything.
A huge deer appeared from among the trees.
“Heir of Triston, I have been waiting for you.”
Silver horns and bright eyes.
‘Shinnok’, the manager of the hall and a spiritual creature.
“But… … Who is behind him? I can feel the aura of the Guardian Lionar.”
【Fresh green, long time no see.】
As if waiting, an opaque bear appeared in front of me.
“It’s been a long time. my dear friend Are you the Lioner’s new contractor? Not Arthur’s descendants… … .”
【It’s called Baeksan-woo, I liked it, so I brought it. I regret it quite a bit lately, though.]
Are you saying you’re suddenly dumping me here?
“Uh-huh.”
When I respond, he grins and shrugs.
【Anyway, I am a valuable contractor with me now.】
“The qualifications have been met. Only heroes and noble bloodlines of Artel can enter this place.”
I bowed politely towards the fresh green that snorted.
“It is an honor to meet you, Hall of Fame.”
“Do you know me?”
“Because there is a famous legend about a divine beast who misses Artel’s mother Freyja for the rest of his life and swore to live until the end of his spiritual power.”
“Humans have been particularly obsessed with such stories since ancient times.”
Still, the first impression was not bad. Shin-rok shifted his gaze from me to Aidan again.
“Heir of Triston, why did you come here to succeed Freya-sama?”
“yes? ah… … .”
Aidan sneaked out and shifted his gaze to Illyana.
I nod slightly, and Aidan immediately answers.
“Yes.”
“Then, are you ready for the final trial that Freya-sama prepared for you?”
“Yes, it is.”
“Then see you from beyond paradise.”
When Shin-rok said that, his vision became completely white in an instant.
Now, after Aidan Christopher has been tormented by Freya’s all sorts of vicious pranks.
It was over when he received the palace of life from Freya’s thoughts of satisfaction.
The part I was most worried about was that I had to clear the dungeon for nothing and then my skill level went up and the ‘Baeksanwoo DLC’ was forcibly progressed.
In the first place, it wouldn’t matter if I accompany him to the Halls of Freya, not even the dungeon.
Well.
I should have.
‘what.’
The place where Iliana and I were separated was a pure white space.
weird?
Surely we should be with the greenery in paradise?
at that time.
Artel letters began to be written in the empty air.
“Illiana, what are you talking about?”
“uh… … Well… … .”
Illyana with a slightly perplexed look. It was rare to see her like this.
“Why, what is written on it?”
“Uhhh… … .”
I didn’t answer that, and I was trying to avoid looking at him and lengthening the tail.
What the hell are you writing about?
I checked the letters again.
I just learned the Artel script, so to be honest, I couldn’t read it well.
I tried to pronounce the words that Illyana had taught me, combining them step by step.
“Ha, ji, not… … if?”
“Sah, Sanwoo. Wait a moment!”
“If not… … Can’t I go?”
“Sanwoo-!!”
“room?”
uh? for a moment.
“… … ??????”
I look at Illyana, and she turns her face away.
A room you can’t get out of if you don’t?
What is this… … ?