"Dry ads?"
I asked Celine, keeping an eye on the mysterious tree.
"Yes, the Spirit of the Tree - Dry Ads.I've never seen the real thing before, but it's the way the village grandfather asked me to appear, and I'm sure of it.It's just that I rarely see it in people's shadows..... "
A supernatural incarnation where mana and the forces of nature blend together to make decisions.That's the Spirit. I've heard about this world from Nicolas.
Nicolas also said that she didn't see any more rare pops than metal, and of course I've never seen them before, so I've completely forgotten until now... I see. Is that a spirit...?
Looking at the dry-ads blurrily while feeling somewhat gained, a large number of branches of trees that were stretching and tangled stood still at once.
In the middle of the field was created a human-shaped tree in which branches of various trees, large and small, entered the details, and also reproduced the unevenness of the body.
And the tree glowed dull and thin to cover its appearance - in the next moment it served as a receptacle, transforming into a girl.At the same time, they wear clothing with grass and vines superimposed on them.
"... wow, what a wonder!"
Wow, this is beautiful again.
Nicola returns my whisper. [M]Nicolas was right, and the girl who had changed from a tree was beautiful.Looks like a well-rounded face, white skin, and harmonious green hair add to the beauty.
The mysterious beautiful girl who howled under the moonlight - looking inadvertently at the fantastic sight - Nay shook my back and returned to me.
"Hey, is that spirit a thief?I don't know what to do in this case.... "
It was unexpected that Nai's opponent was also a spirit.He looks at me anxiously.
"Well, that's right... I doubt it, but I haven't decided to be a thief yet...."
"Oh, is that so? This is how the soil in the field got rough when it was stolen before."
Celine pointed to the field.Indeed, the soil surrounding the dry-ado stands is roughly razed as a result of the trees passing through the surface of the earth as the dry-ado emerges.It's the same sight I saw the other day.
I feel almost certain about the situation, but I didn't think Spirit-san was a vegetable thief either...In such cases, the first thing to do is observe.
"For now, I'll come closer and see how it goes.Is that okay with everybody? "
"I obey Marc."
"Oh, I see. I don't even know if spirits can beat me...."
Sasaiiiiii
With the consent of the three of us, we went out of the dome house while sticking together and keeping a secret.As he draws closer to the field without making any footsteps, the dry ado basically grabs the tomato and hits it.
"Nhh ~..."
Murmuring and shattering her beautiful face, she started eating tomatoes as they were.The fantastic sights that we've seen so far have gone unnoticed.Besides, this is at least a vegetable thief.
The Thief Spirit doesn't realize at all that the gift effect goes hand in hand with his obsession with food.Cucumber, cabbage and nonfiction are thrown into the mouth at incredible speed as we approach.This is the first time I've seen a cabbage stick.
After eating the cabbage and wiping his mouth lightly with the back of his hand, Dread put his hands on the tomatoes on the bundle again.That's where I crack the secret and speak up.
"Um, that's my field...."
"Hmm...? Is that you...?"
"Marc and..."
"Ah... I'm not interested in people's children's names.I knew it... I bet there wasn't anybody here...? "
The dry ado who forced her to finish introducing herself leans her neck and stares at me with blurry, unfocused eyes.
"Yeah, well, I was hiding."
"Hmm... So, what... for?"
"This is my field, so I wanted you to stop taking vegetables on your own...."
I don't know where the Spirit's Mine Points are.I was afraid to cut it out.
That's a lie.
The dry ad spoke in a clear tone.
"This vegetable... I can't make it for a human child.This must be... the fruit of grace... the Spirit King gave me.But... when I found out earlier, I ate a little too much.If it tastes too good and I'm obsessed with eating it... it's all gone before long... "
Dry Ads drowned his face and continued his words.
"Grace should be given to everyone.The Spirit King... must have been angry. So the next time I came, the fruit of grace... wasn't growing.I felt a little mana from the vegetables, but it would be better if they were rooted in the earth and soaked in the sun...I reflected.... and then it grows again.This time I will eat only a little, a good child.You can eat a child... too.Just a little...? "
He just said he had something to talk about, and Dread ate the tomato he had in his hand.Oh, it really looks delicious.That's where Nicolas sends me a message.
Oniichan, it looks like this...
Well, for now, we have a match for the mysterious phenomenon in the field.
Apparently, this dry ad used to eat all the vegetables stuck with mana in this field.
Then I tasted it and came back to eat it again, but this time I felt that the mana contained in the vegetables was not enough and I left it behind.The problem is that I didn't make it, but I think it's a blessing with the Spirit King...
"Um, I really made it."
"Oh, yeah! Marc worked hard on growing vegetables!I've been watching it, I'm sure of it! "
Nay, who was visiting my field work every day between lunch breaks, backed me up.If I hadn't been hiding behind my back, I'd have trusted you more.Maybe I'm afraid of dry-ads.
"No. Then... let me make it."
The dry ad answers without looking at us while eating.Apparently you don't believe me, but if that's the case, I'll demonstrate and prove it.
"Stay away from me."
When I had the three of them distanced themselves, I exhaled in an attempt to concentrate my mind.At that time, the dry-ads are sticky.
"It's impossible. That's... not good, is it?"
DryAds looked at me with a sad face.Mmm, if that's the case, I'll show you more flashy than usual.
Give the field more mana than usual.I'm spinning my magic around my body, kneading it in and compressing it.
This magic is usually converted into a mana of earth attributes and sprayed from the palm of my hand, but this time I'll go a little flashy to make you believe me.
Imagine rain, not fog... no, waterfalls.I was conscious of the torrential waterfall, and I knitted the mana running into the field at once....!
When the golden mana spreads from all over me, it pours down into the field in an instant and penetrates the ground so that it can be hit.
While watching as if the golden curtain had fallen, it stayed the same for a while... it was released.... ahh, it's just a few seconds, but it's just a few times as tiring as usual.
"I wonder what I'm going to do...I dyed my eyes in gold for a moment. "
Celine murmured after she stopped working.That's what Mana would look like if she could see.Conversely, Ney, who can't see Mana, leans her neck against Celine's words.
Still... I knew it, but it was very inefficient just because it looked flashy.There are limits to the mana that the field can absorb, so I just said it's completely over-capacited.Well, I felt like I had absorbed plenty of mana this time.
"If you sow the seeds and give mana to the soil the same way every day, vegetables like this will grow... what? Dry Adsan?"
Dry Ads couldn't move with his gaze on me, and...
― ― Piiiii
When I raised my strange voice, I fell on my back.
"Whoa, whoa, he's down!"
"Oh, well, you've done too much, Mark."
"Eh, why!? Mr. Dryad? Dry Ads!"
I approach the dry-ad and shake my bare thin shoulders.I don't really feel the temperature, but it is slightly warm. It's a strange feeling.
Nicola, who crouched next to me, also said, "Oneechan, are you okay?"She stroked her thighs and stroked around.
"Hey, don't be sexually harassed."
Oniichan, isn't that what you're doing? Because it is a spiritual tree, it is naturally linked to the earth, and if you hit a large amount of mana there at once, this will happen.Oniichan is the best service tonight.Sasuga-sama knows the story!
"I'll give it to you. Whatever you want!I didn't say that.Ahh... I wonder what to do. "
I think I'll wake up soon.It's the Spirit. Ah, look. "
When I saw DryAds' face in that voice, my eyes, which were still open even when I fell down, moved around, and I woke up my upper body momentarily the moment my eyes met.And stay in that pose, and stay back and take a distance from me.
"Um, I'm sorry. Are you okay?"
"What was that...?"
"Well, uh, I make vegetables like this."
I tried harder than usual, but I want you to make me look a little better.
"Yes... Yes, I'm convinced of this grace...But for someone else's child... Ah, maybe... some kind of spirit...? "
"No, no, no! It's a person. It's called Marc."
Don't get me wrong.Immediately deny it and introduce yourself this time.
"That's right, I'm really a human child...That's right.... "
Dry Ads sat down and put his hand on his jaw for a while before he raised his face again.
"I've never bathed so many... mana clogged up before...Hey... Mark, be friends with me...? "
That's how DryAds woke up and stared at us with the eyes as if he was one of them.