Egret

Count Raven was immediately arrested.

Immediately after being contacted, imperial investigators and soldiers who flew on the portal were handed over.

A representative was sealed to temporarily take charge of the management of the territory instead of the Count, and all workers who had been branded as sinners for unjust reasons were reconsidered by the investigators, returning the stolen land and property to my master.

The women who had been abducted in the box had been given therapists to help them recover, and had been contacted to return to their families.

People were once again appalled by the fact that the rank of the noble was low but included a solemn womb, which made the guilt of the Count much heavier.

All that was left was the treatment of the blackened trees.

The inhabitants were cheerful enough to bring out the evil lord, but still suffered from the land and trees that could not excuse me.

It was hard to guarantee how miserable farmers' lives would be if fruit were not harvested this year.

Judas, who was well aware of this, finished all the treatment he could and took Carla to her farm.

All the groups, including the pro-crisis division, followed.

After only four seasons, Carla returned to the farm where she worked with her parents and grabbed a branch that had dried up in tears full of brown eyes.

“Mom... Dad... ”

Trees planted crookedly along sloping lands were all blackened.

As she touched it, the leaves crumbled and became dust and scattered in the air.

I felt the sound of Carla killing me as I felt the dry touch spreading in my hands.

It was a land I thought I'd never see again.

He no longer had to work under the enemy, and was freed from his sinful identity and regained his freedom.

The Earl was punished for the sins he had committed, and his parents' unfair guilt was removed.

But Carla shook her shoulders at the excitement of filling her chest.

‘It's all like a dream. I think if I wake up from my dreams and open my eyes again, I'll just go back to the old days. ’

More like a dream than a dream was her reality.

A spring breeze blows through the branches of the salamander.

The twisted blueberry tree was originally a time when blue leaves and flower monks would hang.

‘...... futile. ’

A collar that sweeps away empty branches with its fingers mutters inside.

It was just futile. Everything was settled, but there was no motivation.

“Collar.”

A soft voice came to her standing dumb.

It was Judas.

Carla bows her head to him.

“Thank you! Sir, no, Thais. Thank you for your help.”

There was no way that a collar grown as a commoner and raised only a knack for planting trees could know about palace art.

The fourteen-year-old girl shrugged her waist as much as she could and thanked Judas.

The green hair flowed down on my shoulder.

“Really, thank you……. ”

“Not yet.”

Judas shakes his head a few minutes later.

“I have one more favor to ask of you. ”

“…… Yes? ”

Carla wedges her waist with a curious expression.

Judas stretches out his palm and sits down with a little yellowish spirit splashing on it.

Can we find him and bring him here?

“Please, Tony. ”

Yes!

Tony was the spiritual king who governed the power of the earth, so he was best placed to track down the spirits that were originally the spirits of the earth.

However, it was already corrupted and it took some time because it was a spirit that had been decreed.

While Tony was exploring the energy of the ground, Uni, who was sitting on Judas' shoulders, muttered with his chin bent.

But, Greg, does that work?

“ ……. ”

"He was the spirit of the original land. He said his contractor was the father of a kid named Carla.

"Yes, I do. The spirit contract is a one-on-one relationship with a sorcerer. Even if it's the contractor's daughter, I don't know if the spirit will react well.

In the opinion of UNI, Mr. Carney also sympathized.

What Judas was trying to do now was get him to meet the spirit and collar of the corrupted land.

If the Spirit stops doing what it is doing and re-contracts it to return to its original form, the curse on this territory will be lifted.

However, it was not a very realistic plan due to the habit of the Spirit never reacting to others who were not contractors.

Uni sighs as she clenches her legs.

Haah, of course you are, so it would be different from the usual situation.

Judas had a mysterious power to fascinate spirits from his former life.

Like a bee with a very sweet fragrance and a butterfly, the spirit could not fall easily once it met him.

In addition, just being around him amplified the qualities of other magicians, so it exerted enormous effects on contracting with spirits, triggering forces, and so on.

Now I had no choice but to look forward to his unique character.

"Fight and defeat if you want to.

The muttered uni twists his legs and sits down.

It was‘ defeat ’because I liked the words. If I failed, I would be forced to extinguish them as they were.

In the meantime, Tony found the Spirit of Corrupt Land and forcibly summoned it before them.

Quadcamp

As the earth split apart, a brown raccoon just popped out of the adult's palm.

The color was black, divided in exactly half based on the nose and mouth.

Half is black and half retains its original brown fur. Raccoon shook his feet and looked at Tony.

Everyone's gaze was focused on the flat raccoon on the ground.

“Brother, is that a spirit too? ”

Sage pointed at the raccoon and asked.

It was too small to be called a common raccoon.

Moreover, in detail, sparkling dirt was pouring down all over the body.

“Yes, it was the spirit that helped the contractor to take care of this land. ”

After hearing Judas' explanation, the collar opens its eyes round and looks at the raccoon.

“... Father's Spirit? ”

The reason anyone could see without a contractor to materialize was because of the black energy that watered half of the body.

The spirit of the land that took the appearance of a raccoon corrupted itself to fulfill the last wish of the dead contractor.

The Spirit cursed the land he had taken care of to grow trees and bring forth sweet fruits.

The power of the earth, which had suddenly changed, did not allow any tree to bear fruit.

However, the spirits of this land were not yet fully commanded.

“It looks tough. ”

…….

Carla moved before Judas even asked her to.

Sitting in front of the raccoon, the collar leans against the black bitten half of his hair and raises his hand.

‘It's cold.’

I felt like I was touching frozen ice.

The collar wept, sweeping the frightening fur.

“Please stop now, Spirit. That's not what my father would have wanted..... ”

“Grunt.”

The spirit of the earth, who looked like a raccoon, unwittingly revealed its fangs.

Smurfing black energy gradually begins to envelop the spirit's body.

It doesn't matter if you're a contractor or not your own. If you leave it there, it could be dangerous for a girl.

Despite UNI warnings, Judas just looked back at them.

“Spirit, my father. ”

The collar whispers a little towards the spirit.

“You really loved this farm. You and me, plant some seedlings and water. Even though I struggled ignorantly to water every tree. I don't know how happy I was the day the flowers blossomed and picked fruit. ”

…… that day is now…… never coming back.

The Spirit of the Earth answered for the first time.

The Spirit looks up at the collar with red-eyed eyes, bitten by anger and despair.

It's all over.

“No. Today is the first time I've seen the Spirit with my own eyes. I knew it. ”

Carla carefully holds the black bitten spirit in her arms.

“…… This is a farm we built together. Right?"

Phew, the girl's tears drop over the spirit's nose.

I comforted the spirit while feeling sorrow tearing my heart apart.

‘It's like we both lost everything. ’

The frustration and sadness they felt was the same emotion.

She understood each other's feelings better than anyone else in the world, so she threw up the spirit.

It's like soothing yourself.

…… What is your name?

Unlike the father the Spirit originally promised, it was definitely a clear soul that resembled him.

The black morale that was watering the other half of the spirit disappeared like a fog.

Judas smiles as he looks at the girl and spirit looking at each other, looking for what he really wants.

“Collar. It's called collar. ”

"Collar. Name me."

The name between spirits and sorcerers was a word that bound each other.

The contracted spirit reacted unconditionally to the name given by the sorcerer.

The spirit of Raccoon-like land has designated Carla as the new contractor instead of the previous contractor who had already died and lost the contract.

The collar that stood up with him in his arms wiped his tears and laughed.

“‘Gabe’. ”

It was the name of a fairy tale that rules the land.

The spirit of the land, which was given a new name and contracted with Carla, maintained its raccoon appearance.

It was because Carla, the new contractor, liked the form.

Squeeze

As the contract was drawn up, the curse that had been sown on the ground was reaped, as Carla wished.

It looked as if a black Azirang was happening.

“You look great, Carla. ”

“Gabe only listened to me..... ”

She hugs Gabe in her arms.

“I thought I was alone, but I'm glad I have Gabe. ”

“Look again. ”

“ ……? ”

As collar blinked without knowing the English language, Judas pointed to her back with his hand.

Slowly following the gesture, Carla inhales.

“Look, you're never alone. ”

One of the white flower nets passes through the ball of the collar.

The blackened trees regain their old appearance and stretch their branches tremendously.

Along the blue leaf, a circle of white flowers, like silver drops, blossomed countlessly.

The waves of white flowers glisten along the winds.

“Ah……. ”

The tears began to flow hot again, when the flowers were completely revived and stopped above the bowl of the collar, which looked around at the trees.

“Thank you. Thank you very, very much. ”

Then there was a flower of hope in my empty heart.

* * *

Sage looked back, not driving a horse.

The white waves that constantly followed the sloping hills caused a residual wave over here, as the wind blew.

There were countless flowers shining like glittering sand eggs in the white sand.

After spring, when all those flowers have set, there will be sweet fruits.

Sage, who imagined the scene, looked back and drove the horse, and Judas approached her and called Sage.

“Sage, look ahead and go. Then I'm worried I might get hurt. ”

“Oh, yes, yes! Brother."

On gentle advice, Sage hurriedly turned his head and looked straight ahead.

It was certainly dangerous to think differently on horseback.

Shame on Sage's face for making a novice mistake.

Judas, who read his brother's embarrassing colors, drove around and asked.

“This must have been a surprise for you. ”

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