As we walk toward the Divine Tree with Sidonius at the forefront.

With Daisy on my shoulder, I was listening to Sidonius's conversation with Cecils walking alongside me.

"-But you guys? You didn't tell Axel about me until now."

"Yeah, well. I don't want them to think I got a job using your father's position."

"That's right. And Axel took good care of us when he stopped talking about his father."

Hearing those two words, Sidonius came near me and met with Pepper.

"... I didn't expect you to miss these two Yancha personalities so much, Lord Axel seems to have taken care of you. Thank you again."

"No, he said he didn't have to bow his head so much because he normally just did his job"

"My dear children took care of me, so naturally. We would like to thank you for your work later."

In a polite tone, he communicates his will firmly.

This slightly stubborn feeling reminds me of talking to people who held the position of Commander during the war. They must have had a tough vibe, too, returning in a meeting to Sidonius' words,

"Even if my profession changes, my best friend is my best friend, or as always, I'm good at taking care of people. I'm one of those people who's been taking care of me, but I remember something."

Daisy, who had been extensively rubbing her body against my neck muscles since earlier, has said that from above her shoulders.

"Really? I think I've been dealing with Daisy normally..."

"I would say every time that it's not common to deal with a carbuncle like the old me, with no title whatsoever. Well, thanks to you, I'm good enough to get along with my best friend. Hehe..."

Daisy is gobbling on my shoulder as I say.

I don't think I've been doing anything that unusual, but it's a pleasure to have vigilant Daisy forgive my heart so far.

"I'm thrilled with your husband again...! 」

"I said it was confidential, so I offered to stay behind to keep my perimeter alert, but I didn't know I could show it off so far...! 」

Well, from time to time, I get a pretty powerful gaze from behind. In the meantime, don't feel like your old nostalgia is back in earnest, if you're walking.

"You've seen the entrance to the Divine Tree."

Sidonius pointed to the front.

Looking ahead, there was the immense fundamentals of the Divine Tree. And a large door was placed, which seemed to have been made using a fundamental part.

"The entrance, can you get in through that door?"

"Yes. That's the upper and lower contact passages of the Divine Tree. I thought I'd let you talk about it there."

"Contact corridor... It's definitely a spiral staircase in the Divine Tree, isn't it? 」

I repeat what I just heard from a casual merchant. Then it was Cecil who returned the words.

"Yeah. Not just the stairs, but the slopes. The luggage truck is well attended and delivers a variety of luggage to the laboratory upstairs."

"Take this height in your luggage, huh? Fine, you're hauling your baggage in the right way."

"The magic emanates from the Divine Tree, and I can't help it because it's unstable and unusable."

Cecil says with a bitter smile. Speaking of which, don't even think like that merchant said that, but George's voice came even more additionally.

"Oh, but don't get me wrong, Mr. Axel. The magic equipment can be used quite a bit, so the luggage car uses something that moves semi-automatically."

"Really? 」

"Years of research have shown that the inability to activate magical stability is due to the fact that the magic emitted permanently from the Divine Tree is interfering with humans activating magic permanently. Hey, sis."

"Yes. The Magic Science Guild invented a luggage car that uses the ability to absorb magic from the Divine Tree as a tool to propel it forward. Apply the principles of the Magic Carriage."

"Oh, you were making something like that"

I didn't know there was such a convenience, though I would say that humans are inventions if needed.

"Other than that, I know that as long as we absorb the magic of the Divine Tree, we can eliminate anything that disturbs us and activate our magical stability.... Well, it's practically impossible to stabilize and use magic because magic is permanently out of the Divine Tree."

"That's... that's a difficult condition inside. Whatever magic you use, it's the magic of absorption that you have to keep using with it."

Activating two types of magic and skills at the same time cannot be done. But the more things you activate, the harder it becomes to control.

"Isn't it? Because even the brilliant scholars of the Magic Science Guild are so incapable. But even if you can't use magic, the slopes and stairs are clean and less convex, and it's a good thing that's easy to ascend, so there's no problem.... hey, Dad"

Sidonius nodded slightly at Cecil's line, which was unleashed. However,

"Yeah, this kid's right. That was the place.... Not long ago."

Even though the expression was still irritating, such words were added.

"Huh? What do you mean, father?"

"It's been quite a while since you left the city. There was a lot going on here too... well, if you could just look in here, you'd see."

As I was speaking, I reached the door to the roots of the Divine Tree.

It's a big door with both openings. I didn't know what it felt like to look at it from afar earlier, but if you look close, you can tell it's pretty huge.

Will it be a few meters tall?

"Come in, please"

Sidonius pushed the door open like it was heavy and stepped inside at the same time.

Following him, we go in too. Then there was a communication corridor going to the upper level, as we had heard, so that it would slip out of the wall.

However,

"... for a long time, you're worn out"

It's very different from what Cecil and the others were talking about.

There were spiral paths made of trees, all of which withered.

"Now let me explain in this. What happened to Aleden, the god tree, about an anomaly approaching death."