Konjiki no Moji Tsukai (Reboot)

137: Aragorn's death

"Eh!? Found that Wile's father!?

"Really, Mr. Hiro!?

We're talking about Xel Gio, who joined us the other day. His daughter, Winca Gio, is known to the mules who have travelled with him.

And when I broke up with the Muirs in this country, if I found Winkaa's father, I would have asked him to report it to me.

They were always worried about Winkaa, too, and they should have prayed that their father would be found as soon as possible.

So I promised I'd report it if I found it.

And it was almost a coincidence, but the news of the father was discovered, and I came here to tell them that.

Wow, I can't believe I was in the demonic world.

"Uh-huh. But I'm so glad! All you have to do is tell Mr. Wie about it!

I already called you about that.

"Hurry! No, of course not. He asked me to."

Actually, I've already contacted the Winka. Naturally, I used Character Magic to find her and give her the information.

Winkaa was stunned at first, but she fully trusted her whereabouts because she knew the sun was not supposed to lie.

Of course, I told her without lying, but she has a job she can't let go of now, and it will be a while before she goes to the magical world. I said I should see you just a little bit, but I politely said I couldn't give up my job on the way.

Xel was also relieved to see that Winka was safe. And I promised to wait until she came here.

"I'm so glad, Mr. Wie."

"That's right! Happy day!

Mimil and Kuklir were also happy to hear more about it and shed tears.

"Hey, Hyiro, if we're going to meet again, can you call me back then?

"Ah, I'm begging you too!

"Should I come to the magic world?

"Oops! You're an ally now!

"Yes! I want to see you too!

Io-chan is the Ionis Muir became friends with in the duel.

Well, that's fine with me.

Muir and the others gladly looked at each other and laughed. Mimil and Kuclear also stared at it with a smile.

But then I heard something screaming from somewhere.

--Dogagagagagagagagagaaan!

Along with such an incredible sound of destruction, the screams became even louder. When everyone went out in haste, they took a breath at the sight that spread there.

"That's not true....."

The murmur belongs to Kuclear.

"[The Tree of the Beginning]... has broken...!?

It seems that the "Tree of the Beginning, Aragorn" broke from the middle and fell into the homes of the people.

Kuklir and Mimir were bluishing that there might have been someone underneath the tree, but according to those who came to the report immediately, fortunately, there were no dead.

When the tree broke, the people who had heard the audible sound told everyone about it, so it didn't create the worst situation.

Even though it was dead, the impact of the fall of the trees was enormous, and the underlying trees were crushed.

It appears that Barid and the others are moving around with instructions to the soldiers and the people. Anyway, I can't leave it like this, so I'm trying to move the Start Tree somehow.

But Daiki has a lot of weight and it seems difficult to move. Leowood, the king of the beasts who heard the noise, also came.

Having grasped the current situation, he nodded as if he had bitten the bitter bug, but after a while he made a decision.

"Alright, make Aragorn easy to carry!

"Are you sure, Mr. Leowood?

Barid is astonished, but he knows why. Aragorn was the symbol of the land and the pride of the beasts for the inhabitants.

Although it is true that they withered at the hands of thieves, it is distracting to destroy the sacred trees themselves.

"I don't know what to do. Unfortunately, Aragorn is already..."

I didn't say he was dead, but the soldiers looked down with regret, as if Leoward's anguish had been conveyed.

Their reaction alone somehow understands how important the Aragorn is to them.

"Hey Hyiro, why don't I go over there for a while?

He said that he wanted to go to the fallen "Tree of the Beginning" to see what the Ten who was sitting on the shoulder of the day when he was watching silently.

"Why?

"Nh ~ It's not my fault, I'm inside ~"

"Are you in there? What are you talking about?

As Ten slipped down from his shoulders, he ran away and jumped on Aragorn.

"Hmm? What is this monkey?

Of course, Leowood, who should have seen Ten for the first time, says in suspicion, but Barid next door,

"Ah, you're certainly a monkey who was with Hyiro!

"Hmm? Hyiro? Is Hyiro here?

Apparently Leoward hasn't received any news of the Japanese visit yet.

Ignoring their thoughts, Ten looks around at the tree as he touches it and advances toward the tree that still stands.

Naturally, everyone swims their gaze at Ten and touches his roots as he looks up at Aragorn, which has become painful.

--Picaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

Then suddenly the tree emitted a pale light.

"Ha!?

"What are you doing, Sal!?

Leowood was surprised and Barid shouted at Ten, who would have triggered the phenomenon.

The light focused on one place as if it were squeezing out of the tree.

Just around the center of the folded part, it gathers and eventually forms something.

"I'm so glad you did it--Gri"

When Ten suddenly spoke, the people around him were stunned, but the sun color walked behind Ten.

"What's that?

What Gri and Ten called it looked like a tree fairy or something that could be seen in a game or something. He has large leaves on his head and a body the size of a tent on his round face.

I wear clothes made of leaves, and it seems obviously fantastic. However, the expression is as tight as tired.

His eyes, which shall be the drooping eyes, are even more drooping because of it.

"Hyiro? Why are you here?

Leoward asks.

"I'll talk to you later. I want to understand the situation now."

"Uh-huh...."

Leoward was also aware of which should be prioritized and remained silent according to the Japanese language.

"This is the spirit that lived in this tree."

Ten jumps onto a nearby Japanese shoulder to see the face of the Spirit.

"We used to call ourselves grey...."

"Nyu ~, grin auge salsa ~"

The Grimm Augment turned his sleepy eyes toward us.

"Gri, I'm sure you said you'd stay in a tree in the old days."

"Nyu ~, so much so ~"

"Was this the tree you lived in?

"That's right, it was so comfortable ~"

Grynauge said he liked Aragorn at a glance and decided to live together in the tree.

However, this is separate from the contract made by Hikaru and Ten. Simply put, the Spirit decides on his own residence and lives there.

But, of course, not only does it live, but it also carries the risk of providing some magic or not being able to move from the spot. However, in view of the risk, Aragorn seems to have been a great place and has been here for a long time.

However, the "Aragorn" was withered by the thief, and the damage taken at that time was not small, and the Grimm Augment was also taken, making it impossible to move until now.

So Aragorn was the Spirit Tree?

Leoward asks, and Ten waves his head to the side.

"No, it's just that he lived here, and I don't officially have a contract, so it's hard to say" Spirit Tree "."

"That's right, Grig doesn't have a contract with anyone ~"

So what? This tree is still alive?

A grin auge that clearly shows how depressed she is. And I thought, "Higu... gu..." I snorted.

"... woaaaaaaaahn!

Everyone suddenly opened their mouth to the spirit that burst into tears.

"I wonder what he did to me!"

"Oh, that guy?

Ten answers,

"I'm a human being! And I'm a stranger!"

The words were most shocked by the color of the sun. So I remembered that Avolos, the ancestral demon king in that duel, had indeed said something about abducting a brave man.

And there is no doubt that the men in black who withered the trees were among Avolos.

That means...

(Which one of them...?

It was about Daisuke Aoyama and Chiyoshi Suzumiya, but I guess it was Daisuke who created this state of affairs, recalling that he said that he was a human man.

What are you doing without that idea?

Why are you listening to Avolos and acting...

And because the hero who is supposed to save the people is a beast, will you do such a stupid thing when you hear what the ex-Demonic King says...?

So I deduce from Avolos' personality and behavior.

(... you took the other guy hostage...?

I decided it was going to happen. The ambition to face a sense of justice that seems to be popular and serious does not like to work under the Demon King.

Especially after that war. You should have realized that our thoughts were too sweet. It wouldn't be foolish enough to go on like this afterwards.

That means that if you can think of it, you are in a situation that you have to. But you can't let him do this for a half-life reason.

Then I came up with the possibility that the other thousand people were taking some kind of risk. If he asks you to listen if you want to save Senga's life, he will listen to you.

All that stands for him now is Senki. Losing her is quite painful and terrifying for sweet ambitions.

I don't know if there are romantic feelings there, but if you are willing to be afraid to be alone, it was thought to move for that reason alone.

(But instead of coming to this world to be just, you're going to be dyeing your hands with evil... you're a pathetic handsome man)

I felt a little pitiful and pitied. It was a good example that even the same people from different worlds acted without thinking, resulting in this kind of result.

(They're still the ones who broke up with them.....)

It's about Juli and Shinobu.

(I don't care how they move when they know about this...)

I didn't know what the four of them thought, how they acted, and eventually what they were going to do.

"Ngu ~, you've made me the best place to stay ~"

It's a grin auge that sharpens your mouth with dissatisfaction, but Teng asks even more.

So, these trees are already dead?

"... that's it ~"

Now I look down sadly. It wouldn't be strange if there was no place for us to live together for a long time.

But listening to the word "dead", the beasts have more sad expressions.

"After all... Aragorn is no longer alive..."

"Daddy...."

"Father....."

Leowood's sad whispers echoed Kuclear and Mimil. But Muir, who was also nearby, looked up at his sunny face.

"Ah, that Hiiro-san!

"... what?

"Well, that's right... but if you're Hyiro-san..."

I can't do this.

"To...?

Muir is hardened as if she had been poked, but I know what she's trying to say.

You want me to fix this tree?

"Eh, ah... yes"

"I wonder if you can do that!

Leowood will eat them too. I don't know how he feels, but I moved my mouth thinking it would be better to be honest here.

"Indeed, my magic is all-purpose. But there are certain things this magic can't do."

"Really?

"It's the power of the Shinsen. It's only natural that there are limits."

…………

"Well, I've actually tried it."

"Eh!? Maybe you're already trying to revive the Tree of Beginnings?

"Don't get me wrong, little one. I'm talking about the dead... which means the resurrection of life."

"Ah...."

"Apparently there is no power to bring back what is already dead. I can't even write a letter."

"I see...."

"Well, if only some of them were hurt, it would do anything, but we can't bring back what's completely out of life."

"Really, is this really over?

"... if I had just a little bit of it alive, I could handle it... but I can't do this anymore."

Everyone feels depressed because of the light of hope and the spread of darkness. But it was true.

I've actually tried to see if I can bring the dead back to life. Having said that, I tried to write to a dead monster opponent, but I couldn't write anything that would bring me back to life.

On the contrary, the feeling that the magic had been exhausted when I tried to write was attacked, and I was then agonized by the terrible pain.

I thought it was just because I didn't have enough magic, but no matter how much the level improved and the magic increased, I couldn't use it. A similar recoil only struck the body.

Even if this tree had been badly damaged, if life was still rooted at all, it would have healed the damage, so there was no problem, but it could not revive what was completely dead.

(Even if you can write life-threatening characters, you can't write life-saving characters...)

But I decided that maybe it was good. If life could be easily resurrected by magic, I felt that it would lose the value of living.

"Anyway, I can't help it if I'm dead. Give it up."

Barid looks sharply at what he feels when he says it in a cool, sunny way.

"Hyiro, you don't understand, but this tree is for us...."

"Oh, yes, yes. I know what you mean."

"Ha, you!?

"But I think it's more important to reflect and move on than to regret and not move on?

"Uhh...."

"I don't know what happened. But I can't help but grieve for the fact that it happened."

"But people aren't so simple as to be so divided!

I see. So it's not bad to be sad. "

"What about it?"

"The point is, you can keep grieving, but look ahead. I can see that this tree is important to you. But it's not gonna interfere with your life, is it?

Looking at the trees being crushed by the trees, he shrugged his shoulders.

"Even the Beast King knows where it is, so I think he's telling you to break down this fallen tree and get out of my way."

When he looked at Leoward, he nodded back and opened his mouth.

"Hiro is right. The Aragorn is our pride, even if we do die. That's why it's such an unbelievable business to leave it like this. As a beast, I will bury you with gratitude, all of you!

React to Leoward's words and raise your voice so everyone can respond. Even though I think it's still a hot species, I think it feels good to be a stranger.

At Leoward's behest, the fallen trees were subtly broken down and gathered in the square. Barid is also taking the initiative to cut the trees himself.

"Leaves, by the way."

"Nyu? Are you talking about the leaves?"

I still see tiredness on my face, but it's better than before, so I think my strength is returning a lot.

"If you wanted to protect this place so badly, why didn't you stop the bandits?

Because I thought if it was the same Spirit as Ten and Siuba, I would have been able to manage it with that ambition.

"Oh, I can't do that, Hyiro."

Ten opened his mouth to the answer.

"What do you mean?

"Actually...."

In the first place, Grimm Auge is not a "high spirits" like Ten or Siuba. Mandarin can speak, but almost nothing hurts people.

It also provides magic to Aragorn even without a contract, so there was not enough power to resist at that time.

Rather, he was about to lose consciousness because of the evil intentions of his ambitious knife. Such a weak spirit.

"Knife?"

"Nhuu, when a stranger stabbed that knife in the tree, the vitality that was in the tree was lost all at once ~"

"... blue ribbon, do you know anything?

I thought Mimil would know the details.

"Ah, yes. If that knife had been recovered, your father would have passed it to Mr. Eugene by now."

"Eugene?...... Who was it?

"I'm a researcher with a country. Maybe you should call me Larasik's brother."

Kukli finally remembered what he told me. Speaking of which, I remembered that he was an interesting fighter in the duel. He was a white man with glued glasses featuring a rabbit.

Probably entrusted Eugene, a researcher, to find out how the knife wiped out the power of the tree.

"I see. So, what are we gonna do with the leaves? Spirits can't stay there if they don't have someone to hang out with, right?

"Nyu, that's right, it's been a long time since I've been back in the woods ~"

Forest means [Spirit Forest]. Ten raised his hand.

Oh, well, please say hello to Nja.

"Nyu ~, you understand ~"

That said, the Grimm Augment body came through gradually. And in just a few seconds, Grimm Auge, who was there, could not see the shadow or the shape.

Apparently he went back to [Spirit Forest].