Let's Manage The Tower

(7) Past and present

Sitting on a wooden chair made of world trees, Colette greeted Shiomara once again, somehow bewildered.

I'm sorry to bother you.

"Yeah, yeah. It's been years."

"It's been ten years since I got out of here."

High Elf Shiomara has long been a witch of the world tree.

Of course, since Colette was here.

Though Siomara is a high elf, unlike the other high elves, it remains physically bound and present in the world.

This is a practical reason to remain in this world as a witch of the world tree, and a reason why I was able to remain even if I was a witch and therefore had a strong connection with the fairy of the world tree and strong material properties.

In addition, the world trees in the village of Seuri have existed for a long time among several world trees.

The world tree in the forest of Seuri is a special existence in the world tree, which has enough power to keep the high elves as witches.

While watching the conversation between the two people, Kaiseki felt uncomfortable.

I was twisting my neck without knowing what I felt uncomfortable with, but suddenly I thought of that uncomfortable feeling and raised my voice.

"Ah! I see!

Colette and Shiomara shook their bodies in shock at the audience's voice.

Because of my mind, Kouchi and Mitsuki looked stunned.

The examiner became uncomfortable and shifted his gaze to the day after tomorrow.

"Ah, ahh. I'm sorry. I knew what was uncomfortable with it, so I followed."

Colette was convinced by the words of the examiner, and Shiomara leaned her neck.

"Does Kouske feel uncomfortable because I am calm?

Colette nodded with a smile.

Colette has a large mouth count, at least among members of management.

But as far as I can see talking to Theomara in front of me, it was a calm, honorable atmosphere.

That made me feel uncomfortable with the exam aid.

To put it badly, he looked like he was wearing a cat.

"That's right. I'm not that big of a guy over there."

Colette leaned on the neck of the examiner with a small smile.

It is a collet that usually has a lot of skin, but it rarely comes into contact with it so openly.

The examiner found out that Colette was deliberately showing Siomara how he was doing.

In fact, Siomara looked at Colette in surprise, as she had just summoned her.

"Hey, Colette?

"Dear Siomara, Let's take a good look at reality. This is me now. And I'm one of Kouske's opponents."

Shiomara stopped moving for a moment and exhaled heavily on Colette, who placed her lips on Kouske's cheeks to show off.

"... you're happy now, right?

Colette nodded loudly to Shiomara asking what a delicate expression she had.

"Yes, I can assure you."

"... is that so?"

Seeing Shiomara nodding with a soft expression somewhere, Kaiseki asked Colette about the town.

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After all, Colette refused to talk if she didn't want to talk about it, but she didn't particularly hesitate to.

For Colette, it's really just a past.

What happened was some fortune-telling.

Colette was told that it was going to make a big difference in the countryside.

Seuri's woodlands hate big changes from time immemorial.

It's an elf-like custom to live with trees that haven't changed much, but it's a bad influence on Colette.

Nevertheless, it was only a fortune-telling in the first place, so it was not so important.

But bad things overlapped, and bad weather and natural disasters hit the village.

The fortune was tied to that, and the spear turned towards Colette.

There was no one to say to the front of the boulder, but the mouth of the pussy was quite said.

Such stories come naturally into the person, even without being told directly.

If that's all, Colette was still up to it, but there's going to be a bigger change.

Colette had a sister.

No matter what they said around them, their lovely parents gradually changed their attitude because they had a sister.

Colette didn't behave openly, but she was sensitive to her child's sensitivity.

And when he finally matured, Colette decided to leave the country.

After that, I worked as an adventurer on my own for a while, but eventually I met Sylvia and I even met Kaiseki.

While Colette was talking, Siomara looked sad.

Well, this is a rough spot.

Colette, who said that with a judgmental expression, found out from the examination that she was really not attached to the past.

Rather, from her personality, I could deduce that she was silent, knowing that her surroundings would be distracted by talking about the past.

So Kaiseki answered another question without touching on it.

I see. I understand that, but who's changing personality?

Obviously, Siomara is puzzled by Colette's attitude toward examinations.

On the other hand, this is what Kouske knew about Colette from the beginning.

I didn't know if it had changed along the way or if it was like this from the beginning.

"Thanks to Sylvia. I suppressed myself more than I did when I first met him. But she's got nothing to do with this, so ask her."

That's what Colette said, and she didn't say anything else.

However, I had the opportunity to hear from Sylvia several times about the past, so I was able to imagine what Colette said.

When we hear the story, we can see that the two encounters were so good that it seemed inevitable from the side.

However, the examiner did not share his thoughts.

Because I knew it was just a wild irresponsible opinion.

I see.

I just nodded and looked at the assistant student, and Colette smiled and turned her arm around her neck again.

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As they watched, Theomara leaned her neck and listened.

"How did you two know each other?

Faced with the words, Kaiseki and Colette laughed together a moment later.

"There are so many coincidences."

"No, I've been worried about Colette since the beginning.

"Oh, is that so?

Colette opened her eyes as if she had just heard it for the first time.

"That's right. Because there was an indication on the status that it was" Essena's Witch ". Well, Sylvia had a title, too."

Colette felt convinced when she heard that.

Oh, I see.

However, it was not Colette, but Theomala, who responded greatly to the words of the examiner.

"Eh!? Um... is it possible that...?

"Ah, yes. I was chosen by Esena's witch."

As Colette's words coincided, Essena now rested on Colette's neck.

I was envious of Colette's reliance on the exam, so I guess I wanted to try it myself.

Seeing it, Shiomara had a complex expression of surprise, pleasure, or sadness.

The sad look came from the feeling that Colette had become a witch in another world tree and would never come back.

I see. Let me start by saying congratulations. "

Colette heard Siomara say that with a slightly more complicated expression.

It wasn't that he couldn't go back to the village, but he was worried about whether he should talk about something else.

But I decided to talk about that.

"Um... I think you've already noticed about Shiomara-sama..."

Theomara leaned her neck to Colette, who seemed so difficult to say.

"It's not just that, it's evolving into a spiritual elf myself."

The moment I heard Colette's words, Shiomara was about to lose consciousness, supported by Kouhi, and there was a rare sight of the fairies of the world trees opening their eyes to surprise.