It was noon, so I left the library and had lunch with Riel.
Afterwards, she said she wanted to shop, so she hung out with Riel shopping as she fluttered through the shopping district of Wangdu.
evening
The sun is setting.
Is it time for a good time?
I'm going to start the main event on this date.
"Liel, I have somewhere I want to go... it's still time, okay?
"Is it time? Um... well, actually, I'm fine with staying out today."
Eh.
Well, that 's--
"You mean to stay somewhere with me, too, whoa?
Liel, whose face turned bright red, nodded silently as he gripped the hem of my clothes.
Seriously......
Oh, seriously?
Apparently, Riel's house has a curfew, and if it was a previous date, I would have had to say goodbye to Riel by eight o'clock at night.
That's what makes you feel like you can stay today.
What a timing.
There is a God.
Is it because my daily routine is good?
No, don't rush it yet, Luke.
It is only after hearing Riel's reply that I rejoice.
"Well, follow me where I want to go"
I grabbed Riel's hand and started walking.
She still leaned over, but she followed me firmly.
─ ─ ─ ─
"Is this where Mr. Luke wanted to come?
"Yes."
The place where I brought Riel, the roots of the giant tree - the world tree - that stands in the heart of Alheim.
"I think it's time..."
Waiting a little bit on the spot, the wind started swirling before me and Liel.
In the heart of the wind...
"Yay! Luke, it's been a while. I've been waiting for you."
The incarnation of the world tree, Lord Silf, the Spirit King of the Wind, appeared.
"Si, Master Silf!
"Ah, fine, fine. When you kneel, your clothes get dirty, right? So you can just stand there."
Lille tried to kneel in front of Master Silf, but Master Silf stopped me from doing so.
"... Are you sure?
"Yeah! Never mind"
Riels For the Elves, the world tree that protects and graces Alheim is an absolute being.
Sylph, the incarnation, also said he should be treated with the utmost respect for the Riels.
"Um, why is Master Silf here?
"Luke asked me to."
"What!?"
Riel looked back at me with an incredible look on his face.
"To be exact, Luke asked my contractor, Hart, for me to come out here. You know about Hart, don't you, Liel?
"Also, of course! You can't possibly not know because you are a great benefactor to this country"
My best friend Hart is the contractor of Lord Silf, the Spirit of the Wind. Besides, he also signed with the Spirit King of the three remaining attributes, so he goes by surprise and has to laugh.
"Luke can go up there on his own, can't he?
"Yes, no problem"
"Oh, um... go up and maybe..."
"Top of the World Tree"
Listening to my words, Riel has hardened.
For the Elves, the world tree was sacred and even contraindicated to touch rather than climb.
If it were normal, even if I asked her out, Riel would refuse to even touch the world tree.
But I really wanted to get Riel to the top of the world tree today.
So through Hurt, this is how you manifested yourself to Master Silf.
"Liel, I'll allow it. So you can climb the world tree with Luke."
"Ho, are you sure?
"Yeah, I'll put my protection on Riel so the mana of the world tree doesn't interfere."
Fluffy and Master Silf flew in and touched Riel's head.
A high concentration of mana that fills the interior of the world tree seems to like the Elves too much and surrounds them when the Elves come inside the world tree.
Its concentration is too thick for the elves to develop symptoms of magic sickness.
After Master Silf touched him, Riel's body was blurry and glowing.
Looks like he got protection from the Spirit King.
"Well, I... I don't know what to say."
Not very touching, Riel was about to cry.
"Tell Luke if you want to thank him. Well, here I am."
That said, Master Silf disappeared from the spot.
"Okay, well, let's go!
"What, Le, Mr. Luke? ─ ─ Yah!!"
I held Riel back and magically jumped up.
Did I surprise you a little?
Speaking of which, I never flew with Riel yet.
You're afraid you're flying in the sky, Riel's desperately clinging to me.
"Did I surprise you? Sorry, but I would never drop Riel."
"I believe Mr. Luke."
It felt like fear, and she looked up. But I still can't seem to look around, and he's staring at my face jeezy.
That's fine now.
Whoa, the sun's going down.
I want to speed things up a little.
"Liel, just look at me like that. 'Cause I'm gonna increase my flight speed a little bit."
"Yes!
In time for sundown, I increased my flight speed.
I managed to make it.
"You can open your eyes now"
After all, he seemed scared, and Liel had his eyes closed tightly from the way in.
Me and Riel are now standing on a branch at the top of the world tree.
"Mr. Luke."
"Can you see around? Because I have my back. Slowly, look over."
You must have trusted me.
It feels like fear, and Riel turns his gaze to the landscape behind it.
"... beautiful"
From her mouth, words leaked naturally.
In Riel's eyes there was a landscape where a sunset unstoppable by nothing dyed the distant sea, the earth, and Al-Hayyim red.
I wanted to show her this landscape.
After counting-
The sun sets and the area darkens.
Then it could be confirmed that the city of Alheim would be lit by fire from the gap between the branches of the world tree.
From below, the world tree is illuminated with blur. The world tree itself was gleaming, too.
The city's light from below and the luminescence of the world tree spread fantastic landscapes around us.
"Mr. Luke, it's amazing. Wow, it's beautiful. Did you want to show me this?
"Yeah. It's a lot late but... at the school festival, I'm going to apologize"