Life Reversal with Item Copy

I arrived at the castle.

After laying Niel on one side, Bulcanus sits opposite Dojun. It was he who maintained the human form, not the original dragon form.

“Noisy on someone else's land. ”

“The first thing I touched was over there. ”

“Hmph.”

It was a blunt tone, but I didn't seem to blame it. In the first place, it was true that he did the work first, so there was nothing to avoid.

“You have a marvelous ability. ”

Bulcanus narrowly opened his eyes and spoke.

Ability to lower affinity. Like Neil or Nereid, he looked at it wonderfully.

However, unlike Neil, who had just begun to propose recruitment, and Nereid, who looked exciting, Bulcanus did not seem to have that much interest.

Rather than ability.

“Is this the boy you made? ”

He seemed interested in the results.

Dojun nods at Niel as he asks.

Seeing him nodding without even trying to hide, Bulcanus sighs and utters a new voice.

He has lived for many years, but this is the first time in his life. I can't believe you're losing your natural affinity.

It didn't go down a bit, it went down horribly. I don't want to say this, but it was nice to see that Niel's bowl is being crushed.

“What happened? ”

“As you have seen. Affinity came to an end, and the Water Spirit King broke the contract. She's the one who passed out. ”

Dojun only talked about the facts.

What Bulcanus really asked was not the facts, but the identity of the ability, but there is no way to tell it gently.

“Phew……. ”

Bulcanus sweeps his face with one hand. It was a complicated look. I don't know if I should be happy or not.

‘Something has to do with it. ’

I was sure. I wouldn't be able to make that look if I didn't have anything to do with it.

He is the contractor of the Water Spirit King who was so angry. That's what you look like when you lose that contract?

There was something Nereid said, so it was hard to think of it as irrelevant.

A helper who thinks like this in his heart. Within days, he's dead.

“What kind of coffin are you two? ”

I just asked him myself. Guess I can't get any conviction.

It was not his taste to say it unnecessarily. Bulcanus was half ready to answer or not.

“He almost became my contractor...... in the past. ”

“Who almost became you? ”

Luckily, I didn't mean to come all the way here to keep my mouth shut, and Bulcanus started talking.

* * *

A story decades later, even if you can't.

Bulcanus existed alone in this castle at that time. Like the villages of the same monsters now or Salion, there is no spirit of subordination alone.

Since I had already hidden the deepening from my body, I was spending a busy day without any great restraint.

This was the time when he found a young elf falling from the crowd.

I don't know why it fell. Is it someone's mistake to fall, or is it abandoned for seedling reasons? Maybe she was abandoned because she thought her child's gray hair was ominous.

Well, I didn't even wonder why. It's just curious.

Because.

“Pa?”

I was alive smiling in this desolate forest that would not be strange if I died right away.

I saw at a glance how it was possible.

High affinity. It's overwhelming, too.

Elves that are this friendly are worth putting in his hands, among those he saw.

Because of that, the spirits of the forest were looking after the child.

Bring me sweet fruits, cover me with big leaves so I don't get cold, make me a fluffy nest at the bottom of the tree.

It has been a long time since he saw such demanding forest spirits spontaneously.

“Argh! King! You are the King of Fire!"

“Are you here to burn the forest? No? Tell me no! ”

“Argh!”

As Bulcanus approaches, the spirits of the forest start to fuss.

“Get out of the way, because you're not burning. ”

These guys are tired of this mess every time I come into the woods. It's been a long time since we've settled on this land, but it's still like this.

Bulcanus stirring his hand like a fly.

He did not know that his ignorant attitude was a part of what the spirits of the forest were doing.

Little elves who don't yet know anything about him like that.

“Phew!”

I smiled brightly.

Seeing that helpless smile, Bulcanus brought her to see what had changed.

In his castle, where he's been alone so far.

Bulcanus who seriously thought about why he did this. The conclusion he made was simple.

‘If I grow up, I'll be my contractor. ’

The child's affinity was high enough to attract even the spiritual king himself.

There couldn't be anything else.

‘It's been a long time since the contract was signed. ’

Bulcanus smiled at the conclusion.

The Fire Spirits have not contracted with the Elves for a long time. Because they refused them first over there.

That was the same now. The spirit was not stupid enough to lend power to those who despise and reject themselves.

But wouldn't it be different if you raised them yourself?

It doesn't matter what it was like to be educated as a child.

At least the Spirit of Fire has a proven perception of a firearm that burns through the forest, or it does something about the world's water, which is rotting in a line of command.

"It's the first time I've raised a child. ’

What's the big deal? If you feed and sleep well, you'll grow up on your own.

It was his big mistake to think……

Since then, Bulcanus has spent almost all his time looking at the child. Counter-force.

If you open your eyes a little, you will crawl to a dangerous place. How can you close your eyes?

Most of the fires in the castle were turned off and lava emanating from the basement was prevented.

Sometimes it was his only hobby to get in there and relieve his fatigue, but I couldn't help it. It's dangerous.

All windows were blocked from falling and the utensils used in human form were raised out of reach of the child.

Not only that, but the child's behavior, which cried without even attempting, was enough to exacerbate Bulcanus' stress.

He didn't want to be noisy in the first place, so he stayed alone. The child's cries in that life aroused his annoyance, not least.

‘Phew……. Let me be patient.'

But what can I do? I can't give up and come back. I have to put up with it.

‘All for the contract. It's a long contract, and I can't bear it. ’

He only held on to that thought, and he raised a child.

Even though he didn't have a reason to save the contractor by doing this, he didn't notice it.

Over time, the child really grew up.

Even though an elf has a longer lifespan and is slower to grow than a human, even the elf has a shorter lifespan compared to the life of a spirit.

From Bulcanus' point of view, the child literally grew up in the blink of an eye.

“Niel, stay calm. ”

“Yes!"

Even if you want to stay quiet for a while, Niel wanders around the castle.

He smiles and closes his eyes. Bullcanus lying in the form of a dragon as usual. Within days, Niel dug it into his hands like that. It was now her designated seat.

‘You're all grown up now. ’

Seeing that, Bulcanus thought.

I was able to walk on both feet and I learned both. Now that you've been walking around the castle with the Spirit of the Forest, can you say that you've grown up?

Now you can let it go a little.

There are some Spirit of the Forest, and it's not like a child grows up on its own.

I thought so. Bulcanus who doesn't think at all of the last days.

However, this time it didn't end as well as Dane.

One night. Neil did not return until late.

What's going on? ’

Neil, who went to play on the mountain, did not return until the sun set.

This has never happened before. Wherever she went, she didn't come back to Twisted Castle before sundown.

Bulcanus left the castle with a bit of anxiety.

As he flew up the mountain looking for Niel, he was able to find him in no time.

There was a place where the spirits were speeding loudly.

And there.

“Niel!"

Whether he fell off the cliff or not, there was a Niel with a big branch stuck in his chest.

Behavior after that, Bulcanus himself did not remember very well.

When I saw the blood splashing out of the tree, I stopped, or the pickers used herbal knowledge to formulate and apply the medicine.

But it didn't work.

He went to find the best healer he knew.

At the time, it was not the same as it was today. He was annoying and fought like he was going to kill every time he saw it, but there was still a connection called the same Spirit King.

To Nereid.

* * *

“That was my mistake. I should have gone to a village near you and looked for the Elves who contracted with the High Spirit. ”

Bulcanus spoke with his eyes full of greed. Dojun frowned a little in his eyes and said.

“What happened? ”

“As soon as he saw Niel, he said something great. It's hard to heal here because of the deep wounds. However, if you take him to his sanctuary, he can heal..... ”

I couldn't help it. He was half out of his mind at the time.

Nevertheless, I spoke to Nereid for the reason of the remaining half. If so, he said he would follow too. I told him I'd follow him and watch him heal.

― What? That's ridiculous! I can't let you step on my land!

“…… I think I saw Nerad who just invaded the land. ”

“That's the guy. Thinking about everything on your own basis. ”

Anyway, Nereid did not break his insistence, and in the end Bulcanus was forced to entrust Niel to him.

“My thoughts were short. By the way..... it seems like an excuse, but I didn't think of anything more then. ”

“I understand.”

“What?”

Dojun nods at Bulcanus, blaming himself. It was also a situation that was well understood. Even if everyone else laughed at Bulcanus' foolish behavior, he could empathize.

Bulcanus, who reacted tremendously to the dojoon, spoke of the end within seconds.

Even so, there was nothing to talk about. Because…….

“For the next 30 years, Niel has not returned. Nereid didn't hear from me either. ”

That's all there was to talk about in the castle for 30 years.

“Thirty years later……. ”

Bulcanus, who was only lying helplessly in the castle, died.

“The grown-up Niel came to my castle. ”

I was able to reunite with Niel.

Not the original gray hair, but the one with the colored hair.

* * *

Missed!

The table is broken. Bulcanus grabs it and destroys it to make it angry.

“There's a new contractor in there. Taking him to the sanctuary was for this, after all. To take away my contractor! ”

It was for Niel's last salutation.

Now that we've settled on Lake Briana, we won't be able to live here.

Neal's eyes, speaking like that, were offensively staring at Bullcanus as to what Nereid had been told.

She had met several times since then, but within a few days Bulcanus could see it.

Niel also became the same elf as the other elves.

He believes in the water of the world, treats the Spirit of Fire as a firecracker, and tries to forget his past raised by the King of such Spirit of Fire.

When I found out, it was static to come to Bulcanus.

No more anger, no more crying, no more anger.

Of course it is.

“Nereid, that bastard! ”

The wrath of the Water Spirit King has burned more than ever.

“That's why you're so angry at him. ”

“Yes! He left my contractor behind. He has insulted me so much so far, but this has crossed the line! ”

Contractor…….

Dojun blurred his smile.

“What's so funny? ”

“Nothing. ”

I understand why Bulcanus is angry with Nereid. I took the contractor.

But that won't be all.

If you're angry because you just took the contractor you wanted, wouldn't you be able to bring the abandoned Niel to Nereid?

‘Even though it has a negative affinity. ’

Bulcanus shook his eyebrows as he watched the dolphin with his expression on his face, but did not ask what happened. I wanted to say that his feelings should not be asked about this.

After controlling his emotions within a few minutes, Bulcanus calms down and talks to Dojun.

“One thing, please. ”

“Tell me. ”

It was strange.

When I first came here, I came to ask for a favor, but I can't believe I'm being asked to do the opposite.

Well, that's good. Being asked is not a bad thing. It means you have the upper hand at the negotiating table.

However, the dojoon that followed was at his request.

“Restore Niel's affinity. ”

“No.”

I unwittingly refused.

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