The Branded Female Fencer

Battle of the Dark Forest, Part 15 - Guardian of the Ruins

"Hey, you're finally here."

Annomarie, relaxing behind the woods, was finding the Dooms who had walked. Doom had a sense of accomplishment on that look, and then he had a somewhere dissatisfied look.

"Oh, I need some reason to stay. I don't think he's suspicious. And a few unpleasant things."

"You always seem unpleasant. And maybe Tetrastine isn't the only one. He's not under the brainwashing of the Orange Bull."

"Orangeables would be appropriate, too. There's a new person in there, so I just need to see it at a glance. Come on. Don't you have eyes for us?

"Maybe you don't actually. Titania seems to be finished with her next job, and she stopped ordering this and the Demon King from me. I'm letting you do whatever you want, though.

Maybe he's broken somewhere, too. You're letting us do this, so you can't have a decent ethic. No matter how much of a mission you're on, I don't care if you're sorry, well, normal people can't be transferred to execution. Oh, you're an elf, not a human. "

"You must be mistaken for being the best."

Doom reveals his disgust. Unfortunately, it was possible that his point was not wrong, but he only shrugged his shoulders because he didn't know about the depths of Orangeable's mind or his interest in anomaly in the first place.

"Let's just say we move on from that. This must be the real deal, right?

"Oh, right. Let's try to figure out another time to frame him. Is this the entrance to the ruins?

And Doom pointed out unto the great tree. At first glance there's nothing strange about it. The tree has its mouth open dark and pompous, but I can't see anything ahead of me when I light the lights. And when I threw the stone, the sound never came back.

Doom and Anomaly face each other.

"After you?

"No, no, you go."

"I don't like it. Exploring the ruins is more or less your hope. Besides, it's probably moving somewhere, so maybe it's okay?

"Probably?

"I have a basis. This tree itself is the basis."

Though the tree to which Anomaly refers certainly grows to be divine, so much so that the heavenly side cannot be seen from below.

"I couldn't confirm a tree like this from the outside. Then this tree"

"Oh, this is the juncture in itself, no, the castle. That's pretty advanced, too. Isn't it nice to form a ruin in a castle? I think I feel comfortable with the designer."

"Designer?

"Have you never thought about it? Naturally, there must be someone who built this ruin. Not to mention if you're a person."

"Isn't that what that girl is?

Doom pointed to the girl rolling there. But Anomaly denied it.

"I don't suppose so. That kid is a keeper at best. I called the big puppet who was out there a squire, and he said he couldn't let me in. If she built this ruin, it's natural to wait inside, isn't it? Waiting for it outside would be impoverishing."

"Well, that makes sense."

"Besides, I can't believe it was there. This ruin is honestly beyond human intelligence. At least, my current knowledge doesn't tell me how to make it. If you could make something like that, you wouldn't have beaten me."

"To you..."

I honestly did not endorse Anomaly as a Doom who doubts how powerful he is, but I can be convinced that the existence that created this ruin is beyond intelligence. A doom to ponder what the hell existential left this ruin for, but at least I made up my mind that it should be ascertained with my own eyes.

"Sa, will there be ghosts or snakes? Why don't you come in and make sure?"

"There's going to be more than that."

"You don't say ominous things!

"... your very existence is ominous enough."

A line of doom that steps into the ruins as a delight to be half-crowned, and an anomaly that goes on so that it can be shuddered. When they stepped inside the ruins and stopped looking like that, the girl lying on the ground half-baked up.

"... it was a monster to be able to leave me. But that's why I can't survive in the ruins. I hope they crush me with their own strength, those who rely on their own strength."

With that said, the girl returned her existence to dust. When she disappeared, the girl remembered. To those who appeared in front of this ruin a dozen years ago pretentiously, and went into it without being hostile to themselves. What was the name of that man? Strangely enough, even if I don't remember its existence, I can't recall the details. That human was not normal. Perhaps they understood their existence in a true way and grabbed something and left. The face that understood something at that time must not only have gained wisdom, but also understood something in life.

For the first time in its existence, the girl was interested in something else. Instead of stopping the girl from entering the ruins, she made inquiries about the person she had let go bare.

"(Man, what did you get? Although he has a satisfying look)"

"(Happy ending, Keeper. Sooner or later, when the girl that follows me grows up, she'll know everything. She will get countless feathers and will want to fly outside the world. And it is only after her walk that we can have a path of hope. or the path of despair)"

"(Are you going to make a mystery of me, human?)"

"(It's a fact, all I can say is yes. It's all I know, too. But now my raw has become meaningful)"

"(What do you want? Using what you get in this ruin, you can also stand at the top of people)"

"(I don't care about that. First, if you just stand at the top of people, you can handle it on your own. I saw ahead)"

"(... a man who is disgraceful and humble, let's hear his name)"

"(- My name is Aldo -)"

Girl's thoughts broke down that far. Later one thought and concern remains. It was also similar to the man's desire to see what he expected and the anxiety that earlier people would undoubtedly use what they had gained from this ruin in an unparalleled direction. The concern would be to carry things in a direction that even girls would not anticipate.

Continued