The great mage who transcends by returning, Episode 8
In conclusion, it was the world tree that won. Wise was truly ‘humiliated’.
In fact, at the point when Weiss started this job with teabagging in the first place, it seems that he had no intention of winning, but whatever.
“…life after.”
Weiss was staring blankly into space with a face that had turned into rice cake.
“Is Mikhail’s world such a cruel life?”
“I don’t know if it’s self-employed.”
From my point of view, this Wise Gun had nothing to say even if it was hit.
It’s unfair that there was a dark history, but thinking about selling it in a record box… ….
At first, he must have been concerned about the future of mankind and sacrificed many things for it.
However, such a person in his later years… …
‘No, now that I think about it, it might not be particularly strange.’
If you think about the last years of ‘Solomon’, you can already see that people are broken from then. If you think about it that way, there is nothing strange about it.
Rather, it is much better to be moderately ugly like that than to endure it and end up breaking it.
“What.”
said Weiss, looking at me with a grumpy expression.
“No, more than that, the descendant is just watching me being beaten like that….”
“You should have won if you twisted it.”
“Right.”
Weiss lowered his head with an expression that he could not refute.
“I can’t even win, but it’s kind of ugly to do this.”
“It’s ugly enough already.”
“….”
To bury it somewhere secretly pretending not to be ugly.
The boy snorted with a sullen expression. At first glance, it seemed that he was repulsed by the fact that he was immediately beaten by the world tree.
“Thanks to you.”
The inside of this guy is not going to be that simple.
“Thanks to that, the core of the World Tree has been relieved a little. Originally, there are times when such extreme drug prescriptions are the answer.”
“What are you talking about?”
At my words, Wise shrugged and turned his gaze toward the lake in the middle of the forest.
Both the lake and the forest looked the same from the outside as before.
But I know him too.
That the vitality of the forest is stronger than before. It must mean that the skepticism harbored by the World Tree has been resolved to some extent.
The boy opened his mouth after recovering from the wounds he had suffered.
“It’s a process I went through once.”
“I see.”
“I was on the side of humanity, but I couldn’t help being lonely. There are dozens and hundreds of times that I felt skeptical.”
It would have been.
Solomon’s life, not Wise’s, was indeed a thorny path.
“But I had no support. And the process… …It was really harder than I thought.”
“….”
Know. At least indirectly, I felt what ‘Solomon’ was carrying.
“Is that why you did that?”
“What is that….”
Weiss, who was staring into the air, said softly to me.
“Wouldn’t it be nice if it was just for someone? Whether it’s someone you’re angry with or someone you can rely on… ….”
“….”
“It is not my belief that just because I was hurt, I have to repay the same. That might be the answer for some, but not for me at least.”
Weiss said so.
“So I just did what I thought was right. That’s it. …ah that’s annoying It really bothers me.”
Wise grunted, rubbing her face here and there with the egg.
“Who would have thought that the world tree would be blaspheming because he had changed a bit?”
“….”
“Besides, it was funny how I was so worried about my children’s trust being broken.”
Weiss snorted.
“Thousands of years have passed. Do you think the trust built up like that will collapse so easily?”
“hmm….”
“Well, other apostles might be suffering for similar reasons. It’s really not even funny.”
Weiss continued to grumble while saying that.
Was it too much of a concern?
“Anyway, you are you too.”
“Besides, you are the one who sprouted such a country from its roots.”
“….”
Wise was no longer particularly uncomfortable with the fact that he was ‘Solomon’.
There is no sign of trying to hide it, and there is no feeling of being stuck in the past.
would have just accepted
“I think we all tried.”
“yes.”
“It is true that there were various noises in the process and that I was treated unreasonably… ….”
Of course don’t forget
Rather, it is strange to forget it. But even so, Wise decided not to ‘just’ forget.
“Anyway, the guys worked hard too.”
“….”
“I do not disparage the effort. Apart from the fact that I suffered, I have no intention of disparaging even the obvious facts and making it into something that didn’t exist.”
Weiss smiled.
“Wouldn’t that be enough?”
“That’s right.”
I, too, looked at Wise and smiled.
Regardless of this or that, my roots are quite strong. That there was no need to worry.
After I finished talking with him, I moved on to talk again with Jihad and Muhyul.
And when I passed a branch overgrown with trees, I opened my mouth.
“How is it.”
“….”
These words were directed at the World Tree, which was standing hidden under the shade.
“Recently, he’s shown a lot of unreliable sides, but he’s a guy who’s worked hard anyway.”
“…I know.”
“It is my great root that I tried not to break even in the face of countless indifference and hatred. After all, I have a lot of respect for him.”
Of course, it’s a story that you don’t tell even if you die with the person in front of you, but what about it?
Originally, this is my taste when there is no party involved.
“Well, it would be ridiculous for me to say more here. In the first place, I was not directly involved in that.”
“….”
I walked past the world tree with a complex expression. Anyway, it’s up to the parties to figure it out.
What am I going to do by interfering?
When I was about to go out to the square like that.
“Thank you, warrior.”
“hmm.”
The voice of the World Tree in my ears.
I smiled at her words of gratitude.
“You are on vacation.”
Of course, it will be a permanent vacation.
* * *
“Oh come.”
Unsurprisingly, it is Moo-hyul who is in full swing this time around.
I was dumbfounded and looked at him.
“Are you not working?”
“A job?”
“What is the king of a country to do? Of course he’s a king.”
“Haha that!”
Muhyul proudly shouted.
“I entrusted it to a trustworthy person for a while and took a vacation!”
“….”
“As you know, this break is very important to humans. If you work all the time, you will not be able to live a human life.”
I would like to say that it is irresponsible as the monarch of a country.
What if it’s ruthless… ….
“How can a person who becomes a king do something that is so far-fetched?”
“haha.”
It must have been that he was concerned about the troubles that Jihad had taken on.
Even before the return, he was a person who cared about jihad with me often.
Muhyul poured a glass of alcohol into his mouth and said with a smile.
“Well, I’m thinking of going back today. There is still a mountain of things to deal with.”
“Is that so.”
“Still, I think you did well to come. Seeing your face for the first time in a while gives me relief. I still cared about you.”
“What is there to be concerned about?”
“Isn’t that an old colleague? I don’t remember, but what can I say… ….”
Muhyul said while beating his chest.
“My soul seems to remember you. It didn’t feel strange to me from the beginning.”
“Is that so.”
“Looking at it, you seem to have everything sorted out now…Whatever it is, it is.”
Muhyul looked at me and said.
“We are here.”
“….”
“It’s just like that.”
A story that has already been resolved.
It all ended in my mind, so I don’t need to hear more.
But even so, what Muhyul said was a bit different.
‘Here.’
The moment I heard that, I couldn’t help but laugh.
“okay.”
“Yeah, something like that.”
Muhyul said and laughed.
It’s definitely the smile of compassion that I remember.
“Oh, am I there too?”
And as soon as the words of mercy were finished, Jihad came out from behind and added words.
“I can’t remember either, but I still felt a sense of familiarity with Mikhail-sama.”
“Is it?”
“Yes, even now. Do you think I’ve seen it for an unusually long time? maybe that’s… …It must have something to do with ‘before the return’.”
It’s not certainty, it’s a feeling,” he shrugged his shoulders with a wry smile.
i saw them both
When I first saw these two, what came to my mind was the two of that day.
As members of the expedition corps < Argo >, my precious colleagues who went through all kinds of adversity together… ….
I saw the past and the future that no longer exist in the two of them in reality.
At the time, I thought it couldn’t be helped.
But now that I think about it, I must have made a big mistake for both of them.
How is it now?
‘How is it?’
Again, the two of them were just as they seemed.
A king who brilliantly leads the clan and a prince who assists the World Tree.
Just merciless and jihad.
These two people in front of me are undoubtedly people of the ‘present’.
Muhyul asked.
“Yes, we have seen it and the world tree problem has been solved to some extent. What are you going to do now?”
“I will keep going.”
If you go around, you’ll come across a lot of people.
We reunite with them, talk, and share unfinished stories.
that’s just the story.
“Since you’ve been busy, why don’t you take it easy and reunite with everyone else?”
“You are right.”
Muhyul nodded.
“Certainly, I’ve been really busy in the past. You should be able to relax now.”
“I will do what I want to do.”
without burden.
When he was in the position of ‘Hero’, he was able to do many things to his heart’s content that he couldn’t do.
For now, that’s what I think.
“Well, if I have to say, maybe next time…I want to meet Aileen and Lian.”
“Hmm, I see.”
As if he had expected it, Muhyul nodded at my words.
“I don’t think anything will go wrong until we head to those two….”
“It may or may not be. Whatever happens, it doesn’t matter.”
Who knows.
Among the incidents that happen by chance, will there be my ‘bucket list’?
“So the final destination is probably your father. As a son, I have to file a survival report.”
“Yes, that is also true.”
In fact, my father is already aware that I am alive and walking around.
You must be grinding your teeth, asking when you will come.
What about the butler next to you… …How can I not spend every day next to such a father?
Don’t worry about the family line.
Muhyul asked me with a coy smile.
“Oh, something quite…It seems to have a special purpose.”
“What is that….”
It’s hard to answer this again.
“There are.”
“Is it hard to explain?”
“haha.”
Do you just need to put an end to a relationship that has many meanings?
“It’s a secret yet.”
“is it.”
Muhyul laughed at my words.
Looking at it roughly, it seems that he guessed about my ‘purpose’ to some extent.
“Yes, do your best.”
“It should be.”
yes you have to work hard
…in many ways.
