episode_0078

“Mmm, it was delicious! It’s Vivian, after all! It’s delicious today too!”

“Right? Ahem. I’ve been learning hard.”

“Yes. I especially like the sour sauce on this grilled meat.”

A few days after deciding to take a break at Vivian’s suggestion.

After a long time, we were having a leisurely time eating together with everyone.

“···But, I was surprised.”

“Huh? What?”

“I thought elves didn’t eat meat.”

“···Well, so did I.”

“what?!”

I also agreed with Jupiter’s words.

No, that’s right.

What should I say about the elf?

Wasn’t this the image of protecting nature by eating only fruits and grass that fell on the ground?

When he said that, Lisbeth laughed softly as if it were absurd.

“No, then when we find dead animals, do we just bury them in the ground? Even when there is nothing to eat?”

“That’s not the story.”

“Of course, we tend to avoid excessive killing, but we don’t reject our presence either. There’s nothing we can do about animals that are already dead, right?”

“···is that so?”

“I don’t know where to begin to explain. If you look at it from a human’s perspective, you can see that elves are an amazing race.”

It seems like a great race. Because his basic abilities are much better.

“Well, there are definitely some aspects that are better than you, right? There are also some frustrating aspects. Look at the queen.”

“···ah.”

Surely the queen is a little…

Should I say it’s overbearing? It was all I saw and heard briefly, but I was able to get a rough idea of his tendencies.

He was the type of person who was tiring when we lived together.

“Do we have to isolate the World Tree from the rest of the world? You were so worried. Right, World Tree?”

“That’s right. Easty was too worried. It’s bad.”

Lisbeth tore off the meat and handed it to the World Tree sitting next to her.

Methuselah, who was given food as naturally as a baby bird, moved his jaw and chewed the meat.

“···delicious.”

Are you eating too?

To begin with, he takes care of himself very naturally. Methuselah also accepts it naturally.

Can trees eat meat?

“···Why? What’s going on?”

“No, nothing.”

If the two of you think there’s no problem, that’s okay, right…?

“In the first place, what is the purpose of isolating the World Tree from the world? It is literally a World Tree, but if it is cut off from the world, it is not a World Tree.”

“That’s right. That’s right. Easty is bad. I’m scolding him hard. He won’t go back until he reflects on everything.”

“···entire?”

“Yes. Even now, you are crying and begging me. Please come back.”

“So, what did you say?”

“The main body can’t talk, so it just stays still?”

Just a little, but I felt sorry for the conservative elf.

The world tree, the spiritual pillar of the elves, and his own child ran away from home together. It must be quite difficult.

“If Lisbeth is caught, I will strip her naked and make her wander around the village for a month. Sometimes I ask her to tell me her location. I will never tell her.”

“Kek, ha, a month…? Walking naked? What on earth is the Queen thinking?”

“I heard you shouldn’t expect to be able to sit on the chair when you come back.”

“···I won’t go back! Never!”

cancellation.

What about your daughter? Walking naked…?

Even if your daughter kidnapped a being who was practically a god of a race, is it right to do it like that?

I became confused for a moment.

···uh? Now that I think about it, isn’t it a mercy from the Queen’s point of view not to kill her? what?

I don’t know. I need to eat something.

“By the way, Miss Lily and Damien are missing. Where are they?”

“That’s right. Everyone’s gathered together, but they’re the only ones missing. Do you know anything, World Tree?”

“···Why are you asking me?”

“Well, does the World Tree know Lily well?”

“Well, I know.”

Do you know?

Now that I think about it, I can’t see those guys.

It’s a strange feeling because I can’t see the guys who were always loud.

Those guys always made a fuss when they saw each other.

“Playing tag in the garden.”

“···hide and seek?”

Oh, I guess that’s it.

I don’t know how long I’m going to keep doing that.

“Lily is asking me to tell you the details of how I became a woman.”

“···Are you still doing that?”

“I’ll do it until you tell me. It’ll become material or something.”

After all, people should watch their mouths.

It all started when Damien, who had been treating us as usual, inadvertently revealed that he was originally a man in front of Lily.

Because of my fault, Lily, who was already very interested in such things, asked quickly.

When she became convinced that Damian was the case I was talking about, she started chasing him.

“Just tell me.”

“That’s right. Because I’m interested too.”

“···you also?”

“Yes. If Lily fails, it’s my turn next.”

Were you interested too?

The two just look exactly alike.

In this case, Lily may have become influenced by Methuselah.

“Have you finished eating? Here’s dessert.”

“Ah, thank you.”

“bon appetit!”

Vivian makes a snoring noise and moves as if she is happy.

Befitting the maid uniform she is wearing, she is quite capable.

“Should I thank the lord for this?”

“That’s right… I don’t think I can do it without Miss Vivian anymore.”

“You just like being comfortable, right?”

“Ehehe…”

It’s peaceful.

Is this paradise on earth…?

It reminded me of a time in my past life when I would wake up every morning and go to work.

How is it now compared to those days?

Sleep whatever you want, eat whatever you want.

I already have a lot of money, so there is no need to make more money.

It’s a shame that there isn’t much entertainment, but it’s fun just to see things like Yuna’s magic and Jupiter’s divine power.

If someone brought me here, I would like to meet them.

Because there are a lot of things I want to say along with my gratitude.

“···By the way, when will the Demon King come?”

“Oh, that. It will come soon. He said he would come in a few days.”

“okay.”

“It will set sail soon, so it should arrive in a week.”

“A week… I guess I can just wait leisurely.”

If I went to catch the devil, would I have to stay on the boat for a week?

Ah, it’s so comfortable.

There is no need for me to go looking for something that can just wait.

“Anyway, what does it feel like when you give divine protection? I was curious.”

“Oh, that. I didn’t get off it myself, so I don’t know.”

“···yes?”

God of lightning, that bastard told me the wrong thing.

Of course I thought I was giving you blessings.

“Even if I wanted to get it down myself, they said I couldn’t get it off because I’m not a god yet.”

“Well, then how…?”

“What should I do? I temporarily handed over my power.”

okay. In modern terms, should we call it identity theft?

The power I have as a god. That power was distributed to the three gods.

And what if you grant that power to the Demon King as a blessing? ···braided! The blessing of the four people, complete!

“Hehe… So, the Demon King’s army is coming here now?”

“Hmm. It’s difficult to receive strong protection at the level of a warrior, so I said there would be quite a problem when going back and forth.”

“Significant problem…?”

“Because it is not covered with the protection of the gods like a warrior, it seems that it can only be weakened and cannot be eliminated.”

And, there was one thing that was even more strange.

What did the god of lightning say?

“Since the Red Sea was created to trap the Demon King in the first place, it is impossible for there to be no interference, huh…”

“? What did you say?”

“No, the drink is really delicious.”

“Is that so? It looks like Dryad’s honey has also been greatly improved.”

Since they said that the gods created the Red Sea, I knew that there was some intention.

But the purpose is to isolate the devil?

···why? I didn’t understand the purpose.

If all you want to do is isolate the Demon Lord, isn’t there any need to create heroes?

Why bother creating a hero to defeat the demon lord?

If it’s the throne that creates the Demon King, why don’t the gods even try to destroy it?

Because Vivian said that the Demon King was weak in the first place.

It was said that one artifact was a way to elect a demon lord under unknown conditions.

They say it was created for quarantine in the first place, so why did they help me?

Just because it looked fun? ···Somehow I think this is right. Is he that thoughtful?

Questions give rise to questions.

Why am I talking about that after all the blessings have been granted…?

He folded Lightning’s waist in half, asking if he was finally talking about such an important thing, but his anger still didn’t go away.

Next time I’ll break your neck.

…Well, actually, it’s not that important to me, so it doesn’t really matter.

When the next demon lord appears, the next hero will appear right away.

Then there is no problem. Let them take care of that.

But it started to keep lingering in my mind.

The reason why the gods planted the Demon King, or more precisely, the Demon King’s throne, on that continent.

···Usually things like this, especially artifacts that are used as tools to elect the Demon Lord or something.

Considering the game settings, doesn’t it feel like an important item?

I wonder if something will appear later…

“···Status window.”

Thinking it was a game, I opened the status window to check.

…As expected, the writing was broken.

Why on earth is this broken? I don’t even know why.

After visiting the pantheon, the status window wasn’t very good.

The writing began to break little by little, and now it is just trash that only looks good. I can’t read it.

I don’t know why.

Although I wasn’t using it well… Still, it was a useful item from time to time.

This damn status window didn’t disappear, but it was almost as if it didn’t exist anymore.

It’s even funnier that in the meantime, the goddess’s protection is written as normal.

God’s protection, is this?

“Demon King. I hope you come quickly.”

I wanted to catch it as quickly as possible and get rid of the virgin god label.

“Oh, but I didn’t mention that.”

“···what?”

“It’s not so much that you can’t cross it, but it will be a little uncomfortable.”

···You will be able to come properly, right?

I started to get worried.