episode_0088

It had been about a week since the goddess’ oracle (?) came down to .

Upright—!

The orange cat ears kept moving.

In a quiet space, only the sound of the pen moving echoes.

Crunchy…

“Hehehe—☆ Is there anything else you want to hear~☆ The goddess knows everything—☆”

Lothar was listening to Urd and taking notes in his notebook. Before I knew it, much of my wariness about this space had disappeared, and only the spirit of exploration remained in my mind.

“Huhuhu… ☆”

Urd looked proud when he saw that. It felt better than I expected to hear knowledge that I had only heard and seen in the ‘past’ being recited as if by an oracle.

-You have to listen carefully to what your seniors say and help people in trouble~♪

-As expected, the will of the World Tree is to help people… !

Even if I say universally valid words that everyone knows, seeing juniors nodding their heads earnestly as if they have heard the truth… For some reason, I felt like it was tickling.

Urd took the momentum and, in a smug tone, spilled information about the magic used by ‘Rota of the past’.

“Yes♪If I were to give you some advice with a ‘world tree’ feel, wouldn’t it be more romantic to use rhyme as a poem for spells~☆”

Upright—!

When Lotta was told about his field of expertise, he looked up, his eyes sparkling like jewels.

“Romantic… ? What does that mean? Tell me exactly! Seosun wasn’t important when it came to chanting magic?”

“Uh, um… ♪”

I didn’t expect this.

Roughly as I matched the words with ‘Clara’.

Urd, who was explaining potentially helpful information ‘by feel’, was pricked when he heard those words.

‘Oh my—☆ I don’t know much about magic… ‘

Then, if someone asks, ‘Why is an incompetent person like you a goddess!’, I don’t know what to say.

…

‘hmm… Anyway, if I explain it well, they won’t understand—☆’

Urd continued to explain while breaking into a cold sweat.

“Oh, no☆ Uh… hmm… uh! Yes—☆ Birds chirp, not golden cats! With the feeling of “Kwaaaang—!” Shushu~☆ How do you feel? Feeling like pigeons soaring in front of the train station? Huh?”

“Birds… hmm… Longing for flying? The ‘story’ derived from it is theological… !”

Urd desperately remembers vague ‘memories of the past’,

I tried to describe the way a ‘junior from the past’ used magic.

Fortunately, the passion that made me flap my hands like wings worked.

Lothar thought for a moment and then nodded in understanding.

And the next words were shy.

“Well, so? What’s next? … What?”

Because of the awkward and belated respect,

Urd held his belly button and burst into laughter.

“Ahaha—☆ What, what are you~♪ Is this an awkward formality all of a sudden? Please talk to me comfortably like before—☆”

“Ah… That’s a goddess… As I kept talking to you, I felt like I was talking to Clara, so I stopped… Now that I think about it, I feel like I’m being rude to the goddess… ”

“… ”

“The habit of talking with friends keeps popping up… Yo.”

“… ”

Urd suddenly remembered Lothar from ‘Lost Time.’

“… ”

A junior who maintained a subtle distance from Clara, who was dull and troubled, until the end.

‘Past Rota’ usually hung around with Arbit, with whom he could communicate, and had a self-righteous side, as he had a habit of taking on problems alone.

‘He was a good kid on the inside, but he was firm about his own territory—☆’

but…

‘Current Lotta’ follows ‘Clara’ strangely well, and somehow seems to have no hesitation in sharing her concerns.

‘huh… I see.’

changed.

Same person, but different person.

“… ”

It is a fact that I repeat again and again…

The junior in front of me was different from the junior I knew. Even though it was only about half a year, the gap was an unbridgeable gap.

In the first place, the person who guided this girl that way was ‘the current Clara.’

“… ”

Urd took quite a bit of effort to recall the ‘forgotten past’. That was the reason she became a goddess and entered the ‘Fountain of Destiny’.

‘The ‘past’ I saw… ‘

This world is [doomed] to destruction.

It was only after defeating the ‘dragon’ that I realized this fact.

“… ”

eventually succeeded in awakening the ‘dragon’.

As a result, the [Dragon Crouching in the Abyss] began to rage.

His juniors—[The Fate of the Three Heroes] succeeded in stopping them all. like that… I thought my world was saved by my juniors.

‘But what happened after that… ‘

The remains of two beast gods—’Snake’ and ‘Wolf’—awakened by the ‘power of death’ left behind by the dragon. Their power was difficult for Academy City, which had exhausted all its strength to block the [Dragon Crouching in the Abyss], to handle.

So all the students, including Osaek, died.

“… ”

In it, she became aware of her [fate] as a [Saint of Sacrifice] very late.

Because he had very little power.

I arrived at my [fate] as a [Saint of Sacrifice] too late.

“… ”

It’s too late.

So he [sacrificed] everything he had to turn back time.

I thought that if I could start over, I could turn it back.

but…

Every miracle has a price,

I found out too late.

[Sacrifice] is… He cut off his soul from everything.

‘In the empty space created by [sacrifice]… ‘I never thought another soul would come in.’

The world returned was different from the previous world because of the strangers who had flowed in from another universe.

“… ”

Urd stopped thinking and looked at Lothar in front of him.

“Goddess… Sir?”

“… Yes♪”

As much as the time has changed.

As much as the changed soul.

Another threat was coming to this city.

“… ”

Because destruction is the [fate] of this world.

If so, to prevent it… I will [sacrifice].

‘Fountain of Destiny’ just arrived with the flow

And the ‘new Clara’ we meet fatefully.

Urd made a decision in his heart.

This time—

‘Another me… ‘I have to help another saint.’

That’s what he had to do because he was left behind because he was incompetent.

*

A lukewarm midday summer breeze blew through the main auditorium, where a tent was set up like a camping site.

After meeting the friendly goddess of the past, we decorated the main hall like a campsite.

‘A large amount of strange white powder-like material fell from that chick, so we can’t let it into the dormitory.’

Trust time takes place twice a day.

Since it was Rota’s turn for this oracle(?), we decided to wait outside.

‘Well, even if it’s an oracle, it’s just a matter of chatting about miscellaneous things.’

Strictly speaking, Urd—’Clara’ was also a student at .

The plan was to have girls’ talk time under the pretense of an oracle so that she wouldn’t be lonely.

“… ”

It may sound strange, but

I also felt like she was a junior that I had to take care of.

“… ”

Because there are things we exchanged between me and her… Now he has become someone I can’t just leave alone.

‘I first informed Hilde of the existence of the [Nameless Hawk] and the ‘Fountain of Destiny’, but… ‘

A goddess living on the World Tree who is treated as a personal god in this world.

And the beast god of order who was the only one who helped humanity in the distant past—[Nameless Hawk].

The news that two divine beings suddenly appeared at the forgotten was a shocking fact even for Hilde. Perhaps that’s why it seemed like he didn’t intuitively understand the story.

In the end, we decided to meet later to discuss details.

‘Hilde still doesn’t know that Urd looks exactly like me, how will she react?’

Ascendant… No matter how you look at Urd, the goddess of the past, she was just Clara.

In other words, I could say that my appearance was not much different from my current self.

What would you say if you met me in that situation?

Would they like it if they said it was a Clara bulk discount 1+1 event?

Should we go on a rampage like a gamer rushing to buy character collaboration products at a convenience store?

I was half curious and half nervous.

“… ”

to be honest… If I saw her saying hello to someone other than me, I would feel uncomfortable and lonely.

…

…

…

“… ?”

I was startled by the sense of discomfort I felt for a moment.

“Oh la la la—☆”

uh.

What is this?

She’s such a jealous bitch.

“… ”

I had no choice but to lower my head.

‘Holy shit… ‘

Should I admit it?

‘That we are on the verge of complete corruption… ‘

From the day we wore dresses and shivered together, I felt like Pretty’s thoughts had strangely accelerated.

‘At some point, I started not being able to remember things about my past life.’

little by little…

little by little…

I felt like my personality from my previous life was fading away.

But if it’s scary, I don’t know… I don’t know.

Isn’t life about forgetting and changing little by little as we live anyway?

Hilde.

Frida.

Nina.

Selma.

Maya.

The five colors of Academy City.

Juniors of .

Dwarven merchants in the shopping district.

etc…

The more you forget, the more meaningful the things you fill in are,

I didn’t feel like it had become meaningless because I had forgotten it.

If I thought of this as an extension of life, I was able to accept it calmly.

‘Or, this is also Clara’s fate… Is it because of [the sacrifice]’s fate?’

…

It is the fate of [sacrifice].

Have I really made any sacrifices?

‘I don’t think I ever remember doing something as dramatic and noble as being a firefighter.’

When you think of a saint, it has an image of something holy and noble.

All I could remember was that when something happened, I dealt with it appropriately.

“… ”

While thinking about that, I drank the iced tea in the cup in my hand.

Whoop—

‘It feels like I’m at some kind of retreat.’

I was sitting on a chair, sipping ice-cold tea, and beeping… I saw Arbit checking the health of [Nameless Hawk]. For reference, Kara was on a business trip after receiving a request from the dwarves in the shopping district.

[Nameless hawk] making a trivial coughing sound.

“Kueek—! Cluck, cluck… ! It seems like a burnt smell is coming from my nose… ! Bleep… !”

“Hmm… I think the stomach acid is refluxing because it goes in and out of my throat too often… ”

Albert looked at the giant chick’s neck, then went to a restaurant and mixed hot water to make it lukewarm. Then I poured it in little by little through the kettle.

[Nameless Hawk] lifted its head and drank water, as if eating food provided by its mother bird. When its hot throat subsided, it shed tears and expressed its gratitude.

“Sigh… Thank you, [Hero]… ! Beep—! The moment I get my giant wings back, the first thing I will do is hold you and fly across the sky of this world… !”

“That’s it.”

“Ahh—! I want to quickly regain my strength and give you the great holy sword—! Beep—!”

“I have a sword.”

“Then why not use both? Beep!”

“Double, dual swords… ? It’s complicated… ”

Albit pushes away the [Nameless Hawk] who is moved and tries to hug him.

A view of with the summer breeze blowing.

“… ”

I muttered while looking at that figure.

“It’s peaceful—☆”

That moment.

From afar, I could feel numerous figures passing through the school’s main gate.

“That’s wrong—☆”

Which delinquent student wants to be beaten with a stick today?☆

I woke up thinking that, but… Those who came in were not delinquent students.

“Revelation, we have reached the land of revelation, sisters! This is the place the Sword Spirit spoke of—!”

“Are you here?!”

“Yes, that’s right, sister!”

“Oh my God, there are traces of the Great World Tree and Norn here… !”

“Ah, why didn’t we notice it sooner?”

“No way, the fate of the [Hero] and the [Saint] lies here… !”

“It’s a really simple and elegant place!”

“Oh my, look at that broken window… ! What theological meaning does that have?”

Dressed neatly in white school uniform… From … It was a group of hundreds of ears.

Albit muttered while looking at them.

“Uh… ? Why are they here… ?”

“Well—☆”

“Beep—! These students smell familiar. The very fragrant and nostalgic smell of the World Tree… ! Beep!”

“Do you know that your tone of voice was really unpleasant?”

“Beepee… ”

Upright

The elf students’ ears moved.

And then hundreds of demons attacked us all at once.

“There it is! There are [Heroes] and [Saints] that the Sword Spirit has predicted!”

“No, that divine beast with an elegant appearance is… ?!”

“God of order!! The embodiment of order!! It’s a new doctrine!!”

“Catch it!! Catch him and take him—!”

What is this… ?