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After the war, rather than the thrill and joy of war or the relief of winning the war, I only felt emptiness and headaches.

This constant pounding headache tormented me as if it was explaining to me one by one what was going to happen to me.

“Because we won the war, my worries only increased.”

I sat on the bed and muttered that to myself.

Since we won the war, we are busy celebrating that victory, but is it because it is such a meaningless victory?

Someone taught him how to summon ancient races.

From the beginning, weren’t they the exclusive property of records that were sealed in ancient times or have come to an end and are now lost?

In addition, the Arselphia I met this time had some information, and even though she didn’t have an eye, there must have been countless people stronger than her.

If they are people who came back here from the ancient times, where the weak were eliminated and eaten…

As long as there is enough food in the name of humans, this place will be no different from heaven for them.

“Whoa, my head hurts.”

Let’s stop worrying about this.

If it doesn’t work out, isn’t there a way to resolve it myself?

No matter how much you don’t know about ancient beings, I don’t think they can stand against God.

In the end, it was God who destroyed them and ended their era.

“Today…I guess I’ll just walk around a bit.”

As soon as I finished worrying, I felt a little relieved.

My headaches have also gone down a bit.

So, I decided to take a quick walk around the area.

“…I guess I should visit the World Tree again after a long time.”

Perhaps because Mari was around, the spirits strangely did not even come close to the World Tree.

Well, if Mari and the Spirit Kings are hostile, of course I wouldn’t want to go around her, but isn’t she the mother of the spirits?

Of course, even if it looked like everyone was dying, the world tree itself could not be ignored.

With that thought in mind, I headed to the World Tree.

On the way to the World Tree, I saw strange and bizarre things.

“…Takgi? No, is it demonic energy?”

As soon as you approach, it quickly disappears and hides its presence, but to the naked eye, the energies are very similar to demonic energy.

Black and murky energies moving around the World Tree?

At least it is certain that demons are loyal to, respect, and fear evil spirits.

Are you saying that demonic energy that resembles those of demons is placed little by little at every corner of the road leading to the World Tree?

As I was not feeling well, I used my abilities and quickly moved towards the World Tree.

Marie was casually leaning against the World Tree and knitting.

“Oh, evil spirit. What brought you here?”

He stopped what he was doing for a moment, got up from where he was sitting, smiled brightly, and asked me.

There’s no way she wouldn’t notice if there’s a demon around, but she looks so calm.

…It would be more reasonable to assume that these are not demonic powers, or that she was just researching them for a while.

Perhaps it was a study done by Therasia using the demons she had previously caught to see what happens to the demons the closer they get to the World Tree.

While thinking that, I also leaned against the World Tree.

“There is so much life around here.”

“As much as Mother absorbs life, she shares it with those around her and creates nature.”

Is it possible that the World Tree just acts like a filter?

Breathe in a little bit of life, filter out all the demonic energy and evil and evil energies, and then scatter the life again.

Hmm, that sounds plausible?

“It’s been a while since I came to rest and lean in front.”

“Your mother is now the one who hugs everyone in the world, so please rest to your heart’s content.”

I took one look at her, who spoke like an elf who had managed the World Tree for quite a long time.

Anyway, that sounds a bit like it.

Now I can’t believe I’m hugging everyone.

Of course, since the World Tree is the life of the world, it is natural that it does not like wrong things, and it may mean that it embraces even the corrupted things, but there was something strange about it.

…I guess it’s my mood.

“This place is comfortable.”

“If the evil spirit wants, you can come here any time. This place is always open to the evil spirit.”

When I saw her smiling brightly and saying that, I felt an unidentifiable sense of anxiety, but I just ignored it.

It is not open to others, but I can enter as I please.

It feels like a secret base I had when I was young.

“Thank you, child.”

“It’s okay for the evil spirit to feel a little more comfortable.”

Even though I was sitting quietly like that.

The sound of the wind softly in my ears, the calm nature, the nature that makes me feel at ease just by being still.

It felt like it was healing my heart that had been so complicated and a mess.

“It’s amazing. There was a place where I could feel so at ease.”

“No matter how corrupted you are, Mother is the center of the world. And I think the evil spirit also needed a place to rest comfortably.”

So I took good care of it.

she said so

“Thank you, Marie. Is there anything you want?”

“Then, as I said at the previous dinner, the evil spirit…”

“No, I’d like you to leave that out.”

As my ability as a god strengthened, I became able to see things I had never seen before, and things I could not do became possible.

Well, in the case of spirits, they were extremely rare, and since there was Mari around, it was just a case of not being able to meet them.

For example, we can now observe children’s every move, and have now even been able to read their minds.

Of course, since I am a god who respects individual privacy, I did not consider such things to be part of it, but in Marie’s case, even if I wanted to, I could not.

It’s not that she lacks faith in me, nor is it that she spends less time with me than others.

I just can’t read it.

‘…Is it the power of the World Tree, or is it possible because of Mari?’

“Then, please act as the evil god wants. Do not sacrifice yourself for others, but do as the evil god wants.”

She said that quietly while knitting.

Even though he said that, if you looked inside, it was clear that he was a kind and altruistic child who cared about me.

Feeling a little more comfortable, I leaned against the World Tree for a moment longer and then quickly got up.

“I guess I have to go now.”

“Please rest in peace.”

She sat still and just smiled and said that to me.

“Yes, World Tree. Thank you for sharing your seeds with me too.”

I patted the World Tree once, then expressed my sincere gratitude and slowly walked outside.

…Ah, Magi.

Should I have asked?

‘But nothing special happened while I was there, and now that he’s completely disappeared… I don’t think it was anything in particular.’

Or maybe I just misunderstood the energy.

I walked slowly and returned to the Evil God Church.

As expected, it was right after the war ended, so Abel was lying exhausted on the floor, looking like a bundle of rags after finishing all the hard work.

“…Abel, are you okay?”

“Uh…Father….”

Abel said that and fell down as if he was about to die.

As expected, since the Holy Empire was in conflict from the beginning, the preparations in advance were close to perfection, so there wasn’t much to work on, but in the case of the Dekarson Kingdom, it seems that there was a lot to work on because it happened quite suddenly.

“Rest in peace.”

I used my abilities to move Abel into his room.

…Anyway, since Abel isn’t there to lead the dinner party today, I guess we’ll just eat.

With that in mind, I walked towards the restaurant.

“Children, unfortunately Abel is not here today.”

As always, I went in last.

It was definitely 5 minutes earlier than the scheduled time… Wait a minute, how did Marie actually come faster than me?

No, you may have received a magic scroll or something from Therasia to help you move around more easily.

And since it is a world tree, it can be teleported to any place where there is a forest.

Hmm…I really don’t know how I did it.

“Well, let’s have a light dinner today.”

“Joe, I like it…”

Veronica moved to the seat right next to me where Abel would have originally sat.

Well, since there is no saint, does a saint take his place?

Seeing as no one moves to Veronica’s seat, I guess my thoughts are roughly correct.

“Well, first of all, my brother said that today’s meeting will end with the prince of the Decarsson Kingdom ascending to the throne…”

Veronica, you are speaking completely clearly now.

Okay, I can’t help but say that I sometimes stutter, and now it’s just perfect.

Now that you speak so well in front of me, I’m proud of you.

“By prince, you must be referring to the prince you brought back then.”

“…My brother said that all other royal families were sacrificed.”

So, does that mean he is the only one worthy of being a king?

However, since their credit rating has fallen into the abyss, the public’s opinion is likely to be unfavorable.

I don’t think it would look very good to place someone of the same blood on the throne.

“My brother said he would explain the method later.”

“I see.”

Well, Abel must have thought of something of his own.

While thinking that, I cut the meat.

As always, the quality of the Evil God Church’s meals was getting better and better.