episode_0091

Bow of the World Tree. It is a holy relic imbued with the power of the goddess Prinia, who is revered as the creator of all elves in the world. To be fair, it is an item like a holy sword that only human heroes can use. The difference is that the Holy Sword is a material created directly by God and has the nature of being independent of children, but the bows of the World Tree are literally called World Tree bows as long as they are made using branches of the World Tree.

Since various fragments of the World Tree are distributed throughout the planet, it was not something that could be called extremely rare. This was also the reason why the bow of the World Tree existed as a treasure of the village where Ispi lived, which was just an elven village.

As the elder gave the bow to Ispi before she faced Arjen, in fact, anyone who is an elf is qualified to possess the bow of the World Tree.

However, simply possessing the World Tree’s bow and bringing out its true nature were completely different stories. It’s a sad story, but the World Tree’s bow, which has not revealed its true form, is nothing more than a wooden bow with good tension.

Also, although it has the same status as the Holy Sword, it does not mean that it has the same level of power as the Holy Sword. The purpose of Stella’s holy sword is to eradicate everything that threatens humanity, but the reason for the existence of the World Tree Bow has not yet been clearly revealed.

The only thing that was known was that the World Tree’s bow only allowed its true form to those who were closer to the ‘ideal elf’ than anyone else. The ideal elf referred to here naturally follows Prinia’s standards, and that is why the person who possesses the bow of the World Tree has grandiose qualities such as ‘the biological child of Prinia’, ‘one who is guided by the World Tree’, and ‘the one who loves nature the most’. I was able to get the title.

Naturally, it serves as a kind of status badge that proves that all elves are beings that have no choice but to worship and follow. In terms of its ability to charm all beings of one race, the World Tree Bow was better than the Holy Sword.

“Ah… Ah…!”

And the reverence for the owner of the bow is bound to be greater the stronger the envy for Prinia. This is because general elves are more religious than half-elves or dark elves, and high elves are more religious than them.

Of course, all the high elves present did not hesitate to bow their heads to Eugene. Eugene, who did not know the inside story, could not help but be confused by their reactions.

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” Suddenly, what is this…”

As soon as I got angry and wanted to vent my anger, I immediately took out my bow and started making plaster casts, so my angry feelings disappeared as if by magic, and was replaced by absurdity.

“Uh…?”

I expected that he would be very surprised when I took out the bow. This is because, from what I heard from the village elves, they were something to be envied by the elf race itself. So, since the elves were in awe, I thought that even high elves would be impressed. However, hitting one’s head like this was unexpected.

“Umm….”

It’s just difficult to shoot an arrow at a target that bows its head. I quietly put away my bow. Then some elves let out a sigh of regret.

“Sorry, sorry. I didn’t know you were a noble person…”

“That’s it. You just need to know now.”

I decided to enjoy the power I received from the other side. When I was living in society, there was a time when I felt awkward being treated like this because most people were my superiors, but now that I am so close to Arjen, this feeling is now natural.

“Well, anyway, I guess you’re willing to listen to the story now, right? Or are you still going to kick me out?”

“No, I don’t give a damn.”

“Where should I start… Oh, is there somewhere we can talk instead of everyone staying here like this?”

In response to my question, the high elves began leading the way into the forest. I was relieved that things would turn out much better than I expected.

“Oh….”

Inside the forest, there was a natural village built around a large tree. When I saw that majestic figure, it made sense to me that it was a world tree.

“Is this the World Tree?”

“Well… over there… that’s World Tree’s ‘small root’.”

“The cup…root?”

I once again looked up at the giant tree majestically located in the center of the village. It was so huge that just finding the end of the tree made my neck hurt. This tree, so overwhelmingly large that even a sequoia would cry, is said to have fine roots.

‘What is the scale….’

It is said that the world tree in mythology is so large that it actually supports the world, so it is not at all unreasonable to call it a small root. The more I learned about this, the more I realized why the faith in this world is so strong.

The appearance wasn’t the only part that gave me a sense of wonder. As I came here, I wondered how this abnormal land could grow so lush with no proper water flow, let alone a river. I realized that these roots bear the vitality of all living things on this land. there was.

“I… Eugene.”

As I was looking at the World Tree for a while, the high elf I first confronted asked politely.

“If you don’t mind, would you please take out the bow one more time?”

“After watching so much earlier, do you want to see it again? More than that, I want to see my business first.”

“Oh, that’s not it… If you take out the bow in front of the World Tree, you will naturally find a solution… It’s true that I want to see it, too.”

I couldn’t clearly understand the reason, but when I heard those words, I took out my bow once again. When I took out the bow made by bending the body of the world tree in front of the world tree, I felt something different.

“Huh?”

For a moment, the vision in front of my eyes flashed brightly. When I reflexively closed my eyes in the dazzling light, I couldn’t see Arjen and the high elves.

“Arjen?”

I was embarrassed for a moment, but I didn’t show it outwardly. At least outside the rare, the probability of Arjen leaving me and disappearing out of sight converges to 0. Then there is only one thing that can make something like this happen. There was only a huge tree standing in front of me.

“…Did you do this?”

If someone had seen me talking to a tree, they would have called me crazy, but surprisingly, among the trees I’ve seen since coming to this world, there were more trees that could talk than those that couldn’t. Of course, trees don’t really have brains and vocal organs, and it may be the work of spirits, but I thought that even though there are as many trees in the world as there are, they must have an ego somehow.

“Life from another world, how are you?”

Surprisingly, the answer came back. Rather than the answer itself being surprising, it was because the voice of a young girl did not fit the appearance of a large tree, and because she was calling me a creature from another world.

“World Tree? No… Are you Phrynia, the god of the elves, or something?”

“Aha, you separate that out? If I had to ask, it would be closer to the former.”

Perhaps because so many meaningful words were exchanged, I felt that the number of questions would increase with each conversation, so rather than exploring the other person any further, I went straight to the main topic.

“Uh… I had one question, but it has now increased to three. Can I ask a question?”

“I don’t run away, so please take your time and ask questions one by one. But there are only three questions?”

The voice is young, but the tone of speech is very calm, so it feels strange. Anyway, I secured three questions from the unidentified transcendent.

“First of all… Where did everyone else go?”

“Everyone, please stay where you are. It’s just that the space is disconnected for a moment and you can’t see it.”

“That’s a bit difficult. I wonder how Arjen will react if I suddenly disappear…”

“Others will see you. It may look like you’re just standing there blankly without saying anything.”

No matter how much I played Crayon Shin-chan, I had no idea how something like that was possible, but I tried to do it.

“Then next… How do you know that I come from another world?”

“Hehe… Do you know what? In the eyes of people like us, karma can be seen in all living things.”

“Are you talking about karma?”

A word I knew from my roughly picked up knowledge jumped out. It meant that it was a cause and effect that inevitably occurred whenever something was put into action.

“Yes. No matter how much you change your appearance, you cannot hide your soul. The karma you have accumulated is much less than the years you have lived. Since the karma accumulated in other world lines cannot be seen, it is easy to know that it is not of this world.”

“…If you know it easily, why…”

A new question arose in my mind. If it was so easy to recognize that I was from another world, I couldn’t understand why Stella, the god of humans, still didn’t recognize me. The last time we met, he stabbed himself with the holy sword as a joke, but it didn’t cause any damage.

The World Tree seemed to have read my thoughts and began to giggle.

“Hihi, of course, there are other ways to control karma, so strictly speaking, that alone cannot determine you as a person from another world. The only reason I predicted that was because I noticed a crack in space a while ago.”

“That sounds like it means that I fell through the cracks and came over here.”

“That’s right. The cracks themselves occur frequently, but it is rare for them to be large enough for you to fully climb over them. Well, it’s my job to manage such cracks, so I eliminated the crack in an instant, but in that split second, you got caught up.”

“…Isn’t this a very good story?”

When I opened my eyes, I found myself in a different world. Whether there was a special reason or not, it wasn’t strange. However, since I was going through something like this, I thought there must be at least a ‘justifiable reason’ for coming here.

“Wow, the odds are miraculous beyond just good circumstances. Usually, there is no chance that an object that crosses a space crack will maintain its intact shape.”

“…Yes?”

“It’s strange even if you think about it, right? A crack that is enough to distort space… I think there is a similar phenomenon in the world you live in.”

The first thing that came to mind was a black hole. A phenomenon in which gravity becomes so strong that light passing through it is bent, affecting space and time.

“If something like that were to happen, the physical amount applied there would be enormous… Are you alive and safe?”

As soon as I heard that, I got goosebumps and unconsciously looked at my body. There was nothing strange about the fingers and toes.

“…I have one more question. Is it okay?”

“Then you answer my questions too. I’m curious about the story of the world you lived in.”

“I’ll do as much as I can. So… who are you?”