episode_0173

“…It’s finally quiet.”

After defeating the noisy elves, all that was left was me and the World Tree. I approached the World Tree with a much lighter attitude.

“Hello.”

When I said hello, the surrounding scenery stopped. It was something I had already experienced before. The world tree responded.

“Hello, Eugene.”

It was the same voice as Prinia’s, but it had a somewhat distant tone to it. The World Tree was Prinia’s residual thoughts, and it was a completely separate entity from herself, so it was something that could not be helped.

Of course, that distinction is meaningless, and seeing as they called me by my name when I first came here as if they had already known it, I guess they must have vaguely heard a tip from the main body.

“Isn’t it hard to be in such a barren land?”

“It can’t be helped. Because this is my job.”

I guess it would be a bit difficult for a sacred tree of this size to take root on such a distant slope.

“Ah, about those elves from earlier. Did I meddle for no reason?”

“No. Well done! It is never good to deceive and deceive others. It’s not every day or two that Prinia’s children do something radical near the World Tree.”

“Hahaha… Just like the image, you have a generous style.

I’m not sure, but if it were Stella, I don’t think she would let a person distort her will, but Prinia, including the World Tree, doesn’t seem to care much about that.

Anyway, I’ll stop talking here and get to the point.

“Do you know what I came here to do?”

“Yes. I roughly know it. I heard that you need a place to store ugly items.”

“Yes. This is it.”

I released the magic swords that were tied to my back in front of the World Tree. The World Tree’s reaction was bitter, as if it had sensed the presence of the magic sword.

“Ugh… Who on earth created something like this?”

“There is. A crazy dragon with unnecessary anger towards the gods.”

I didn’t bother to use the word gay because it seemed like an understatement.

“Just by feeling the energy, you can see that it is an item with a very high level of magic. I guess I’ll have to ask the main body to increase the proportion of residual thoughts allocated to this side.”

“Are you saying you will analyze it separately?”

“Of course. If these items are left unattended, they will eventually turn around and cause harm to everyone.”

It was a very good thing for me, who came with the feeling that I would just leave Arjen in charge for a while until he regained his condition. It never occurred to me that the World Tree would conduct a separate investigation into the Demon Sword…

“It’s a shame. If not only me but also other gods could analyze it, we could dig into it faster.”

Except in very exceptional cases like me, gods cannot willingly come down to the underworld, so it was natural for the World Tree to express regret. I told her good news to comfort her.

“Ah. Don’t worry about that. A magic sword will already be delivered to Stella through the church.”

“I see. I hope there are no problems while being delivered to Stella…”

“You don’t have to worry about that either. It is said that information is not leaked to the outside world because the church operates in utmost secrecy. Of course, if the owner of the magic sword feels the presence of the magic sword himself and goes to find it, it will be a pain… If he is going to come looking for it like that, he will come here with a lot of swords, not just one.”

That’s why I flew here and handed over the magic sword.

“Hehe… From what I heard, you are an interesting person. Could you please come visit me again once all the urgent matters are completed? I want to talk leisurely.”

“Of course.”

It was an unfinished promise, but there was no problem. Time is all that’s left for both me and her.

As I finished my business and flew into the sky again to return to my original place, I felt the presence again. It felt similar to before, but this time, a total of four identical figures appeared.

“What happens again this time?”

I adjusted my voice, which had become slightly loose while talking to the World Tree, and looked intently at the harpies who approached me in a somewhat solemn voice. Of course, everyone was wearing very little clothes, so my gaze soon wandered as I lost track of where to go.

“I’m here to say thank you, God. The elves came by a while ago and explained the whole story.”

A harpy with a very beautiful appearance, similar to Oquipete, but with green feathers and hair, bowed politely first.

“What is your name?”

“It is called Aelo. I will be the big sister of these children.”

“I see. What about other children?”

As I looked away, a black-colored harpy and a blue-colored harpy revealed their names one after another.

“Kelaino. Third…”

“It is called po, podarge. He’s the youngest.”

In that case, I guess the first Oquipete I met was the second.

“Raise your head. I didn’t really do anything to be thankful for. I just happened to have some errands to do at the World Tree, so I just solved it as a convenience.”

“This is the home of our four sisters. You saved us from being deceived by the treacherous elves, so how could we not thank you.”

“If that’s the case, I should also say thank you to you. You didn’t harm the elves anyway.”

Of course, I did not personally see the elf and the harpy meet, but they seemed to be okay to say they had a fight, so I just assumed it was correct, and the harpies kept lowering their heads as if they were happy.

“No. Since we have enjoyed the blessings of the World Tree little by little in our lives, we did not want to have any unnecessary conflicts with the elves.”

“Anyway, you don’t have to go far to find a husband, you can just live here as usual. Ah, I hope they don’t kill humans as much as possible. It is unavoidable because it is natural to use it as food, but if you harm too many lives as a joke, it may come back to you as karma later.”

“I will keep this in mind.”

“Okay. Then, I will go back to heaven.”

Potera’s lodgings instantly turned into heaven. I guess saying I’m going to another city is a bit out of character. However, the harpies did not take their eyes off me.

“What’s going on? Do you have any other business?”

Oquipete, the red harpy who was the only one to meet me first in response to my question, shouted courageously.

“Oh my god! If you don’t mind being rude, could you please give us your seeds?”

“…I understand that the discussion on that matter has already ended.”

When I thought about it, the story wasn’t over. I roughly crushed the oracle, saying it was wrong, and from Oquipete’s point of view, it was urgent to bring back the sisters who may have dispersed, so the work was postponed.

“It’s not over. Harpies raise their children by receiving the seeds of other male races… but for some reason… I want to have a child from God.”

Even if he looked up at me with half-clouded eyes and said those words, there was no way he could have said that I was right. In the first place, asking to get pregnant was much more upsetting to Arjen than just having sex.

She has already declared that she will do whatever it takes to destroy the race that conceived my seed. If you think about it more deeply, it means that unlike sex, pregnancy is an area where you can never ask for Arjen’s forgiveness.

The harpies in front of me beg me for seeds to propagate their species, but if I give them seeds, their species will become extinct. I had no idea what excuse I could use to clearly explain this deep-rooted dilemma to the harpies.

“…You are not ready yet.”

“Yes?”

In the end, all I could do was lie in moderation. As someone who just a moment ago yelled at the elves not to lie, this is a very unpleasant thing to do.

“I am the god of conception. It is irrelevant to say that it governs the birth of life. If you blindly receive my seed, your body will not be able to withstand it.”

“Well, I see…!”

That’s bullshit. It was an excuse that made you snort on the inside, but on the outside, it seemed quite plausible. Yes. Conception is the place where new life is born. It had the same meaning as creating life, so maybe I have greater abilities than I thought.

“Come back when you’re a little stronger. Both body and mind. If it exceeds the standard I thought, I can give you the seeds at any time.”

It may have been a hasty action to announce that he would give the seeds, but on the other hand, it was irrelevant because he was not saying ‘the standard I thought of’. If you keep repeating that they are below the standard, they will either get tired and fall off, find someone they can truly love, or die.

“Okay. Our sisters will diligently follow God’s teachings here!”

“Yes, yes. So now it’s really goodbye.”

After saying goodbye appropriately, I returned to Potera. I had no idea what would happen in the future due to this incident.