episode_0253

“This is the world inside the imagination that I have only heard about in words… This is Eugene’s inside. It’s beautiful······.”

Mia looks around with her mouth open and says, “Wow.”

I was looking at that and pretending like nothing was wrong.

‘What on earth is this…?’

Inside, I was as surprised as Mia, or even more surprised than Mia.

The world inside me was definitely not like this.

A lake that sparkles like starlight as the sunlight scatters between the green fields.

Countless creatures wriggle in the water, and flocks of birds fly in the sky, casting shadows on the ground.

What is this?

It’s so different from the world I remember.

‘Did I come in by mistake?’

I thought it was Mia’s will that cut into my soul.

Did I make a mistake?

Even though I know it can’t be like that, I can’t help but have doubts over and over again.

A land of death where there is no sense of life at all.

Where has the desolate snowfield, filled with nothing but ice and snow, gone?

The moment I made my way through the bushes with a pleasant crunching sound.

A helpless laugh burst out.

“Ha······.”

A vast flower field spread out before me.

A flower field with a mixture of colorful flowers that extends beyond the horizon.

When I looked closely, I saw that these were familiar flowers.

This is yellow-colored jasmine.

The one next to it is a black rose.

Another one is blue cyclamen.

Those small, insignificant flowers that were lying on the frozen ground.

Now it has prospered enough to fill the entire world.

At that moment, it felt like someone was muttering in my ear.

“I guess you don’t have to support us anymore.”

A voice that scatters and disappears.

I felt it completely gone.

They were the girls created by my regrets and regrets.

The effort to remember the lost timeline created them.

Standing tall in the bleak snowy field, they always supported me.

But now there is no need for them.

The heroines who inherited the previous episodes are by my side.

The relationships made in this episode have survived intact.

Now the world inside me is bright enough.

The girls I created are bright enough even if they are not forced to reveal themselves.

At some point, my insides were filled with life, not death.

That’s how I became one with the girls I created.

It hasn’t disappeared.

It has become one with me.

I smiled as I caressed the vibrant flowers.

“Who are these children?”

“Children?”

“Ah, ah. I said something strange. sorry. For some reason, I felt like these flowers were like people.”

Mia squats next to me and smiles, smelling the flowers.

Does Mia see the roots of these flowers?

Perhaps your vision to see the essence has already been opened.

If so, it means that the qualifications are sufficient.

“How about it? This is how we divide space. For now, I’ve split my soul and gone inward, but if I keep practicing, I’ll be able to split time and space and leap to wherever I want.”

“I think I have some idea. Does that mean I can just practice like this? Hehehe. Practice, will you help me?”

“Of course I have to help. This is not the disciple I brought in.”

“Thank you, really. all of it······. Everything…”

Mia quietly takes my hand.

I can feel the hand shaking slightly.

Mia looks like she’s sobbing, but she’s smiling brightly.

“If it weren’t for Eugene, we wouldn’t have been able to save so many elves. Even Elvengarde wouldn’t have been able to preserve it. Really, I only received help from Eugene time and time again.”

“I’m helping because I want to. If the elves who support the World Tree disappear, I will be in trouble. How many times have I benefited from that prophetic ability?”

“That’s shameless. Do you always treat good deeds as dirty and disguise them like that?”

“······.”

“No matter how much mud you apply or how dirty you wrap it, it is of no use. A person’s good intentions are visible and cannot be hidden.”

Since a priestess who can see through people’s hearts says that, I don’t know what to say in response…

For me, it’s just unfair.

Why did I fight with the grandiose goal of saving people, devoting myself, and saving this world?

I just fought because I didn’t want to let go of the women around me and to become a hero to the corpse girl who looked up at me.

I fought to get this far for extremely personal reasons.

Well, if Mia wraps it up like this, I feel happy.

“Eujin. Is it okay if I ask you just one more thing?”

“Why are you being so careful between us? Even if it’s a burdensome request, please tell me.”

“I told you that I was looking for a place for the World Tree to take root. There has never been a better site I’ve ever seen, and I don’t think there will ever be one in the future. Just in case the World Tree becomes a mature tree… Would it be okay to plant a world tree here, in the world inside Eugene?”

“······.”

Mia spoke slowly while holding a flower pot.

Planting the World Tree here…?

Because the sound was so sudden, my brain was delayed in processing it for a moment.

This is definitely the optimal environment for the world tree to grow.

Always overflowing with magical power and intelligence.

There is more than enough land for the world tree to grow to its enormous size and take root.

However, I never thought of bringing something from outside into the world inside.

In theory, this is a world no different from the present world, so there shouldn’t be any problems.

Is it really okay to do that?

“Wouldn’t the elves rebel?”

“I think everyone will welcome it. Even though I searched for suitable land, I was deeply concerned because it was all owned by unreliable countries… The land is more suitable than that, and the owner is the most trustworthy person in the world. All the elders will also support you.”

“I didn’t know you trusted me this much.”

“That’s why I trust you. If I hadn’t trusted you, this world would have been destroyed by now.”

That is also true.

I carefully accepted the world tree pot that Mia gave me.

If I plant this in me, will I also have prophetic abilities?

I have no reason to refuse.

“Then, I will gratefully accept that trust. I will only take care of it until it grows into an adult tree. After that, it was transplanted to Elvengarde.”

“Hehe. Thank you…”

We dug up the fine soil, planted the seedlings, and covered them with soil.

Although it looks unsightly now, it is just a bare tree.

But this thing has grown into such a huge and majestic world tree.

I look forward to the time when it grows into a mature tree.

We stood holding hands in front of that ugly tree and stayed still for a moment.

I feel like I am healing just by standing like this.

Birds are chirping, a breeze is blowing…

Mia, who had been looking at the World Tree with sorrowful eyes for a while, turned her head to me.

Then, Mia gestures as if to come closer.

“Eugene. Do you know what the name of the World Tree is?”

“Name? Was there something like that? What is it?”

“Please put your ear close.”

There’s no one else to listen to anyway.

Although I was puzzled, I bent down and brought my face closer.

Then Mia whispered quietly with a mischievous look on her face.

“Nowadays, no one calls it that way, so it is almost forgotten, but it is said that in the past, it was often called by its name. I’m only telling this to Eugene.”

“······.”

“Yggdrasil. yes. It was definitely that kind of name.”

Hwaaaah.

The landscape of the world is changing.

I feel space and time trembling.

For a moment, my brain felt numb.

Before I knew it, we had escaped the world inside me and were in a dark forest.

I was holding Mia’s face and kissing her lips.

soft.

And it’s moist.

Right now, my head was so full of such sentiments that I had no time to think about anything else.

When I parted my lips, Mia avoided my eyes, the tips of her ears turning red.

Even though he was the one who gave me the surprise kiss, he seems to be embarrassed now.

“Will the elders support me even if this is discovered?”

“She will be excommunicated from her position as a priest…”

“Why do you think you want that?”

“Hehe. Have you been caught? I think I finally understand Julia’s feelings. The position of priestess is certainly a rewarding and honorable position, but… It’s a very uncomfortable place for a girl in love to sit.”

Ah, this.

This is a pattern I’ve seen a lot of times.

Even I wasn’t expecting this and was left dumbfounded for a moment.

Taking advantage of my confusion, Mia hugged my neck again and kissed me on the lips.

“I like you, Eugene. I feel like I’ll regret it for the rest of my life if I don’t say this, so I’m telling you my feelings in such a rude way. I······. Is it okay to love Eugene?”

After hesitating, Mia gathers courage and speaks.

It feels like I’m finally letting go of what I’ve been holding on to and feeling relieved.

He looks a little worried at the thought of having done his job.

It would be a lie if I said I wasn’t aware of this feeling all along.

I knew it.

I knew it clearly, not vaguely.

But at the time, I just ignored it.

Because I thought I would cut ties with them and leave this world.

Therefore, I believed that I would regret starting a new relationship later.

But Cornelia shattered those soft thoughts.

Is there a relationship that you can’t start because you’re afraid of breaking up?

If such cowards exist in this world, it is normal for them not to live in fear of death in the first place.

So then I ask myself again.

How did I feel at the time when I was forced to ignore Mia’s feelings?

What is the path without regrets?

“Mia.”

“Yes······. Wait… Ugh… Ah… Eugene…”

“I couldn’t speak up first because I couldn’t destroy a priestess’s career with my own hands. Actually, I was attracted to you from the moment I first met you.”

“Ah, ah!?”

By showering kisses, I convey my honest feelings.

Mia wipes her saliva-covered lips and her cheeks turn red.

Eh, I don’t know.

Since he already has a wife, a concubine, and a girlfriend, why should he hesitate?

This is the last one.

Really last.