Hmm, I guess I'm screwed.

　In the courtyard of a certain mansion at the Ifrus Magic Academy, a boyish girl was digging up some dirt and burying something in it.

　I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to make it work.

What are you doing?

　A girl with beautiful blue hair and eyes approached the girl sitting on the ground.

''Hmm ... oh, you're Luna. I wanted to try something.''

　The blue-haired girl who called out to me is Luna. She is the human race that lives in this mansion.

''Master Sylph, your face is dirty.

　The one who was digging the ground in the courtyard was a sylph, the Spirit King of the Wind, who was digging the ground.

　He gently wiped off Sylph's face, which was dirty from tinkering with the soil, with the towel Luna was holding.

'Thanks, Luna,'

My pleasure. It's been a long time, Master Sylph.

Yeah, it's been a while.

I haven't seen you around much lately, but is something wrong?

　The sylph used to spend a lot of time at Hurt's mansion, but lately he had stopped coming to visit.

　Luna, Hurt, Tina and the rest of the Elnor family were all worried about Sylph, who had suddenly stopped coming to visit.

''....Yeah. Actually, it's just because I've been away from the World Tree and come here to visit too much, it's been a bit of a mess.

　Sylph is the incarnation of the World Tree that towers in the heart of Alheim (the Elven Kingdom).

　It is said that she has been away from the World Tree for so long that part of the tree has begun to rot.

　After receiving a report from the spirits living in the World Tree, Sylph hurriedly returned to Alheim.

　After that, he couldn't come to visit Hurt's mansion for a few weeks because he was doing his best to heal the World Tree.


''So that's what happened.......Thank you for your hard work, Sylph-sama.

Yeah, I'm so tired. I've missed you all so much.

　With tears in his eyes, the sylph hugs Luna.

　Luna strokes the sylph's head.


　After a little while, a calm Sylv pulls away from Luna.

'So, as I asked you earlier, what were you doing?

Well, I'm thinking of growing a world tree in here.

I'm sorry?

　Luna couldn't understand the meaning of Sylph's words.

　The world tree is the only one in this world that has lived with this world for so many stars and frosts.

　Its leaves are the main ingredient in elixirs that cure all kinds of diseases. Its branches can also be used to make wands that can be used to create the most powerful magic available to anyone.

　The sylphs wanted to grow such a World Tree in Hurt's mansion.

''I've even managed to get the World Tree to produce a seed, but no matter how I try, it just won't budge.

　Sylph's expression fades.

　This was the first time since this world was created that the World Tree had even created a seed.

　Even though he was a sylph, the incarnation of the World Tree, he had no idea how to make the seed sprout.

'The World Tree is connected to this world. If the World Tree grows here too, it's connected to the World Tree in Alheim.

Well what do you mean by that?

It's going to keep me here!

　The sylph himself did not understand the principle. However, Sylv knew that if the World Tree grew in Hurt's mansion, he would not have to return to Alheime-regularly.

I want to live with Halt and Luna too. I want to eat the food you guys cook for me every day!

Master Sylph....

　When he returns to the World Tree in Alheim, Sylph always looks lonely.

　It can't be helped because he is the Spirit King.

　Thinking that, Sylph endured it, but when she noticed that Mai and May, who had become spirits of the same level - or far more powerful than she was - had been by Hurt's side the whole time, she couldn't stand it.

　She stopped holding back.

'I'll live here!　No matter what, I swear!

　I declare to Luna.
　Sylph's eyes were serious.

''........I understand. If there's anything I can do, I'll help you!

　Luna decided to help the sylphs.
　Because to her, the sylphs were already family.

'Thank you, Luna,'

'You can thank me when you can sprout a world tree.

　Saying that, Luna ran into the mansion.

''Oh, even if I watered it with all my strength, it didn't work──, I mean, already.......Luna, I didn't listen to you.

　The World Tree is filled with a huge amount of mana.
　In other words, it's an enormous mass of magic.

　The sylphs thought that they could sprout if they were given magic power, so they poured a great deal of magic power into the seeds and gave them water filled with as much magic power as they could muster.

　Still, it was no use.

　Maybe it wasn't just magic power.

　Or maybe it's still not enough, even with my own magical power as the Spirit King──.


　I don't want to think about the latter too much.

　If just sprouting it would require the magic power of the Spirit King class, how much magic would it take to make it grow.......


''Sylph-sama, I'm sorry to keep you waiting.

　Luna is back.
　She has a jowl in her hand.

'I'll give you some water with this!

　Luna began to pour water over the spot where the sylphs had buried the World Tree seeds.

'Big, big, big, big!'
..........

　Humming to himself, he said that Luna was giving him water and...


What?
Ah!　Master Sylph, look. It has sprouted!

　The seed of the World Tree, which had never sprouted no matter what the Spirit King Sylph had tried, sprouted from the soil.

"That's not possible...
It just keeps getting bigger and bigger.

　Luna continues to water the buds, not caring about the stunned sylphs who are too surprised and stunned.

　Every time a drop of water falls on the bud of the World Tree, it gets bigger and bigger.

''Eh, lie... ha, eh?　Huh!?

　By the time Luna ran out of water from the Jouro that she brought with her, the World Tree had grown to about the height of a sylph's waist.

　A mini World Tree appeared in Hurt's mansion.

''It's grown quite large!''
Oh, no!

　In contrast to Luna, who was looking at the mini World Tree with a smile, the sylph's face was twitching.

　Sylph was not the same age as the World Tree because she had been reincarnated several times, but she was still a spirit living in eternal time.

　In front of the sylph's eyes, something she couldn't believe was happening.

''Luna, where in the world did you give the water?''

Which one?

　Luna was having a little trouble answering.

'It's just plain water, y'know?
Yeah.

　Since Luna seemed to have some difficulty answering the question, Sylph decided not to ask any more.

　What was important was that the world tree had grown.

　Now I really needed to make sure that this mini World Tree was connected to the World Tree of Alheim.

Luna, I'm going to try to see if I can make a 'path' from the World Tree of Alheimu to this mini-world tree. Thanks for the water.

　With that, the sylph disappeared.
　Probably, he had moved to Alheim.

　Luna, who was left alone in the courtyard where the sylph had disappeared, muttered.


''As expected, I can't say that I poured the leftover water from the bath on the World Tree seeds.........