What was that? That was....

Apparently, the demon was pretending to be a world tree.

　The demon must have taken over the will of the World Tree, aiming for the time of the sylph's rebirth.

　But even if it is a demon, it is not so easy to take over the World Tree that has been rooted in the world since the Book of Genesis.

　That's why they built an evil forest around the world tree and weakened the power of the world tree by eroding the earth.

　When I burned the forest, the World Tree's power returned, and the World Tree drove out the demons on its own.


''No, I'm surprised about that too, but more importantly, that fire!　What is that fire that consumed that forest in an instant?　And, besides, possessing an enormous amount of magical power that is impossible for a human being to possess and slaying a chunk of Orihalcon... Elnor, are you really an elf?

'Well, well. There's a little secret about that. I'll give you this, so no explanation, please.

　With that said, I forced Dillon to hold multiple World Tree nuts.

　It's a lie that I'm here to collect the berries from the World Tree.
　I had no need of the berries in the first place.
　That's why I'm giving it all to Dylon.

　Maybe this will save Cyrus.

　The demon was successfully defeated.

　I was somewhat annoyed by the presence of the evil gods from the forest as well, so I felt refreshed to be able to squirm away.

　By the way, Dairon was frozen in his hand with the World Tree fruit in his hand.

　Well, it's no wonder that I was able to get roughly ten of the World Tree's fruits, which would normally be available only once every thousand years.


　I went up to the World Tree.

"Thank you for the fruit.

((Yes, yes...))

　Unlike the demon world tree from earlier, a gentle voice answered me.

　I feel like I've heard that voice somewhere before.

　Also, he seemed to be scared of me.

'I'm sorry for scaring you. I didn't really mean to burn you. Forgive me.

((I felt like you were really trying to burn it.

That demon was the one trying to burn me.

((aren't you also a devil?　All I could see was that the demons had fallen out of favor with each other, but....

What?　No, no!

　Oh, could it be because my body is the one that was created by the curse of an evil god?

　Somehow I had a feeling that I myself was wearing the aura of an evil god.

　) ((meaning: ) (meaning that what the world tree is saying isn't so wrong either.


) ((well, if you insist on being different, I can't help it. (((I'm just a huge firewood in front of you who can handle that flame, so I'm just a huge firewood.

　That's not going to happen.

　The giant tree that speaks to me is a world tree that has lived with this world.

　Now that the evil-infested forest is gone, and the demons are gone, the world tree must have a way to defend itself, right?

　But let's check it out anyway.

Isn't there anything I can do to protect myself?

) ((there is one, but it's a spirit that is still young and can't grow without regular reincarnation.

　Maybe it was the Sylph.
　She is still young for a spirit king.

　They say that Sylph is the incarnation of the World Tree, but I guess she's actually like a child of the World Tree.

　There have been times when part of the World Tree has died because of her infiltration into my mansion.

　That's because the World Tree got lonely and sulked because Sylph didn't come back for a long time.


　Hmm.

　It's bad enough that the World Tree could be taken over by a demon while Sylph is sleeping again.

　I have an idea.

"Why don't you use my body?

((mm: )) ((Yes?

'The World Tree's will is that you can use my body to defend yourself. This body is strong enough for the demons to want it, so it's probably useful.

　In this world, a human being can exist only when 'body', 'soul', and 'will' come together.

　When my will disappears from this body created by the evil god's curse, the rest of my body and soul will also disappear.

　But as long as the will of the World Tree enters my body instead of mine, this body can be reused.

　I don't need this.
　(()): ((I want you to make use of it anyway.


((四用用)=(四回回的)}((yi, are you sure?))

Yeah!

Oh, hey!　Elnor, are you insane!　Giving your body to the World Tree means you're going to die!

　Dylon threw the World Tree fruit on the ground and grabbed at me.

''Of course, I understand.''

　I want to die.
　It's the last time I'm going to do this.

　Now I can finally go home to everyone.


'Oh, you promised to serve me!　I will not allow you to die without permission!

　Oh.....
　Oh, that's right.

"Hey, World Tree. If you enter my body, will you work for Dylon?

What?

And the Elves will take care of the tree. You have to protect the elves. I'll protect the World Tree with my own body.

) ((a) (...fine. (...) (...) In exchange for your body, I swear to protect the elves forever and ever.

I've just heard about this new strain of Vimulis disease that's going around.

) ((And I can manage that too. ) ((I'll do something about that.) ((If all the elves ate my fruit, they would be resistant to the disease. It is within the bounds of your promise to protect the elves.

Yeah, thanks.

"Elnor, you...

'Dillon. It was nice to fight with you for a little while.

　He pulled the High Kingdom out of the ground and handed it to Dairon.
　He was able to hold it with ease.

　It would mean that Dairon was also approved by the High Kingdom - and that's what he was.

"This is...

It's a great sword. You use it to fight demons and devils. And if any of the brave men who are on their way to defeat the Demon King come to visit you, you can borrow it.

All right. I'll take care of it as a national treasure of my own making. I'll consider lending it to you when a brave man comes, but I'll only give it to someone I approve of, okay?

Yeah. That's fine.

　And there's one more thing I need to do.

"Take this, put it in the World Tree, and keep it safe. I'll come back for it.

　The jewel that shines red on the world tree──I asked for it while showing the Dragon King's eyes.

　It seems that the dragon king's eyes were originally a set of two, but it seems that the Ancestor Dragon had one of them and the Goddess of Memory had the other.

　I got this Dragon King's Eye when I conquered the dungeon inside the World Tree with my class.

　) ((丁丁)) and I'll leave this one in the world tree for me to get it and give it to Tina in thousands of years.

) ((okay. ) ((Good) ((I'll protect this item until the time you come))

Yeah. Nice to meet you.

　That's it.
　Now it all worked out.

　Surprisingly, it's probably a good thing that the evil god's curse allowed me to come to the past like this.

　Well, I'm still going to hit you, though.


((Then I'll take your body.

Yes.

　(())) The tentacles of light reached out from the world tree and began to wrap around my body.


((And finally...)

What?

((Elnor. May I take your name, if I may?

Without it!

　I felt different.

　( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) ( ) I thought my body had a better name, not Elnor, but I thought my body had a better name.

) ((Yeah, I see... then, following your very strong body and mind, I'm going to...



((Sammy:)) ((Sarion:) "Strong man", let's call him that.