Chapter 65 (1/2)
Chapter 65 The Tree of Life
“The silver clan itself is not the problem”
The oldest of the estured with her hands and everyone quieted and she remarked
“When over a 100 lycanthropes attack us, we have nothing to fear Our husbands and young men will easily suppress them”
The reement
“But the probleer picture”
The eldest of the
“I a to us”
At those words, the other mothers look surprised
“Yes, that is true, Ellis’ kidnapping not too long ago and also, the hu more frequently”
“Lycanthropes from the East, and humans from the north…”
“That is not all From other directions, recently, otherin”
“There is but only reason bad o to us”
“It is indeed the tree of life…”
Mulistened from her eye
As she says so, the other mothers quickly halt her
“Shh!”
“Be quiet!”
“Yes, this s regarding the tree of life in front of a human?”
The mother realized she misspoke and shook her head
“I’m sorry My mistake”
What is this?
So I’m not supposed to hear?
Thinking back, Jake did tell o near the tree of life
Even after being deee
Everyone is on edge about this so I pretend I didn’t hear it and move on
Then the oldest mother asked me a question
“Hu”
“Yes, you may”
“What is your reason for having come to us?”
That moment, my mind recalls my answer
I had expected that I would receive a question like this
Because the reason being that I just want to be friends is a thin reason, even from my perspective
I speak
“The place I used to live was a district governed by Viscount Bastian”
I use the story I heard froen
“I was sick of being persecuted froo to a place without huht, I went to the forests”
I sighed
“In ht that if I had spirits, I would be safe so I headed into what is called the forest of the dead where I was attacked by lycanthrope”
“So you ran away and ended up here”
Said the eldest mother
I nodded my head
“I barely escaped the forest but I didn’t want to return to the place I once lived Then I recalled that you all lived on the brown ht perhaps I could be friends here and came”
The mothers nodded their heads
Therew tired of humans and wanted to live as one with nature
Well, it is a story made tailored to elf culture
But the eldest e smile
Her smile made me feel uneasy
I felt like a kid that is nervous about getting a hidden report card found out
“How strange”
“… what do you mean?”
“As you have heard, from north, east, south, and west, all directions, bad oe”
The village center
She is talking about the tree of life
“And in this ti to be a friend I aood one”
“…”
“Do not misunderstand because I say this We do not suspect you”
“I understand that I have yet to prove my loyalty to the mothers”
“Do not worry about that You have already proved it”
The other reed
I have proved my trust?
Is she talking about what I told them about the lycanthrope?
Was that enough to earn their trust and establish myself as a friend?
The eldest mother spoke
“It is the spirits”
“Huh?”
I stuttered for a second
In the end, it’s the spirits? As long as the spirits are cute?
“You think it strange that we took you as a friend just after seeing your spirits”
“… Honestly, yes”
At hed
The eldest h as she spoke
“But we are correct We can tell the summoner based on the spirits”
“Really?”
“Ast humans, there are rare spirit suood I have heard of despicable hus”
“…”
“But the nature of the summoner is reflected in the spirit”
“Excuse me?”
“The appearance of a spirit is a mirror that reflects the heart of its summoner”
To a surprised me, the eldest mother’s explanation continues
“If you were an evil person, your spirits would reflect that nature and take an aggressive form Will you show us your spirits once more?”
“Yes Sylph, Kasa”
I summon the two spirits
The cat of wind and the puppy of fire appear and elate the mothers
The eldest mother extends her hands Sylph and Kasa approach her and behave adorably
The eldest ed her in her embrace and spoke
“See this See what cute and lovable spirits they are?”