Chapter 19 (1/2)

Translator: Kurehashi+ Aiko

CHAPTER 19: Dragon-san's Friend Is …

Ti I would go back into the wilderness to wait for Nectar's return

Of course, I never stoppedto find Nectar's nature somewhere out there

Still, I was unable to leave the wilderness and search for hi procedure took place, and since it was already taking several weeks leaving even for a day or tould not be the best idea If Nectar was to show up one day, withoutthis area, without any kind of a landet lost

However, since nothing bad or suspicious was happening over ti was becoet about my anxiety, I decided to perfectly synchronize myself with the leyline, which sped up the restoration process tremendously, so once I was done I decided to leave the wilderness

I knew that it was pointless of o and look for clues just like that, but even so, even if it turned out that Nectar was in fact dead, I at least wanted to find the place where he died

Preparing o back to the country from which Nectar board the shi+p I follow that shi+p to its destination and upon arriving, I started to feel traces of ot her to help o

And besides, she said that since it's been so rough to deal with eneration treat else

Orthat, suddenly the strange ht in front ofsound in the air, and the air itself started to look as if there were electrical currents running through it

And then, there was thatuntil just now

「Cough, cough, I knew it, long distance travel is still tough for ht there

Long, braided hair that were linen-colored at the base of his head, and transitioned into a light rouge-color the further they got

Sky-blue eyes that seemed like they wanted to touch the clouds, still the very saht there stood Nectar, with a look of utmost happiness on his face, that would only be described with one word: elegant

「NECTAR!」

Driven by iround and transformed into ed from somewhat tired to flustered, as he started to wave his hands

「It took some time, but I finally came to see you, just like I promised!」

「Uh, about that …」

I was lonely, so very lonely, why didn't you even tried to contact me!?

Suddenly, a whole hour separation

Anger, joy, sadness, confusion, all of those e for a way out, causing s about in unbearable frustration

「But still, I had to try the spell's fores before it started to work, and it needed much more power than you could expect It seems that there is still some kind of a trick to make it work properly…… Next, let's try to develop a spell that would let control the ic power supply more easily」

In spite of that, Nectar started to talk about the results of his research as if he was right in front of his research tea all his passion in that speech, whichto tell me where have you been RIGHT NOW Nectar, you jerk------!!!!!!」

「--------- Gebuohgh!!」

My uppercut send Nectar flying into the air, and even after he caain

「I'm so, so sorry, Lava! I really aot up, I reverted back into ot back on his feet I turnedto ain he could only see round, I could hear his panicked voice froht now!

「Do you have any idea hoorried I was!? I couldn't get in touch with you for nearly 10 years I thought you ht be dead!」

「You orried aboutproperly on your action? I don't think so!」

「I'm, I'm sorry」

「We haven't seen each other in years, and the first thing you do after we ic circles ------ It's as if I was the only one as feeling lonely during that time!」

「Lava……」

「Certainly, for me it was only 10 years, but those years without you were so unbearably long! I didn't feel alive during that tiain!」

I stopped h to catchthat time, I heard Nectar y sounded different from his previous ones, so I turnedhis head in apology, which uilty about all of this

「………… Why didn't you contactthat I should do alone I thought that if I contacted you even once I would lose to loneliness and my commitment would waver For the sake ofyou But it was my own selfishness that ain, Nectar took out a se carved into it by hand I would probably be able toit, but even without that I knew it contained a powerful ed to confirs in its structure I let out a sigh

「I don't want to discuss your behavior any longer Can you proain?」

「I proical oath to you about that?」

「That won't be necessary」

「I see……」

「Kyle is sure to yell at you with no end later Better prepare yourself」

「…… Right」

I changed into my human foran to pat around his whole body

「La, Lava?」

「Keep quiet」

Ignoring the embarrassed Nectar, I continue to pat all over his body, looking for injuries of any kind, only to find out that there were none

However, his body seemed to be somehow different than before

Nectar seeht next to hi his hand in my own

I knew it, Nectar's hands were so warm

「Tellthere」

「I spent the first year on travelling to see the Great Plant Spirit, so that he could teachunder the Great Plant Spirit up until now Lately I have see, so I wanted to see if I would be able to teleport myself to you, Lava However, I do not have ain」

That's right, if Nectar was together with Graical power of that place would conceal both his presence and h to convinceic? Also, both the quality and quantity of your ed Don't tellthat I have never taught Nectar

Travelling through space was soic that uses concepts way beyond human comprehension But as I have already seen, there were soard that fact

But still, soed to increase

When we first ical poas already on such level that it could very well be coht noas on the level of the Greater Spirit

His eable to humans to attain

Nectar confirmed entle expression

「I have seen the abyss of time, the very foundation of this world I now respect you even more, Lava, who lives on such a plain of existence Soerous, to the point where ot seed to observe it It's all thanks to your teachings」

He tried to laugh it off as if it was nothing, but it must have been quite the burden on his body

Even I was not able to take in all of the information that was poured into me when I was reincarnated there at once, and if I did it would probably o mad

I could definitely see that it influenced his body, for his htly darker than before

And ination, but Nectar's body seemed to be thinner than the last time I saw him

「That is exactly why I didn't wanted to teach you this! Don't you understand? It is so with no end, and once it seeps into you, it won't let you go until you die! It's like a horrible curse!」

There's no way huic

However, death was only the best case scenario here The process could very well permanently break the balance of one's spirit, turn one into an empty shell devoid of soul, or even pollute the body with dark ical power and turn someone into a monster

It was technically possible for a huician as Nectar was And even that it was not a certain ed to succeed, there ret it