Chapter 289: Dragon Mother, Dragon Pulse; Succession (1/2)

Chapter 289: Dragon Mother, Dragon Pulse; Succession

‘Well then, over here’, the landscape changed instantly without even giving me the chance to nod

Under a sky that doesn’t have a single cloud in the sky, the sides and up and doere surrounded by deep darkness

The presence of Azu-san and Tomoe has disappeared

I was the only one as separated?

But I didn’t feel hostility froon that called itself Futsu

It doesn’t seem to be an attack

I don’t kno the world of the dead works, so I a aside from my own body

No matter where I look, it is the sa or erasing its presence and observing rasp a presence at all is exactly how this feels

…Well, it would be a different matter if this were a world where people like Rokuya are all around the place though

“It took uest of mine wait”

A voice reverberated in o was floating in front of e or transform huh

“How tasteless So I am in this form” (Futsu)

No well, you are the one that presented yourself in that figure

Even I find it rare to be in a place like this where there’s nothing

If you want to change your appearance, just go change it yourself If you are an incredible dragon, so of that level shouldn’t be hard

“I was the one as told ‘well then, over here’, so receiving that ih” (Makoto)

“…Right, sorry I a the three of you in different places, so I tried my best so that the space were to recreate the place you wished for, but it looks like I made a mistake somewhere” (Futsu)

“Wished for?” (Makoto)

But there’s nothing here though

“Aznoval is in a forest that shi+nes brilliantly with life, and Tomoe seems to be in a place of retireht be the kind of place that your heart finds respite in…” (Futsu)

“Stop it That makes me feel kind of sad” (Makoto)

I felt like I was told ination was abysmal, and that

If at least so here, it would have turned into a starry sky

There really is nothing here

“In this world of the dead that serves as the temporary residence of the souls, their outer appearance and landscape can be changed as much as one wants That’s why the landscape that the souls wish for spreads in this land here and there, and in the cases when living beings like you guys visit it, I can change its look to a certain extent For example, like this” (Futsu)

The words of Futsu stop, and then, right in front of me, a plain chair and table appeared as if it had risen from the darkness

Wow

“So you can create things as much as you want huh That’s impressive” (Makoto)

This probably means she wants me to take a seat, so I do so

I could clearly feel how the seat received ht at my back

“It is completely different from Creation Please view it similarly to the one your follower Tomoe uses, where she temporarily provides substance to her illusions” (Futsu)

“Tomoe’s… I see” (Makoto)

I do know that Torant substance to her illusions

If it is in battle, there’s absolutely no problem at all, but to use it in daily life situation, the bottleneck is that it is a power that can only be used for a short period of time When Tothen the vague sensation of the boundary between reality and void

“The invitation to coive your opinions regarding this, so I asked you to co as well” (Futsu)

“Business with Toood

Feels like I will have to be cautious

The other party is an existence that stood on par with Root

Just what kind of unreasonable request will it be asking my iht serve as amy help in that aspect If you want to learn about this world, experience it, and on top of that, there’s so you want to ask about, I promise you to anshatever you want” (Futsu)

…Even if you tell s about souls; I s to ask about that unknown and s Ithat bothersTomoe

She is an important family member after all

…Fa that as an excuse, I have done soht have hurt Tomoe as ith it

That’s probably why she broke so grandly when the talk about children was brought out

Regarding Mio, there’s also the issue with Rokuya-san and… dae, Ithataside the otherthose two a long tio after all

“It is true that this is an i I a To that bothers me aside from that” (Makoto)

“There’s no need for you to worry Not only do I currently not have the power to hurt you, I don’t possess the power to hurt the current Tomoe either” (Futsu)

“This is the world of the dead, right? When I was told that, it reminded of many old stories and myths For example; an existence that had been se for someone to take its place and tried to deceive that person into it” (Makoto)

“That’s a myth passed down between the Wise -between japanese people huh Ah, I see It is true that this place has a number of rules that are unique to this place alone, but I don’t have any plans on leaving this place, you know That’s hen I learned about To her here I asked this of Aznoval, but I didn’t think it would be fulfilled so soon” (Futsu)

“I don’t understand what you are trying to say I also don’t understand at all why you are aithe living to this place, well, putting it in an easy to understand way, there’s one that states that you can do it by having them eat food of this world while they are in this world” (Futsu)

See?

In the stories I know of, most of them are basically like that too

Most of the hly, but the times the world of the dead appear in the story, they are mostly because they wish to revive a specific important someone And in those kind of stories, it is filled with traps like: ‘don’t drink, don’t eat, don’t turn back, don’t open your eyes’

She easily revealed it, but it looks like this place really does have those kind of rules

“…As I thought Owa?!” (Makoto)

A shorture shrinks to a size sions are cute’, is the stupid thing I was thinking when a broadleaf tree, which wasn’t too big, sprouted at the side of Futsu

It blossoe and a number of colorful fruits had sprouted froerines

“For example, if you were to eat the fruits -that are called Golden Apples by Aznoval- here in this place, your mind and body will be powerfully bound to this side, and even if you try to leave, it would take quite a lot of time and work” (Futsu)

Golden Apples

I re it would grant you ievity? Heal diseases? Or was it simply a syue

I feel like it had a longer name than that

But why did he put a na that would entrap you in the world of the dead?

That’s a fruit that would imprison you in this side forever

“Golden Apples huh I re that name in myths” (Makoto)

“Must be He said that he used that as a reference About those Golden Apples, if you were to bring the eat it, they can obtain an immortal body If you want to, please take a feith you” (Futsu)

Is that why

“I don’t need a single one of them” (Makoto)

“With a person that holds this kind of landscape inside of the that, but to think you would answer instantly From what I heard, you are supposed to be a merchant I don’t think there’s any article that would make you as much profit than this, you know” (Futsu)

“No need to mind it” (Makoto)

“Understood I won’t force you Fufufu, but really, you…” (Futsu)

“…What is it?” (Makoto)

“I si quite the hard time with you I personally don’t like the two of the at you fro them around to the brihly” (Futsu)

I could tell that the cute-looking Futsu in front ofin an evil way

So even if she doesn’t have any plans on revenge, she doesn’t hold that ood impression towards the Goddess and Root huh

She says she doesn’t like them, but in truth, she probably actually hates theotforward to what you will be achieving in the future That’s why I have no intentions of i your important companion, Tomoe What I wish from Tomoe is…to transfer my power” (Futsu)