The Hero’s Brother Is Bound To Be Depressed - Chapter 454



455 – Same but different

After spending a full day at the top of the World Tree, I returned straight to Modest. When I realize that I have lost something, I feel like my actions speed up. Isn’t it because of the realization that as time passes, more things are lost?

I sat down on a chair and placed the World Tree window taken from the space storage on the table. Although my instincts were already perfectly adapted to the spear, I also needed time to think about how to perfectly utilize this weapon.

The window of the World Tree is literally a wooden window. It is a spear made using the branches or roots of the World Tree… Somehow, this felt like a branch that the World Tree had grown from the beginning for the purpose of [Spear].

So, in terms of the destructive power of the spear, it is similar to the wooden training spears rolled out at the academy. The end is not sharp and feels a bit blunt. It is correct to say that the blade of the spear pushes against the skin, rather than digging into it.

Just because its own destructive power cannot escape the tree, it is not for nothing that it is called the World Tree. The true power of this spear was similar to the Spear of Destruction that Aili had destroyed. The World Tree’s Spear can also use the power of [Destruction].

The [Destruction] of the Spear of Destruction does not work on the cult leader, but the [Destruction] of the World Tree Spear does. Although it has the same name, it is essentially a different power.

[Destruction] derived from chaos and [Destruction] derived from the World Tree looked similar, but were completely different. The destruction of the cult is the power of destruction that turns everything into nothingness in chaos so that nothing exists. But the destruction of the World Tree was different.

The World Tree turns everything around it into nothingness in order to take root. Paradoxically, the world tree that has grown in this way becomes an existence for countless lives just by existing. Destruction for birth. That is the essence of [destruction] of the World Tree Spear.

I was already able to fully use the World Tree’s window. It is not difficult to bring out the power of destruction. Although it has a different purpose from the Spear of Destruction, which has the ability to kill with a single blow, it is the sharpest dagger for me and the only means of defeating the religious leader.

Even if you obtain the World Tree Spear, the purpose of strengthening the Shadow Spear does not disappear. Rather, the World Tree Spear is closer to a sealed weapon with a limited number of uses. The weapon that will still be mainly used will be the Spear of Shadow.

While I was thinking that, I heard a well-timed sound coming down the stairs. She was Ellie, whom we had not heard from for a while. The moment I saw her face getting closer, I felt dazed, as if I had been hit in the face by a snowball.

“It’s been a while, Ross!”

A friendliness that reminds me of the first time we met at the academy. That’s what happened to Ellie today. The distance that was tacitly agreed upon between each other is instantly surpassed. No, the sense of distance had already disappeared.

“Did you miss me?”

Ellie snuggled into my arms as if it was natural. She was so natural that it felt like she was always doing it for granted. Her face even had a smile full of pure emotions that had tormented me for a long time.

“… .”

When I couldn’t answer, Ellie lifted her head from her embrace and added, wrinkling her nose lovingly.

“I missed you!”

I couldn’t help but unconsciously rub my face roughly.

***

As the saying goes, no news is good news, Ellie, who had not heard any news for a while, succeeded in finding the place where Mamon in the south was sealed. Thanks to this, I gained a sense of speed and immediately headed to the sealed place of Mammon with Ellie.

While renting a carriage and heading to an old ruin in the south, I felt a strong emotional change that I had not felt recently.

“Try this too!”

The dessert that came into my mouth was quite sweet. He was so full of strawberry jam that he felt it was too sweet without coffee.

“how is it? delicious?”

“… Yes, but a little further away.”

“I don’t like it~! Delicious food like this tastes better when eaten together. Now, try this too!”

The space expansion magic made it quite spacious inside, but Ellie insisted and sat next to me. She even kept feeling her shoulders being touched on purpose. Ellie, who had not approached me when I took a slight step back, suddenly changed her attitude like this, and I was at a loss.

“… “Did something happen?”

Ellie’s reaction to the words she glanced at was loud.

“huh? No, should I say that I am full of vitality because the various problems that have been difficult for me have disappeared? no way… Has your childhood friend already become a bother? I worked hard to find Mamon’s seal for you! too bad!”

I rubbed my forehead as he pretended to be angry and gave off an aura that threatened to bother me more if I didn’t let go of his anger quickly.

“… “I’ll eat this too.”

“huh! I ate it earlier too, and the texture was so sticky that it stuck to the roof of my mouth! “If you don’t dissolve it with coffee, you’ll definitely get cavities!”

During the week we didn’t meet, Ellie seemed to have changed as a person. No, she knows that they attract each other like magnets, so much so that he has completely forgotten how she used to distance herself… I feel like I’m back to my old self.

The sickness I had been feeling recently had also disappeared. Rather, the brightness of Ellie I knew has returned, to the point where her eyes are dazzling. She has such a loveliness that I can’t refuse that she shows me her cute actions without any hesitation.

I don’t know. It wasn’t awkward, but we understood that each other was a hedgehog and that it was a repetition of painful mistakes. Have we forgotten how to keep our distance because we know that the closer we get, the more thorns get stuck in each other’s skin?

Could Ellie, who is smarter than me, forget the lessons she learned so hard?

Ellie, who left behind a crumb around her mouth like a child, kept chattering, her eyes resembling obsidian shining. She’s either annoyed by it, or it doesn’t bother her at all… I actually hated it. Ellie’s fearless approach once again will pierce my skin and make me bleed.

“Come on, try this too. “This has a slightly bitter aftertaste, but the middle taste is so unique that it’s amazing!”

I had to sigh again and move to the end of the chair when I felt the lumpy feeling on my forearm. Of course, as if it was natural, Ellie came closer and leaned against me.

*

The place where the carriage arrived was a village that had long ago been famous as a resort in the south, but had completely collapsed due to the invention of the portal, so people stopped visiting. Now that no one lives there, only abandoned houses and old ruins remain.

“I’ll be waiting here.”

I thanked the Modest guild member who was in charge of the coachman, and headed straight into the ruins with Ellie. The collapsed and ruined ruins had not been maintained at all for a long time and were not very pleasant to look at. Since I wasn’t there for sightseeing, it didn’t really matter.

“According to records, Mamon was a gigantic demon whose size could be dozens of times its size. There was even an incident where he blew up an entire village with a swing of his fist. It is said that numerous knights, soldiers, and priests joined forces to defeat Mamon and erect a huge seal over his corpse, putting him to rest forever.”

I asked, tapping my foot on the floor as Ellie explained.

“Do we have to dig?”

“Foot, that can’t be possible! “Are you not stupid and interpreting it as it is?”

The reaction is excessive… Ellie, paying no attention to me scratching her head at the loud response, waved her arms as much as she wanted and explained.

“The structure of this ruin itself is a huge sealing technique. Simple but very effective. As time passed, the wall collapsed and part of it was buried in the dirt, but it probably didn’t affect the seal because there was more buried deep underground than what appeared on the outside. “As time passes, the seal will become stronger.”

Ellie explained that the ancient magic that used nature to make seals stronger over time was more beautiful, sophisticated, and well-designed than the current magic. I scratched my head and waited for the explanation to end as my eyes revealed a passionate desire for magic.

“… So, I plan to check the entire ruins from the sky and destroy the structure of the sealing technique. “I figured out the basics of the technique through rough information, but I’m sure they installed additional safety devices.”

“Okay, I can do something. “Just order me anything.”

When I finally responded that I was happy that the boring explanation was over, Ellie pouted and purred, probably feeling a little disappointed by my reaction, and said,

“Put me up high. “Is it possible for you?”

With those words, I took Ellie in my arms and immediately used space magic to move high in the sky. After moving to a reasonably high place, he occupied the space and used the shadow window fixed in the air as a stepping stone.

“Is this enough?”

“… Yes, for now.”

I unconsciously turned my head and looked at Ellie… She realized that she was not looking at her remains, she was looking at me.