137 - Manifestation

At the time the movements of Sydnia in Valkyra and Lomaria quieted down, we still made regular visits to the Spirit Tree. That place that centers around the Spirit Tree changed in appearance with each passing day.

The main actor, the Spirit Tree, has already grown into such a huge tree that you’d have to look up.

We had built a mansion here, and in the basement was a Gate we could use to travel to Volton.

While Sophia and I were looking at the completed house, Sophia suddenly started running towards the spring in a panic.

「! Takumi-sama! It’s a sign of a high rank spirit!」 「?! A high rank spirit?」

Unable to understand what she meant, I followed after Sophia.

Catching up to Sophia, we finally reached the spring filled with clean water, when water whirled in the center of the spring and began to well up. Since I couldn’t sense danger even with Insight Skill, so I decided to watch the development with Sophia.

Before long, the figure of a person began forming in the swelling water. And what materialized was a beautiful woman wearing a blue dress who appeared to be in her mid-20’s, with blue hair that reached until her waist, and unworldly good looks. That woman walked over the water as if she were gliding as she approached.

「Wha! ……a high Water Spirit!」

Sophia was so surprised, she froze.

「I am the Water Spirit, Undine. What is your name?」 「…………Takumi Iruma.」

The being Sophia called a high Water Spirit, who seemed like she were gliding over the water, came before me and talked to me. Asked for my name, I gave my name to the being called a high Spirit despite my nervousness.

「So you’re called Takumi. Thank you for saving the Spirit Tree. Not only did you save the World Tree seed seized by the undead, you even helped it to bud.」 「……N-not at all, it’s all because Sophia heard the voice of the World Tree seed.」 「Even so, you cleansed this land overflowing with miasma and the spring water that had been corrupted. Changing this land into a sanctuary overflowing with sacred magic power was your influence, you know.」

The High Water Spirit smiled at me proudly.

「So, I have something to talk about with Takumi therefore I made an appearance in this place.」 「…… Is it a request?」

A request from a high ranking entity called a Great Spirit, I readied myself for what kind it would be.

「There is no need to be that on guard. I would like for you to continue continue doing the requests of the Spirit Tree for a while longer.」

Undine’s request was that she wanted our cooperation to make this land a true sanctuary.

「A sanctuary carries significance. A sanctuary will be made here, and we Great Spirits will manifest. At first the sanctuary’s influence would affect the land around the sanctuary, but its influence would eventually expand to the entire continent.」

When I asked in what way, it was explained that when the balance of Mildgard tilts to the negative energy, the monster nests enlarge, while monsters increase and become stronger. Conversely, the sanctuary where the Great Spirits live in would turn Mildgard’s energy to a positive, then monster nests and would reduce and strong monsters would lessen.

「If it’s for the sake of the people of this continent, I am willing to cooperate. However, Undine-sama, will you live in these lands too?」 「You can call me Undine. That’s right, I will live in that spring. This land will soon be bustling too.」

Though spirits with the ability to manifest are few, from the way Undine was talking, they’re probably going to increase from here on. The reason being that I was told to construct a smithing workshop.

「This land gathers Water, Earth, Wind, Plant, Light, and Dark Spirits, but Fire Spirits are few.」

It seems Undine wants a place where the Great Spirits of other attributes are able to manifest. At least Great Spirits of three attributes are the condition for a sanctuary. The current state of this place is apparently Sanctuary ( Provisional ).

As a result, in addition to the Spirit Tree’s, we will run about to meet the requests from Undine.

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