Chapter 166

Standing on top of the mountain is the 「World Tree」 which has become the symbol of the island . The surrounding area has been planted by hundreds aquatic trees which were releasing a dense air of water elements . That rich air was nurturing the World Tree . The excess elements overflowing from the top of the mountain were flowing into a lake that was formed on the hillside . Once it was filled, the water flowed down and become a river which is the precious water source for the village .

In the banks of the lake, a dark elf girl was showing a flat face that was hiding her happiness . In her hands, there were cakes and cookies .

“Master, please have a taste of the tea that I brewed . ”

“Oh, thank you . ”

Yu, upon receiving the tea from Marifa immediately tried to smell it and taste the tea . When Yu muttered delicious, Marifa lower her head as if she was afraid but her ears dyed bright red couldn’t hide her joy . By the way, the tea cup was ordered by renowned Royal Hawk which has a long established history in the making of first class tableware in the Houdon Kingdom . The table and chair were the product of the village craftsmen where the wood was produced from a large four hundred years old tree . The carpet that was laid on the ground is a product of Marukohan craftsman which is known as one of the three big producer of carpet which was braided by several people over three years using the finest silk .

Even though the tea leaves were common and the price wasn’t that expensive but these were all bought with Marifa own money . Her salary from Yu had been kept in her room and treated as memorabilia .

The beastman, magic dwarf and fallen dwarf children were wading happily on the shore . Despite all of the pleasing sight, Yu’s expression wasn’t good .

“Nina, it’s heavy . ”

Nina at the moment was hunched from behind of Yu and clung onto him .

“Hehehe, what are you thinking about? There, Yu, feed me the biscuits . ”

Even though Nina could get it on her own, Yu took a biscuit with one hand and feed it to Nina who opened her mouth like a chick . Nina ate the delicious biscuits but since it was kind of dry, she looked at the tea on his hand .

“Are you thirsty?”

“Yu is really understanding; you even know that . ”

Since the tea was a little hot, Nina screamed “aw, hot” but it doesn’t burn her tongue .

“Nina, the tea tastes good right?”

“Hmm, it’s only because I received it from Yu . ”

Hearing that Marifa can only grumble but Nina completely didn’t hear her as she asked for more tea from Yu .

“King, I caught some fish!”

A little beast girl with a fish in hands was rushing towards Yu . Even though they called beastman but actually they came from various beast race . Not just pure ‘beast’ race and as such, the girl that came towards Yu has her body covered with pure white fur and came from the ‘Inu’(dog) race . Her appearance was similar to Samoyed mixed with Yobawareru (a kind of dog species) .

Yu looked at the incoming figure .

“Oh, that was a big catch . ”

The little girl body was drenched because she dived into the lake and Yu wiped her with a cloth that he received from Marifa which caused the little girl eyes to narrow when she smiled .

“Can we eat the fish?”

“Yes, we can eat it but we need to wait till it is a little bigger because there’s a lot of us . ”

The girl then muttered “Is that so?” and returned the fish to the lake and continued playing with the children .

“She is happy just because of a fish, they’re still childish . ”

Namari said that with cold eyes while his whole body was drenched .

“Namari, you’re not convincing in that condition . Here, come . ”

Marifa then used another cloth to wipe Namari’s head . That was a funny sight where Marifa dried him off . The children looked at him and at the next second, Namari ran towards them . The children were making fun of him and he ran after them while smiling .

“Namari wait, I haven’t wipe you completely . ”

“Mari onee-chan, don’t worry, I have a strong body, I won’t get sick . ”

Marifa then let out a low sigh, “There he goes . ” Only after that, she noticed that Nina and Yu were staring at her .

“Master, is there something you need?”

“No, I’m just thinking that you’re like a caretaker . ”

“So Mari-chan is your caretaker?”

“Nina, it’s different . I’m only doing something that will benefit my master . ”

Marifa feeling shy then escaped from Yu’s line of sight with going to brew a new tea as an excuse .

“Ha ha, Mari-chan is shy . But Yu, this place is really wonderful . The lake, tree, flowers, is this all made by Hisui?”

“Yeah . This is because Hisui ability is amazing . The dryad takes control of the plants, I font it will be hard even to just plant normal plants here . ”

Hearing the explanation, Nina was impressed, saying “Woah . ” Marifa on the other hand pretending not to be interested but her ears were twitching every time Yu is praising Hisui .

“By the way where is Lena?”

“Lena is flying around the island while examining the perimeter . ”

“The island is small; she should be back soon . ”

… . .

“At the 「Enrio of Kusakai」 was where I became a demon . ”

Yu used his 【space time】 magic and currently in front of Stella’s grave . Nearby there was a house that almost collapsed and burnt tragically . This house that became charred contained precious memories . Sometimes Yu wonder alone and went back towards Stella’s house to remember about her .

However, this time when he went back, the tomb has been turned into ash and the house was on fire once again . The place that used to be Stella’s grave has been dug out and the body disappeared .

“What is happening here? The holy church? The order of the immortal? Alright… I don’t know they want to die that bad . I’m going to kill them all… I’ll make sure they regret this . ”

“What are you doing here?”

A familiar voice came from behind him . It was a man that used to be the shopkeeper . Many times Yu pleaded him to sell him tools but was always rejected .

“I ask you once again, what are you doing here!”

The man looked at Yu and shouted out loud .

“There is a stranger here! His eyes are gold!”

“Don’t you recognize me?”

The shopkeeper looked at Yu and gave him a blank look .

“Your black hair, I won’t forget if I ever see you once . But I never saw you, even when I went to another village!”

Yu didn’t hear the rest of the man’s word . Astonishingly no villagers remember him . He tried to talk to a few people but they didn’t remember him and given his rare black hair, one will remember even if they only saw him once . As the sun was setting, Yu recalled all the events that happened at the Resser village .

…… . .

“Yu, you’re back!”

Nina looked at Yu and sat next to him .

“Mari-chan has been looking for you and here you are . ”

“Is something important happened?”

“Hmm . It’s because Namari-chan was saying something funny . He said that you never sleep . Is there a reason?”

“Namari?”

“Yes, so don’t lie to me . Why you didn’t sleep?”

“Why? It’s because I have a skill 【parallel thoughts】 so it is really alright if I don’t sleep . ”

“really?”

“it’s true . ”

Nina was messing around with a grass on her hand and fidgeting .

“Don’t you believe in what I said rather than others?”

“Of course . So Yu, is there a problem? You seemed to go somewhere alone but now, you have an island full of people . They are also friendly . I wonder if one day you don’t need my help anymore . Just thinking about it I become lonely . ”

Nina stood up and looked at the sinking sunset .

“What was that? Why would I do that? Namari, Hisan, even Russ have came together to help me but I didn’t push you away, right?”

“Are you really saying that? Because at the moment it’s already growing bigger . The demi-humans, magic dwarves, fallen dwarves, beast men . ”

“What is this? Are you lonely?”

“That’s not it . I’m lonely you know but there are a lot of spirits coming to the island . ”

“Are you trying to amuse me by saying you can see spirits now? Isn’t it just you hearing voices?”

“That’s different, it’s like a 《spirit blessing》, it’s like holy spirits came . I’ve also seen people and spirits getting along because of another skill . Also Yu, they have came because they said you kept on saying to yourself that you’re lonely . ”

“So, you’re saying that they came here because they’re attracted to me? Are they fools? I might be lonely because so many people have already sacrificed themselves for me . ”

“Really?”

“Yeah, I am wondering if one day will I be able to sacrifice myself for someone . ”

“Fufu, don’t think too much . No matter what I still love Yu . ”

“Why suddenly talking about love? I don’t even know what is love . ”

“I…I’m not sure either . ”

At that point, Nina’s face can’t be seen and only her back facing him under the sunset .

“So, do we need to go find Marifa now?”

“Ehehehe, sure . ”

……

The sun completely sunk and the light that dominated the sky turned into darkness . Only the moonlight was shining but it was kind of gloomy . One girl was flying through the dark night .

“Finally, I’m moving another one . ”