633 Witches And The Price Part 1
633 Witches And The Price Part 1
Felicia exhaled one as she finished looking all around her.
Since I've been here, it's just been a week today.
If anything was as expected, I'd say it was generally as expected, although some things were unexpected.
"... although it was just surprising that the dragon remained. Besides..."
Whimpering and reflecting on what happened earlier, Felicia somehow mumbles what's in her hand.
It's a palm-sized transparent bin, and what's inside is a red liquid close to black.
It was one of the synonyms of mystery, dragon blood.
"Admitted, I guess that means it's a little complicated..."
With that said, I turn my gaze around just in case again.
In its sight are various trees and grasshoppers, all of which are rare.
Though some of them exist that can be fiercely poisonous, it is because I studied outside bending that I understand once again the value of it.
Needless to say, it was the witch's... no, it was the former witch's forest.
The witch doesn't already live here, and another Lord exists, so that's what she should call it.
Or perhaps we should take the name of the new Lord and call him the Forest of Dragons.
Yes, the new Lord of this forest was the dragon who lived here.
When I came in front of you earlier, I definitely came to give you what was in this hand along with telling you so.
I did that to honor the former Lord here and because I thought it was worth it, so be it.
Most of all, you can't simply be happy with that.
If the dragon really admitted to himself, it would be due to the power that was deposited when he left here from Soma - the power of the Forest God.
Deposited from Soma in the form of a necklace, it summons a part of the Forest God on the spot by Felicia's will.
But even though it's part of it, it's the original.
It would just be impossible to beat a dragon against his opponent, but it must also be possible to outnumber him if it is somewhat.
Moreover, it can easily be summoned more forcefully if it is a forest, and even if it is a place of high affinity with the Forest God, depending on the forest.
It seems to be quite affinity here, almost manifestable with maximum output...... or it actually was, so it's even more so.
By the way, that was actually the case because it needed to be used to get rid of the demons that were here.
When I lived here, I never went to a place where there were demons, but this time I went because I had the power of the Forest God and it would be fine.
The dragon admitted, also because he must have been looking at that time.
The point of going all the way there must have been right.
The same goes for being recognized by the dragon, but above all because I realized once again that I still didn't know about this place.
Though I knew it was, it's still different when I actually see it.
So was the demon, but even one grass growing unconstructively all over it, it was just something I'd never seen.
If the college hadn't taught me so much as to hide me, I wouldn't even have known my name.
In a way, they are my mother's artifacts.
Knowing and being able to see those names might not have made any sense, but it was at least meaningful to Felicia.
And then, honestly, I was somewhat concerned.
We were able to maintain this space because a witch existed inside.
By using its vitality and magic, it was circulating things in space.
Whatever the size of it, it's a limited space.
It was just not enough if we were to try it as a world, and we needed to make up for it with something.
The biggest factor is gone.
I didn't have to say it was devastating, but I thought it would be rough enough... but as far as I can see now, those things don't look fine either.
That was probably the most unexpected thing, and the reason for that was that a new Lord was born… because the dragon stayed here.
Dragons are more of a trapped form than they lived here in the first place.
I'm not sure how long it's been, but I'm sure it was judged dangerous a long time ago and locked in here.
Some of the demons had such things, but they enjoyed the situation because there was a connection and because the space was closed they could not escape.
But it also renders it pointless with the witch gone.
If we can't sustain it, instead of the world, we will disappear from this world, and most demons will not escape and live with the world and destiny.
But only a dragon should have been able to escape when it collapsed.
No, on the contrary, there should be a pretty debacle in the space after four years, so they should have run straight outside.
I didn't expect to stay here until the Lord without escaping, so I couldn't possibly have predicted.
Nevertheless, there must be a reason for it.
Felicia has no reason to know, there's enough reason to do that.
And even if there's a reason to welcome it, there's no reason to hate it.
Or maybe it's just a whim and by the time I realize it, this space will be gone... but let me thank you until then.
Though I don't know when it will come next.
"... whether you can come or not, perhaps you should say"
Whimpering without telling anyone, Felicia exhales.
But in the meantime, I think I'll continue to look over the scene.
Perhaps it wouldn't be so difficult if we just kept this place, I guess.
Anyway, as I know very well, there is something rare overflowing here.
Flowers in the grass, demons are, of course, precious in the very way they maintain this world in the first place.
It is a space created by those who supposedly first preached magic to mankind, called the Wizard of the Beginning, and the world.
There will be 50,000 researchers who want to come here and study it.
No, it may not be an exaggeration to say that there are no researchers who don't want to do that.
If it was to keep this place, it would gather like a mountain of money or something.
With it, it shouldn't be difficult for someone to maintain even if they are not the Lord, and this is the kind of place worth doing so.
I must have been very blessed to have lived in such a place.
It probably means more than one thing.
"... well, judgment is going to be divided depending on whether people were really blessed or not"
Surely if you try being a researcher or something, this would be the kind of place you'd want to be stuck for the rest of your life.
But for most, it must not be.
And when she realized she was standing on the side of the majority of them at some point, Felicia smiled softly at herself.
Put your hands on your head so you can hold your hair down, even though there's no wind.
My hair crossed slightly through my vision, which I had recently finally become accustomed to seeing.
"Well... Whatever, I'm not already a resident here, I'm a customer. Regardless of the hypothetical story, there's also the Lord now, isn't there? Should I just leave when I'm done?"
There are two main things Felicia has done here... No, it will be three.
One is simply to see what's going on here now.
It should still exist once it is as expected, and that also leads to a second matter.
And the second thing to do is to recover valuable materials and such from here.
Something unexpected happened about the dragon, so I was able to get it better and more lubricated than I thought, but of course it was for use.
I used it more as a secret medicine for witches than I used to, but now that I have more knowledge, there was even more use.
That's what I mean, knowing how to get it but not without it.
It's just that... both of them, the truth is, they were only here at the moment.
As I fulfilled my duties, I was only thinking about using them as pre-construction.
That's why I came here secretly, without seeing anyone in the elves and telling them.
"... and it was worth it."
Whimpering, I emptied my right hand.
That is, in a sense, the result of the third requirement, and it is the result.
Felicia's right hand was so clear that she could see the other side over her right hand.
It doesn't look that way because it's hitting the day.
In a literal sense, it's clear.
That's Felicia's original purpose.
That is, the experiment of the spell, and the price for it, and the reason I was here for a week.