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The Academy’s Genius Magic Swordsman chapter 79

Led by Elder Aldor, the place he followed was the plaza of the Elven Village.

It was a place I was familiar with as it was a place I had visited every day before being detained.

Although the world tree, the symbol of the plaza, had disappeared, so it looked quite empty.

All the elves in the village had already gathered in the square even before me and Xian-senpai arrived.

Everyone’s gaze was fixed precisely on someone in the place where the World Tree was.

Elves buzzing, elves relieved, and even elves thrilled.

Even the elven elders seemed surprised by the appearance of ‘her’.

Looking at the atmosphere, the situation itself seems to have worked out.

“Make way.”

At one word from Elder Aldor, the elves who filled the plaza split into left and right sides at once.

As I walked along the straight path from where we were to the root of the world tree, I felt strangely many eyes flying towards me.

It was a very different feeling from the enemy’s full gaze that I felt just a few days ago.

“Ahhh… .”

“Thank you for saving my mother, Sage… .”

“Sage… .”

I strongly clenched my hands that were shaking at the burdensome name that anyone could see calling me.

Objectively, it is true that I saved the World Tree, but I did not want to receive such a grandiose title and treatment.

Of course, it was far better than spitting out hatred with the intent to kill me while shooting arrows.

After walking about 100 meters of green carpet and arriving at the platform where the World Tree used to be, I could see that a tree trunk was rising from the middle of the trunk.

Even though it has only been a week, looking at the stem that has already grown close to 2m, it is definitely regenerative power that is not regrettable for being named World Tree.

Of course, what surprised me even more was not the trunk of the World Tree, which had already grown six feet, but her presence next to it.

“Meet the wise man, who is the benefactor of me and my body.”

A woman with bark-like skin and hair made of leaves.

The alter ego of the World Tree, the so-called dryad, bowed its head to me.

“Meet Mr. Dryad, the representative of the mother of the great world tree.”

I also couldn’t stand idly by receiving her greeting, so I returned the greeting with proper courtesy.

Compared to the swarthy skin and rotten leaves she had encountered in her previous life, she was far more beautiful and beautiful.

It must have been the result of somehow protecting the root without being corrupted by the encroachment of dark magic.

“I apologize for having to greet you in this form as my body has not fully recovered yet.”

“Don’t worry, Mr. Dryad. How can a stem that has grown over a thousand years grow back in a week?

I also have the knowledge that the alter ego of the World Tree is Mr. Dryad, so I will not treat Mr. Dryad differently just because the vessel it contains is different.”

“I was worried that he might be a bit violent when he broke the upper part of the stem vigorously, but you are a gentlemanly wise man more than I thought.”

“Although I am not a wise man, I will humbly accept your compliments.”

It must have been Mr. Dryad in front of me who spread that grandiose title calling me in the plaza.

“How are you now?”

“Thanks to the wise man, I am in excellent condition right now. It was a little dangerous when the dark magic was eroded to the root, but it was worth it to endure to the end without giving up.

I would like to thank you for saving my body once again.”

“We were only able to save it because the World Tree mother gave her strength until the end. All I did was help a little.”

“If you were an ordinary elf, you probably wouldn’t have noticed that I was consumed by dark magic, and even if you did, you wouldn’t have come to the conclusion that I cut off the top of the stem entirely.

Only because of the wise judgment and bold determination of the wise man, I was able to regain my vitality. Please don’t take it too modestly.”

“If you say that, then I have no choice but to dare to acknowledge the honorable achievement of saving the life of the world tree.”

“I beg you to do so. Only then can I repay the wise man.”

While thinking about the meaning of repaying the favor that came out of Mr. Dryad’s mouth.

Mr. Dryad’s eyelids, which had been closed the whole time, opened and a new word continued.

“But before that.”

At the same time, eyes like green jade beads hidden under the eyelids were revealed.

Suddenly, a muffled noise could be heard among the elves.

“Ugh!”

“Kyaa, kyaaak!”

“Keuk, kuk… .”

Before long, the moans of pain from a few elves were heard, and the crowd began to circle around them and move away.

What appeared in the middle of the space that appeared after taking a step was three male and female elves tied to the roots of a tree.

“Even though I have to condemn the impure elements who contaminated my body and tried to lure me into darkness.”

The three criminals whose limbs were tightly bound by the thick roots of the World Tree.

At least one of them was quite familiar to me, having spoken a few days before.

“Elder Endril and his sons and daughters.”

Senior Xian explained their identities in a low voice.

Endril is the name of the elder elf who said not to meddle in matters of outsiders.

Somehow, compared to the other elders, he seemed particularly flustered.

Apparently, those elves were the ones who polluted the World Tree.

The true culprits of the World Tree corruption incident, which were not identified too late in previous lifetimes.

They hurriedly started spouting excuses that they were tied to the roots and had their mouths pierced.

“Oh no! I’m not the one who polluted the World Tree using dark magic!”

“Neither do I! The Dark Church has nothing to do with me at all!”

“It’s a misunderstanding, World Tree Mother! I don’t even know about the Dark Church!”

I didn’t even ask before, but when I saw him reciting about dark magic and the dark church, I could figure out right away that he was lying from there.

There was nothing wrong with the judgment of the World Tree, who knew its true identity from the start.

Mr. Dryad held three small berries in the palm of my hand to prove their guilt in front of everyone.

“Sage, let them feed this.”

Three red fruits glistening on the palm of your hand,

It was her fruit, the so-called world tree fruit.

“I will do as you command.”

The three fruits he received from her were fed one after another to Elder Endril and his children.

Less than a minute later, the effects began to show up quickly.

“Kuuu, kaaa!”

“Guyueeek!!”

“Koo-up, coop, kuh-huh!”

For ordinary creatures, the fruit of the World Tree was an elixir that purified the body’s blood and replenished mana.

It was the fruit of the World Tree that was created from her demigod body that was fatally poisonous to those who touched dark magic.

The three apostles who vomited a word of dark red magic in Chilgong died while being tied to the root of the World Tree.

“I hope this will be the last time that killing takes place in my forest.”

“I agree with you.”

One of the biggest axes of the future that should have changed has finally begun to move on the right path.

* * *

Ten days have passed since the World Tree was resurrected and the Apostles of the Dark Church were dealt with.

The world tree, which began to grow again after cutting off the parts contaminated by dark magic, still showed a different level of growth than normal trees.

Until a few days ago, all but the roots were broken, but looking at the stems reaching up to tens of meters long, they have already reached the sky.

It would not be too long before it grew to the point where it would be worthy of the title of World Tree again.

The strong vitality of the world tree itself was the main reason, but the fact that the elders of the elves began to actively focus on managing the world tree also helped a lot.

A steady supply of fertilizer and water around her roots for growth, and trimming the branches of surrounding trees to get as much sunlight as possible.

It was only after he almost lost the World Tree once that he finally came to his senses and began to manage it in earnest.

Until now, the Great Mother Tree was left unattended because it could not be touched.

I was unfolding the paper made of the World Tree in the sunny space of the plaza, thinking to myself that it would have been nice if it had been like this right away.

“You look busy, wise man.”

“Because I’m not a sage, Mr. Dryad.”

Since the body is being carefully managed by the other elves, naturally Mr. Dryad has nothing to do.

Maybe that made me bored, so more and more people came to see what I was doing.

And then sometimes he helped me with work, although it was really rare.

“In return, I said that I could use my old body as much as I wanted, but I didn’t know that you would make paper without hesitation as soon as I heard that.”

“… Are you disrespectful?”

“Paper made with my body is usually sold at a high price, so to be honest, I don’t really like it… .”

“… … .”

“Because you are the wise man, I will take special care of you. That must be what you need.”

“Thank you for your understanding, Mr. Dryad.”

Only the final drying process of the World Tree paper, which was made over several days, remained.

If you said no now, I would have felt a little unfair.

“It is paper made by thinly slicing my flesh and skin, so I hope you will use it for important places.”

“Please refrain from using creepy expressions, Mr. Dryad. Whoever hears will not misunderstand.”

By the way, senior Xian also received some parts of the World Tree material with Mr. Dryad’s permission.

It didn’t seem like he was trying to make paper like me, and when I asked where he was going to use it, he didn’t answer, saying it was a secret.

I was just quietly inferring that he might be making a new bow by cutting it himself.

“Whoa.”

After spreading the last wetland thinly on the floor, a tired sigh escaped spontaneously.

With this, I’ve barely finished what I have to do for today.

Now, if you let it dry in the natural wind for just one day, the process of making paper from the World Tree, which took several days, will barely end.

My heart started beating a little at the thought that I could use it as soon as I made it.

“You are finally done.”

“Yes, it is.”

Upon hearing my answer, Mr. Dryad smiled happily and immediately revealed his true intentions of waiting by my side.

“Then, would you like to talk about the outside world today from the podium in the square? I thought the wise man’s time was not up today, so I waited anxiously.”

Was this really the purpose?

The fact that I liked being a storyteller until I destroyed the World Tree seemed to be not limited to the existing elven residents.

Needless to say, the plaza where I spoke for several hours a day was in front of the World Tree, so she seemed interested in my story even before it was destroyed.

To her, who had lived in one place for thousands of years, my story seemed to be more enjoyable and interesting than the elves.

I couldn’t bear to refuse the demigod’s request, so I started playing as a storyteller again while staying in this forest.

Whenever that happened, Mr. Dryad always sat in the special seat next to the podium and listened to my story.

I didn’t particularly hate this kind of daily life.

“All right. How far did I tell you last time?”

“It was the story of a female archmage who turned a mountain into a plain with a single spell.”

“Then next time I’ll tell you the story of a hero who killed a thousand goblins with a single spear.”

In this village, the only thing to do besides making paper for the world tree was, at most, training for mana sensitivity.

It would be a much better training to stick with her, a living demigod, than to spend the whole day in the magic flower field and feel mana.

She gets pleasure from my story, and I was able to become stronger with the magic flowing from her body.

All I could say was that it was a mutually beneficial relationship.

“I’m looking forward to it, Sage.”

In the end, it was only after talking about it until just before sunset that day that I was able to barely get out of her mouth.

It was the point where there was a week left until he left the forest of the world tree and returned to the academy.

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