The elf’s face hardened.

Watching his reaction, he paused for a moment.

I deliberately tried to pretend to be calm, but the pain came from the wounds on my body.

The more I spoke, the more the pain in my lungs got worse and it was difficult to speak.

I took a moment to catch my breath and endure the pain.

‘But didn’t I shed too much blood?’

As I coughed, I looked down and saw that the blood that had escaped from my body was not wet enough to moisten the ground.

It was a surprising amount of blood that he did not die from excessive blood loss.

After looking down at the blood, he raised his head to the elf who was quietly silent.

“Are you going to keep your mouth shut like that? Let’s say something. Or, do you really not need our help?”

“Whoa… .”

The elf let out a big sigh at my continued sarcasm.

While we were doing this, the area around us was filled with elves from all directions.

The elf, who had been crossing his arms with his face crumpled for a moment, opened his mouth.

“How can we believe you have a way? I asked what you would do if we only believed in your words and accepted you and we suffered damage.”

His suspicions were valid.

It was a very dangerous act to let someone into the house without permission.

But it also has to be tailored to the circumstances.

Whoever saw us now, we were here to help the elves.

The killing of the Kairos tribesman and the fact that the sword master, Count Warrug, didn’t attack, showed that.

And most of all, it is very independent, so it doesn’t send out any information, but isn’t it true that I know about the world tree?

If I harbored ill will towards them, I would attack right into the World Tree without questioning or questioning them.

Rather than taking the risk by showing up to them, he would have dried up their blood by moving secretly.

‘Well, it’s not a situation to be suspicious of.’

Information about the World Tree is top secret.

Only elves know the state of the World Tree and manage it.

But at some point, the world tree was withering, and an outsider appeared who said that the world tree could be cured, so it was reasonable to doubt that I was the culprit.

‘But so what?’

There was no choice but to let them accept us.

I wonder if I would have attacked first.

I didn’t attack them.

And I have a way to cure the World Tree.

That was the fact, and that was the current important point.

they can’t find a way

According to the original story, they couldn’t find the reason or method until they were destroyed by Ahar.

I think that is still the case.

Since they couldn’t find a way, they probably couldn’t attack even if I was sarcastic like this.

“So what are you going to do? Please tell me clearly. Do you need help or not?”

“… .”

He shut his mouth at my imposing attitude.

It was a face that was confused about what to do.

“This… It’s something I can’t decide on my own. We need to go back to the village and hear everyone’s opinion.”

Eventually he raised the white flag.

He said that he needed the opinions of his own people, probably thinking that he was constantly being withdrawn through the conversation with me.

But I didn’t intend to wait for him to go back and get the answers one by one.

“Oh, is that so? So let’s ask now. It’s because everyone gets together just in time.”

With the elves gathered like this, why send him back?

You should hear the answer here.

And I never thought they would give me a positive answer.

Rather, it was most likely that this would be the last time I could talk to them.

So don’t miss this opportunity.

I squeezed my throbbing chest and looked around.

“I think everyone has heard me.”

“… .”

The elves were silent.

There was only hostility in their eyes as they stared at me.

There was no positive response, but I was satisfied that they didn’t attack us.

The fact that they didn’t attack was proof that they were hesitant to listen to me.

“You may not believe me. So, show me I’m not wrong… .”

I kept my mouth shut while talking.

My vision was momentarily blurred, perhaps because I had lost so much blood.

My vision was shaking, so I closed my eyes for a moment and then turned them off.

It is not yet time to fall.

You have to be a little more patient.

“If you go all the way to the east from the World Tree, you’ll find a pool you haven’t seen before. Removing it will improve the condition of the World Tree. Check it out and decide. We will be waiting for you here.”

“… I get it.”

The green-haired elf nodded.

I turned around and caught him as he was about to leave with the elves.

“Wait.”

“what?”

“Before that, can you heal me?”

I pointed at my body that had been damaged by him.

He bit his lip as he looked over my miserable body to the extent that it was surprising that I hadn’t collapsed right away.

He frowned and looked around, then let out a deep sigh.

Then he stretches out his hand towards me.

Fuhuaaak!

Cold water rising from the ground soaked my entire body.

A bitter pain ran through his body, and then it quickly disappeared.

And there was a strangely refreshing feeling.

“Five… .”

The body recovered in an instant.

As the body was healed, the lack of blood was also replenished, and the anemia disappeared as well.

“Are you done now?”

“Um, well, that’s about it… .”

Rather, he nodded his head at a more energetic body than before.

He turned to say he was going, and I grabbed him again.

“Oh, I need one more thing.”

“what?”

“Give me something to eat and some water.”

“… .”

“We are human too, so we have to eat to survive.”

Embarrassed by my impudence, he stares at me as if he was dumbfounded.

He sighs and snaps his fingers.

Then, several branches with many red berries came down enough to come into my field of vision.

There, a bag made of leaves and twigs fell at my feet.

The bag was full of water and dripping.

“This should be enough. I’ll wait right there.”

The green elf turned away and said, “Don’t talk anymore, and won’t listen to me.”

Then he left with the elves who had come with him.

The tension is relieved only after they leave.

I couldn’t help but be nervous at the thought that they could attack at any time.

I just didn’t show it.

“Raymond.”

“Yes.”

“What the hell are you thinking?”

Earl Warrug’s eyes were fierce as he spoke to me.

In his eyes, my behavior was abnormal enough.

It must have been absurd for a guy new to the South to act like he knew everything.

In addition, in a situation where their lives were threatened like now, my actions were no different from gambling.

“Do you know what you mean?”

how should i answer

The situation was urgent, so I thought of the best possible way, but in the eyes of Count Warrug, I had no choice but to be suspicious.

Moreover, there were many people who did not know about the World Tree.

Even if you know it, many people think that it is a tree from a legend.

Above all, the appearance I showed was that I knew the inside of the Elf very well.

No matter how much I was able to escape the situation thanks to myself, beyond that, it wasn’t strange that I became the target of vigilance.

I didn’t blame his attitude, knowing that even the Marquis of Easton, who lived in the south, had no choice but to be wary of me knowing information he didn’t know.

I couldn’t even make an excuse for him.

What I said was based on what I had seen in the original, so I had no idea how to explain it.

“I know it will be strange no matter what I say now.”

“… .”

Count Warrug did not answer.

Unspoken is positive.

I couldn’t bear to make eye contact with him and scratched my cheek.

No matter what I said, it could not dispel his doubts.

“I will win. I know that too. So I won’t make any excuses.”

“… .”

“But I want you to know this. I absolutely do not do anything to damage the kingdom. Rather, the opposite.”

“… Sigh.”

He glared at me, his eyes widening and he sighed heavily.

Then he scratched his head and said.

“I knew you weren’t normal, but… I didn’t expect it to be like this.”

At his words, I shrugged.

He let out a deep breath, relaxing his eyes that were glaring at me.

“Well, good. I think there must be a reason for everything. But, even if it’s difficult now, can you tell me later?”

“… Yes. Okay.”

“That was it. It’s more important what the elves do now. We’d better talk about this later.”

“All right.”

Looking at me nodding my head, he smiled a little in vain.

You must be embarrassed.

You must be wondering what I am doing.

“… I don’t know what you’re talking about.”

At that time, Lanos, who had been watching Count Warrug’s conversation with me from the side, frowned and shook his head.

Only then did I remember that he was there besides me and Earl Warrug.

“Oh, were you there?”

“what?”

“no.”

He shook his head and sat down on the ground.

Although all the wounds on his body had healed, he couldn’t help but lose his strength.

The enmity and murder of the elves was just as great.

“Anyway, it seems that what you said was important. I want to give you all these precious fruits.”

Earl Warrug, who picked the fruit from the branch, said while sweeping his chin.

At his words, I asked what he meant, and he took a bite of the red fruit and said.

“This is a very valuable fruit. Even the emperor of the empire only eats it once every two days. This is because it only grows on one tree out of ten.”

Juice poured out like a waterfall from where he had been bitten.

“nice… It’s delicious. I didn’t think I would be able to taste it like this, but I don’t know if I should call this lucky or not… .”

“It happened anyway, so think positively.”

I followed him and picked a red fruit and held it in my hand.

Taking a bite of the apple-like fruit, I burst into admiration at the juice that spreads in my mouth.

It resembled an apple, but it was a different level of sweetness.

Like a ripe peach, the more you chew, the sweeter it gets.

Surprisingly, even though it was so sweet, it didn’t seem like I would get tired of it.

Rather, I had the urge to eat more and more.

Combined with the crunchy texture, it was fantastic.

While filling their stomachs with water and fruits, they waited for the elves to come.

After a day and a half, three elves came along with the green elf.

“Follow me.”

They called us in a firm tone.