Published at 1st of November 2020 11:28:23 AM
Chapter 69.2
“Now, let’s become one . ”
The girl separates from me with those words and spreads her arms .
“Eeehhhhh!?”
As my mind gets thrown into chaos and Ruiseine blushes, the girl shines . She then turns into countless grains of light that fuse with my body . While Ruiseine is shocked, I quiver as my body wells with immeasurable power .
“Ernekun,”
Ruiseine looks into my eyes .
“Your eye color has become gold . ”
“Eeh?”
My eye color is the same as my hair, brown . They aren’t gold . As I think that, Ruiseine pulls out a hand mirror . I check and, my eyes really have become golden .
However, that isn’t the only surprise Ruiseine has for me .
“Anou, this is something I am fairly certain only I am able to see, but right now, Ernekun is enveloped in a terrifyingly dense layer of dragon ki . ”
I, too, feel it upon being told . I have never before experienced such a dense and powerful dragon ki circulating through my body . It feels as though it’s overflowing .
“This… is because I united with the spirit of the spirit tree?”
“Yes, that reason does seem to be the most likely . ”
I united with the spirit . This is something I never would have expected . Both Ruiseine and I are on the side of the road, shocked .
“Eetto, having united, what happened to the spirit-san?”
Could it be that she vanished? If so, that would be terrible . Priscillchan comes to the moss-covered plaza for the sake of communicating with the spirit of the spirit tree . If that spirit-san doesn’t come back, won’t Priscillchan be sad?
[No worries . I am here . ]
I don’t hear her voice with my ears . To my surprise, it’s directly with my heart .
I look to Ruiseine, but she doesn’t seem to have heard it . She’s merely staring at me in wonder .
[When I become Ernea’s power, our hearts and body become the same . When I’m not, we’re separate . ]
I see, then spirit-san can separate from me at will?
I hold my hand against my chest and sigh out in relief .
Once more, I turn my attention to the immeasurable amount of dragon ki welling out of my body .
The dragon ki I’ve been giving my all to refine and spread across my body until now feels like a tiny amount of dragon ki . What I’m feeling now is on a completely different level . Then, without my realizing my abilities have risen, I feel the dragon vein . Through it, I pick up on a lot of what is happening around me .
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It’s time for morning attendance at the academy . Classmates continue to pass by . As they do, they curiously look at me who is seated on the roadside and Ruiseine who is supporting me . Various morning people are going back and forth .
I can feel various people without dragon power around me . Not just that, I can also read their movements . Then, separating from the ground, fluttering about high in the sky I can feel birds . I’m even able to understand just how high they are flying . The way I’m able to intuitively grasp and process all of this is surprising .
I gaze at both of my hands and pickup my wooden spirit tree sword . From it I feel a pulse stronger than I’ve ever felt before .
I’m realizing this now, but I still haven’t mastered this wooden spirit tree sword .
Why did Old Sleigstar turn the young spirit tree into this form and why did he instruct me to wield it in my left hand? Why is my weapon a wooden sword? Why am I wielding such an important young spirit tree as a weapon?
It’s intuitive, but I feel like I know the answer .
[This child protects Ernea, because this child loves Ernea . ]
“Yeah,” I nod in my heart .
That’s right . This wooden spirit tree sword isn’t for attacking . It’s for the sake of defending . I hold this wooden sword in my left hand to protect myself . By uniting with the young spirit girl, I’ve gained an immeasurable amount of dragon power and dragon ki . This is the meaning of the wooden spirit tree sword .
As I am now, I feel like I can match Gild-san on equal footing .
“Ruiseine,” Her gaze as she stares straight into my eyes is dazzling . “Thanks for healing me . I feel much better now . ”
“Yes, it is my honor to help Ernekun back onto his feet . ”
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Ruiseine smiles .
“Eetto, this might be bad, but I’ll be going to Gild-san’s place after this . ”
“My, my, well, well, in that case, looks like I will be going to school on my own . ”
“Sorry . ”
“No, after Ernekun’s exchange with the young spirit girl-san I saw a very dense dragon ki come from Ernekun . I began to wonder if this might happen . ”
“Hahaha, I can’t keep anything from Ruiseine’s dragon eyes . ”
I also smile .
Then, I separate from Ruiseine and stand up .
“I have to go . I must defeat Gild-san by the end of the year . ”
Even if I don’t beat him today, I now have a way to achieve victory . It all depends on my resolve .
“It’s possible that I might not go back to school until the end of the year . ”
If I have to do anything for victory, then I can’t afford to go to school . For me, defeating Gild-san is much more important than my lessons at school .
“Mist-san has been quite worried too . Hurry and come back to Sleigstar-sama’s place . ”
“Yeah, I’ll absolutely return . ”
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I nod to Ruiseine .
“Because, if you lose Mist-san, you will also be losing me . ”
“Uhii!?”
I flinch at Ruiseine’s revelation .
If I’m unable to defeat Gild-san, I won’t just lose Mistral, but Ruiseine too?
“Me, Mist-san, Priscillchan, and Nymichan . That is why, for Sleigstar-sama, please, you must come back . ”
With those words, Ruiseine gives a bow derived straight from her shrine maiden training .
“Yeah, I’ll absolutely return to you all . ”
I nod once more and take off .
It’s possible that this isn’t just my fight . Making everyone worry like this makes me a terrible child . Still, Mistral being worried about me fills me with energy .
I’ll absolutely defeat Gild-san .
I dash as hard as I can across the royal capital of that morning .