Episode 90
A wolf
Elric looked a little surprised.
I never thought I would be able to see Mephisto.
‘Was this the second time?’
The first one, Jeombagi, is currently carrying out his duties well as a carriage horse.
But in the meantime, no one else could sense Mephisto.
Even Augustine and Hermann, who had the most sensitive senses, felt the same.
However, the god of repair openly showed his displeasure to Mephisto.
It made me wonder if it was the fairy who had been laughing among the group just moments ago.
It seemed like there had been quite a bit of bad luck.
『Hoo! Who is this? It’s a familiar face. Was it a pumpkin flower?』
[It’s not a pumpkin flower! Pumpkin! Spread it in summer!]
“Oh sorry. It was a pasqueflower.』
[no! It’s spring for pasqueflowers too!]
『Then gardenia? I’m confused, maybe it’s because he’s so ugly.』
[me! It’s not ugly! sister! He said I was pretty!]
“joy! You think that just because a human told you something is true? Can you still call him God?』
[Lee Iik!]
The God of Repair, who was throwing harsh words at Mephisto, seemed so angry that he was busy kicking the air and fuming.
‘… Was Mephie always that good at arguing?’
I don’t think it was like that until we first met.
Elric somehow felt like it was his fault, but he pretended not to notice at all.
However, I was worried about how the other party members who would not see Mephisto would react.
In their eyes, the God of Repair will appear to be running wild, pointing his finger at nothing in the air.
just as expected.
“hmm? “Why does the God of Repair do that?”
“You seem to see something.”
“Is there a God we can’t see?”
The group looked around to see if there were other flower gods.
Belle sniffed here and there, but tilted her head when she couldn’t feel anything.
“That’s strange. “There’s obviously nothing.”
“The God of Repair is naturally energetic and enjoys playing alone. So it looks like you are still role playing by yourself. “He has an invisible friend named Sebastian, and I think he got into a fight with him.”
The group members nodded in understanding at what the landscaper added.
And I had to look at the god of repair with pity.
From the first time I saw it, I thought it was a bit unusual.
It seemed like he had no friends.
As if feeling those gazes, the god of repairs turned his head in this direction and screamed.
[theater! no!]
“I guess that’s right.”
[no!]
“That’s right.”
[Woo! It’s true! It’s real this time! Handsome human! tell me!]
The God of Repair was upset for a while before looking at Elric.
Handsome human.
The corner of Elric’s mouth curled up.
“Are you saying that?”
[huh! you! here! The most handsome! tell me! I’m not a liar!]
“you’re right. How could Su-sun be a liar? It’s next to it. This guy looks like he was chewing something and then clapping. “Isn’t that right?”
[that’s right! that’s right! Clap! It looks like it was chewed! i love it! expression! Cry!]
The God of Repair laughed, holding his stomach as he looked at Mephisto’s greatly distorted face.
『The king was laughed at by a mere servant of the ark. under! It is an unfair and infuriating thing.』
[He looks young just by looking at him, so what are you trying to do by fighting and winning like that?]
“joy! Instead of walking around with a chewed-up bastard, shouldn’t you have taken a cute little fairy with you?』
Elric was dumbfounded when he saw Mephisto pouting so much, but he couldn’t be bothered to reply any further.
‘He is a god who recognizes Mephi.’
It was difficult for Elric to know whether this would be good or bad.
‘I don’t want to incur the wrath of the gods or make them wear colored glasses.’
While I was thinking for a moment about what to do.
‘hmm?’
Then he saw yellow pollen on the wings of the god of water and stretched out his hand toward it.
[uh?]
The God of Repair was startled for a moment before laughing, but his face immediately turned red at the thoughtful touch.
Elric tilts his head, wondering why she is doing this.
“The God of Repair may seem like a very playful person, but he is actually very shy. “You still do that because you’re embarrassed.”
[no!]
At the landscaper’s blunt explanation, the god of repair flew into the sky with his wings turning red.
The landscaper still nodded with a calm expression on his face.
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“Apparently not. “You seem very embarrassed.”
[No!]
The voice of the god of repair rang loudly in the sky.
The landscaper didn’t seem to care at all, as if it was something that happened all the time.
“Although it is only one person, since you have exchanged greetings with God, we will treat it as an invitation and invite you inside. But before that, I’d like to ask you again something I didn’t know before. “What is your purpose in visiting this temple?”
The eyes of all party members turned to Elric.
Elric swallowed dry saliva at the thought that something had finally come, and took out the ice crystal he had stored in his chest.
Hwaaa!
The ice crystal floated in the air again, emitting a cold light.
“This is to deliver this to the camellia god.”
* * *
The landscaper told the gods about his business and went into the temple first, telling them to wait for a while so he could meet them.
In the meantime, Elric and his party were assigned a room located at the back of the temple and were able to rest.
“hmm.”
Perhaps because no visitors were allowed at all, each person was given a private room, so Elric tried to spend time alone for the first time in a while.
Of course, it was difficult to do that with Mephisto next to me.
『Why are you doing that?』
“The temple has a very different atmosphere than I expected.”
『What did you think the atmosphere was like?』
“What should I say, a little more refreshing and flashy? I thought of a paradise like something out of a fairy tale. “Is it because it’s a pause when General Dong blows?”
As Elric muttered something regretful, Mephisto snorted loudly.
“no. That’s probably not it.』
“huh? What?”
『At least 100 years.』
“… ?”
『A time when flowers did not bloom here.』
“… !”
Words that were completely unexpected.
Elric’s eyes widened on their own.
『I could only see it the whole time I came here. Well, it may have bloomed little by little and very sparsely, but what they call ‘winter’ or ‘dormant season’ would have been at least that much. Maybe it could have been more.』
“But didn’t King Velence say that the temple’s doors were closed because of General Dong?”
『Did you hear how long that general Dong lasted?』
“… ah.”
『That strange phenomenon that is covering the black snow field. It is something that was not seen during the King’s active days. But things like that never stop and then get stronger again. Even though there are cases where it gets weaker and then gets stronger again.』
“So what you mean is that it’s been a while since ‘winter’ came to the black snow field?”
『As I said, General Dong was something I had never seen during the time when King Bon was active. There was a black snowy field at the time, but it wasn’t this gloomy. I guess we can say that General Dong made it that way.』
Mephisto laughed lightly.
『The ark was created to prepare for the destruction that the Demon God was about to bring, but the ark is helpless in the face of ‘winter’. There is no absurdity like this!』
‘Perhaps the reason the Temple of Flowers remained only in fairy tales and folk tales and was no longer known was because the power of the Temple had weakened… .’
Perhaps the fame of the temple will soon become a measure of gathering faith.
‘The God of Repair also had too little presence to be called a ‘God.’’
As Elric knew, ‘godhood’ was never something easily given.
It was a position that could only be reached by accumulating enough karma, breaking away from the existing framework, developing a deep understanding of the world, and receiving faith from believers.
Even the Golden Lion, who is currently considered the greatest person on the continent, is said to have only reached the level of a semi-god, so the weight of the existence of a ‘god’ was by no means small.
However, even though the god of water repair was a small flower god, his presence was so small that one might think he should be considered simply a fairy.
However, if the previous guess was correct, the existence of the God of Repair was also vaguely understood.
“Then why has General Dong become so popular recently?”
『You don’t know that. It could just be a periodic change as the beastmen believe, or else… .』
Mephisto’s eyes glowed brightly.
『It could be that someone is modifying it.』
“hmm.”
『Don’t you think that weird guy called the Blood King or something is trying to go on a rampage again? I don’t think it’s a strange guess at all.』
“I agree.”
『Maybe this has some kind of connection with your family’s arrangements or something. Isn’t everything a coincidence? Everything is working together as if I was waiting for you to appear. I have a strong feeling that your insidious ancestors might be planning something.』
It’s definitely hard to figure out what our ancestors were thinking.
Elric nodded his head silently, but then his expression turned strange.
“But what’s going on? “Why did you suddenly become so kind?”
“joy! It’s just that I don’t like it at all.』
Mephisto did not tell us the reason for his cooperation until the end.
but.
At first glance, Elric seemed to know his feelings.
The god of repair recognized Mephisto, and the Temple of Flowers originated from the Ark he knew.
It means that everything came down from his era.
For him, who was forcibly separated from the era in which he lived, it is bound to be an important memory that reminds him of the past.
I guess he didn’t want to see things like this being ruined.
‘… huh? When you think about it this way, it’s a really old fossil, right?’
Elric stared at Mephisto with a curious expression.
Mephisto narrowed his eyes, wondering what this guy was going to do again.
Then.
smart!
A knock was heard.
Elric opened the door wide at the sight of a familiar figure.
Outside, the landscaper was looking at him with a serious expression. He even had the hood on his head pulled down.
“The gods wish to meet Elric Mervinger quietly.”
Elric’s eyes sparkled.
There are no other companions.
That means he only called himself.
“Is it related to the camellia god?”
“I am in charge of managing the residence so that the gods can stay comfortably, and I am merely a messenger who occasionally delivers the words of the gods. “I don’t know what the gods are thinking or what business they have, and I don’t need to know.”
“yes. All right. “Then let’s go.”
Elric left the guest room following the landscaper and walked back toward the temple.
Is it because of what Mephisto already said? Elric was particularly struck by the hills and plains that looked somewhat like a wasteland.
In particular, the dry, brown-colored weed blades looked as if they would crumble when touched.
There was nothing special about the inside of the temple with its colorful flower statues.
The corridors and corridors that were supposed to draw admiration from visitors and believers only had a gloomy atmosphere.
There was no scent of flowers anywhere.
Then when I got to the center.
I was able to see the majestic sight of hundreds of flower petal seats lined up in a spiral shape along the arch-shaped roof.
There were only a few gods sitting in the flower petal throne, which would have been completely full.
Four at most? No, five?
That was the extent of it, including the god of repair who was sitting in the corner and looking at me with a red face.
The problem was that the rest, like the god of repair, had a weak presence.
Should I say that it looks like a flower that will soon wither?
‘also.’
Elric felt that the guess he had made with Mephisto might be correct.
General Dong.
It was clear there was something wrong with that.
[Who are you?]
[Why did you come here?]
[Why are you looking for camellia?]
[Why are you trying to give ice crystals to camellia flowers?]
Elric was distracted as the flower gods other than the god of repair were asking questions here and there.
But I felt like I knew what to answer.
So I raised my head and met the eyes of the flower gods who had fallen between the empty seats.
A gentleman.
begonia.
cineraria.
Kalanchoe.
and… daffodil.
The problem was that there were no camellia flowers to be seen there.
‘Where did it go?’
He took out the ice crystal while receiving several looks at the same time, such as orange, blue, yellow, and red.
Hwaaa!
“I am Mervinger.”
[Mervinger!]
[Our friend!]
[A friend is here! and! How many years has it been? Has it been a thousand years?]
[you idiot. You came here 40 years ago.]
[Oh, that’s right.]
[But why did you come?]
[that’s right. Why did you come? Are you here to keep your promise?]
Is it because I’m happy to see you?
There seemed to be a faint scent of flowers coming from somewhere.
Elric was curious about what a ‘promise’ was, but he put it aside for a moment and got to the point.
“As I told you through the landscaper, there was a message from our ancestors to deliver this to the God of Camellia. “Can you tell me where the camellia god is?”
If you just tell me this, a new arrangement will begin.
but.
In an instant, the flower scent disappeared, and cold air settled down.
[There is no camellia.]
Depression spread.
Elric’s eyes widened.
“What is that… ?”
[The camellia flower.]
[The camellia has withered.]
Wizard who swallowed talent
