Chapter 971 – Siming Out (Meaning Sijo Coming Out)

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Damn.

＂Wow, what a surprise!＂

There was a crack on the surface of the egg-like thing that Cleon was in.

Lila, startled by the sound and sudden phenomenon, almost pulled her hand away.

It’s been several minutes since there was no response from Cleon, who was somehow communicating through engraving.

And even after his existence eventually faded, Cleon’s party members continued to call his name.

As time passed like that, I was slowly becoming anxious about whether Cleon would be safe.

It was natural that once cracks reached the surface of the egg, it became increasingly difficult to maintain composure.

However, they were not the only ones who had a hard time maintaining their composure while watching such a scene.

Vivian, who was looking at the group from behind with a slightly anxious expression, must have been equally confused.

＂Poetry, there is a crack in the progenitor’s egg!?＂

＂Are you calling it that name…?＂

At some point, Lila reacts as if she is tired of Vivian calling Al by such an unusual name.

Of course, since there are oviparous fairies, it does not mean that fairy eggs do not exist.

At least, this is not an egg laid by the progenitor, but the progenitor itself.

However, Vivian did not care about such personal matters and approached the egg, examined the gold, and then tilted his head.

“… Huh? The magic power inside… Maybe it would be better to step back a little…?”

While muttering, I continued to look at that part.

Oh my…

The surface of the egg becomes more cracked.

＂!＂

Kuon and Lila must have immediately felt something, and quickly retreated, grabbing Amelia and Sasha who were next to them.

That speed was a speed that I was able to achieve thanks to the alarm bell ringing from my intuition that I had honed during my life as an adventurer.

Then-

Pajik! Puzzle!

And the crack that appeared in the egg grew out of control and-

The very moment the four people fall, park! With a sound, the large golden egg completely shattered and broke apart.

When debris flew in all directions, the four people who had retreated were able to protect themselves by crouching, but-

＂Keuek!＂

Vivian was too late to step back while examining the egg, and a large lump hit her in the chin, causing her to fly backwards and fall.

It was a pretty ugly scream, though.

＂Your Majesty!?＂

Embarrassed, Melusine quickly catches Vivian flying away, but she speaks while holding Vivian’s beaten younger sister by the arm.

“Yo, the future of Fairy Village… Lies in that egg… Big.”

＂Your Majesty… Your Majesty…!!＂

＂Sharply…＂

And Vivian lets out the sound of her hand falling helplessly.

Leaving behind her sister, who had a bit of a comedy theater vibe about her, Lila watched with narrowed eyes as she watched what was about to come out of her broken egg.

Her heart was even more excited than when she opened the gift box she received from her grandfather on New Year’s Day.

＂Clog, crunch!＂

Even so, when I heard her familiar coughing sound, I was able to sweep down her chest.

Because I knew that was Cleon’s voice.

“Ha. Making people nervous…”

＂Thank goodness.＂

Kuon smiled at Laila’s words and wiped her eyes with her hand.

Not only could she not show her anxiety openly in front of the two young people, she must have been quite worried about Cleon’s well-being.

Tuk-tuk-tuk.

At that time, something hits Lila’s arm at high speed and successively.

＂Huh?＂

When Lila turned her head, wondering what the hell was going on, there was Sasha holding her arm and wagging her tail.

Although she didn’t seem to notice it herself.

She can’t run there until Lila lets her go, but is her heart already trying to run to Cleon?

＂Then the tail will fall off…＂

As Lila said that, she couldn’t help but let go of Sasha’s arm.

Then, Sasha jumped in front of her at the same speed as if she had pulled her elastic band tight and let go.

And due to the momentum of that run, the magical fog scattered around her disappears, revealing the figure of Cleon, who was standing quietly within it.

＂Mr. Cleon!＂

In first place, Sasha runs to Cleon’s side and rushes into his side.

＂Sa, Sasha – sleep, keuk!＂

I tried to stop her by calling her Sasha’s name.

Sasha, like a lightning bolt, headbutts her to the body faster than Cleon can speak.

No matter how light and small Sasha is, she is a hardened adventurer.

The effect was so great that even though it did not hit the vital spot, it pushed Cleon away with a strong impact and knocked him down.

Just like Vivian, who was hit in the chin by a fragment of her broken egg.

“Mr. Cleon, are you okay!? “You didn’t come back because something went wrong, right?”

＂Until it came out, it was okay… Sa, Sasha… I’m out of breath, so wait…”

Cleon’s eyes began to darken due to Sasha’s excessive expression of affection.

In the end, he had no choice but to touch the ground a few times as if he was surrendering.

Still, when Sasha didn’t fall, she slowly followed behind her and Kuon tapped Sasha’s shoulder.

“Wait a minute, Sasha, then Cleon will pass out.”

With Cuon’s words, Sasha finally broke away from Cleon.

＂S-sorry!＂

＂Phew… Thank you, Kuon. Thanks to you, I survived.”

Cleon, who was finally freed from Sasha, got up while saying that, but—

＂(Grin)＂

Looking at the smile on Kuon’s face, Cleon felt a chill and instinctively sensed that something was wrong with him.

＂Kuon… Why do you have that face…＂

When Cleon asks with a trembling voice, Cuon asks while still maintaining a smiling face.

“Yes, I’m sorry as soon as I got back, but I have something to ask? Who was he doing in there and what was he doing?”

Hot!

It’s strange, they haven’t told us that part yet.

But how?

＂Well, that is…＂

＂Who else did you make cry…＂

While listening to Lila answering Cuon’s questions, Cleon remained silent for a moment, unable to open his mouth-

＂──.＂

Swish! He turns his head and raises his hand.

＂More than that! That!”

“Wait a minute, don’t change your mind!”

“Yes, Cleon. Answer correctly…”

Cleon’s move to divert attention was too obvious to anyone to see.

Lila and Kuon just didn’t want to let this go, but when Cleon raised his finger, at the end—

Suddenly, you see a sword stuck upside down on a great altar.

A famous sword made of brilliant silver and sharp to look at.

It was the ‘holy sword’ itself that left no doubt at first glance, with a sense of divine majesty.

First, since it is stuck upside down on the altar, many people will think of the legend of the Holy Sword.

And Lila and Kuon got goosebumps on their backs from the unusual magical power felt from that sword.

This is because an absurd amount of magical energy was felt, even compared to any artifacts, magic tools, relics, relics, etc. That they had encountered so far.

In other words, it was such a massive amount of magical power that I thought that if it were a small world called Fairy Village, it could be erased with this sword.

＂That black, what on earth?＂

“It doesn’t have a name yet, but it is the wedge that supports this fairy incense.”

As Cleon spoke like that, he looked somewhat satisfied.

However, an incident that was even more concerning than the sword occurred immediately afterward.

When I felt a sense of space being distorted near the altar, two girls appeared in front of the altar along with the light.

A girl about 14 years old, with the same hair and wearing the same clothes – a slightly cute look, who appears to be around the same age as Sasha.

＂What is this!＂

However, the two girls’ attitudes were quite different.

One was lying face down on the ground and pounding the ground with his fist while making a noise similar to a cry.

On the other hand, he patted the girl’s shoulder.

“Well, you were able to come out of me too, so it’s good, right?”

As she said that, she was comforting a girl who looked just like her – almost like her twin sister.

＂What’s going well!? Everything I had built up over tens of thousands of years as a predator disappeared with that single sword! Magic power and knowledge! The only thing that was saved was this body! It’s too much!”

＂… Predator? Cleon, that kid…”

Lila did not miss the girl’s cries as she vented her anger.

“Ah, I’ll explain it properly later.”

However, Cleon gets up from his seat and approaches them.

Then, the girl who was comforting smiled bitterly as if she was in trouble, and the girl who was angry glared at Cleon.

“Are there any problems with the new body? Ether.”

“Yes, I’m fine… More than that, could you please comfort Nyala?”

I had expected that Nyala’s opposition would be severe.

Cleon then looked down at Nyala, who was lying down with her arms crossed and looking up.

“How did I save you!”

“I am grateful for that.”

“But you return the favor with vengeance?!”

Cleon would shrug his shoulders at her words.

“No, no. Think carefully. Nyala. I originally meant to leave you in the ether? If Ether succeeded in reincarnating using her original method, you would have to remain in her spirit world. Right? “

As Cleon shook her head and explained, Nyala gradually closed her mouth.

No… If you look closely, you can see that her lower lip was sticking out.

“Therefore. As a result, you are no longer dangerous and can finally get out of her head. With this, I can go anywhere freely. If you want, even outside Fairy Village. Right, Etel?”

When Cleon asks her Etel as if to confirm, Etel will nod her head.

“Yes. She and I are still connected, but there is no connection left to bind her body. Should we say that it is the aftermath of being once fused and then separated? I feel like we are close to ‘sisters’ both physically and spiritually.”

＂Who with you!? I was the one who got the fraudulent contract!”

Nyala raises her voice.

Cleon shut her mouth for a moment.

Haha. Not being honest is just like a kind older sister and a grumpy younger sister.”

“Hehe, that’s right. My younger sister wanted it.”

Haha hoho, Cleon and Etel try to pass it on while laughing.

“Don’t force it into a good mood!”

Of course, Nyala wasn’t a fool, so she didn’t get caught in it.

＂Ugh, the head… Cleon? “What on earth is this fuss about?”

At that time.

Vivian, barely able to escape the shock of being hit on the chin, stood up and staggered closer, supported by Melusine.

Then, she too will look at the two girls in front of Cleon.

“Oh. These are cute ladies. Where do these people come from?”

Perhaps Vivian hadn’t fully grasped the situation yet, so she naturally asked Cleon a question.

Cleon looked at the two for a moment, then passed the baton to Etel.

It will be easier for her to understand if you explain it directly from her own mouth.

As for Etel, it was Cleon who was quietly observing the situation, thinking that she would explain things step by step, step by step, as if she were climbing stairs.

“I am Ether, the ancestor of the fairies, and this is Nyala, the predator that used to live inside me, but is now her younger sister.”

＂Who is your little sister!?＂

＂Hae…?＂

There were no stairs.

“Oh, and thanks to giving up all of my ancestral power and putting it into that sword, Fairy Incense doesn’t have to collapse even if I wake up. You don’t have to worry.”

＂…＂

Etel continued to drop bombs without stopping.

Vivian listened to those words with a blank expression-

Squeak… It falls backwards, making a sound like a giant tree is tilting.

It seemed that the cause was that the limit on the amount of information that could be accepted was severely exceeded.

“Your majesty!? Come to your senses! Your Majesty!”

“I saw that earlier.”

Melusine tried to help Vivian, who had fallen, but Lila’s second response was cold, as if she was bored.

＂They say the Fairy King is a fun person for generations, and this Fairy King is also a fun kid~＂

On the other hand, Etel covers her mouth and smiles while watching Vivian’s reaction.

Then, Cleon was finally able to understand why Vivian, the fairy king, was so clueless in many places.

Because the origin of all fairies is a person like Etel.

Cleon would sigh as he thought about Vivian’s hardships in the future.

First, I was relieved that the fundamental problem that could have led to the collapse of Fairy Village was resolved.

[Over there…]

And then.

A voice was heard by everyone present, including Cleon.

The group will be startled by the voice that penetrates their heads and turn to look in the direction from which the voice came.

Then, there-

[Oh, no. After all, nothing… It’s okay for someone like me to get attention… Hehe…]

An extremely servile voice was heard from the sword that had been proudly stuck on the altar just a moment ago, and the flaccid blade was bent and dozing.

[Ah, but if everyone looks at me like this, it might just feel good…]

… It seemed like a very strange ego had taken root.