CH 462

“Welcome back, Lars-niichan!”

“Kuoon!”

“Whoa, you’re looking good …….”

As soon as I got home, the duo of Aina and Ash came charging at me and gave me a hug. But when Aina saw the people following me, she let out a startled sound.

“Wow! There are so many visitors here! Oh, my mom and dad are here too!”

“Kuoon Kuoon♪!”

“Hey, don’t get rowdy.”

In addition to Makina and Fath-san, who live here originally, there are my parents, my brother and Nora.

In addition, Sarge, Ryuuze, Kudelica, Urka, Jack, and Naru are all members of the academy.

Ash, who was happy to see so many people, wriggled his face, wagging his little tail in excitement.

Basleigh-sensei was taken away by Himmel-san, and Reiss and Irumi were taken there by Basleigh-sensei, so they went with him and never came back …… I’m curious about Retzel’s being absent, is he at home?

Tigre-sensei is still in the castle with his friend Hitzrite and the headmaster. Later, Jack’s dragon cat can be found laying quietly in the castle square. I wonder if he’ll ever go away ……

While I was thinking about this, Aina stood in front of Sephiro at my feet and tilted her head.

“Hm? I don’t know her. I’m Aina!”

“Yes, I know you! I’m Sephiro.”

“What! That Sephiro the Treant? Amazing, you’re human now!”

“Thanks to my Lars-niichan!”

“What ……? You’re that moving tree?”

“Yes.”

I nodded and opened my mouth, pointing my thumb to the back of my mouth as Mom held Sephiro in her arms.

“…… We need to talk to Verna-sensei and the others anyway, so let’s go to the living room.”

“I guess so. It’s a nice house, as usual.”

“Well, can I live here?”

“We have a spare room, and Fath-san has a cabin in the garden, so it’s no problem at all.”

“Umu. I’m sorry to bother you with the family stuff.”

“No, thank you …… I mean, Fath-san, you’ve changed a lot ……”

We went to the living room, thinking not to mention it to mother, and she muttered, “It’s nice to have young skin, isn’t it ……”, but Verna-sensei and Luciel noticed us and stood up.

“Oh! W-Welcome back!”

“Everyone!”

“Welcome back, Lars-sama! …… Oh, Master and Madam? D-Don’t tell me ……!?”

“I’m back. I think what’s Nina is thinking is right, but let’s sit down.”

“Okay. I’ll go make some tea.”

“I’ll help you, Makina-chan.”

–As Makina and Mom headed for the kitchen, we each sat down in the living room and told the results to Verna-sensei and the others who were not there at the time.

“–So, we can’t go back to the town of Gust anymore. It’s because of our lack of power ……”

“No, since that’s the result even if Tigre, Lars-kun, and Sarge and the others had been there too, no one in the world would have been able to stop them. Don’t blame yourself, okay?”

“Yes. Thank you, Verna-sensei.”

Then Ryuuze and Kuderika opened their mouths.

“To be honest, I was planning to train with Fath-san to beat Akzeryus, but even before he transformed, I was already no match for him. And there are still six of them.”

“Yes. I’ve defeated monsters as an adventurer, but that was a little different. It seems that relying on skills alone is not the way to fight. And that thing that wasn’t human, but wasn’t a monster either, was scary.”

“Not human?”

When Luciel muttered a question, Ryuuze replied.

“…… Yeah. There’s no such thing as a person with three heads, right ……?”

“It was disgusting ……”

“I’ve seen it too, and I don’t want to see it again.”

When Nora and Naru frowned at Ryuuze’s story, Ryuuze looked at Sephiro, who was surrounded by Aina and Tilia-chan, and said to me.

“In the future, national issues will also come into play, so we should follow their lead. If you want to reclaim the town of Gust, I’ll definitely join you. So, the one that’s going to be the key to our fight against them …… what is Sephiro? I’ve heard of she’s a Treant, but now she’s human. Do you know anything about it?”

“……”

“Lars ……”

As I silently returned my gaze to Ryuuze, Makina, who had brought the tea, sounded concerned. Then Sephiro stood in the middle of us, looked around at all of us, and started talking.

“Ryuuze-san, Lars-niichan ‘know’, but ‘don’t know’. But thanks to Lars-niichan, I was able to remember.”

“Sephiro?”

“Hmm. I’m not Treant. As Lars-niichan and the ten chief priests said, my real name is the Sephiroth Tree. I’m the counterpart of those ten chief priests …… the demons, and I’m the one who fell from God.”

Sephiroth’s face became serious as she said this, and I felt my back sweat. You said you fell from God? Are you a reincarnation ……?　And what do you mean I ‘know’ but I ‘don’t know’?

“G-God ……? That’s a bit of an exaggeration, don’t you think? Sure, our skill is supposed to be a gift from God, but ……”

“Did you stay with the God who gave us those skills?”

When my mouth was dry and I missed my chance to speak, my dad and brother each asked her a question.

Then–

“I think I’d like to be included from here on out.”

“I think I’d like to hear about this interesting thing too?”

“B-Basleigh-sensei? …… Why are there tears in your eyes ……?”

“Ahhhhh, listen to me! I went out without telling them, and when i said that I almost died, “Tehee”, and my Himmel-niichan and my parents punches me in the head! I tried so hard, and this is what I get!!”

“Haha ……”

“Same old, same old ……”

The tension that we had just experienced was nowhere to be seen, and we could only laugh in astonishment. But then she turned serious.

“…… Now, where should we begin? Now that the Sephiroth has awakened and is ready to deal with the Gospel’s Descent, there is no reason for you to hide anymore …… is there, Regal-san?”

“……!?”

–The name that Basleigh-sensei mentioned was undoubtedly the name of the demon that had sent me into this world.