We regularly visit the location of the Spirit Tree, which grew from the World Tree seed.
Sophia listens to the requests of the Spirit Tree and we continue to help do those requests.
On one occasion, it wanted soil from Volton, and we planted a large amount of that soil around the Spirit Tree. On another occasion, it wanted the fallen leaves of a forest and told us to mix those leaves with the soil. It felt like we’ve become farmers.
We travel from Volton to the site by teleportation. It seems that there are elves that wouldn’t find it funny that a Spirit Tree growing outside Yggurle Kingdom. As much as possible., Sophia wanted us to travel by teleportation so we don’t show our movements.
Tsubaki runs around freely to reduce her stress once we arrive.
「………… Still, not even 10 days has passed and yet, it’s amazing.」
「Indeed. I suppose you could say it’s as expected of the Spirit Tree. That aside, Takumi-sama, the Spirit Tree requests magic power today as well.」
Having become a den of the undead, with its acrid spring water, withered trees, and barren soil where even weeds did not grow, that land now has clear spring water, a green carpet spanning the interior of the barrier, and young trees that had grown before we knew it.
Above all, the Spirit Tree has grown to adapt to this world, much to my delight.
Spirit Tree is already over 20m tall and its trunk is likely 1m in diameter.
I approached the Spirit Tree and placed my hand on it, and pouring my magic power into it. This has already become a daily routine.
Sophia said this was also the request of the Spirit Tree, and it continues to request things from Sophia. For it to grow quickly in this harsh environment, you could say it’s necessary and we couldn’t refuse.
While taking turns with Sophia, we poured in loads of magic power.
When I poured in the magic power, multicolored flowers began blooming in the carpet of greens surrounding the Spirit Tree.
「Wha!?」
My surprise continues.
It was like I could see faint lights of a variety of colors fluttering around like they were dancing.
「………… are those Spirits?」
「Yes, Spirits of various attributes have gathered. Majority are lower class spirits with no will, but spirits that possess wills are likely to increase as time passes.」
My unintentional mumbles were confirmed by Sophia.
There were apparently no Spirits in the corrupted land that was encroached by miasma and turned into a den of the undead. Even the Wind Spirits that fly freely around Mildgard do not approach lands overflowing with miasma.
I had purified that land, clean water surged from the purified spring, and lastly, the Spirit Tree that grew from the World Tree seed purified the ley lines.
Thanks to that, it had become a place where spirits such as Water Spirits, Wind Spirits, Earth Spirits, Plant Spirits, Light Spirits, and Dark Spirits gather.
「I can feel a lot of presences, but Sophia, since you can see Spirits, you can probably see them bustling about.」
「……Yes, the Spirits are flying about, seemingly very happy.」
Contrary to those words, Sophia’s countenance wasn’t bright.
「What’s wrong?」
「…… It might genuinely be unfavorable if Yggurle Kingdom sees this.」
「Hm?」
Setting aside the fact that Skeleton King took the World Tree seed to this land, Sophia says that there are many elves that could not permit a Spirit Tree to be outside of Yggurle Kingdom. As to why, it’s because the World Tree seeds seldom sprout within Yggurle.
「Increasing the Spirit Trees encourages the growth of Spirits in Yggurle Kingdom. The said growth of spirits would lead to the increasing the national power of the country. That’s why Yggurle Kingdom’s royal family even performs a ceremony every year and sows the World Tree seed, but those mostly do not sprout.」
「Considering all that, this World Tree seed sprouted easily. Moreover, it’s already a huge tree.」
That’s how it is. It had been weak since we took it out of the Skeleton King so it needed to absorb magic power, but it’s getting bigger day by day at an abnormal speed.
As I was thinking so, I gazed at my surroundings and a mysterious spectacle unfolded.
Rain-like water sprinkled the entire surface of bloomed flowers and grass. Lulu-chan ran around happily, but Akane was slack-jawed in surprise.
「Hey, is that also the work of spirits?」
「Yes, an intermediate Water Spirit provides the plants with water.」
Spirits of the wind carry the seeds; Spirits of the water and of the earth raise them. This land can become the paradise of Spirits…………or rather, it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it already is.
「Is it bad for Spirit Tree to be in a location unrelated to Yggurle Kingdom?」
「About that, even by the World Tree, there’s no water, land, and air as clean as what is in this land.」
「………… It would be bad if this is found.」
It seems the environment surrounding the World Tree has been deteriorating for several hundred years. If the flower could no longer bloom, the flower that can’t bloom loses its ability to make fruits. In recent years, even if a ceremony is performed, the harvested World Tree seeds have been running low.
「I wonder if a Concealment Barrier MD is necessary.」
「It would be better to prepare it.」
Since this day, I got stuck with producing a magic device that would hide this place. That’s not all, the requests from the Spirit Tree weren’t stopping.
Such things as “Purify a wider scope of land” or “collect seeds”, and of course, there are requests to plant various trees too.
Since I can’t refuse when Sophia asks, I do everything the Spirit Tree says in the end.
And by the time two months pass, in the land at the western edge of the continent, a paradise for Spirits that no one knows about was completed.
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