I Can’t Run Away From the Girl Who Saved Me

77 – Green Woman (1)

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Green woman.

No matter how much I thought about it, she seemed like she couldn’t find a more suitable name than that, and I talked for a very long time.

She smiled and said she didn’t know where to begin, and slowly began to tell the story, which was obviously very long and rambling.

The identity of this place, her identity, my magic, the identity of the fox, and even the twisted fate.

It was a very long story, but her voice was as soft as silk, and her tone was very calm, which made the listener feel comfortable and at the same time had a strange suction power, so I was able to listen to her story until the end even while standing in my seat. There was.

First of all, this place where I exist is neither heaven nor hell, but a world of spirits.

More precisely, it was said to be her home that exists in the spirit world.

When I asked her how she was here, she looked down at the fox yawning on her lap and said,

“This child brought me here.”

Fox,

According to Maria’s theory, each person’s magic has different characteristics, and since she was born with a special talent for magic, I also believed it.

In fact, until recently, I thought my fire magic was simply in the form of a fox.

However, looking at the little fox that emerged from my fire magic, it didn’t seem to be such a simple matter.

I couldn’t pay attention while I was dying from magic, but it was obviously strange for magic to have its own consciousness and act like an actual animal.

Of course, there was no similar magic, such as creating a golem, but it was just a doll that followed its master’s orders, and did not seem to have such an individualized ego.

“This child is also a spirit.”

“Spirit? “Are you a flame spirit or something?”

The woman shook her head.

“It’s not really a fire spirit. It just appeared through your flame. “It would be easier to understand if you thought of it as something like your guardian spirit.”

Honestly, it was confusing.

A spirit,

I had only heard of such unscientific, non-magical, and non-religious beings only in fairy tales for children.

When I questioned her, the woman nodded and said that it was very rare for anyone to be able to communicate with spirits.

“Before you appeared, two hundred and thirty-seven years ago, a child named Malis was able to control spirits. Before that, it was one thousand three hundred and fifty-two years ago,”

Although she was surprised by the sheer number, she couldn’t help but be surprised once more by hearing her familiar name come out of the woman’s mouth.

Malis.

A wise man and great wizard whose existence is recorded about 200 years ago.

Before Sister Maria, she was also the only person to have received the Staff surname.

The story of building a huge castle in one night is a fairly popular fairy tale among children who dream of becoming wizards, so it was a name I had heard of since I was a child.

Among the magics left in the world, there was no magic capable of building a castle in one night, so among magicians, there were those who studied Malrys in hopes of finding lost magic, while others said it was just a legend mixed with exaggeration. There were also those who ignored it.

Indeed, it wasn’t magic, but a spirit.

When I learned the truth that would cause an uproar if announced in academia, I nodded in admiration.

“And Ash, you are also an elementalist like him.”

“…”

I couldn’t answer anything.

I never once in my life thought that I had such tremendous power, so I didn’t know how to answer.

The woman looked at me in confusion and muttered, ‘It’s only natural.’

“Are you lying?”

“It’s not unreasonable to feel that way. In order to communicate with spirits, the environment needs to be as supportive as the talent… It is impossible for you, who lived among people, to realize that talent on your own. So I hope you don’t think it’s your fault.”

“… No, it wasn’t me, it was my older sister.”

“Didn’t your sister show great talent for magic? That was her calling.”

“…”

“The right path for you was here. Ash.”

Before I knew it, the fox had gotten off her lap, came to my feet, and was rubbing her body against my calf.

I slowly bent down and lifted the fox with both hands.

The fox smiled mischievously as if he was satisfied, then curled his body and laid down on both of my palms.

“Ash, he really likes you.”

When she raised her head at the sound, the woman continued.

“If the fate of this world had gone as it should have, the child who was told this story directly by the goddess should have appeared and told you this. You were destined to realize your true power, stay by the side of the hero, and defeat the Demon King together with your sister. “If that were the case, your sister… no, most of those countless people would have survived.”

“…What?”

I could not help but believe my ears at her shocking remarks.

As if she could clearly see through my heart, the woman spoke calmly, but with a voice full of regret.

“Do not doubt. “You heard correctly.”

“…”

“I don’t know what happened because I don’t know what happened anywhere other than the forest where you and the warrior lived, but somehow fate was twisted and you lived without knowing your power, and among the warrior and his companions who arrived in this forest, “There was no child who would listen to the goddess’ will.”

I’ve definitely heard it.

The biggest difference between the warrior party recorded in history so far and the party led by Sylvia.

Among Sylvia’s colleagues, there were no saints.

The goddess Gyo of this era could not produce her saints.

I didn’t know what the cause was, but I heard from the Count that the strength of the Goddess Church had weakened a lot thanks to this.

The green woman said, her body shaking.

“Because there was no one to hear the voice of the spirit, and no child to hear the voice of the goddess, I could only watch the hero’s companions die without being able to tell anyone about this twisted fate.”

“…”

“It was a cruel, sad sight. “Everyone, including your sister, met a gruesome death, and yet the hero who achieved the feat was trapped in this forest.”

“…Ah,”

She closed her eyes for a moment and lowered her head.

It was as if the scene was still vividly replaying before her eyes.

Like she said, is it because I have the power to communicate with spirits?

I could feel the immense sadness she felt.

“Spirit… No matter how much I am the queen of spirits… If there is no one to handle that power, it cannot have any effect on reality… So I had no choice but to wait… For you to come to me. Second…”

Well, how can it not be sad?

She is the spirit queen of this forest of lying trees where Sylvia and I lived.

The devil’s castle is built at the end of this forest, the forest is polluted with demonic energy, the warriors and their companions, and at least countless people passing through this forest die.

And she must have seen everything that Sylvia and I, who were cursed by the Demon King, brutally murdered innocent people.

I had no choice but to look helplessly, shedding bloody tears.

But even as I felt her great sadness, for some reason I felt suffocated.

I shouted as if questioning the dissatisfied questions that came to my head.

“Did you say it was fate?”

“Yes.”

“You, the Queen of the Spirits… And the Goddess… Are you saying that not even those two great people could prevent fate from being twisted this much?”

“…Okay.”

“Just because the saint didn’t come out… My parents, older sister Maria, and Laila… All died. “Silvia too… just like that…”

“I’m sorry… I’m so sorry.”

“If divine beings do not take care of us, if even the great gods cannot correct humanity’s twisted fate, how can we, mere humans, overcome it!”

“…Oh, Ash. It is not so. “It’s not like that.”

I felt frustrated, as if my stomach was boiling.

Before I knew it, the fox on my palm had disappeared.

Perhaps I have returned to my magical powers.

I clenched my free hand into a fist and dropped her arm.

At the same time, a twisted voice came out from the fallen head.

“If you created destiny and had people follow it like puppets, you should have at least protected it.”

The green woman slowly got up from the chair.

Whenever her thin, twig-only feet touched the ground, her huge roots sprouted from the tips of her legs to support her.

She walked slowly, with one hand on her chest and her other hand reaching toward her shoulder.

When her hand finally reached my shoulder, she lowered her head and spoke in a somber voice.

“…Ash, it’s natural that you feel that way. I can understand your anger. “Please forgive my incompetence.”

“…”

“Still, if you give me a chance to excuse myself, I would like to say that not even I, nor even the goddess, was sure where this destiny began to fall apart. Even the god of demons was embarrassed by this ruined fate.”

“…What?”

“The Demon King who opposed the current hero was not the Demon King who was destined by fate. “I, the goddess, and even the demon god did not expect this situation.”

“…”

“I barely found out that just as humans deviated from their fate through countless corruptions and misdeeds, something similar happened to the demons… However, I want you to know that we have never abandoned or abandoned humans. .”

There was sadness in her voice.

The woman in green confessed her shocking truth in her sad voice.

“Not long ago, in order to correct this twisted fate, the Goddess broke the rule of not having contact with humans and left a warning to the Pope… And in return, she was punished by losing her divinity. Perhaps she will return later. “He might come…”

“Wait… So… Does this mean the goddess doesn’t exist now?”

“…Only the lowest level people like me are left to try to somehow resolve the situation. Of course, all I could do was wait…”

The green woman gently tapped my shoulder and slowly raised her head.

The moment my eyes met hers, I shut her mouth.

The kindness and kindness she had just moments ago had disappeared from her expression.

What filled her place instead was a face full of determination, sternness, and a fierce venom.

“And finally, the wait paid off.”

“…”

“Ash, you showed up in my forest in that rickety carriage. “Like fate.”

“Ah…”

“I’m sorry about what happened with Lila… She was such a lovely child. “She was a child destined to be loved everywhere…”

“…”

Ah, Lila.

At the moment when the threads of this fate, whose origins were unknown, became tangled, perhaps her death was predestined.

She was simply swept away and sunk by this huge wave of fate that came fiercely towards me.

Is it really as good as killing me?

She seemed to have read my thoughts and shook her head.

“But now that you are standing before me, the moment has come when the souls of so many who lost their lives in the twisted vortex of fate finally become a meaningful sacrifice.”

“What does it mean now?”

“Even though you did not realize the power sleeping within you, we met thanks to the magic energy that had been festering inside your body stimulating your talent. “Now is the time to fix everything.”

“Correctly? Fix it? What are you talking about? It’s already over. The Demon King is not dead. “My family is already dead, Sylvia has suffered for too long, and this damn story is already coming to an end.”

“No. It is not so.”

The woman in green cut me off rudely.

Then, with a firm expression, he slowly opened his lips.

The most terrible sentence in the world flowed from between her yellow lips.

“The devil is not dead. Ash. “Sylvia failed.”

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