The Mad Dog of the Dukes House - Chapter 202



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Episode 202 64. Return (2)

3.

The next morning.

After finishing the breakfast prepared by Kerua, Caron headed straight to the Great Temple of the World Tree.

Because the regent called early in the morning.

“Caron Reston has arrived.”

Charon entered the temple of the World Tree as an elf in white robes spoke in a soft voice.

The interior of the temple is no different from last time.

Through the window at the back, the body of the giant World Tree was visible.

“Welcome, Charon. I’ve been waiting for you.”

“You are still beautiful.”

“I guess you felt a little empty talk.”

“Yes, it’s just empty words.”

Charon looked at the green-robed regent and smiled.

A familiar elf stood next to her.

He was the great elder of the eastern forest.

“How is it, have things been resolved between you and your fellow clans?”

In response to Charon’s question, the regent smiled gently and nodded.

“Brothers and sisters who had been away a long time just came back home. There’s no way something like that could happen.”

“My family was so anxious because the uncles couldn’t eat each other.”

“… … Ahem.”

The regent could not bear to agree with Caron’s words. The moment he nodded to those words, wouldn’t it be no different from saying that the Duke of Reston was a house of bean flour?

She cleared her throat a few times and then spoke in a soft voice.

“As-nim is with his mother now.”

“You’re saying it wasn’t absorbed?”

“How could that be? You are with your mother. I was planning to go see your mother with Karon anyway. By any chance, the water source of the oasis is… .”

Charon took a small glass vial out of his subspace pocket.

The water of the oasis was shining rainbow-colored inside the bottle.

“Of course I brought it.”

“Let’s go. Your mother is waiting. Would you like to go with me, Elder?”

To the regent’s words, Balto, the elder of the Eastern Great Forest, answered in a voice full of moisture.

“Can this sinner do that?”

“A sinner? Mother doesn’t think so.”

It seems that I have never encountered the World Tree before.

It was only natural that they had been discussing the refugees in the eastern forest all night.

So the three of them slowly headed towards the garden in front of the temple.

The path from the temple to the World Tree.

On the road still full of green life, the regent asked Charon in a subtle way.

“I heard that a lot of things happened in the Eastern Great Forest.”

“I did use some force. Oh, right. Your Majesty. I have a serious question to ask you.”

“Please speak.”

Charon glanced at the regent.

“How much did you tell your grandfather?”

Although he couldn’t ask directly because Balto was right next to him, the regent would have understood this well enough.

The regent nodded with an incomprehensible smile.

“There was nothing to worry about, Caron.”

“I have to be careful. I think Grandpa is starting to get suspicious.”

Charon thought back to what Halo had said on Erekis’s back.

Are you going to wait until I tell you my secret?

Clearly, Halo must have begun to doubt Charon’s identity.

Of course, it was a situation where I couldn’t help but be suspicious.

‘Because I noticed that the ritual of loyalty that only the Imperial Guards are familiar with was mixed into the ritual.’

He probably wouldn’t have realized that his grandson was reincarnated. Unless someone told Halo the secret, he would have only realized that his grandson had some kind of connection to the Imperial Guard.

‘You can just grab it right now.’

Telling Halo the truth comes much later.

The look on his face when he realized that his grandson was the reincarnation of his friend was worth watching even after revenge.

“Anyway, thank you.”

“It’s just you and Grand Duke Halo’s story. It would be difficult for me to interfere. Lord Kerua probably wouldn’t have said anything either.”

“I asked you that yesterday while we were drinking. It was like it was good to tease your grandfather or something.”

“Kerua is also a very interesting person. Recently, he has been teaching swordsmanship to Galad’s people.”

“Even Kerua has to pay for the food.”

While the regent and Caron were chatting about this and that, Balto was looking around the garden with an expression of emotion.

How much time has passed like that?

“iced coffee.”

Balto, who had been walking beside him, knelt on the floor with a voice full of emotion.

“……mother.”

The sacred tree of the elves.

A transcendent being who is the source of the forest.

They arrived in front of the World Tree.

-It definitely looks worse than last time.

‘I know.’

As Guillotine said, the condition of the World Tree had deteriorated even further.

The bark was cracked in several places, and the color of the leaves was much duller than last time.

“Brother! Are you here?”

As was sitting on the roots of the World Tree that were sticking out. As waved happily at Charon.

“Have you been here the whole time?”

“Yeah. I had a lot to talk about with my mom.”

It is said that when Asgard left the Southern Great Forest, it was a seed that had not yet sprouted.

For Asaro, it would have been the first time he had met his mother since he was born.

“I’ve been continuously pumping energy into you since yesterday, so now take out the water source of the oasis.”

Charon obediently followed As’s words.

He took out a fist-sized water bottle he had been keeping and carefully handed it to As.

Asa held the water that Charon had handed to him with both hands.

Woohoo.

A green light emanated from Asa’s hand,

Gulp.

The water turned into liquid and seeped into the roots of the World Tree.

Charon took a step back and watched the scene quietly. The green light that began to spread from the roots quickly covered the world tree’s massive body.

A dazzling light burst out, but it wasn’t uncomfortable.

It was so comfortable and warm that I actually wanted to take a nap.

“Oh, mother.”

“mother…….”

The regent and the elder next to Charon respectfully folded their hands and prayed.

After a while.

Paaaaat-!

The warm light settled before Charon’s eyes, and within that light a soft voice resonated.

-Child of the Sea. First, I would like to thank you. Thank you so much for taking care of my children.

The dying World Tree spoke to Charon.

4.

A green light enveloped the surroundings.

The regent and the elders had disappeared, and only a woman was standing before my eyes.

A being whose face is covered with brilliant light.

Charon realized that this space was created by the World Tree.

“You’re not embarrassed.”

In that light, the voice of the World Tree was heard.

A voice that soothes the mind and body just by listening to it. The pure magic flowing from her body took hold in Charon’s body.

“Can I call you World Tree?”

“Call me whatever you want. You are my benefactor.”

“Can I call you whatever I want?”

“… … I wish you would call me World Tree.”

“what a waste.”

The opportunity to call the World Tree ‘Auntie’ disappeared like this.

Caron smacked his lips as if he was disappointed.

“Thank you for bringing my children back safely. If it weren’t for you, countless children would have become the Demon King’s playthings.”

“I had a rough idea.”

Although Asuna said she could not see the future, the World Tree must have seen a future where the Eastern Great Forest was invaded by the Demon King.

Maybe even Halo will come as reinforcements.

Although there were a mountain of things he wanted to ask, Charon chose his questions carefully. Then he looked at the shape of the World Tree and spoke.

“Did the World Tree intervene in my reincarnation?”

The question I most wanted to ask the World Tree.

The meaning of this life.

I was very curious as to what led the knight of the evil emperor to reincarnate.

The World Tree answered Charon’s question in a quiet voice.

“If I were to tell you too much, your fate would be twisted from that moment on. That is a future I do not wish for.”

“You can’t answer? That’s disappointing.”

“All I can tell you now is that… … it is true that I was involved in your reincarnation. You will eventually reach the truth, so there is no need to be so impatient.”

“Well, I wasn’t particularly impatient. I was just curious.”

The world tree let out a small sigh.

“All I can tell you is that… your reincarnation was originally planned. I simply allowed the soul to find its place.”

“Could you explain it in more detail? It’s hard to understand if you explain it so vaguely.”

“You will find out naturally.”

What does it mean to say that the soul has found its place?

Charon thought about it carefully, but nothing came to mind. It seemed like something he would gradually learn about in the future, just like the World Tree had said.

“I hope you take your time, for you will meet your fate in the North Sea.”

“Was it the future that the World Tree Lord hoped for, to just stand by and watch the Demon Lords move?”

It was a sharp question. The World Tree might have thought it was presumptuous.

But the World Tree simply answered with a bitter voice.

“Just as the moon wanes and rises again, it is natural for the demon lords to rise again. It is a history that has been repeated endlessly since the existence of the demon realm in this world.”

At those words, Caron let out a small sigh.

In the end, there was only one way to solve all this.

“We just need to destroy the Demon Realm.”

“It will be a difficult road. Even if we defeat the Demon King of Depravity, Laziness, and Massacre, in the end, the Void remains.”

No one on the continent knows much about the Demon King of Void.

I just know that he exists in this world.

The same was true for Caron.

“The creator of the Demon Realm, the being that stands at the beginning and end of the Demon Realm. If the Demon King of the Void cannot be destroyed, history will repeat itself.”

What Charon wants is to exterminate all the demon kings, demon tribes, and demon beasts that exist in this world.

In order to achieve that goal, you will eventually have to reach the Demon King of Void.

Caron nodded slowly.

“Will you help me?”

“There is no reason not to help.”

“I heard that the World Tree is the guardian of balance.”

“The demons of the Demon Realm are beings that exist outside of the balance. They have been trying to destroy the balance for a very long time. They are the enemies of the balance.”

“It’s cool.”

If we could just get support from the World Tree, our chances of winning might increase a little.

The devil.

Because it was a situation where even just one person’s help was desperately needed to reach a place where even Charon had never set foot before.

“Caron Reston. You have a lot on your shoulders. It’s heavy, but I hope you can bear it… .”

“So, World Tree, is there anything you don’t have?”

“hmm?”

“I’m struggling like a dog, so you need to pack something for me. I’m going to the North Sea soon… … My grandfather said that the North Sea is a very cold and barren land. If I go there with my bare hands, won’t I freeze to death?”

Charon smiled brightly and opened his palm to the World Tree.

“Please give me something.”

It was a picture just like a back alley thug extorting money.

The World Tree was momentarily taken aback by the sudden demand for a bribe. Then he spoke in a noticeably smaller voice.

“Because I haven’t fully recovered yet… … .”

“I saw you a little while ago and you seemed to have regained some energy.”

“… … If you bring me ice from the North Sea, I will personally give you my blessing. If you receive my blessing, you will have immense magical power… … .”

“That’s a completion reward now. Why would someone who knows this do that? I helped my children too.”

“Isn’t that what Grand Duke Halo did?”

“Oh, my. If it weren’t for my efforts, I wouldn’t have been able to make it until Grandpa came.”

Caron smiled faintly, his hands on his waist.

“Okay, now let’s have a serious talk.”

The best reward you can get from the World Tree.

It was already decided.

“I’ll take some dew with me. I just got the Dragon Bone. I’ve heard that if you use the World Tree’s dew when making equipment, you can expect great results. While you’re up, could you please make me a few drops of dew?”

“That dew, as I please… … .”

“Oh! And I’ll break off a few branches and take them with me. That’s okay, right?”

“No, that’s… … .”

“Hey!”

A man who can confidently demand compensation even from the World Tree.

That was Caron Reston.

There’s a mad dog living in the duke’s house