Chapter 18: The Mouth Shield
"Tree, it's fun to see your dreams shattered."
"Genius !!"
The tree was completely enraged by my provocation, and in his left hand conjured up a handsome bow and arrow with the texture of platinum, and shot at me incessantly.
"Get out! Get out of my world, you're not welcome here! β
"Huh"
I waved the arrows in my hand and said coldly.
"Haven't you had enough of lewdness?"
"It's cool to indulge in an unreal world, isn't it?"
I kept walking into the tree and looked at it with a demonic sarcasm.
"It's noisy, ghost, you don't understand anything."
After a moment of venting, the tree's expression was a mixture of melancholy and anger.
"Idiot? Why should I understand? β
"You~You guy~"
"Why do you want me to sympathize with you and recognize that what you are doing now is right?"
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The tree that regained its sanity did not contradict me anything.
"It's cool to be obscene, isn't it very comfortable to fantasize about saving the world and becoming a savior, and becoming a high-profile existence?"
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"No one laughs at your dreams, everyone supports you, and the enemies are like idiots, one by one they are defeated according to your ideas, it's really comfortable."
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"What a naΓ―ve idea"
"......, ghost"
"Huh?"
The tree clenched his fists and questioned me.
"Haven't you fantasized? Haven't you ever imagined that you will be the protagonist of a novel or comic, and that you fantasize about becoming the one you think you are? β
"......, yes. I've thought about it too."
I hesitated, looking up and thinking back to who I was.
"In my world, there is a kind of tokusatsu drama called Ultraman and Kamen Rider, and when I was a child, I always fantasized that I had a god light stick. Or take out the Dragoon card box and transform into a mirror"
"After I go to high school, I will fantasize that I am the protagonist of the royal road in the novel, with three thousand beauties in the harem, changing my life against the sky, and fighting the heroes of the world"
The tree listened to me quietly, and his expression became more stable.
Hey~, that's enough, why do I always have to do this thankless job.
"After I went to university, I wanted to start a successful business and satisfy my sense of accomplishment."
"But unfortunately, as people grow up, they find that many things are fake, there is no magic rod that can be transformed, there is no royal life, and entrepreneurship is not something that can be successful casually."
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"The reality is so cruel, it's so depressing to live, it seems to be out of my current life, that's what I thought at that time."
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"I do nothing every day, and I hold the computer and play games to escape reality."
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"But is this the life I want?"
I looked at the tree that listened attentively.
"I'm doing nothing, wasting my time, escaping the cruelty of reality, hiding in a virtual world called a game, I'm really a waste."
"Ghost Talent~"
The tree was looking at me with a sympathetic expression.
"Idiot? Do you deserve to have compassion on me? β
I flicked the tree's brain.
"This is my life, I don't need to be sympathetic or understood, I just do what I do."
"With this in mind, I smashed my more than 30,000 yuan computer, forcing myself to accept the cruel reality and accept the ridicule and abuse."
"Seriously, it's not easy to realize what you want."
"At first, it was really uncomfortable, all kinds of ridicule and abuse, and I wanted to die at that time, but later, I began to get used to this kind of ridicule and abuse, and I didn't even care about it."
The tree looked at me with an admiring look at me at the moment.
"Hell, what if you fail?"
"I don't know."
"Huh?"
"I don't know what to count as a failure, opening a store and going out of business, shattering dreams, if these are failures, then I am a complete failure."
"But~"
"Maybe there were a lot of ups and downs during the period, and there were even thoughts of wanting to give up. But ah tree, meet this time~"
I said, pointing to the tree's chest.
"Give up, willingly?"
"I~~"
"I don't consider myself a failure, so I haven't failed, I just haven't succeeded."
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"Scum tree, listen up. If you want to be a hero, you must first show the courage to face reality. β
"I~, I~"
The tree lowered its head and began to hesitate.
"Tree~"
Celia walked over, took the tree's hand, and said in a feminine voice.
"Lord Tree~, please recall your original belief, don't give up the pursuit of justice, no matter how bumpy the road ahead is, I will accompany you to go on."
"Celia~"
The tree's originally gloomy eyes lit up slightly, and then the tree hesitated and shook off Celia's hand.
"Don't lie to me anymore, you're here to see my jokes."
"Indeed, the appearance of Lord Tree now is really funny, and it doesn't have the heroic expression that I had when I rescued me at that time."
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"But, Tree-sama. I Dresden. Celia once swore that she would follow the brave man of the bow for the rest of her life, Lord Kawasumi."
As she spoke, Celia knelt down on one knee in front of the tree.
"Celia~, I, I, I know"
The tree crouched down, ready to pick up Celia.
"Tree-sama, before I do that, I want Tree-sama to do one thing."
"What's the matter?"
"Is it okay to ask Tree-sama to admit your mistakes?"
Celia regained her timidity and looked at the tree pitifully.
"Ah~, I see."
"Ghost, although I don't want to apologize to you."
"But, I'm sorry. This time, I'm causing trouble for everyone. β
As the tree apologized, the space around it stopped crumbling, and the gray world was replaced by white points of light.
This is the first time for the first time.
There was no smirk on his face, nor was it a high-minded expression.
Tree, now with a sincere and apologetic expression.
"Tree~, Tree-sama, welcome back~, woo wow T_T"
Looking at Celia who was crying while hugging the tree.
I can't help but feel that people, always such emotional animals, no matter how strong they are, always look delicate in front of the people they like.
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A skill unlock mark suddenly appeared on my sight interface.,Open it and take a look.,This~ It's really an official complaint.
Brave Skill Unlock: Mouth Shield (also known as Mouth Cannon)
A white light enveloped us, and our bodies took off for a moment.