Chapter 4: Prelude to Metamorphosis

"I~I'm working on it~"

The tree twisted its fingers aggrievedly.

"As I said, legendary weapons are items that respond to the inner thoughts of their wielders."

I glanced at the tree.

"Now that you can't strengthen your weapons, it means that you still have hesitation in your heart, or what kind of knot you have in your heart."

"I ......"

The tree looked up at me timidly, met my eyes, and then looked away again.

"Hey, Tree"

"Huh?"

"What about you? Tell me what the hell is going on. ”

I grabbed the tree's hair and swayed it from side to side.

"Ah, it hurts, ghost, don't catch it."

"It's noisy, hurry up and make it clear to Lao Tzu"

I looked at the tree coldly.

"That ghost genius, this statement is too much, Lord Shu, they are all working hard~"

Celia panicked and tried to stop me.

"Shut up, Celia."

I grabbed the tree by the hair and tilted my head to look at the tree.

"Tree, I don't want to bring a burden to the battlefield in the future"

Well!

The tree was stunned for a moment, showing a disappointed expression.

"Sure enough, I still can't?"

"I knew that I couldn't do anything~"

As he spoke, the tree's eyes began to moisten a little.

"No, Lord Shu, there is also hard work, as long as you keep working hard, you will definitely succeed"

"Thank you, Celia. So comforting to me, but, sure enough, I'm still a good-for-nothing person"

"Tree~"

"When I used to study, I was still a bad student~"

The tree smiled wryly.

"Another complaining idiot."

"Huh? Wizard? Where are you going to take me? ”

Ignoring the tree's resistance, I grabbed the tree and jumped off the castle.

"Hey!! Tree-sama! ”

"Father-in-law, please wait for my son-in-law."

Celia and Motoyasu followed in a panic.

"Looks interesting, Merti, you should go and check it out."

"Huh? Why, Queen Mother? ”

The queen stroked Melti's head.

"There are many advantages in the ghost talent that can be studied by Merti."

"Queen Mother, that guy has a bad taste in him, so there's no place to learn."

Melti pouted angrily.

"Haha, yes."

Now only the queen and merty are left in the huge conference hall, and the queen doesn't care about the image anymore, and laughs heartily.

"Why does the queen mother value that guy so much, it's obviously just a collection of bad tastes"

Melti couldn't help but complain.

"Sima Ghost Cai, he has the same wisdom and arrogant self-confidence as your father."

The Queen's eyes were hazy, as if she was caught in a fond memory.

"Well, Melti, do you want to consider making the ghost a lifelong companion?"

The queen leaned on her left hand, holding a fan against Melti's chin in her right hand, and said with a girlish naughty expression.

"Mother! Mother! Queen Mother, please don't make fun of your sons. ”

Melti blushed and turned around.

"Queen Mother, I'm leaving."

"Hmm~, come on. I'm looking forward to Ghost Genius being my son-in-law~"

"Huh~, Queen Mother~, it's really~"

Merti didn't refute and walked out the door blushing.

Then the Queen sighed out the window.

"Otocre, my virtuous king~, when will you come back~"

………………

The Aster Mountains, a gathering place for magical beasts.

In a valley in the Aster Mountains, I used my taunt skill to attract a few wolf-like demonic beasts in their thirties, and then threw a tree into the demonic beasts to make him fight.

At first, the tree timidly stepped forward to fight, but later found that his attack was not working, and began to run in fear.

"Wow~! Hells can help! I'm going to die!! ”

"Celia, help."

"Yuanyasu, help me."

The trees that keep running around are constantly asking for help from us at the heights.

"Tree-sama, I'll save you right away!"

"Stop!"

Celia hurriedly tried to run down to help the tree, but I grabbed her by the hem of her clothes.

"Celia, this is a battle of trees, you are not allowed to go."

"Mr. Ghost, but Lord Tree will ask for help again."

"It's noisy, I can't say it's allowed. Motoyasu showed me Celia. ”

"Okay, father-in-law. Miss Celia, please wait by the side. My father-in-law must have had his own plans. ”

Motoyasu politely asked Celia to wait beside him. (By the way, the reason why Yuan Yasu didn't see Celia as a sow was because Celia was a seven-star brave man.) )

"But ......"

"It's noisy, give me nonsense again, believe it or not, I'll find someone to take turns with you"

"Hey, Mr. Ghost Talent~, please don't say that kind of obscene thing anymore"

I looked at Celia with a demonic expression.

Celia whispered a retort with her eyes closed, and then looked down the valley.

"Lord Tree~, please come on."

Seeing such a Celia, I can only say, nymphomaniac.

The tree now looked embarrassed, with a frightened expression on its face.

"Ghost ......, ghost talent, they are higher level than me, I can't beat them."

The tree, which was cornered, threw a pleading expression at me.

"Don't be coquettish, tree. It's your fight, no one will take yours. ”

"But~."

…………

The tree looked at me with a scared look.

"Tree, Celia and I have both been to your inner world."

"Huh?"

"Countdown grades, being bullied by classmates, being beaten as a hero, really a useless guy, there is nothing to praise"

“……”

The tree fell silent.

The wolves took advantage of the tree's stunned moment to bite the tree's legs, shoulders, and neck.

"Ahh

The tree couldn't help but shout, and then shot an aura arrow into the sky above him, intending to repel the wolves that were biting him.

The wolf pack monster was attacked by the aura arrow, retreated from the tree, and kept swimming in front of the tree, intending to slowly consume the tree's physical strength.

"Abominable"

The tree was now scarred, and blood was pouring from the wounds.

"Tree-sama~, Mr. Motoyasu! Please let me pass! ”

Celia's heart aches when she sees the badly injured tree, and she plans to force her way through Motoyasu's defenses.

"I'm sorry, Miss Celia, I can't let you pass."

Motoyasu held a gun in front of Celia.

"Tree! Can you still hear me? ”

"Ghosts? Wizard? ”

It may have been that he had lost too much blood, and the tree's answer was a little weak.

"Willingly? Tree"

"I ......"

Still can't make up your mind?

"I don't want to tell you anything, I just want to ask you, have you really tried?"

"If so, please prove it to me."

I jumped down the valley.

Shield transformation, conditioning shield.

Skill on, forced taunt.

Ah~, it turns out that being bitten really hurts.

"Hell!!"