"Really?" Lukka scratched his head, "probably because I wasn't originally from this world. ”

"This world?" the Sacred Tree clearly doesn't know anything beyond the Sea World.

"I'll explain this to you later," Lukka said, "or tell me how you got stuck here." ”

The Sacred Tree hesitated, and the blurred effect in the album turned into a dense green.

"Well, I'll start from the beginning. She said, "When you enter here, what you see outside must be a silver mist of light, right?"

Lukka nodded.

The Sacred Tree continued, "This thing, since I was a budding seed, has been buried deep in the soil of this island, and every time my roots pass through it, it is as if it were reborn. Probably, that's why I've been able to grow for so many years and still haven't grown old and withered. ”

"How old are you?" Lukka asked.

"Didn't the elves of the garrison, or my branches tell you? Even if they don't tell me, it's no secret that my age is a three-year-old kid in the Boiling Sea. The Sacred Tree asked curiously.

"I'm not a native of the boiling sea, and I came in a hurry, I forgot to ask. Luca said.

"That's right. The image of the sacred tree gradually became clear in the album, "By the year the Eternal Flame was stolen, I had grown for at least two thousand three hundred years. ”

"At least, don't you remember your age?" Lukka asked, frowning.

"Not really, it's just that in the first few decades, my mind was so simple that I didn't understand the meaning of numbers. The Sacred Tree said.

"That's right. Lukka nodded, yes, even if he is a human child, he is not born to count, and if no one else helps him calculate his age, I am afraid he can only roughly estimate.

"And this mass has been around longer than you?" Lukka continued.

"You can't say that. The image of the sacred tree shook again, "Its existence cannot be described by the length of time, because it is time." ”

"Here, the cross-sections of all time overlap, here is both the past and the future. She turned, "You see, I'm in the middle of several pictures at the same time, that is, at the same time in the point in time that these sections represent. ”

Lukka looked at the sections closely, shook his head, and said, "If I'm not mistaken, you're still stuck in the time gap between when you sprout and when you're trapped here." ”

The image of the sacred tree says, "Yes, but I am lucky. ”

There was some sadness in her voice: "I've seen a lot of things that have accidentally fallen here, some rocks, some roots that I have withered and fallen off, and even a marmot that strayed into here.

"These things are different from me, they can't quickly find the time section they are in, they can't touch any time that once existed, they can only fade away here, erased in time. There will be no trace of their existence, either in the past or in the future.

"Just like you do now. ”

Lukka waved his hand: "I'll talk about it later." You haven't told me how you got here, but Dolan has been calling you for a long time. ”

"Why aren't you worried?" said the Sacred Tree suspiciously, "but it doesn't hurt for me to tell you what you want to know. ”

Her voice became softer: "Although my growth is no longer limited by age, and I will not wither and die due to aging, it does not provide the nutrients I need to grow. After the loss of those two treasures, my condition got worse and worse. ”

"Because the garrison doesn't have the money to buy you fertilizer?" Lukka asked.

"No, that's not what I need. The sacred tree shook its crown, "Did you make any difference in the sea you sailed on when you came to this island?"

"Of course, I'm not blind. Luca said, "The slimey sea water is a bit of a struggle for me. ”

"These 'seawaters' are actually my juices. The Sacred Tree smiled bitterly, "When a ship sails on it, it takes more effort than usual. Sometimes the wind is not strong enough, they can only paddle with oars, and every fluctuation caused by the boat or oars on this 'sea water' will be completely absorbed, and this is where my life energy comes from. ”

"It turned out to be kinetic energy, but I thought it was chemical energy. Luca said.

The Sacred Tree continued: "Later, fewer and fewer ships came here, and I soon could not support such a large canopy, and many branches began to wither, and moths followed. ”

"Well, Garantel seems to be having a headache with these things. Lukka nodded.

"Garrenthal, is he still here, not leaving?" the Sacred Tree remembered the Captain.

"yes, where else can he go? You're stuck here, he's stuck on that island, and it feels pretty much the same. Lukka said, "And then?"

"Later, I supported it for more than twenty years and came up with a solution. I cut off my healthiest branches from my body, and then I give them the ability to think, and let them go outside and find solutions to their problems. The Sacred Tree said.

"Just bring back the two treasures, right?" Lukka asked.

"Yes, it's the most straightforward way. "But I'm still too anxious, I should wait a few more years until they are a little more mature, and then give them the ability to move freely." In this way, they will not ignore their physiology and force themselves across the sea, and in the end only one will survive. ”

She hung her canopy low and was silent.

Lukka didn't bother the mourning of the sacred tree, and sat on the ground with his legs bent, waiting quietly.

After a while, the sacred tree sighed, "Let's continue talking about me." After they left, I decided to think about it myself. At that time, I thought that since this mist of light condensed all the time sections from the beginning to the end, I could find the time sections where the two secret treasures disappeared and glance at them. ”

"If only it was for a look," Lukka looked up at her, "you wouldn't be trapped here." ”

"Yes," the sacred tree said with a wry smile, "I saw it at the time, the Eternal Flame has generated its own consciousness, and I can see the reason for that very clearly. But these images weren't enough for me to get them back, you know, I'm rooted on this island, and I can't leave a single step. And since Master Kayala is gone, no flesh creature has been able to understand my words. ”

"So, you want to change what has happened," Luca said, "and that's why you're stuck here." ”