The towering stone pagoda in the center of the country seems to be the only one that exists from the place where it was built, and it looks extremely magnificent from the outside, but there is not much decoration in it, and it looks rather cold.

The overall tower is in the shape of a four-story hollow, but in the middle there is a stone pillar that leads straight to the top floor, Fisher doesn't know what it is for, he just feels that the moment he enters, the body temperature of the whole person has decreased a little, as if some beings around him have become more active.

Margaret smiled and walked ahead, and she and Tsubaki walked up the spiral staircase around the tower, and said in passing,

"Actually, I noticed you when you first entered the Tree Continent and met Tsubaki, but I didn't expose it rashly, because it could bring disaster to Tsubaki. If it weren't for Momo's decision to lay a butcher's knife on you, I wouldn't have been forced to delay her time with the truth obstructed by the loom. ”

Fisher looked at her back and asked,

"In other words, you are the one who hides fate."

"Well, although the Tao Gong who existed in the past was powerful, he had a fatal flaw, because the past that was blessed was both a blessing and a bondage, which made the Tao Gong blinded by a leaf, and it was easy to get lost. As long as she doesn't know how I stole the loom of fate, she must not know how much control I have over it, so she doesn't dare to act rashly. ”

Margaret and the others soon reached the top of the tower, which was hollowed out on all sides, so that it was airy on all sides, and it was a clear view of the ideal country below and the rolling hills outside.

It was here that the stone pillar in the center of the tower, which led straight to the top, came to an end, and it turned out to be an extremely deep pool, to which Fisher's eyes were cast, but all he saw was pitch black, as if the pool had no bottom and was like an abyss.

The furnishings next to the pool were also very rudimentary, with a large bed, a large table, and several chairs made of Tsubaki wood, the number of chairs corresponding to the current number of people, and it seems that Margaret already knew the number of visitors.

There were stacks of extremely delicate desserts and some otherworldly tea made from some unknown leaf on the table, and she smiled at Fisher and introduced,

"These are my hometown desserts macarons and chestnut cakes that I have adapted to local conditions, please use them, and we will talk while eating."

Fisher and the others sat down one after another, and Asuka Karasawa originally wanted to sit in the nearest position next to Fisher, but Helaire had already taken that position with a smile, and there was no place on the other side of Fisher, and there was a vacant position next to Margaret on the other side of the table.

She stood in place and glanced at the position on the other side, but before she could move her steps, Margaret on the other side had already smiled and beckoned to her, saying,

"Asuka, if you don't mind, just sit next to me, right?"

"Huh?"

Tang Ze Asuka was slightly stunned, and Margaret also looked at her, thinking that her name was wrong,

"Huh? I've heard that Japanese people have a surname in the front and a first name in the back, so isn't that what I call it? ”

"Ah, no, no, no..."

Asuka Karasawa smiled and waved her hand, then glanced at Fisher, and then carefully sat down next to Margaret, so that everyone sat around the table in a circle.

Margaret smiled and watched as Asuka Tang Ze next to her pulled out a stool and sat down, her eyes stayed on her until Asuka Tang Ze had already sat down with her legs together, and she still glanced at each other up and down.

"Lady Margaret, is there something wrong with me?"

"No, how could it be..."Margaret was slightly stunned when she heard this, then smiled and picked up the teacup and took a sip of tea, "I just think that you are very young and no longer young, it is the best time." I used to have a daughter, and if she was still here, she would be the same age as you, and I don't know if she was as tall as you..."

"This thing... I've heard you say it in the peach master's enchantment..."

"Haha, because I was me half a year ago, I was thinking about my children all the time, and this moment is no exception."

Margaret's eyes were empty for a moment, quietly staring at the rippleless pool in the distance, and Asuka Karasawa also looked at her side face, until a second or two later, she withdrew her gaze, and then spoke,

"Okay, let's get down to business, I probably already know what your purpose was when you went to the Tree Continent before and came to the Ideal Country at this moment, it's the teardrop of the World Tree, right?"

Fisher nodded and said to Margaret,

"That's right, if I'm not mistaken, the World Tree's teardrops are just a bonus to the Loom of Destiny, so that's why we took the liberty of coming. We have prepared a reward for it, and if you need anything you can also bring it up, we just need the teardrop of the World Tree. ”

The negotiation process entered quickly, and every time at this time, Asuka Karasawa would be cautiously silenced and listen carefully from the side, after all, she had rarely experienced such a thing before, and she had only started contact since she came to another world.

Well, the only negotiation she's been in contact with is with her classmates in exchange for the ownership of the last chow noodle loaf in the store at noon.

Margaret just wanted to answer, but she caught a glimpse of Asuka Karasawa looking nervous and sitting in a precarious position, she smiled slightly, put the dessert that no one else had touched in front of Asuka Karasawa and whispered to her,

"Don't be nervous, we're not enemies... Eat a little sweet tooth and you'll feel better, and it won't let my preparation fail. ”

"Well, thank you, Lady Margaret."

Tang Ze Asuka hurriedly stretched out his hand to take the macaron she handed over, and then held the macaron and slowly stuffed it into her mouth, and in an instant, a sweet berry smell exploded from her mouth, making her can't help but squint her eyes.

Book いしい! (Delicious)

Margaret smiled at Asuka Karasawa with bulging cheeks, then reached out and tapped her lips, indicating that there were still food scraps on her lips.

And Tang Ze Asuka, who was reminded, also hurriedly blushed, instantly reached out to cover his mouth, and then blinked again, and quietly swallowed the food on his lips with his small tongue under the cover of his hands.

"Teardrops about the World Tree..."

Margaret turned her head and just wanted to continue the negotiation, but saw that next to the handsome gentleman who seemed to be the leader, the "man" with curly blond hair poked the gentleman's shoulder like a daughter, and whispered to him,

"I'm going to eat that too..."

Margaret raised her eyebrows, as if she didn't expect such a stubble, and couldn't help but tremble even the words that were about to be spoken.

Fisher, who was urged by Heriel, glanced at her speechlessly, and then helplessly reached out and took a macaron back and stuffed it into her mouth, and Heraire shook his body with satisfaction, making Margaret's brow jump again, as if even if she was as romantic as a Frenchman, the version in front of her was still too far ahead of her time.

Mikhail and Hookkiss next to him were all smiling, as if they had thought of something happy; And Nekolia was looking out the window, still in a daze.

"Ahem, Lady Margaret, what did you just say?"

"Ah, it's about the World Tree teardrops..."

Margaret came back to her senses and clapped her hands gently, patting off the residue of the macarons that had just been fed to Asaka Karasawa, and then she looked in the direction of the pool behind Fisher,

"You should have been informed of our current situation when you were in the Sanctuary, and I was forced to use the loom of fate to find the location of [Death], as you can see, the sleeping place of the goddess of death, the crow, is deep in the earth connected by the pool behind you."

Fisher turned his head to look at the pool in the middle of the tower, and beneath the dark, seemingly leading to the center of the earth, there was a faint golden glow.

"The loom has an extremely sensitive property that seems to have the same origin as the power of fate possessed by the elves. The World Tree disobeyed the command of the true God and gave it a stalk to escape death, and it sensed the breath of death and showed me the source of that power. I followed its guidance and trekked to this place, using its power to carve a path to death...

"But the threat only works for the elves, it doesn't pose any threat to their Mother World Tree. And the reason why she didn't make a move in the past six months was because of the Elf King, whose power temporarily replaced the loom to keep him alive like a candle in the wind. But since you killed the Elven King, her only concern has been removed. Half a month later, the Elven King will begin a four-year process of reincarnation with the help of the World Tree, after which I will have to face the furious World Tree and her children. ”

Margaret took a sip of her tea and added more details about the matter.

Fisher probably understood why Margaret was able to stay outside for half a year with her human body and the World Tree had not yet liquidated her, to be reasonable, with the power of the World Tree's twentieth rank, it was unlikely that she would be restrained by such means. And the real reason that restricts her is simpler than Fisher imagined, and that is the elven kingship.

Fisher just didn't understand, since the elves could be reincarnated and never had a real death, then why did the World Tree do everything to prevent his death? Obviously, Tao Gong has already died and been reincarnated once, and he has not seen such an action of the World Tree before.

Just because of preference?

For some reason, Fisher suddenly thought of the Elven King's words before he died.

He wasn't afraid that Momoko would seize power, nor was he worried that the rites he had constructed would fall into a state of collapse, but what he was really worried about was an impending chaos that seemed to have something to do with their youngest, long-lost sister, Tsuki.

So the question is back to the beginning, what kind of purpose does Tsubaki have, and what role does it play in this matter?

"That's pretty much it, but I'm sure you prepared to exchange the World Tree Teardrops before you came, can I hear what you offer?"

Margaret's words stopped abruptly, and then she changed her tone to something else.

Fisher just wanted to speak, but Asuka Karasawa spoke first with some excitement, and she said to Margaret,

"Lady Margaret, it's the way to get home. The Angel of Pandora in the Sanctuary can take us back to our original world, and she only wants the teardrops of the World Tree. ”

Hearing this, Tsubaki, who had been listening quietly next to her, suddenly looked at her, and then the pressure of the mythical rank spread little by little, making Tang Ze Asuka shiver all of a sudden, and couldn't help but glance at the other party.

Of course, everyone around him knows why, but Asuka Karasawa is too young and has a relatively monotonous way of thinking, so it is easy to make mistakes.

The problem is that Margaret can accept the payment to pat her ass and leave this world, but what about Tsubaki?

He was originally from this world, and he helped Margaret or other reasons steal the loom of fate, in case Margaret was gone, the pressure of the elves and the World Tree would all fall on him, and from his expression, it seemed that he could not manipulate the loom like Margaret.

"Ah, thank you for your kindness, Asuka. But I don't want to leave here at the moment, I don't have any worries about my hometown, and there are people here who need me. If I leave, Tsubaki and the people he brought with him, as well as the other creatures from the Dragon Continent who have come to join the Ideal Kingdom, will all suffer a catastrophe, and I can't do that. ”

Asuka Karasawa immediately seemed to realize something, she turned her head to look at Fisher, thinking that she was probably in trouble again, but Fisher didn't blame her speechlessly, because he was about to say what Asuka Karasawa said just now.

It's not that he can't read the atmosphere, but since he came to the ideal country, he probably has a little hunch.

Since Margaret was able to accurately predict their arrival, it was likely that she would know about the reward offered to them, and since this was the case, she still let Tsubaki sit by to listen, which means that she was not ready to accept their payment at all.

On the other hand, in this case, she was still willing to see them, not to mention that she had confided in her current situation just now, which also showed that Margaret wanted other rewards, and they could provide them, so it was not a big deal to bring it up first.

Therefore, although Asuka Tang Ze is still in the first layer, it is actually the same as the practice of the fifth layer, and it is crooked.

"So, Lady Margaret, what more do you want than this reward, we will try to satisfy it, and we will only exchange it for teardrops of the World Tree."

Margaret first glanced at Asuka who was cowering next to her, and said to her as if comforting,

"Don't be nervous, in fact, as you said before, the teardrops of the World Tree are just a gift to me, even if they are given to you. But because I haven't fully mastered the loom, it's now so entangled in my interference with the rules of death that I can't move a single bit, and certainly can't take out the World Tree teardrops that are linked to it...

"Actually, not everyone can use the items of the true gods, and even Tsubaki, the heir of the World Tree, can't control it. And the reason why I was able to use it was because I was a transferee with a strong aura of chaos, so I was imprisoned by the handle to collect blood. But I can't control it all by myself, so what I really want is Asuka..."

Hearing her name, Asuka Karasawa raised her head suddenly, met Margaret's gentle gaze, and then pointed at herself in disbelief and asked,

"Hey, me?"

"That's right, but don't be so nervous, just wanted to ask you to take control of the loom with me during this time. With your help, I am sure that I will fully gain control of the Loom of Destiny in half a month, so that even if the World Tree and the elves want to liquidate me, I will be able to rely on Death and the Loom without resistance. At the same time, when it is finished, you will take the World Tree teardrops and leave here, and our future direction will have nothing to do with you, what do you think? ”

Everyone around looked at her, and Fisher was silent, handing over the power of decision to her, but this made her feel particularly uncomfortable.

She swallowed her saliva and waited a long time before whispering,

"When... Of course, if I can help you, but I don't know how to do it at all. ”

"It's okay, Asuka, I'll teach you."

Margaret handed her another macaron, and said so mildly to her.

And Asuka Karasawa pursed her lips, looked at Margaret beside her, and then nodded vigorously, reaching out to take the macaron she handed out.

She didn't eat the macaron, she just held it all the time, but even so, the sweet taste seemed to still take root and sprout in her hand, spreading all the way down.