Former S-class hunter stands in front of “Phantom Demon”
◆ ◇ ◆ ◇ Pamela perspective ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆
Rir stopped.
She used to stop until we came here, but this time it’s something different.
Rir raised her face as if she had reached her destination.
What was in front of me was a cave where each person could barely enter.
There is nothing when I look around. “Nothing strange” -I could only see it in a cave where such a rhetoric would suit.
At that time, the demons and the Knights are coming late. we’ve been running all the way up to this point. Everyone is out of breath.
But it’s not without reason. Rather, it seemed to be even more swollen.
At the beginning was Prim.
“Meat uuuuuuuu …”
She keeps her eyes shining and makes a strange growl.
We were completely surrounded.
The monsters manipulated by Stardust Oaks were in a situation where they could attack at any time.
“that??”
The monsters don’t move.
The same was true for the Knights being manipulated and Prim.
Is there something in the cave? It’s hard to get close. I kept a certain distance and watched here.
“Rir, Pamela, you had a hard time.”
I react to Zelet’s voice. He stood behind the monsters.
The Knights and the Demon threaten Zelet with a murderous intention. It was a quick start, but Zelet never pulled out his cannon sword, and the monsters didn’t attack with their claws.
“I see. I was right. You can’t go wild here.”
Zelet passed between the monsters and joined us smoothly while being glared at by Annette.
It’s like a magic trick-no, it looks to me that Zelet is manipulating them.
“I’m glad that Zelet was safe.”
“You too, Pamela. I’m sorry. It seems that you were suspicious when you saw Rir’s movement.”
“Okay. I’m sorry …. Zelet, I believed her.”
Zelet’s hand is placed on my head.
When I was lightly stroked, it tickled a little.
“I don’t care. I did my best so far.”
“Yeah. Thank you. Compliment Kure.”
“Kyururu!”
When Kure appeared, it made a cute voice.
And Zelet stroked it too.
“By the way, why did the demons and the Knights suddenly stop attacking?”
“The answer is in this. Let’s go, Pamela.”
We let Rir stand in front of the cave as a guard dog, and Zelet and I enter the cave.
The inside is darker than I expected.
It was as dark as the night when the twinkling of the stars disappeared. Zelet created a torch using magic. Relying on that light, we move forward.
“Hya!”
When I was impressed, I slipped.
Zelet pulls my arm before falling. I made a light noise as it was, and my head fit in my childhood friend’s chest.
The feeling of Zelet, which I felt after a long time, is harder than it used to be. I’ve never touched it, but it’s like a dragon scale.
―――― What!
“I’m sorry, I’m sorry. Zelet !!”
I apologize to Zelet, with my eyes fluttering. I found my ears getting red, but I couldn’t hide them anymore.
“This is an unavoidable force. That–“
“four……”
Zelet doesn’t seem to be in a hurry.
It was lonely, but with a very serious face, he put his index finger on his lips.
“Pamela, big reactions are dangerous from here. If possible, don’t speak loudly.”
“What do you mean?”
I naturally hide my voice and ask.
Zelet leaves me and goes ahead. The reaction wasn’t very straightforward, but are you worried, or are you considering the existence behind us?
Zelet kept holding my hand.
However, the honeymoon lasted only 5 minutes.
What appeared before us was a large space.
It was a strange space. There is a hole in the ceiling, and outside light is shining in. If you say this, it is not so if you think that the space is full of light.
The moment we entered this space, the bright sunlight turned blue. Therefore, the space was filled with blue, and it seemed as if it was at the bottom of the sea.
“What is this mysterious space?”
“It’s eating light”
“Can it eat light?”
“Isn’t that strange? Even the three-necked Wyvern that was subdued before was ingesting the magical power in the thunder. If so, it shouldn’t be strange if there is a monster that ingests the magical power in the light.”
That’s right, so to speak. Apparently my thoughts tend towards the ecology of humans and animals.
No, that would be normal.
It is rare to think by standing on the side of a monster like Zelet.
But the question is who is eating the light.
I somehow knew it. There is only one reason why Zelet brought me so far.
There is Stardust Oaks …
It was spiritual.
It was found sooner than I expected.
“Wow, Zelet. Stardust Oaks.”
It’s not so if you think it’s bigger and more like a monster.
The shape is similar to a buffalo. A wide back with a wide back at the corner that looks like a big beard. It had eyes, but no iris, and the outline of its body glowed pale.
It doesn’t have any strong vitality, it’s faint.
It seems that you are also seeing the shells of the cicadas that have molted.
Zelet was laughing.
I don’t know if he’s happy that he got his intuition right, or if he’s just happy that he was able to find the “phantom monster” Stardust Oaks.
But I’m sure I thought it was like a child.
“Zelet, how did you find out that Stardust Oaks is here?”
“It’s light …”
“Light?”
“As I said earlier, the source of nutrients for Stardust Oaks is magical power. It is taken from the light. Therefore, it is easy for light to gather in this forest, or more specifically, the most shining place.”
“It was here …”
I take a breather at the extraordinariness of Zelet.
It’s an idea that I can’t think of.
“That’s why Stardust Oaks used his children to manipulate monsters and improve the forest to make it easier for light to gather here.”
By the way, when I entered this forest, I was wondering about Zelet. “This forest is too bright.”
“Children … maybe that kind of thing …”
“Oh. That’s probably a Stardust Oaks kid. Because parents can’t move, it’s a mechanism for the born child to take care of them.”
“Can’t the parents move? Can’t this Stardust Oaks move?”
“If my guess is correct, it shouldn’t be able to move a step.”
And Zelet continued to explain.
◆ ◇ ◆ ◇ Zelet’s point of view ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆
The biggest characteristic of Stardust Oaks is that it cannot be seen.
And if my guess is correct, I think that the traits get stronger as they get older.
The end of Stardust Oaks will surely disappear like a comet crossing the night sky.
“However, the definition itself is different from the fact that Stardust Oaks, which originally changed from a physical body to a spiritual body, and the spirit that was originally a spiritual body cannot be seen.”
“What do you mean?”
“With or without mass”
Spirits have no mass, but Stardust Oaks born with a physical body have mass.
Having mass is affected by gravity and must support its own weight.
Even though we can’t see it, there are some parts that I can barely look at.
It’s the legs.
Only the legs of Stardust Oaks were faintly visible to me. If you don’t know that there are monsters there, it’s so thin that you can’t see it.
Naturally, it is fragile and sensitive to even the slightest tremors and collapses. Already Stardust Oaks will not be able to move a step. The reason why the monsters outside do not come in is probably because they are afraid that their parents, Stardust Oaks, will collapse and disappear.
The moment I move, it will collapse.
Originally, going out to the grasslands where the sun is shining and being exposed to the sun is the nutrition of Stardust Oaks above all.
However, it cannot be done because it no longer has the power to fight foreign enemies. In this way, there was no choice but to hide quietly in the forest and use children to create an environment where they could be exposed to more light.
After finishing the explanation, Pamela suddenly begins to snort.
Looking back, my childhood friend was crying with his nose and ears red. The ahoge that is always growing vigorously hangs down without power.
“Pa, Pamela … Why are you crying?”
“Because … I’m sorry. It’s gone at the end.”
“It’s the same with humans.”
“That’s right … but … Hick … I wonder if we. Hick … Get milk.”
“It doesn’t matter if it’s good or bad. Stardust Oaks ‘stardust milk’ is the requested ingredient.”
“Muu …. Zelet, it’s kind of cold.”
“That’s it”
“Huh?”
“Why don’t you try to remember the taste of this milk because it’s the last time?”
My words may seem like ego in Henderone style. I’m just unilaterally thinking, so that’s probably the case.
But it’s the same with Henderone, who lifts monsters as wise and dear ones.
After all, we can’t understand each other except humans. What I think we can understand is that it is also a human ego.
Pamela finally stopped crying.
I don’t know if you agree with my words. Anyway, when she wiped her eyes many times, Pamela smiled.
“Yeah. That’s right.”
“Then, ask immediately”
Pamela nods.
Pamela then takes Kure’s hand by her side and hands him a saucer for “Stardust Milk”.
“Cure, can you please?”
“Kurururu!”
Kure struck his chest as soon as she left it to him.
It approaches Stardust Oaks with the rhythm of “Tontonton”.
On the other hand, Stardust Oaks doesn’t even flinch. It wasn’t threatening.
The body may be so fragile that it can’t even be moved. Coincidentally, we have a very convenient situation for us.
Kure reaches out.
I can’t see it, but I think he’s under the feet of Stardust Oaks and milking.
“Kyuuuuuuu! “
And Kurel put a lot of effort into it.