Chapter 1, Episode 13: The Spirit of the Trees

――Wish away. These spirits will do what you want them to do.――

　I heard someone's voice in my head.
　A woman's beautiful voice.

　Suddenly, a tall tree spirit came out of the carriage and lifted me up.
　Then the other spirit smashed Ricke, who was pointing his sword at me, with a bang.
　Ricke then was flattened out.　

　There are a total of three tree spirits.
　The spirit who lifted me up had the flowerpot on his head that I had scribbled on.
　Could it be Seed of the Holy Tree-san?

"A Trent!? Why in this place?!! "

"Tsk!!! Did he have some magic tool hidden away!? "

　Ramdem says while stepping on Farne-sama.
　We have to help Farne-sama quickly!!

　Spirit of the tree-san, defeat that Ramdem!!!

　I asked for it in my mind, but the tree spirit tilted his head back.

――More specific instructions.――

　I heard the voice again.
　Specific?

　Let's see, lift Ramdem up!!!!

　I pointed my finger and wished, and the spirit of the tree, whose hand was open, lifted him.

"Let me go!!! Get off me! ! ", he said, rampaging with a sword.
　
"M-Monster!? "

　Zane and Pesne run away.

　Anyway, we have to save Farne-sama as soon as possible.
　Farne-sama has fainted, probably because he is losing a lot of blood.
　If this continues, he will die.

　First, let's defeat Ramdem.
　I need to get him away from Farne-sama!!

　Get Ramdem also flattened! Make him stop moving!
　I asked, and the spirit-san knocked Ramdem's body to the ground with a bang.
　There was the sound of the body splattering, and then the body was crushed like Ricke's, and it stopped moving.

　Thank God! You can't hurt Farne-sama anymore with this!　

　Others have run away from me, though. But more importantly, Farne-sama.
　I asked the spirit-san to put me down and rushed to his side, but he remained unconscious and did not wake up.
　If you look closely, you can see that blood has started to trickle out from the stomach area, spreading all over the ground.
　I have to put it back in. I need to get the blood back into his body.
　Mama told me. She said that if a lot of blood leaves your body, you will die.
　So when I bled a lot, I would just lick it off and put it right back in.
　Farne-sama needs to put it back in.
　I tried to scoop it into my hand and give it to him to drink, but Farne-sama would not open his mouth.
　What should I do? He's going to die, he's going to die.

　Please! Please! Help me, Spirit-san!!!
　Save Farne-sama!!!

　I tried my best to ask for help, but all the spirit-san just shook their heads and said " Kyu-kyu-kyu" as if they were troubled.

　What should I do? What should I do? He will die like Patricia.
　I would hate for Farne-sama to die too.

　Please help me!! Help!!


――These children have no ability to heal. I called a child who can help you now. Wait a moment.――

　I was crying and then I heard the voice again.

『Is it you? The saint?』

　I looked up at the voice and saw a silver wolf looking down at us.
　Who is it? Who is it?
　Is this the child who can help me?

"Aa! Aaーaーaaー! "

　When I shouted for her to save Farne-sama, the wolf looked at Farne-sama.

『This is terrible. The bleeding is so bad that he's already dead.
　You're lucky to have me by your side.』

　Farne-sama's body was lifted and enveloped in a blinding light.

"Aaーaーaー? "

『It's all right.
　I don't know if it was because he was worried about you so much, but his soul was still in this world.
　But. It will take three months to recover.
　It's tricky because once the soul is gone, it's all over.
　You have to wait until the soul is settled in the body.
　But you don't have a voice, do you? 』

　When I nodded my head, she sighed as if thinking, "This is another hassle".

She kissed me on the forehead and said, "Wait a minute".

『Now I know what you're thinking.
　But why did the saint from Kardiana's land come to the forest of Erdia? 』

　I was asked.
　What is Kardiana?
　Is it something about me? I turned to the spirits and they tilted their heads.

　Kardiana, I don't understand.
　More importantly, is Farne-sama okay? Is he alive?

『How many times do I have to tell you? He will be in this state for three months, but will recover.
　He's safe.
　You are the saint of the tree of Kardiana, right?
　With you here, the blessings of fertility will disappear from Kardiana.
　Are you here even knowing that? 』

　Thank goodness Farne-sama is safe!! ! If you could bring Farne-sama back to life, could you bring Patricia back to life?

　I pointed to Patricia, who had died, and the wolf shook her head.

『That's impossible. That child, unlike the human, did not have a soul that stayed here.
　I can't bring her back to life.』

　No? Patricia is no good.
　Sorry. I'm sorry, Patricia. Patricia was just protecting me.
　I'm sorry for the pain I caused you.

『Don't worry about it. That child would have been happy to have protected the saint.』

……Saint?

『How many times have I told you? You're the saint of Kardiana.』

Is the Saint of Kardiana like the saint in the picture book? Is she here?
　I asked the wolf.

『……At any rate, I guess I won't be able to talk to you until this human man wakes up.』

　And for some reason, she sighed. Why?


　■□■

『For the time being. You're a very important saint of Kardiana's place.
　I'll take care of you. What's your name? 』

　The wolf asks me as I sit down a little in the forest.

　When asked, I hesitated. I was told not to use the name Sonia because bad people would catch me.
　That's why I was told I should name it Riese, so Riese?

『It's kind of a troublesome situation.
　Is that why you ran away?
　People are still as stupid as ever. Why are they trying to kill the saint?』

　Am I a saint?

『You are a saint of Kardiana's place.
　That's why you can control the children of the Holy Tree, isn't it? 』

　She said and looked at the spirits.

　Are these children of the Holy Tree? So are they the same age as me? Can we become friends?

『What are you talking about? They're more your servants than your friends.』

　Servants? What's that? Are they more amazing than friends?

『……I hope your guardian wakes up soon.
　I'm kind of very tired.』

　……I am sorry.

『No, it's fine. I was a bit too harsh.
　Let me take a peek into your memory for a moment, okay?
　it's quicker that way.』

　Yeah. I don't really understand it, but it's okay.

『Okay, here we go.』

　With the voice of the wolf. I was enveloped in light.

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