Chapter 548: Those who oppose
After Allen's group left the Spirit Paradise, the reconstruction of the Shrine began.
Since the mountain had imploded from the fight, they decided to relocate the Shrine.
'Pon pon, pon poko pon.'
The earth spirit Ponzu struck his stomach like a drum, moving the rocks atop the mountain to rearrange them without touching the Spring of Life.
Konzu was going through a 10 meter tall pile of documents, which included the contracts of spirits heading down to the human realm.
While those two spirits worked hard, Rosen and Fabre were still asleep clinging onto the floating Sacred Tree Seed which was the size of a stability ball, pouring Divine Power into it.
'I guess this is enough to walk around. Now, what should I do with this [Gem of Foresight]... I never imagined someone would jump to the bottom of the crater to retrieve it, pon.'
Ponzu held up the large mirror and looked at the gem on its handle. He wanted to place it somewhere where it could not be found again.
Hearing that, the Great Spirit God spoke to him with a defeated voice.
'...Ponzu, the God of Creation Elmea ordered the destruction of the [Gem of Foresight] after the earlier incident.'
Rosen had seen the future and changed the result of the war between elves and dark elves.
As a result of that, it was best for the Gem of Foresight to no longer exist.
'Oh right, pon?! ...I'll tie the [Mirror of Truth] to your back then, pon.'
Saying that, Ponzu went around and fastened the Mirror of Truth to the Great Spirit God.
If it was there, it would likely not be taken again.
'Great Spirit God, I've continued with the selection, kon. But there's almost 100 of them already, kon. They say they can't forget that taste, kon.'
Konzu had gone through the list of spirits that would go to the human realm, and reported it.
'You work fast like always, Konzu. Just keep going, regardless of their opinions.'
"Undestood, kon. But even then..."
'What's wrong, Konzu?'
'But I still can't believe it, kon. Rosen said something like that to the Great Spirit God, even if he was a Spirit God himself, kon...'
Konzu thought back to the whole incident.
The Great Spirit God had instructed Konzu on how to write the report, claiming that Formar only received the Great Spirit God's Blessing after they had defeated the Spirit Beast.
'Yes, that's good. Lupto doesn't know all the details of what happened, so we have to tell her.'
Lupto had arrived shortly before the final fight, so the Great Spirit God had jumped on the opportunity to tell her what happened before her arrival. He also used that opportunity to conceal the fact he was discarding a lot of contracts regarding the spirits going to the surface.
'Huh? When did you give him the Blessing then, pon?'
Ponzu only recalled Sophie and Luck receiving the Blessing.
'Ponzu, I'm looking forward to the new shrine.'
It seemed like they liked leaving Ponzu out of the loop.
'Yes, leave it to me, pon! I'll build a magnificent Shrine, pon! Pon pon!!'
Ponzu quickly went back to building the new Shrine, and the Great Spirit God looked at the two spirits floating in front of him.
'Could it be that you let Rosen see the mirror on purpose, kon?'
Konzu still felt like it was improbable for Rosen to get so far on his own efforts.
Then the Great Spirit God also gave Formar a Blessing, so it seemed like he had been helping them the entire time.
'Our duty as spirits is to bless the entire world... We stand neutral amongst all the ancient Gods, that's all.'
The Great Spirit God evaded the question, instead reiterating his position.
'I see, kon. It'd be sad to see their opposition end up meaningless though, kon.'
'That'll depend on fate as well. Eventually all their souls will have to return to the Spiral of Life. We'll just have to watch how they continue trying to oppose their fate until the very end.'
The Great Spirit God Easley believed the future could not be changed, and Konzu nodded.
And it seemed like a distressing future awaited Allen and his friends.
'Hahah.'
But then a low laugh joined the conversation.
'Huh? What is it, Rosen?'
"Huh? He's...sleeping, kon."
It seemed like Rosen had laughed for a moment, but he did not respond to the Great Spirit God.
Rosen just slept, looking satisfied that he had done everything he could to change the future of elves.