Book 9: Chapter 31: Mini Yggdrasil

Book 9: Chapter 31: Mini Yggdrasil

Hmmm, maybe its impossible, after all.

In the courtyard of a certain mansion in the Ifrus Academy of Magic, a tomboyish girl was digging the soil trying to bury something.

She heaved a deep sigh while gazing at the soil that she had returned to its place.

What are you doing?

A beautiful girl with azure hair and eyes called out to the girl sitting on the ground.

HmOh, Luna. Theres something I wanna try.

The azure-haired girl was called Luna, and she was one of the humans living in this mansion.

Sylph-sama, you have some dirt on your face.

As for the person who was digging in the courtyard it was no other than the Wind Spirit King Sylph.

Luna gently wiped the face of the Sylph after she got dirty playing in the dirt.

Thankie, Luna.

Youre welcome. Its been a while, Sylph-sama.

Yup, howdy~!

I havent seen you in a while Did something happen?

Sylph hung out at Halts mansion for a time, but she didnt appear that frequently anymore these days.

Luna was the first one to be concerned about this, then Halt, Tina and the rest of the Ernol family became worried, too.

...Yup. Actually, I left Yggdrasil for far too long when I came here to play, so something quite bad happened.

Sylph was the personification of Yggdrasil, which stood towering at the heart of the Elf Kingdom of Alheim.

Because she had been apart from Yggdrasil for a while, some parts of the tree started to rot.

When the spirits notified Sylph, she hurriedly returned home to Alheim.

After that, she had been thoroughly preoccupied using her entire power to heal Yggdrasil, so she didnt visit Halts mansion for a few weeks.

So thats what happened It has been hard on you, Sylph-sama.

Yup, Im dead tired. I was lonely too I didnt get to see you guys.

Sylph hugged Luna with teary eyes.

Luna patted her on the head.

Sylph calmed down after a bit, and she let go of Luna.

So, sorry for asking this again, but what were you doing?

Hmm, see, I wanna plant Yggdrasil here.

W-What?

Luna didnt understand what Sylph wanted to say.

Yggdrasil was the only tree that had lived since the foundation of this world.

Its leaves were the main ingredients used to create elixirs that could cure all manner of diseases. The branches were also suitable to make staffs that could be used by anyone to cast the most powerful magic spells.

Sylph was trying to grow such an important tree, Yggdrasil, in Halts mansion.

Luna started to pour water on the place where Sylph buried the Yggdrasil seed.

Grow, grow, grow so tall~

..........

Luna hummed as she watered the place when

What!?

Ah! Sylph-sama, look. It sprouted!!

The seed of Yggdrasil that didnt sprout no matter what Sylph, the Wind Spirit King, did had sprouted from the soil.

I-Impossible

Grow, grow, grow, bigger and bigger~

Sylph froze in shock, but Luna just continued watering it.

The leaves of the Yggdrasil sprout grew bigger with every drop of water that fell on it.

Eh, no way Huh? HUUUUHHHH!?

By the time Luna emptied the jar, the Yggdrasil tree reached Sylphs waist.

A mini Yggdrasil had appeared at Halts mansion.

Its gotten pretty big, hasnt it?

N-no way!!!

Luna was beaming while staring at the mini Yggdrasil, but Sylphs face was twitching.

Sylph had been reborn several times already, so although she wasnt as old as Yggdrasil, she was still a spirit that had lived for a very long time.

And yet something unprecedented happened right in front of her very eyes.

Luna, where the heck did you get that water?

Er, where

Luna hesitated a bit before answering.

Its just ordinary water, okay?

...Really.

Luna seemed like shes having difficulty answering it, so Sylph decided to let it go.

Whats important was that Yggdrasil grew.

All thats left was to check whether this mini sprout would really be connected to Alheims Yggdrasil.

Luna, Im going back for a bit to check whether I can create a [Path] from Alheims Yggdrasil to this mini Yggdrasil. Thanks a lot for the water.

And with that, Sylph vanished.

She probably returned back to Alheim.

Luna was left alone, muttering to herself.

Really, I cant say thatthe leftover bathwater was used to water Yggdrasil, right?

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T/N: Halts bathwater was repurposed, good job, guys:D No wasting precious water ~Fôll0w current novÊls on n/o/(v)/3l/b((in).(co/m)