Rebirth Just Before The 10th Circle

“Ts. It’s still a long way off.”

Merlin had a lot to say, but no more.

Patrick didn't even respond to his words.

Instead, he turned his back on Merlin.

“Follow me.”

Merlin followed Patrick, who was leading the way first.

Where Patrick guided.

It was in the forest adjacent to the village.

She was among the trees in her clear sunlight.

"La La La."

Vivian's appearance in the forest with a low hum was so beautiful.

Also, she was peaceful.

It was enough to make the viewer feel at ease.

And that seems to be the case not only with humans but also with animals.

sharp-

Purneung-

Various animals were gathered next to Vivian.

Seeing this, Merlin gasped.

‘Is an elf an elf?’

The elves who value harmony were worthy of being called the guardians of the forest.

An elf who is loved by animals and plants.

He left the forest for a long time and wandered around the world, but Vivian was also an elf.

Merlin walked towards Vivian.

Patrick couldn't stop his unstoppable steps.

“What are you doing?”

“Are you here?”

When Merlin asked, Vivian answered with a bright smile.

There was a little surprise in Patrick's eyes when he saw this.

‘Aren’t you running away?’

What surprised him was that the animals around Vivian did not run away even after Merlin appeared.

Just looking at her Merlin with her curious eyes.

Patrick was surprised by that.

These were the beasts that usually ran away without looking back when the villagers approached them.

But for some reason she didn't seem to mind Merlin.

No, I rather wanted to welcome him.

sharp-

Soon a little bird flew over Merlin's head and sank there.

Vivian giggled as if it had built a nest.

“Hey, aren’t you coming down?”

Merlin frowned and waved her hand, but the little bird didn't even budge.

“But what are you doing?”

Merlin, who had given up chasing the birds, answered with a bird on his head.

“What do you think, there must be something between us?”

"Yeah. You are like that.”

“Ummm… that’s right.”

Because of her years together, I couldn't lie in front of her.

She revealed why Merlin scratched her cheek and needed an elixir.

Upon hearing this, Vivian laughed again.

“You’re still taking care of the Matop family.”

“It’s literally family.”

“Fufu.”

Vivian's smile widened.

Merlin's personality is that once he is considered his own, he takes care of him until the end.

It was one of the reasons Vivian liked Merlin.

“So, the reason you came to see me… is that you want to go to the fortress in the forest, right?”

"Huh. Rather than going alone, if I go with you, arrows won't fly from the beginning at least. So are you going or not?”

"I see. let's go together."

Vivian smiled bitterly.

If she were Merlin she knew, she deserved enough to enter the forest fortress alone.

In effect, Merlin's request for her was for herself, who had not been able to enter the forest fortress for a long time.

Vivian reached out her hand to Merlin.

“Then shall we go?”

"OK."

So Merlin took Vivian's hand.

Tsupat!

Soon the two new models disappeared.

Patrick watched it.

He couldn't leave the place where the two of them had left for a while.(Read more @ hotmtlnovel.xyz)

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Tsupat!

After teleporting, the place where the two appeared was in a dense forest.

The trees were so thick that it was dark all around.

“It’s been a long time here.”

"Me too."

The two did not take any action for a while after teleporting.

Because they knew they would move on the other side even if they didn't move.

just as expected.

[You are Vivian.]

A voice came from the forest.

There was a slight vigilance in his voice.

"It's been a while. It seems you are the gatekeeper today, Berry.”

[What's going on here with the being kicked out of the forest?]

“Um… I have something to do.”

[Who is the person next to you? Disrespectful to outsiders...]

"Ah. this person is···."

Merlin suddenly intervened into Vivian and Berry's conversation.

“Go and tell the World Tree.”

[What···?]

“Merlin is here.”

[Mer... Lin?]

There was astonishment in her voice when she heard that she knew her name, Merlin.

Ignoring this, Merlin continued with what he had to say.

"What are you doing. Aren't you going soon? Oh, and I'm here to tell you that I'm here to keep my promise."

[···What does that mean?]

“That doesn't need to be known. You just have to tell me what I'm saying. The World Tree will decide.”

[···········.]

Silence followed for a moment.

And.

[···Please wait here.]

Again the forest fell into silence.

Vivian, who felt that his people had left, asked.

"Appointment? What do you mean?”

“Oh, what? not a big deal. In the past, when I opened the door to the spirit world, I got the help of the world tree. At that time, the World Tree asked me to come and ask you something.”

At the time of the Academy Practical Evaluation, there was a time when Sylphid was summoned with the help of the World Tree due to lack of power.

Vivian asked with curiosity about Merlin's story.

“When was that...?”

“It hasn't been that long. Roughly... a year?”

“·················ogue.”

“No, two years? I forgot about it for a while, but now I remember, this.”

Merlin doesn't seem to remember exactly when.

Vivian looked at him and gently waved his hand with an awkward face.

Then she made a shield that covered her whole body.

Merlin looked at this and asked.

“…what are you doing?”

“Ummm… the arrows might fly away.”

"arrow? why is it flying And to prevent it from flying, I have to do it too. Why are you covering yourself with a shield?”

“·················ogue.”

Vivian did not answer his question.

Just looking at the distant mountains.

'Haa... Really....'

Merlin, who had forgotten his promise to the World Tree for nearly two years.

Merlin must be very, very ungrateful to the elves who call the world tree her mother.

Even if she had an elf arrow stuck in her chin, she wouldn't be able to say anything.

And Vivian was also an elf.

No matter how much she liked Merlin, this time she was also on the side of the elves, so she couldn't shield her.

Is it real? (4)

Is it real? (4)

Fortunately, the arrow did not fly.

Instead, a slender figure appeared from the darkness.

The being who appeared against the darkness was an elf woman with a tiara adorned with platinum flowers on her head.

The moment she saw her, Vivian bent one of her knees.

“I see the first branch.”

The elf woman, who received Vivian's polite greeting, said with a calm face.

"wake up."

Merlin asked, looking at the new elf that appeared while Vivian got up.

“First thing? Liden?”

“It has been 1,200 years since our ancestors passed away.”

“Oh, has it already happened? So are you Riden's successor?"

"That's right. My name is Rocella, who is in charge of the leader of the time.”

one who leads

Or the first one.

The elves gave their leader the title First Branch, lest anyone be a tree pervert.

An elf woman named Rocella stared at Merlin.

She didn't even lose Merlin and she thought making eye contact with the elf woman.

‘You look strict.’

From that expressionless expression, I felt strictness.

Merlin felt that it would not be easy to deal with the elves in the future.

'I liked my time as Riden...'

Merlin's acquaintance with the elves was thanks to her connection with Riden, the leader of her predecessor.

At that time she was able to get a lot of help from the elves thanks to Riden.

Of course, that was Merlin's own opinion.

Had he known what Merlin was thinking, the dead Riden would have jumped up and cried.

'help? Help?! A passerby goblin groaned at the sound of an ogre teasing. What help is that! You ate your back!’

When her ears kept tickling, strangely enough, she bit Merlin in her ear canal.

Rocella stared at Merlin like that.

“Are you Merlin?”

"Huh."

As soon as Merlin's answer was finished, a sharp energy poured out from the darkness.

Merlin was fed up with this.

“If you come with children, don’t you take good care of them? You live for a guest.”

“···I hope you can understand because they are still young and cannot control their emotions well.”

As Rocella raised her hand, her flesh was washed away.

It was followed by her muffled voice of Merlin.

“More than that, the fact that you came here means that the World Tree asked to see me, right?”

“Okay . . . come with me.”

Rochella, nodding her head, turned around.

Then she began to move, as if the forest was alive.

The trees that were covering the sky moved spontaneously to illuminate the light, and the tree trunks moved by themselves, paving the way.

A surprising phenomenon that would have stunned the public if they had seen it.

However, it was not surprising to Vivian, the elf, or Merlin, who had been associated with the elves for a long time.

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