The Hero Party’s Moms Are Obsessed With Me

Chapter 56

The great spirit [Wind] captured a passing lesser sylph and, after a long time, performed a [Gather from Below, Assemble from Above], summoning the spirits.

Sylphs from all over the Elf’s forest gathered one by one, forming tens, hundreds, and thousands.

Among them, there were spirits in their natural state, and spirits who had already formed contracts with the elves.

“Hello.”

“It’s been a while.”

[You made a contract?]

[My contract holder is a bit unusual.]

As the spirits each uttered a word, the forest rustled and swayed.

In response to their actions, the Wind, which had been waiting, let out a loud cough, hushing the forest.

“Let’s get straight to the point. Have any of you forest spirits seen a demon in the woods?”

At her words, the spirits turned to look at the face of the spirit standing next to them.

“Did you see one?”

“No. Did you?”

“I didn’t see one either.”

“A demon? Was there such a creature?”

Just as the forest’s magic began to ripple once more, with the Wind attempting to calm everyone, a mid-level spirit suddenly soared into the sky.

“Great Spirit!”

“Oh, you saw a demon?”

“Yes! I was in the middle of training under the benevolent supervision of a higher-level spirit when I sensed it nearby!”

Summarizing the mid-level spirit’s words was quite straightforward.

They were wandering through the forest on some errand when they felt a human’s magic nearby. Thinking it had been a while since they’d seen a human, they decided to play a little and pursued it. However, it suddenly vanished from their detection range.

Perplexed, they searched the area, and the faintest trace of magic that would disappear from their perception even if they concentrated on it became apparent.

Perplexed, they descended and examined the area more closely. They reached out, and their fingernails appeared in the empty air, poking at the trees. Following this, a key-shaped piece of metal appeared and pierced a large tree. As the metal entered the tree, a flash of lightning struck.

“Black soil has appeared. Is this it?”

“Yes!”

“Hmm. Could you please introduce me to the tree that was struck by lightning?”

“Yes!”

“The rest of you spirits, you’ve worked hard. Disperse!”

As the mid-level spirit led the way, the Wind’s forehead furrowed.

“Could it be…”

The direction in which the two spirits were now heading.

[Here it is!]

“Why is this the entrance to the World Tree’s dungeon!!!”

It was a big tree where a child named Di-am opened the door and met the World Tree.

“The demons died here?! That means the World Tree itself killed them!”

“Are you trying to mock me?! Capturing and pretending not to know?!”

In an absurd situation, a [Breeze] swirled around her, a mid-level spirit, looking concerned.

“Are you alright?”

With that cute voice, [Breeze] regained composure and shook off her thoughts.

“Um, thank you. This is the reward for helping here.”

“Wow! Thank you!”

“Sure. I’ll take my leave now.”

“Yes! Please summon me again, Great Spirit!”

Alone, [Breeze] stroked her chin, contemplating numerous thoughts.

“I have no choice but to ask directly.”

Finally giving up on her thoughts, she entered the World Tree’s dungeon.

“So, did I kill the demons?”

“No, did you?”

“…What?”

Spirits don’t lie. When reaching the level of intermediate or higher, they might be capable of lying. However, lower spirits, bound to obey higher spirits, wouldn’t have the capacity to deceive the Great Spirit, who is an intermediate spirit herself.

This was the reason for the World Tree’s perplexed expression.

With no reason for the spirit to lie and no ability to do so, the situation became problematic.

“Did I really kill them?”

“It seems like the entrance’s security system activated. Is there no record?”

“There isn’t… Shall I forcibly open it now?”

“Are you telling me to take that lightning bolt?!”

“You can withstand it. Hurry and come back.”

‘…’

The wind spat curses inwardly as it exited the dungeon, trembling.

And as instructed by the World Tree, it forcefully damaged the trees.

Crack!!

[Whoa!!]

Even the Great Spirit herself was struck by a powerful lightning so intense that it rendered her consciousness distant,

The wind, being intangible, was paralyzed throughout its entire body and unable to move.

It looked at the peacefully flowing clouds spread out on the ground.

[Should I strike the Great Spirit…]

It began a serious contemplation.

After about five minutes, it seemed that the wind had recovered, and it entered the World Tree’s dungeon, trembling.

“How is it?”

The moment it saw a bare-skinned woman lying on a sunbed and eating fruit, a thin thread in the wind’s mind almost snapped.

[The security magic… is functioning normally…]

“Huh? But why isn’t it recording?”

‘How am I supposed to know that?’

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For some reason, the entrance to the dungeon had malfunctioned.

The concealment and security magic were working fine, but the record-keeping magic that logged their activities was broken.

“During my absence, the demons must have discovered this dungeon entrance and forcefully intruded, resulting in their demise by the security magic. Could that be it?”

[It is highly likely, isn’t it?]

“Hmm? I see.”

With those words, the World Tree casually began to sharpen its nails with a tree branch.

[World Tree?]

“Yeah? Haven’t you gone yet?”

[… Excuse me?]

“I said go, since I already know.”

‘To really… kill that god?’

“I hear everything~”

[I will go right away!]

***

“So, that’s how it happened.”

“So, the World Tree was too incompetent, huh?”

[…]

It was such a fitting remark that [Baram] couldn’t come up with a rebuttal.

“Ah, forget it. Thanks to that, we’ve bestowed a blessing on our Deam. Let’s just move on this time.”

[Ah, I see.]

“Yeah. Now, let’s go.”

As Lageta nonchalantly waved her hand, Baram retreated, shoulders slouched, as if they had just finished a ten-year long argument with their boss and were leaving work.

Although Baram wanted to say or do something as they watched the departing figure.

“Deam~ There’s no reason for us to stay here anymore, right? Let’s go back to the village~”

“…!”

Leaving work was more important!

They wanted to leave this tiresome forest behind, but Eljeta’s sudden words, after finishing up the arrangements with the elves, momentarily caught them off guard.

“Deam, I heard you’re interested in archery. And the elven forest is the best training ground to learn wind-elemental magic.”

Might not be a bad idea? Baram thought, considering Eljeta’s offer to attend her wilderness academy. But this time, Elli grabbed onto their shoulder.

“But Lady Eljeta, Lord Doyeon has recently taken an interest in swordsmanship. It might be better for him to elevate his sword skills to a certain level first, and then learn archery and elemental magic.”

That makes sense too.

Rather than learning a mishmash of things, it would be better to focus on one thing and then move on to the next.

Lost in thought on how to proceed, Lageta pulled me into a tight embrace.

“Then let’s learn the most powerful thing. Deam, want me to teach you magic? I’ll teach you the Shadowless Spear Magic~”

Magic?

It would be great if I could learn it.

I just witnessed it a moment ago.

The elves, masters of dagger and archery, surrounded by thousands of monsters without any room to move.

And in that dire situation, Lageta casually flicked her hand a few times, turning thousands of monsters into dust.

Of course, reaching that level would require years of effort and sacrifice, grinding bones and flesh, but ultimately, magic was the highest pinnacle.

In the past, people used to enchant their swords with magic.

There were even instances where they sniped enemies several kilometers away with arrows. But that’s all ancient history now.

However.

“Do I even have magical power?”

Sadly, even though the highest pinnacle and the world’s strongest teacher were by their side, they weren’t ready to learn.

I don’t have any preparation.

That’s right, a sword and a bow.

When I was deliberating between the two choices, Lageta gave me a sinister smile as if she could read my mind, and whispered hot breath into my ear.

“Diam, you can do it too. Magic.”

“Me, a magic-less loser?”

As surprised as I was, Olivia stepped forward with wide eyes.

“Is that really true, Lady Lageta? Our child can learn magic?”

“Why would I lie to Diam?”

Although her voice was completely different from when she spoke to me, the people around didn’t seem to mind.

Because it’s Lageta.

“If you call elemental manipulation magic, then it’s disappointing, Lageta.”

Elly and Eljeta chimed in with their comments, and Lageta sighed while patting my head.

“Ugh. Listen well. I’ll explain it only once. Diam has received the blessing of the World Tree.”

“The baby?!”

“The Lord?”

“Diam?!”

“When?!”

Of course, it was the World Tree.

Perhaps manipulating memories was well done, as nobody but Lageta knew about our visit to the dungeon.

Except, wait? Lageta didn’t know either?

Anyway, she, who had grasped my situation, explained once again.

“Whether it’s the result of the World Tree’s change or if it was fate, I don’t know either.

But what’s important is that Diam carries the energy of the World Tree.”

Lageta’s hand rested on my chest.

“Although you have no magic power, you possess a divine essence, so you can use magic in place of magic power. Ah, of course, there will be limitations on the elements. For Diam, it would be earth and grass element magic, perhaps.”

Me…

Using magic.

Is possible?!

I came to this world and spent my whole life rolling around.

I lost my parents when I was young~

I lost the village~

I engaged in pickpocketing to earn money~

I fought monsters solo instead of joining a party~

After accumulating such hardships, an opportunity finally opened up for me.

Magic!

Just hearing it makes my heart race!

Magic!