The large banquet called the Dinner Party at the Center of the Monster Nest went on until the morning of the next day.
We had Berkut and the Aligerous Tribe rest up at the base we built in the Demon Continent for the ti being, and we returned to the Sanctuary.
「Fuaah, it’s been so long since I slept soundly.」
「Good morning, Master (Husband).」
Perhaps because I slept in my soft bed in the Sanctuary last night, I was able to sleep like a baby. When I went down to the 1st floor while stretching, Marnie brought my breakfast. She tid that perfectly.
「Good morning, Marnie.」
「Fuwaa~ Good morniiing~」
「Morning, Kaede.」
Kaede rubbed her eyes sleepily as she ca down.
She plopped herself onto the chair made especially for her and waited for breakfast to co.
「Good morning, Takumi-sama. I’m sorry for being late.」
「Hmmm~ Good morning, Takumi-sama.」
Just as Sophia and Maria who rarely ever woke up later than I sat down, Lulu-chan carried breakfast over and started eating.
「Are Laeva and Akane still sleeping?」
「Akane-sama wouldn’t wake up even when I tried. I think Laeva-san will co down soon nya.」
Waking Akane up would be fine, but after having to send off two of her friends, she must be ntally tired. We should let her sleep.
Laeva, on the other hand, went to the workshop as soon as we ca back. She was probably itching to study sothing using Alchemy and magic circles because of a backlash from all the fighting in the magic continent recently. Even I want to devote myself to producing things for a while.
We aren’t in a rush now, so I feel everyone, starting with myself, should have a bit of slack.
「Good work, Takumi.」
「I appreciate your efforts.」
「Ara, that looks delicious.」
「I will prepare it imdiately.」
The large number of individuals that said words of gratitude to us and sat on the wide dining table so naturally were the three Great Spirits Undine, Sylph, and Dryas.
「So? What are you doing with that kid?」
「Ahh, its power fell to that of a Wandering Spirit, so it will spend its ti by the Spirit Tree until it becos a low ranking Spirit.」
「Is that gonna be fine?」
「Yes, it will be fine as long as it’s by our side.」
The Evil Spirit which was corrupted by the Divine Empire of Sydnia and obtained greatly distorted power had lost practically all of that power and beca a Wandering Spirit. Curious as to what happened to it afterwards, I asked Undine, and she gave her assurance that it would be fine as long as it existed within this Sanctuary.
「Still, we had troubled you all greatly this ti.」
「Nu uh, at the very beginning, that Human country worshipped a strange god and that Spirit was dragged into it and mistakenly got distorted, so neither of you are in the wrong.」
I don’t know if it was because the Spirit wanted to beco a God, or if a group of bad people gathered power and worshipped the Spirit as a God.
「No, at the very least to Akane and those boys, that child and those who worshipped it had caused them distress.」
At that ti, I glanced at Akane who had woken up a lot later than normal and was walking down, and she had a complicated expression. She looked cheerful, but she was probably thinking about having been unable to save her two classmates.
Moreover, while Norn-sama had rendered any future hero summoning magic circle unusable, the hero summoning that had already been perford was apparently also the influence of the Evil Spirit.
「So the summoning really was related to the power of the Spirits?」
「There was not much direct involvent, but that power was most certainly used.」
An absurd spell that crossed ti and space was activated because of a combination of magic power from the Earth Vein and the atmosphere collected over several years and the Evil Spirit.
Serious topics were dropped after that, then everyone noisily finished breakfast and I moved to the living room to drink tea while spending my ti relaxing.
The Divine Empire Sydnia’s actions that derailed Akane and her classmates’ school lives were unforgivable, but we weren’t inclined to destroy the Wandering Spirit that had no more ego.
Well, if I had to talk about those dragged into it, it would also include , but I’ve more or less already settled in to this world.
Berkut and the chief of the Aligerous tribe have said that it is fine even if we don’t hurry with looking for the Sky Island. Well, they did also say that a few more years would be a mistake. Since it’s like that, let’s enjoy creating things and adventuring while making improvents on the Ouranos.
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