The Evil God Beyond the Smartphone

Floating Sanctuary (3)

the next morning.

Perrin woke up earlier than usual.

Normally, I would have slept late and woke up late, but today I had to wake up early.

It was because Rendel, who was talking to Perrin last night, was worried.

Perrin got up from her seat and immediately started preparing her bag.

It was because he had a lot of things he wanted to show to his first friend, Yuto.

She put everything in her bag, from the mysterious grass she had pulled out of the forest to the shiny stone she was cherishing.

Then he packed his bag and left the house to make sure there were no other fairies around.

“Is there no one around?”

Perrin looked around and saw that there was no one there and started running towards Sam.

If Rendell came along, an uncomfortable atmosphere could be created between the three of them.

Besides, Yuto might have abandoned Perrin and tried to befriend Rendell.

Since it was Perrin who had always been rejected by the spirits, it wasn’t completely impossible.

Unlike Perrin, Rendel was a fairy who made a contract with many spirits.

“Wait a minute, Yuto.”

Recalling the memories of having fun with Yuto, a smile came to Perrin’s lips.

What should I do and play with my new spirit friend today?

Perrin hurried her steps as she recalled such concerns in her head.

It seemed that if we went on like this, we would be able to face Yuto without any problems.

Until an unexpected wind blows over her head.

“uh······?”

A gust of wind blew past Perrin’s head as he crossed the forest with a light thought.

At the same time, a huge bird-shaped shadow fell around Perrin.

Perrin lifted her head and looked up at the sight of her surroundings that had suddenly darkened.

A familiar figure appeared above his head, blowing in the wind.

At the identity of the fairy flying overhead, Perrin’s eyes turned round as she looked at him.

“Perrin. Where are you going?”

The true identity of the fairy flying above Perrin’s head was Rendel.

Rendel, who was flying on a giant eagle-shaped spirit, handed a question to Perrin.

This is Perrin, who was moving, fearing that Rendell might find out.

In such a situation, facing Rendell who was following him, there was no way Perrin’s accident could run smoothly.

Perplexed, Perrin looked at Rendell and said something urgently.

“Ah, ah… that’s it… I miss Yuto so much!”

Hearing Perrin’s words, Rendell smiled kindly.

He didn’t show any reproach to Perrin, even though Perrin made outrageous excuses.

Instead, he lowered the altitude of the spirit in flight and just caught up with Perrin.

Rendell, who had narrowed the distance with Perrin, spoke in a friendly voice from a distance she could hear.

“I see. I also thought Perrin was trying to disregard his promise to me.”

“Oh, it’s not like that!”

“If that was the case, I would have been very sad. Come on, let’s go.”

It was Perrin who sighed in relief at the sight of Rendell not expressing any dissatisfaction.

He was worried that he might rebuke her, but fortunately, Rendell was only kind to Perrin.

Rather, it was Rendel who looked more kind than usual.

Perrin’s head became much more complicated than before at Rendel’s appearance.

Rendell, riding on a spirit, was silently chasing after Perrin.

It wasn’t long before Rendell and Perrin arrived close to the spring.

Perrin could spot Yuto from a distance.

“Yuto!”

– “Soil!”

Facing Yuto after half a day, Perrin spread her arms and ran towards Yuto.

Yuto, who found Perrin, also approached her and welcomed her with a hug.

Yuto was still welcoming Perrin without running away or avoiding him.

Perrin hugged Yuto and rubbed her cheek against the pile of dirt.

Rendel, who was watching Perrin and Yuto sticking together tightly, opened his mouth to Perrin.

“Is this kid Yutoni?”

“Right. I named her Yuto.”

Hearing Perrin’s answer, Rendell looked Yuto up and down.

Rendell looked at Yuto, and there was a feeling of greed in his eyes.

Perrin, who has a superior ability to respond than others, was able to recognize the emotion without difficulty.

Rendel looked carefully at Yuto, and then approached Yuto that Perrin was holding.

And he tried to reach out one hand towards Yuto floating in the air.

“I see. then······.”

– “Soil?”

The moment Rendel reaches out to Yuto.

Yuto threw dirt towards Rendell and walked away.

Tuuk. tuk.

Rendel took off the glasses he was wearing on the dirt that had splashed on his glasses in an instant.

It was Rendel, wiping the dirt off his glasses and looking at Yuto with a cold gaze.

“·················ogue.”

“Rendell?”

Tub. Tub.

Rendell took a few more steps towards Yuto.

And in proportion to that, Yuto stepped back even further.

Even if Rendel tried to get a little closer, Yuto just kept getting further apart from Rendel.

Seeing Yuto rejecting him, Rendell sighed and said.

“I don’t know if it’s because I signed a contract with a lot of spirits, but it seems that this kid doesn’t like my touch.”

“Yeah, I guess so.”

“It doesn’t seem like a spirit that suits me, so don’t worry about me and let Yuto play.”

There was a chance that he would get bruises because he was hit with dirt in the face, but it was Rendel who gave up Yuto neatly.

Perrin showed a rejoicing look at Rendell’s words, wearing the glasses that were quickly cleaned.

It was Perrin, who was worried about what would happen if Yuto had fallen for Rendell and didn’t play with him.

However, as if to shatter Perrin’s expectations, Yuto refused Rendell and was friendly only to Perrin.

Perrin blinked and asked Rendell.

“really?”

“okay. While you hang out with the spirits, I’ll see if the two can make a contract. Just be careful not to get hurt while dealing with the spirits.”

“After all… there is only Rendel-sama!”

At Rendel’s words that he would look into the contract, Perrin jumped onto Yuto with a bright face.

Yuto with Perrin moved left and right, showing an exciting look.

If you move on Yuto, you will move farther away, but Rendel was also riding a flying spirit.

If Rendel looks after him, he will be able to safely return to the village even if he moves without hesitation.

Perrin, who got on top of Yuto, immediately asked Yuto to fly away.

“uh······.”

Perrin, who was about to fly away on Yuto, saw a fairy disappearing into the forest.

Perhaps he had been thirsty since early morning, a small boy was holding a water bottle in his hand.

As soon as the boy found Perrin and Rendell, he covered his mouth and started moving around.

Seeing the fairy disappearing into the forest, Perrin put on a perplexed expression on her face.

* * * * * *

On the way back from an experiment with Perrin.

Rendel, who had moved Yuto’s location and sent Perrin back home, was returning home by collecting the soil of Yuto that had fallen on the floor.

Right now, Yuto refused to touch him, so it was impossible to investigate Yuto at will.

However, if time passed, he might have found a clue to concluding a contract with Yuto.

Yuto’s location was also moved out of the reach of the fairies, so with Perrin, he would be able to study freely in the future.

A smile naturally appeared on Rendel’s lips, recalling Yuto’s identity.

Rendel tried to contain the smile that leaked out, caressing Yuto’s bag of soil.

“It’s the first time I’ve met a spirit like that.”

What Rendell faced was unmistakably Buuto.

Buuto was a name for a spirit that could fly among the spirits of the earth.

It was also one of the few secret weapons possessed by the fairies of the prosperous era.

It is recorded that the buoyant was completely lost in the war of a long time ago, but thanks to Perrin, he came to face the existing bubuto.

The value of flying territories was at a level that was difficult to translate into anything.

There was even a story that even the fairy queen’s paradise remaining in the legend was made of floating earth.

To see such a buoyant with your own eyes.

For Rendell, today’s meeting was like luck.

“·················ogue.”

It was Rendel, who was advancing with such a pleasant imagination, but he felt popular and had no choice but to stop.

This was due to the fact that a foreign sound had been transmitted to Rendell’s ear.

In the presence of another fairy, Rendel had to wake up from a happy dream and face reality.

The forest Rendell was standing in was a gloomy outskirts where many fairies did not come.

It was hard to see that it was a good intention to hide and watch in such a forest.

At the presence of the fairy spreading through the wind, Rendel slowly turned his head and began to search for its owner.

“Don’t hide, come out.”

crumble.

The sound of stepping on the bushes echoed along with Rendell’s voice.

Rendel’s gaze naturally turned to the direction of the sound.

The person who stepped on the bush and appeared in front of Rendell was a person he had often encountered.

It was Eggersuit, the battlefield leading the village’s warriors.

Eggersuit smiled displeasedly and placed his hand directly on Rendell’s shoulder.

“Elder Rendell. It looks like you’ve found something great, don’t you?”

With Eggersuit’s story, Rendell was able to grasp the situation immediately.

The story about Yuto leaked out.

Someone must have found Yuto and told Eggersuit, or Perrin must have spread the information elsewhere.

Suspects who could leak information began to pass through Rendell’s mind one by one.

Rendel did not forget to answer Eggersuit calmly in the midst of this.

“What are you talking about? I don’t know.”

“Don’t take the shichimi. A certain child saw it and told it to me.”

Eggersuit told Rendell that someone had found it.

Perhaps one of the fairies from the spring discovered Yuto’s appearance.

Rendell’s face hardened coldly as he recalled the conclusion of the suspect.

“Who said such nonsense?”

“You know what you are trying to do? Judging from it, it looks like there was a barrier on the spring.”

“It’s a barrier, I don’t know.”

It was Rendel who even put a barrier in place to prevent such an accident from happening.

Unfortunately, the barrier seems to have had no effect.

At Rendell’s constant ignorance of not knowing, Eggersuit shook his head.

Then he spoke with more strength in the hand that was holding Rendell’s shoulder.

“Elder Rendell. Don’t you know my personality well? I am telling this story for everyone.”

“I don’t know since when this was for everyone.”

“I am trying my best for the prosperity of the fairies.”

“Even nonsense is at a high level.”

It was an impossible situation to completely get away with.

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Rendell licked his tongue and licked his lips.

Eggersuit patted his shoulder as if he knew it, and whispered in Rendel’s ear in a light voice.

“I will leave the magic part to Elder Rendell. It’s not hard to find a way to make a contract with it anyway, unless you’re an elder.”

“·················ogue.”

“If the elder refuses, I will put a ban on that filthy thing first, and then proceed with the contract.”

Dead magic was bound to exist even among the fairies.

Eggersuit was talking about using that magic now to restrict Perrin.

Rendell frowned at Eggersuit’s story.

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Moreover, it was not an easy magic that could be applied to any fairy.

“You sound crazy. There may be stigma and magical clashes. perhaps······.”

“Do you doubt that even though it is a magic whose effectiveness has been guaranteed over the years? And would the evil spirit even look at such lowly things? I will take care of it.”

eating.

Eggersuit laughed at Rendell’s concerns.

He looked like he had no intention of giving up.

Seeing the Eggersuit trying to get Yuto somehow, Rendel let out a deep sigh.

It was Rendel who was thinking of mobilizing even a rather dangerous means if there was a problem.

There will be variables that require you to embrace the unpleasant guys, but the main framework of the operation has not changed.

Rendell, who had fixed his crooked glasses, asked as he removed Eggersuit’s hand from his shoulder.

“How many other people do you know?”

“Not much yet. But in order to use that spirit publicly, wouldn’t it be necessary to disclose some information?”

“I will.”

“The elder makes a contract and so publicly announces it, or else——.”

“You want a ban?”

“I will not even treat you as my fellow countryman because it is stigmatized and lowly. Don’t worry too much about the backlash from the village.”

It was a story that could not be dealt with quietly as far as the prohibition was concerned.

To put a ban on Perrin, he had to get the village’s consent.

Fortunately, most of the fairies in the village were thinking negatively about Perrin.

Even if the ban was implemented, it was highly likely that control would be given to the elder Rendel.

Rendel had no choice but to respond to Eggersuit to the unpleasant yet plausible plan.

“It is necessary to study the contract with Buyuto. For the time being, keep your mouth shut.”

“I am not that light-hearted.”

“What are you going to do with the child who made the report?”

“Don’t worry too much about that kid. I’m a kid trying to join the warrior corps, so there’s no way I’m going to open my mouth.”

Rendel nodded at Eggersuit’s story and started moving again.

Eggersuit also walked and moved after Rendell.

It was the moment when an tacit contract was established between the two.

Rendell glanced at Eggersuit following him.

I didn’t like it from the beginning, but now I don’t like it even more.

“First of all, I have to meet the boy. Please arrange a seat for yourself.”

evening when the sun goes down.

The sound of footsteps of two fairies passing by on the grass resonated in the dense forest.