My Right Hand Is Too Strong - Chapter 27

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My Right Hand Is Too Strong Episode 27

Episode 27. Burning Forest (2)

I threw my fist with all my might toward the blazing flames, and after cutting through the fire, I quickly rushed through the gap between the flames.

Thanks to Elpinire using mana to protect me, it wasn’t particularly hot.

Fortunately, Elsid, which I arrived at, was not burning.

The World Tree was also intact.

It seemed that what was burning was the entire forest area around Elsid.

“Please take care of that side!”

“Kuk… The fire is too strong!”

“Protect Mother!”

I looked at the elves busily moving around the entrance, trying to put out the fire.

Behind them were piles of mutant corpses, all containing magi.

I turned my gaze away from those busy moving and looked at Elpinire.

Elpinire, who had been keeping her mouth shut since earlier, had already entered the village.

I quickly followed Elpinire into the village.

“…”

No one is here.

Not a single person exists on the streets.

As I busily looked around and followed Elpinire, I soon discovered it.

“Next! Please come this way!”

Countless elves collapsed around the World Tree.

All of them were groaning.

Elumia and other unharmed elves were busily running among them, treating the fallen ones.

Elumia, who had been running around like that, spotted Elpinire standing quietly and hurriedly ran over.

“Elpinire! Please help-!”

“…”

“This, this can’t be…”

Elumia trailed off as she saw El Spier lying limply in Elpinire’s arms.

She appeared noticeably shaken.

Biting her lips hard, she pointed to a spot on the floor and said.

“Please lay El Spier down over there. I’ll treat him right away.”

“Yes, Elder.”

Elpinire nodded and laid El Spier on the floor.

About three minutes passed from then.

Elumia, who had finished the treatment she was doing, approached El Spier and bit her lips again.

“What on earth happened?”

“We were attacked by mutants.”

“Ah… I thought so…”

Elumia made a devastated expression.

She stretched out both hands and began injecting mana into the fallen El Spier.

Elpinire spoke to Elumia in a calm tone.

“I’ve given him first aid. I’ve been steadily injecting mana into the severed arm too, so it should be possible to reattach it.”

“You did well. In this condition, we should be able to reattach the right arm without major side effects. It’s all thanks to Elpinire.”

“…No. I didn’t do anything.”

Elumia looked at Elpinire with a surprised expression.

Normally, this child would blame someone or say she didn’t receive Mother’s blessing.

But that same child was suddenly blaming herself.

She sensed something was strange, but there was nothing she could do right now.

So Elumia forcibly turned her gaze away.

“Mir. I’m sorry. I wanted to make your time staying in Elsid an enjoyable one, but it ended up like this.”

I shook my head toward Elumia.

Looking at me like that, Elumia smiled slightly.

“May I say something sorry once more?”

“What is it?”

“Please leave Elsid.”

“…”

“It was about 9 years ago when mutants began to be discovered in earnest in Elsid. Since then, mutants have become a major headache for the Verdant Forest.”

The existence of magi had been observed since quite long ago.

But the Verdant Forest is the World Tree’s sanctuary.

It wasn’t a place that magi, corrupted mana, could dare approach.

It was about 9 years ago when they first discovered monsters devoured by magi in such a Verdant Forest.

Since then, magi had been a target of vigilance, but monsters tainted by magi didn’t particularly head toward the World Tree.

So they responded by dealing with them whenever they appeared.

But now it’s different.

Monsters devoured by magi have suddenly begun attacking the World Tree.

This was an emergency situation, and one where the entire village could be in danger.

“At this rate, we won’t be able to properly host our guest. So we would like you to leave the Verdant Forest with good memories.”

I nodded at Elumia’s words.

The Verdant Forest is the World Tree’s domain, and the World Tree is the elves’ mother.

If the landowner’s daughter tells me to get off her land, it would be right to comply.

And actually, I was planning to leave even if she hadn’t told me to.

Why?

[Escape from mutant horde without casualties]

[3/3]

[Success]

[Moving to next floor]

Right after entering Elsid, the system appeared.

And the condition for the 9th floor that appeared was.

[9th Floor]

[Track traces of humans devoured by magi]

I could only complete this floor by leaving the village.

Since I was planning to leave from the beginning, I didn’t bother to refuse.

Elumia nodded with a somewhat bitter expression at my reaction.

“Thank you for understanding.”

“Yes, well.”

Elumia seemed to misunderstand that I was leaving the Verdant Forest entirely, but I decided not to bother correcting her.

It seemed like it would become troublesome.

She picked up the severed right arm, apparently to reattach it, and said to me.

“I don’t think I’ll be able to see you off. I’m sorry.”

“It’s fine. Take care.”

I bowed to Elumia and turned around.

Elpinire had long since disappeared from view.

I put my hand in my pocket and slowly moved away from the space overflowing with cries of grief.

“Kyuung…”

Then I heard a voice from my pocket.

Come to think of it, this guy was also one of the residents of the Verdant Forest.

“Are you upset because your hometown has become strange?”

“Kyuk?”

Cheo-ri looked at me as if asking what nonsense I was talking.

The guy who crawled out of my pocket climbed up to my shoulder and patted his belly with his tail.

“…Don’t tell me you’re hungry?”

“Kkyuu.”

“You’re really something else.”

What a consistent little guy.

The land where he lived is burning, yet all he does is complain about being hungry.

But maybe that’s exactly what makes him who he is.

I chuckled and said to the little guy.

“Just hang in there a bit longer. Let’s eat our fill after everything’s over.”

“Kkyuu!”

He can endure that much.

Cheo-ri let out a cry with that meaning and quietly wrapped his tail around my neck.

I walked out to the village entrance together with Cheo-ri like that.

Did the elves’ efforts pay off?

The flames that had been blazing when we entered Elsid had already died down by now.

There were still faint embers flickering, but it wasn’t hot enough to be uncomfortable.

As I stepped outside the village, I spotted a familiar silhouette and chuckled.

“I knew you’d be here.”

Elpinire was quietly waiting for someone in the distance.

I had roughly expected her to be here since she disappeared without a word.

Wearing a black robe from who knows where, she approached me and threw a spare robe she was holding into my hands.

“Use this.”

“What’s this?”

“A robe made from Mother’s branches. It’s sturdy and blocks magic.”

“Is it okay to give something like this to a human like me?”

“…I now know that being human isn’t the problem.”

Elpinire bowed 90 degrees toward me.

“I’m sorry, human. You… did nothing wrong. It was all my misunderstanding, just paranoid delusions.”

“Good that you know.”

“…I’m truly sorry.”

I looked down at Elpinire’s round head as she bowed and said.

“But you know what.”

“What?”

“I can call you by name now, right? Right?”

“…”

“Elpinire, that’s right, isn’t it?”

Elpinire’s face gradually turned red.

I chuckled with amusement and put on the robe Elpinire had given me.

“Anyway, now you call me by name too.”

“…Understood, Mir.”

“So you did remember?”

“I just deliberately didn’t use it.”

Wouldn’t it have been better to just say she forgot and that’s why she didn’t use it?

I swallowed the words that rose to my throat and loosened up my body lightly.

“Are you okay with being tired?”

“I took a stimulant. I should be fine for about 10 hours.”

“That would be a huge hit if sold where I come from.”

“…You’d make a fortune selling medicine that strains the body? I’ll never understand humans.”

That’s basically an energy drink that keeps you energized for 10 hours.

After loosening up roughly, I exhaled deeply and asked.

“Since you’re a Guardian, you can track traces, right?”

“It’s possible.”

“Then I’ll ask you to do that. I don’t have anything except my right hand.”

I lightly waved my right hand with ‘Black Dragon’ activated toward Elpinire.

Elpinire nodded and clenched her fist tightly while muttering.

“…Hey, Mir. There’s something I want to ask.”

“What is it.”

“That man from earlier. What he said was definitely…”

At Elpinire’s words, I recalled the final actions and words of the man consumed by magic we had encountered earlier.

The sight of him telling Elpinire not to cry while wearing a bizarre smile.

Right.

That was definitely.

“It must have been words meant to comfort you.”

“…”

“Maybe even the smiles from 10 years ago were their last act of resistance through sheer will? Of course, those smiles looked creepy even to me.”

A young elf who didn’t want to part with humans.

They smiled at the young elf and said they would come back.

Even while being consumed by magic and going insane, with the will to not harm the young elf.

They suppressed their pain while forcing even bizarre smiles.

And because of that experience, they did the same to Elpinire this time too.

That’s what I think.

And it seemed Elpinire was thinking the same thing as me.

“…So that’s how it was.”

She muttered softly and slowly raised her head.

Her eyes no longer had twilight settling in them.

They held a clear, pure green light, beautiful like emeralds.

“I will create the ending to this story myself.”

Elpinire relaxed the strength in her hands and moved forward.

I tried to follow Elpinire by moving my feet, but.

“That’s far enough.”

Thud!

A green pillar struck down right in front of us.

When the thick dust cleared, Elsesto stood there with his arms crossed, wearing sunglasses.

“I won’t tolerate independent action in a situation like this.”

“I’m currently under an expulsion order though?”

“Mir. I already noticed long ago that you’re not trying to leave the Verdant Forest, but going to chase after something.”

Elsesto took off his sunglasses and crushed them to powder with just a light application of force.

He spoke to us with a grave expression.

“Is what you’re trying to do dangerous?”

“…”

“Could what you’re trying to do get you killed?”

“…”

We couldn’t say anything.

He’s an elf who can detect lies.

If we answered ‘no’ to that question, Elsesto would figure out whether it was truth or lies.

So we keep our mouths shut.

Elsesto asked us one final question.

“Are you confident you can return without dying?”

Elsesto’s final question.

This time it was a question we could answer.

“I’ll come back.”

“Come back.”

I didn’t become a hunter to die in a place like this.

I will definitely return alive.

At mine and Elpinire’s response, Elsesto smiled with satisfaction and threw something.

“Catch this.”

“This is…”

I stared intently at the glass bottle Elsesto had thrown.

This is definitely…

“Isn’t this the alcohol we drank back then?”

“Alcohol… I suppose it would be if you drank it sober.”

I tilted my head at Elsesto’s words.

What does he mean by “if you drank it sober”?

Unlike my reaction, Elpinire’s response seemed noticeably shaken.

“C-Clan Leader. This is…”

“It’s the World Tree’s elixir, an alcohol made by brewing the World Tree’s fruit and also a kind of recovery potion. When you drink it in danger, your body returns to its optimal state.”

This was made by brewing the World Tree’s fruit?

No, more than that, the World Tree’s fruit is edible.

“Originally, those who don’t possess the dignity of at least a High Elf would faint from just one sip, but Mir, you should be able to handle it, which is why I’m giving it to you.”

“Thank you.”

“I don’t know what you two are planning to do, but absolutely don’t get hurt and come back. We’ll protect the World Tree from the mutants’ attacks.”

Having said that, Elsesto lightly patted our shoulders and disappeared.

When Elsesto’s retreating figure was no longer visible, I turned my head and spoke to Elpinire.

“Let’s go.”

We need to move before the traces disappear.

And so I left Elsid together with Elpinire.

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Elpinire stopped in front of a certain cave.

She breathed roughly while staring at the cave.

“The traces end here.”

“…Really?”

At Elpinire’s words, I gazed intently at the cave.

It felt somehow familiar.

This should definitely be my first time here, so what’s this sense of déjà vu?

Seeing me frowning, Elpinire let out an incredulous laugh.

“Mir. This is the cave where you were unconscious.”

“…This place?”

“That’s right. This is exactly where you collapsed after catching the mutant Bloody Mantis. This is also where I found you.”

Huh.

I let out a hollow laugh at Elpinire’s words.

Who would have thought it would connect like this.

‘I thought they just randomly dropped me in some cave.’

Apparently that wasn’t the case.

Now, what could be waiting inside this cave?

Taking a deep breath along with dry saliva, I used ‘Black Dragon’ to transform my right hand.

Elpinire also wrapped her entire body in green mana.

Having completed our full preparations, we slowly advanced into the dark cave.

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