NOVEL NEXT chapter 10
10 – Archabug – 10
“It’s Paimon.”
Unlike yesterday, Paimon introduces himself while taking form in earnest.
Apparently, they were preparing for this as soon as they realized we were here.
It must have been thanks to them that they didn’t let us in right away.
Rosé’s eyes and mouth were wide open, as if the preparation had actually worked.
“Fa, Fah, Paimon… ! Pai Moo On!”
why is he broken
I sighed and looked at Paimon.
“Paimon, hold the foam in moderation.”
In my eyes, he just looks like a kid trying to look cool.
Even the appearance of clumping mana in his hand to look cool was the end of inefficiency.
“Gregory. Even if you look at it like this, he is one of the kings of the demon realm, so isn’t this enough?”
Dragging. Paimon, who laughed as he removed the magic sphere, looked at Rose, who was still frozen after saying that.
”And there are not many people these days who react like that. Well, I’m satisfied. Satisfied.”
“oh!”
Have you finally come to your senses? Rose turned her head and looked at me.
“Was the friend Gregory-sama was talking about, Pa or Paimon-sama?”
“hmm? friend? Gregory, did I say I was your friend?”
“It was just easier to bring him with that.”
I sit down and say so. Rosé, who was watching me and Paimon, also sat down on an empty chair.
“Hmm, that’s right. So, Gregory. Why did you come back to me after only one day?”
Do you want to get straight to the point? not bad.
“Is there a cane you don’t use? I would like some if you have.”
”… … what?”
An unexpected look. I kept saying
“My summoner’s wand is broken. I wish you would give me one roughly good one. You pay the price.”
Paimon opened his mouth as if it was absurd.
“Now, wait. Are you saying that you came to see me just to get a wand?”
“Yes.”
Hearing my words, Paimon put his hand on his head and let out a breathless laugh as if it were absurd.
“You are the only one who comes to me asking for a staff. Gregory.”
As she waved her hand in the air, a black space opened up behind her.
“Follow me.”
After saying that, Paimon stepped inside.
Rose looked at me with an anxious expression.
“egg plant.”
“Ah yes!”
As soon as I took the first step, Rosé followed carefully. Upon entering the space, I saw equipment displayed in a row.
”… Awesome.”
“yes? It’s one of my hobbies.”
With one wave of her hand, a staff from the wall flew and landed on Rose’s hand.
“This?”
“It’s a staff made from a demon tree. It was made by Zagan, one of the greatest wand makers in the underworld.”
And the wand flying back to the display case. A new staff comes flying again.
”The Arkan series NO. It’s 44. I had a bit of trouble getting this one too. The lich’s bone fragments go in and amplify the powers of the spirit system.”
And the wand back to the showcase. Paimon spread his arms and said confidently.
“Now, evenly. They say you’ll pay for it, but there’s no reason I wouldn’t hand it over to you.”
“Gee, is it real!”
Rose, who heard Paimon’s words, started running around the warehouse.
The occasional ‘Whoa!’ ‘Crazy!’ ‘oh my god!’ Judging by the exclamation of exclamation, it must have been a collection of good things.
“Paimon, where are you?”
“The warehouse is a warehouse where I collect the weapons I collect as a hobby. The location is right next to the room we were in, so don’t worry too much.”
“The room right next door?”
The reason Paimon moved to this place was space movement magic.
I wonder if this guy is the only demon who uses space movement magic to come to the next room.
Paimon laughed as if he had read my expression.
“Because moving is pretty annoying. It’s not bad to move like this once in a while.”
“Right. Rosé.”
After answering that, I called in Rosé, who was still running around.
“yes?”
Rosé approached me with chubby steps. I said to her
“The thing we’re looking for doesn’t seem to be here, so we don’t have to choose so carefully.”
“is that so?”
The weapons that Paimon had piled up here were usable weapons, but they were only R-grade or S-grade weapons. SR-class weapons were not even visible.
The real exhaust must have been hidden somewhere else.
“The staff of the World Tree. Paimon, where is that thing?”
“Hoo. Did you know?”
Hearing my words, Paimon smiles sinisterly.
“There is nothing I don’t know.”
“Anyway, it will be. You are the king of all the underworld. Are you really going to give it to this child?”
“Is there anyone other than this guy who can properly use that item?”
Rosé’s expression, as she listened to our conversation, began to tremble as if she didn’t understand.
“uh… … The wand of the World Tree, what the hell is that?”
Paimon said indifferently to that appearance.
“Nothing. It’s just a wand used by your ancestor, Lily.”
“yes?”
Wand of the World Tree.
It is a staff used by Lily von Euglia in the game. It was originally an S-class staff, but it was a weapon that blossomed into an SR-class weapon by defeating disasters.
“I’m curious anyway. How do you know? I never heard rumors that I had one.”
Paimon’s eyes sharpened.
In fact, it is a weapon that can be said to be one of the highest class among wands.
It is known to the public that it disappeared with a disaster.
“Is that important?”
“It doesn’t matter! Don’t be important! It’s been less than a month since I got that staff!”
Hearing my words, Paimon shouts. The furious purple eyes contained hostility that had not been seen before.
“You don’t know. Information that was passed on to you without telling anyone. Don’t you know what that means?”
“An insider sold me information. Do you think so?”
“Is there any other way to explain it? That would explain why you were able to find me where I am hiding.”
He seemed to think that there was a traitor in his camp.
Even if I said no, Paimon wouldn’t believe it, and he’d put all his heart and soul into finding the traitor.
It was a situation where blood and wind could blow in the Paimon camp.
Do I have to explain this? I thought of that and let out a sigh.
“You are thinking nonsense. Paimon. Where are you? Isn’t that the place where you met the hero in the past? If it’s your hiding place, it’s information that everyone knows. Even Marvas knows about it.”
“… … What, what?! Wait, then why doesn’t that inspiration come to get me?”
“Are you asking because you don’t know that? This is Sumonia. If Marvas comes and makes a fuss about getting you, who will take care of the aftermath? Marvas was just leaving you alone.”
What kind of grandfather would chase after his granddaughter after stealing some money? I’m just angry for a moment.
“And speaking of the wand… … Are you stupid?”
“Wh-what?!”
“Are you asking me not to look at it while it smells like that of the world tree in front of me?”
Another feature of the world tree wand. It was that once a month, the wand bears fruit.
The fruit of the World Tree heals all status ailments for a certain period of time.
It was certain that Paimon also obtained the staff of the World Tree by aiming for this fruit.
“The thing you put in your pipe and smoked was the dried fruit of the World Tree, right? To think that there is a traitor by spreading it out in front of me like that is pathetic.”
Paimon shouts as if he still doesn’t understand.
“How do you know the smell of the fruit of the World Tree! The fruit of the World Tree should only be eaten by the clan that manages the World Tree and the holder of the wand!”
This, too, is a question that sighs.
“Who do you think this guy next to me is?”
“yes? Me?”
The guy who had been trembling next to me ever since Paimon shouted. Rose raised her head and looked at me.
“… … They said they were descendants of warriors. What did that mean?”
“Rosé, light a cigarette.”
“yes? Now?”
After hearing my words, Rose looked at Paimon and asked.
To smoke in these circumstances, you deserve such a reaction.
“Don’t worry. Nothing will happen.”
“… … yes!”
After hearing my words, Rosé squeezed herbs into her pipe and lit it.
Puffy. Smoke seeps out.
Paimon’s eyes widened as he watched the scene.
“… … This smell.”
“Do you know now?”
A fragrant, floral scent for smoke.
“The leaves of the world tree.”
It seems like you’re used to it. Paimon murmurs.
“Keluck! Cool! Cool! This, this?”
When she hears that it is a leaf of the World Tree, Rosé coughs and is surprised.
I continued talking.
“Rosé is a descendant of Lily von Euglia. I don’t have to explain what the descendants of Euglia are doing, right?”
“… … They manage the world tree.”
The name Euglia is a famous family even among elves. From the past, it meant the family that managed the world tree.
Because of that, I almost laughed when my parents told me they were farming.
It would have been true that I was farming, but I wondered if the management of the world tree was included in it.
“The smell of cigarettes this guy was smoking on me was very similar to the smell of your cigarettes. So that’s just an inference. Do I need an explanation?”
After hearing all of my explanations, Paimon smiled and shook his head, and at best the Great Devil was reflecting, but the guy next to me was at his own pace.
“This, these are the leaves of the World Tree… … ! My family was stealing the leaves of the World Tree!”
Anything from the World Tree. Taking out leaves, bark, and sap is a great sin in elven society.
It seemed that he couldn’t come to his senses because of it.
“It doesn’t matter what you’re blooming, it’s made from leaves that have fallen to the ground. Judging from the fact that it is completely dried and sent to medicinal herbs, it seems that the person in charge may have been talking to them.”
“Oh, is that so? thank god… .”
If it was a fresh leaf, it wouldn’t have bothered to bloom once a day, so it was probably a correct inference.
“Truly, you have committed great disrespect. Let me apologize, Gregory, descendant of the warrior, Roger.”
He was blindly angry, so he should have apologized for it.
“Oh no! I hope the misunderstanding is cleared up———?!”
I said while blocking Rosé’s mouth to accept the apology.
“If you’re sorry, give me a branch of the World Tree. I’ll pay you the same price as when you bought it.”
Hearing my words, Paimon narrows his eyes and glares at me.
“… … A devilish child.”
… … i’m the devil