How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 249

277. The Spirit Master’s Leader (5)

I ended up helping maintain order in the guild when I didn’t even need to get involved.

“Oh, how admirable.”

“…Well, what can I do? I know it.”

He sighed.

He probably knew why Senileina was a spirit and still in charge of the guild.

The founders of the first guild were practically children raised by the Spirit Kings.

He couldn’t just abandon the group those kids created.

“Besides, if the criticism continues, she’ll be the first to feel disillusioned with them.”

There’s no need to even think about it.

“She seems to be trying to understand humans, but at the same time, she’s a spirit, so she can be ruthless.”

Even if it’s a misunderstanding, if she’s condemned and gives up, turning her back on the guild, the aftermath will be unimaginable.

No, it would be a relief if she just turned her back.

What would happen if you incurred the wrath of a transcendent being?

“I don’t care about the guild executives, but the others didn’t know anything.”

If the guild collapses, many spirit masters will lose their way.

Unlike now, the Spirit Master Guild at the time seemed to have a precarious structure.

In the end, Elmelot prioritized the safety of others over his own.

He’s a soft old man; he must have been even more so when he was younger.

“…Oh, how frustrating.”

But I can’t criticize him for it.

If I were in the same position, I would have unhesitatingly abandoned the safety of others and acted solely on my emotions.

But my choice isn’t necessarily right.

Elmelot’s conclusion isn’t necessarily the answer either.

The world is all right and all wrong.

More than anything, Elmelot said it was for the sake of the majority of spirit masters, but in reality…

‘In the end, he just didn’t want to see Senileina… that spirit get hurt.’

I can guess that much.

“But the current spirit masters don’t even know that and only remember the wanted order.”

“Ugh… I think that’s a bit nasty. Well, what can you do? The vice guild master who ran the guild back then is no longer in this world.”

“That’s why we can’t leave it alone.”

I have no right to say anything about the decision at that time.

But now it’s different.

The past is the past, and now it must be different.

It’s time to clear up misunderstandings and move constructively into the future!

“Think about it. How long has it been since then?”

It’s been over 100 years already.

“The current Spirit Master Guild isn’t precarious. Rather, it’s a group that sucks up all the honey it can get its hands on. I’m really envious… no, I resent it.”

I almost revealed my true feelings.

“There’s no need to be considerate anymore, right?”

“…What are you trying to say?”

“To put it bluntly, even if we clear up all the misunderstandings, there’s no need to be mindful of them. We should do what we want.”

I started persuading Elmelot.

More than anything, I have to.

“The most important thing is, is that really for her sake?”

“…”

“Didn’t I say that I was on my way back from meeting the Spirit King in person?”

“Huh… hmm, you did.”

He seemed quite concerned.

“Based on my intuition, she probably has some idea.”

“…What grounds do you have for saying that? More than anything, quite a bit of time has passed.”

“Yes. Time has passed. But when I said I could bring you, Elder, what do you know what the Spirit King said?”

“What did she say?”

“She didn’t say much. She didn’t say to bring you or that she didn’t need you.”

“…”

She’s waiting.

“The promise is still valid. In the first place, saying that time has passed is only based on human standards. The spirit’s perception of time is different from humans.”

More than anything, Elmelot has more time than others thanks to the elixir that stops the aging of his body.

“You’re the one stuck in stereotypes, Elder.”

“…You speak well.”

“Well, I probably know more about this than you do.”

More than anything, it’s not like I don’t have grounds.

…I know the ending of their story.

‘In the first place, this story… would have had a different ending if it were the original.’

The reason I brought Elmelot in the first place was to solve the problem early.

Originally, the development was different from now.

If I let it flow according to the original work I read, they will face destruction.

‘Originally, this situation wasn’t like this…’

Originally, Elmelot’s story is mentioned much later than now, around volume 19.

Eventually, Senileina, tired of waiting for Elmelot, concludes that he has changed his mind.

And she even feels a sense of disillusionment with the misguided Spirit Master Guild.

She acknowledged their desires as an inevitable aspect of humans, but there is a limit to that.

In the end, she asks for the price of what she had been holding back.

There is no law that spirits do not attack humans.

There is no law that they do not get angry.

Rather, there are many tales of humans abusing spirits and being punished by angry higher spirits.

Eventually, Senileina asked the spirit masters of the guild for the price.

And that day, the Spirit Master Guild was destroyed.

Spirit masters who didn’t know the whole story just thought the Spirit King was crazy.

In the end, she is designated as a threat to human society and fights the protagonist.

And Sylvester, without even hearing the whole story, eliminates her after a fierce battle.

A development and ending that repeats misunderstandings.

That’s the only way to express it.

‘Because that’s the conclusion of her role as a boss…’

In the original work, they have no choice but to fight to a conclusion.

But what about now?

The development hasn’t even started yet.

We can solve it without fighting or bloodshed.

That is the fundamental reason why I contacted the Spirit Master Guild.

‘If there’s no need to fight, I just have to stop them from fighting.’

Surprisingly, the solution is simple.

However, if I miss the timing, the situation will be as in the original.

In the original work, Sylvester prioritized the safety of humans, so he didn’t try to listen to the Spirit King.

He cut her down without question.

But all the truth is revealed after that.

Only tragedy remains.

More than anything, Elmelot himself regrets the decision.

That’s how it was described.

‘There’s no need to make the same mistake.’

Then I need to change it.

That’s my true intention.

‘The problem is that to change it, it’s not me who has to move, but the parties’ thoughts have to change.’

Will my persuasion work?

Elmelot is hesitating.

That’s him as I knew him in the original.

I can’t leave it like this.

“Think seriously about it. Is it really too late to go now?”

“…”

Is he hesitating?

“It’s simple. Just go out here, follow me, meet the person in question, and say a few words, and you’ll know.”

It may be futile, but that is the truth.

“To put it bluntly, even children can face each other and say everything they want to say. What are two old men doing who have eaten their age?”

“Your words are… harsh.”

“It’s true, what.”

The most ideal thing is for him to make a decision and follow me.

“…If so.”

Elmelot finally answers.

“Let’s talk once.”

Hearing those words, I nodded.

“Then let’s act right away.”

* * *

After agreeing to the negotiation proposed by Ailen.

Senileina quietly looked around the inside of the cave and muttered.

-…Elmelot.

I never thought I would hear his name again now.

A human who promised but never returned.

Of course, she also knows the truth.

She’s not foolish enough not to know that much.

She’s watching.

But that means she’s always watching.

At first, she was angry that he didn’t keep his promise.

But in the end, she had no choice but to understand Elmelot’s way of thinking.

She had no choice but to prioritize and protect the guild rather than Elmelot himself.

That’s why she decided to wait.

And on the other hand, she gave up.

Human life is short compared to spirits.

That’s why she thought she would never see him again, or even hear his name.

Will Ailen really bring him?

Senileina silently stroked the objects enshrined in the cave one by one.

Things he made to teach her about humans when she asked him to understand humans.

In this era, they are just old antiques and may not be worth anything, but they still remain here.

She knows why.

It would be better to admit it, as the boy said.

-…But.

She stopped recalling the past and focused her consciousness on one place.

-I didn’t invite someone like you. Who?

It’s an intruder.

At first, she thought the boy had returned, but she could tell that the presence was not human.

A grotesque figure with a body like a dry branch appeared.

-…Who are you? What?

“…Scheduled… execution. Possibility of abandoning role… Permission for intervention.”

The grotesque figure reaches out its arm.

Senileina felt unpleasant at the grotesque figure’s actions.

She must not be caught by that.

Instinctively understanding, she immediately tried to cut it off by extending a sharp wind.

But the Spirit King’s wind disappeared as if it were a lie when it touched the grotesque figure’s arm.

-…?!.

Before she could be shocked, Senileina immediately tried to avoid attacking and flee from this place.

Her body was immediately submerged in pure white light and disappeared.

She released her physical form and threw herself into the spirit world.

No being can follow her to the spirit world.

This place is only allowed for spirits.

To enter this place, it is impossible without permission from the same Spirit King.

However.

“Dimensional layer… confirmed. Intervention….”

The grotesque figure broke through space and invaded.

It can’t be.

It has been 10,000 years since she was born as a spirit and became the current being.

But she has never seen such a grotesque being.

“Intervention… start. Forced… start.”

The grotesque figure pierced Senileina’s body.

It instantly transforms the Spirit King.

“Exercising coercive influence… intervening in the incident. Early execution.”

With the grotesque figure’s dry voice ringing out, the Spirit King’s consciousness began to degenerate endlessly.

“Permission completed.”

By the time the work was finished, she was already a completely different being.

“Do your role.”

* * *

I succeeded in persuading that stubborn old man, and now all I have to do is get them to face each other.

Easy!

‘All I have to do is host a matchmaking session for the two old men and everything will be solved! It’s so simple!’

I cheered inwardly and tried to take Elmelot to the place where the Spirit King was waiting.

I can see a happy ending!

“Ah, just in case, please keep a close watch on Mr. Dires so that the old man can’t run away. That human is secretly a coward.”

“Understood.”

There is a possibility that he will be scared and run away at the end, so I can’t let my guard down.

“…You wicked guys.”

Elmelot clicked his tongue as if he was dumbfounded and confidently took the lead.

“You don’t have to worry, I won’t run away.”

“…Anyway, you’re good at talking.”

The words of an old man who broke his promise and slacked off for the past 100 years are not credible.

“It will be instantaneous to arrive.”

There will be no major problems.

As we confidently came out of the workshop, thinking that.

“…However, there will be annoying things before that.”

I had to immediately retract what I said a little while ago.

“Annoying guests have arrived. Guests always come when you’re busy.”

Multiple presences were ambushing around the workshop.

And all of them are spirit masters.