How To Suck Honey With Extras [EN]: Chapter 306

340. The Place to Really Point the Sword (3)

“You idiots.

We almost had a problem if I was any later.

Seriously, you guys always cause trouble when I watch quietly.”

“Aileen!”

The moment Sylvester tried to react as if he was furious, I gestured. Crystals formed at his feet, covering his ankles.

“What is this?!”

“Don’t worry. It’ll disappear soon.”

It was the ability of the ‘Omnipotent Crystal’ I had acquired recently.

It doesn’t have powerful strength, but it can create crystals in desired places, so it’s useful for temporarily stopping opponents.

Sylvester was surprised by my appearance, but.

Ernil’s reaction, on the other hand, was even stranger.

“Aileen! Don’t do useless things… I…”.

He’s trying to say something, but I don’t want to. I won’t listen.

“Now that it’s come to this, I have to say it. You guys are always like that. You draw your own conclusions and don’t even bother to open your mouths to the other person, do you?”

Things would be different if you just talked to each other.

“…What are you talking about?”

Sylvester asked, as if he had regained his composure.

“The real intention… Ernil is…”.

“What? To grow the World Tree to restore the Elves’ home? And to get revenge on the Empire and screw them over?”

“…”

He must have thought so.

Seriously, these guys.

“Don’t judge easily based on circumstances.”

Well, if I didn’t know the future, I would have made the same deduction.

In that respect, I can’t keep blaming them.

“There’s something missing. Why? Why would that stupid Elf do such a thing?”

“Stupid Elf?”

“Yeah, he’s a stupid Elf. Ernil Alfrens.”

I pointed out the problem.

“Revenge? If you wanted to do that, it would be better to restore the World Tree elsewhere and expose them.”

Ernil probably wouldn’t care much about the Empire.

“More than anything, there’s too little chance of success.”

What I pointed out was the probability of success.

Ernil Alfrens openly betrayed us and caused the incident right in front of us.

At first, I was a little taken aback.

But when I thought about it, I understood that there was no other way.

“Because this is the only way to fail.”

“…”

Ernil is just exercising his right to remain silent.

Considering that Kmelz Alfrens attacked the Empire on the premise that he would be defeated…

“…You’re no different from him.”

The difference from him is that Ernil knows the future.

He knows about himself.

So what will he do?

“Wait! Aileen! To fail! Why!”

Sylvester asks as if screaming in disbelief.

Well, that’s right. If what I said is true, if it fits…

From the beginning, Ernil was planning to die at Sylvester’s hands.

Ernil turned his gaze away as if avoiding Sylvester.

That must mean I’m right.

“…Is it because you have to fail?”

Cruise, who had been listening calmly, muttered as he seriously looked around.

He must have noticed something.

I asked them something.

“Who is the villain we have to defeat in the first place?”

“…”

No one can speak.

“…Who else would it be but me.”

Ernil muttered, but there was no longer any persuasiveness in his words.

“When I think about it, there’s one more candidate.”

Who is the main culprit in the story of Ernil Alfrens’ rampage in the first place?

“So, come out already! Ttiasa!”

I have to call him out.

How long are you going to keep your mouth shut, pretending you don’t care?

When I raised my hand, a large amount of mana gathered and turned into demonic energy.

“…Demonic energy?!”

Come to think of it, he doesn’t know about the demonic contract yet.

It doesn’t matter. I’ll explain it later.

I held that power and glanced at Ernil once before immediately looking down.

“Come out right now!”

I slammed the lump of demonic energy down.

Under our feet, that is, targeting the World Tree itself.

“You goddamn monster tree!”

Kwagagagagang!

The impact was so great that the ground under our feet shook.

Wood fragments scattered and the lump of demonic energy dug in.

And it shakes even more violently.

This tree is reacting to the attack of the worst compatibility.

“The World Tree?!”

“Is it shaking?”

This is no ordinary tree.

It is said to be a variant with characteristics closer to animals than plants.

-Kkyaaaaaaaaaaaaa!

A creaking sound rings loudly.

It’s more like the sound of twisting old wooden planks than the scream of a living thing.

Instantly, tree roots stretched out from all directions, wrapped around the lump of demonic energy I threw, and crushed it.

“The World Tree?”

“…It’s finally reacting.”

Until now, the World Tree only moved under the manipulation of Ernil Alfrens.

“No, it was just pretending to move.”

But it’s different now.

It moved regardless of Ernil’s will.

Maybe the others have noticed that fact too.

“Stop it! Aileen! That tree is…”.

Ernil tried to shout something, but it was drowned out by the screams of that damn tree.

But I know it well.

I don’t even need to listen.

“…It’s an evil tree, right? I know.”

I know it all too well.

I smiled and tried to launch another demonic energy bomb.

Then the World Tree’s cry rang out again.

“He’s finally coming out.”

The overflowing tree roots that seemed to be running wild split apart and the monster revealed its form.

What appeared was a statue that mimicked the appearance of a human.

“That’s… Could it be…”

“It’s a terminal that represents the will of the World Tree.”

It must be trying to communicate by looking at our activities and creating a form similar to ours.

The statue twisted its body, caressed the area corresponding to its neck, and coughed.

And finally, this time, it begins to imitate a proper voice.

-Why… Why?!

“Why are you attacking?”

Isn’t it perfect to imitate the language yet?

I said it appropriately as if representing his will.

“It’s obvious. All the problems started because of this damn tree.”

I spewed out harsh words towards the terminal of that damn tree with hostility.

It’s okay. It’s worth it.

“In the first place, that damn tree is bad.”

“…The World Tree is the source of the problem?”

Sylvester looks at the World Tree’s terminal as if he’s suspicious.

The World Tree’s terminal looked around as if examining us, found Ernil, and reached out its arm.

Numerous thin strands stretched out from his arm, aiming for her.

“Ernil!”

Just in time, Sylvester grabbed Ernil and pulled her away, avoiding it.

He’s doing his job properly this time.

Yes, what you should aim for is not the sword.

It’s the arm you have to grab.

“…Are you going to tell me the truth now? It hurts my mouth to make me talk alone?”

“…”

Still don’t want to talk?

Then I’ll tell you instead.

“Everything was planned by Ernil to completely destroy the seeds of this damn tree.”

“…The only way to destroy the World Tree was now.”

In the end, Ernil seemed to have given up on something and began to tell the truth weakly.

“The destruction of the World Tree?”

“The World Tree is not such a sacred tree… It certainly protected us, and we also took care of the World Tree and coexisted.”

“But that’s just a symbiotic relationship.”

I would have compared it before.

The relationship between a crocodile and a crocodile bird.

“But a symbiotic relationship ends when one side thinks it’s unnecessary.”

The fact that the World Tree is worshiped more than necessary is forgotten.

It seemed that the World Tree did not value the Elves that much.

It only uses them when necessary.

And…

“You can throw it away without hesitation when it’s no longer needed.”

That’s why I was wondering why Ernil was reviving the World Tree again.

I’m sure he knows that fact.

And I was convinced.

The future she wants to change is…

“…You must be trying to create a future where you are no longer swayed by such a tree.”

“Aileen is right. That tree… only thinks of me… of my fellow humans, as parts to cultivate itself.”

The World Tree, which had withered due to the Empire, must have thought.

It’s not completely dead yet.

I need to lay down new roots.

But will anything change if I lay down roots?

It could wither again.

And the World Tree came to a conclusion.

I need to be resurrected stronger.

“But the World Tree doesn’t value Elves that much. It would have used them as much as it needed and tried to absorb all the Elves and humans who were no longer needed as nourishment after the resurrection.”

“But the World Tree tried to coax Ernil himself to return to the old symbiotic relationship.”

Up to this point, Ernil is the cause of the incident in the story I know.

She also cared about her fellow humans and wanted to return their homeland to them.

That’s why he inherited part of Kmelz Alfrens’ plan himself.

But the current Ernil is different.

She must have failed due to Sylvester and learned the truth.

“I had to change the future. And… I had to eradicate the cause.”

Knowing everything, she changed her plan.

“Ernil! Then you didn’t have to do this from the beginning…”.

Sylvester rebuked, but her expression did not change.

“Even if I don’t do it, that tree will definitely contact someone else from my race.”

“…Well, I won’t deny it.”

I admitted it too.

Even in the settings I read, that tree is tenacious.

That’s how survival instincts are.

Even if Ernil doesn’t do it, someone will cause an incident.

Maybe it’s Lucel, Sylvester’s colleague.

The guys who don’t know the situation will definitely fall for it.

“I wanted to create an opportunity for that tree to completely self-destruct with my own hands.”

To inform the world of the dangers of the World Tree, and to directly confront those with power, including Sylvester, and eradicate its roots.

Maybe that’s what Ernil Alfrens is thinking.

That must be the future he wants to change.

“But… this method is wrong.”

I’ll point this out.

“Ernil, you should have told us everything from the beginning and planned things out.”

He didn’t talk about the future that needed to be changed.

That is her mistake.

So I’ll fix the root of it.

“Now, the enemy we have to defeat is that guy.”

Gathering everyone’s attention, I designated the target to unleash hostility.

The World Tree.

“It’s time for some fun logging.”

Let’s cut down the most expensive tree in the world.

Let’s cut it into pieces and sell it for a high price.