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Volume 10 Chapter 288

Intuition and Hyper-Intuition

「Cain-nii, Leon-nii. What brings both of you here together!」
I approached the two who had come a little away from Miu’s house and spoke to them alone.
Cain is the captain of the royal guard of this country, Glendale, and Leon is the commander of the kingdom’s knight unit.
Both of them should be quite busy.
Since both of them came here together, I thought there might be something going on.
「Cain-nii said that a dangerous curse seemed to be spreading, so we came to investigate」
「Huh!」
Is that about the curse of『Undying Death』?
Even though this village is a little far from the capital, it seems to be within the range of Hyper-Intuition……
My intuition can only tell me when something dangerous is about to happen, at most.
If I could directly observe the event, my intuition might work a bit more accurately.
In contrast, Cain’s Hyper-Intuition is like precognition. It’s not vague like sometime, somewhere, but he accurately knew that something dangerous was going to happen in this village today.
「Well, I think it’s already resolved because Haruto is here」
Can he figure out that much?
Cain’s Hyper-Intuition is too convenient.
「Yeah. We managed to deal with it just now」
「I see… …Thank you for saving our country—no, our world」
「Huh!!」
「Ah…… um, yeah. You’re welcome」
「Cain-nii, about our world—- What do you mean!」
「It means exactly what it sounds like. If Haruto hadn’t done something, half of the world’s population would have died. Probably, I think such a curse was about to spread」
「W-what!!」
Cain’s accuracy in Hyper-Intuition is not just impressive; it’s beyond scary.
「Cain-nii’s Hyper-Intuition…… It’s amazing」
「I think Haruto, who can dispel curses that even my Hyper-Intuition says are dangerous at this speed, is more amazing. By the way, isn’t that thing the girl over there is holding the World Tree!」
While pointing at the pot that Miu is holding dearly from a distance, Cain hits the mark.
「T-the World Tree!!」
「You can tell. It’s exactly as Cain-nii says. Somehow, it sprouted」
「S-sprouted……」
Saying so, Leon froze.
「Are you planning to entrust the World Tree to such a young child? If you want, should I manage it in the country!」
Cain isn’t the type to take the World Tree from Miu and use it for their own benefit. I understand that because he’s my brother.
But for now, let me explain.
「The World Tree doesn’t provide its benefits until it grows to a certain size. And to reach that size, you need special items」
「Oh, I see」
「……And Haruto, you’re capable of making those special items」
「Huh!!」
Leon has been alternating between looking surprised and glancing between me and Cain since he arrived here.
According to my intuition, Leon is about to say『huh!?』, one more time.
「Well, something like that」
「So, since you can make those special items, it’s best not to keep that World Tree near you, right!」
「Yeah」
That was quick.
「So, we left that to Miu. Oh, Miu is the girl holding the pot. Even if she and her descendants raise it normally, it might not grow at all for thousands of years」
「Yeah, my Hyper-Intuition says the same. But there’s a possibility that someone who understands could realize that it’s the World Tree」
Certainly, there is such a possibility.
Even though Sylph suppressed the aura, Cain realized that it was the World Tree.
But—-
「It’s okay. Only Cain-nii can realize that it’s the World Tree」
「I-Is that so!」
「Yeah. Because even with Leon-nii’s eyes, he wouldn’t realize that it’s the World Tree, right!」
「A-ah, yeah…… To me, it just looks like any other grass around here」
Even Leon, who has observation skills on the level of a cheat skill, can’t determine that.
And that’s to be expected.
In the first place, the World Tree barely emits any aura at the seed stage.
The mature World Tree spreads various benefits to its surroundings, but the seed stage World Tree doesn’t have such power.
Furthermore, the World Tree won’t grow unless it’s in a land with ultra-high-density magic like the dragon vein. And such land exists only in Alheim. Except for my mansion, of course……
In addition, Sylph, the embodiment of the World Tree, completely erased the tiny aura.
Unless Miu takes it to a land where magic equivalent to a dragon vein wells up and buries it there, it will be nothing more than a slowly growing plant.
「The dangerous curse has been dispelled, so… …shall we head back!」
「Yeah. Let’s do that」
The two were about to leave.
I thought Leon would be surprised one more time, but…
Ah!
I remembered something.
「I have a fully grown World Tree in my mansion」
「「Eh!!」」
Alright!
Mission (?) accomplished.
「If you ever need World Tree leaves for materials like elixirs, feel free to come by my place」