Childhood Friend of the Zenith – 336 (Part 1)



336 (Part 1)

”'<Chapter 337: Mother of Disaster. (3)

At the words spat out by the World Tree.

I stood there blankly as if I had received a great shock to my head.

How could I not?

“My mother is a disaster?”

From the information I had received from the World Tree until now.

A disaster was at the same time as finding and eliminating the original owner of the world.

An existence akin to a representative sent by the world to erase all living beings on the surface.

If the Blood Demon was the one that appeared when the incident first occurred.

Then the next being that should come to mind would naturally be the Heavenly Demon.

“What kind of nonsense are you talking about?”

I growled out the words.

Not the Heavenly Demon.

But our mother?

“Does that even make sense?”

[Calm down Sado.]

“Calm down?”

Flames.

Unable to suppress the emotions rising to my throat.

Unintentionally sparks flew from my body.

It was the first time I had felt my emotions boiling over like this reaching a peak.

I had pondered long and hard about what the being inside me could be.

If it had been attached to me in my previous life.

That could be possible.

Since I had been told it had not awakened.

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If it had awakened because of something I consumed in this life calling it a miraculous encounter.

I could understand that as well.

I meant to say that I would try to understand it somehow even if I had to piece it together.

But.

“A disaster….”

To erase all living beings on this land.

An existence that would turn the world upside down in order to set things right.

It couldn’t be our mother.

Bang.

With a footstep filled with emotion.

The ground cracked and sank.

“…Where did such ridiculous talk come from?”

I tried to cool my head and listen to the story but it didn’t go as I wished.

The story of my mother which had always remained like a lump in my heart.

I never expected it to flow out like this.

Moreover too much information had come in amplifying my confusion.

Still I had to do it.

The opportunity to obtain such information was.

Surely only now.

“What is the reason you see my mother as a disaster?”

[Sado.]

“Yes.”

Even in my voice laced with anger the World Tree remained calm.

It was as if it had expected my reaction.

[What do you think the disaster you speak of is?]

…You’ve explained it all until now.

That it was a representative sent by the world.

I must have heard that at least three times.

Seeing my frown the World Tree added an explanation as if it had been waiting.

[Then what do you think such an existence comes from?]

“Excuse me?”

Upon hearing the World Tree’s words I had to make a strange expression.

Where do you think it comes from?

[To understand about your mother you must see what they are.]

“What do you mean by that?”

I need to know what a disaster is?

As I racked my brain to interpret the meaning.

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The World Tree seemed to tell me not to do that and provided me with the answer.

[What you think of as a disaster….]

[Is precisely the master of the other world.]

My eyes widened at the words spat out by the World Tree.

The master of the other world meant.

If it truly said my mother was a disaster.

It meant she was the master of another world.

When I heard that the being inside me was also a master I expected that not all masters would take the form of a tree like the World Tree before me.

But the Blood Demon was also a master of another world.

‘…Does that mean my mother was not human from the beginning?’

The image of my mother smiling brightly came to mind.

In my memories my mother was.

An ordinary woman not different from others.

She loved taking care of children.

Enjoyed the seasons and was just a kind woman who particularly loved flowers.

If such a mother was actually a disaster that had to annihilate all beings in the world.

“…That can’t be true. Then how is the world so peaceful?”

If the world is functioning like this it shouldn’t be happening.

Moreover could a being that is the master of another world.

Cross over to the other world like this?

If a disaster had come.

If my mother was truly a disaster.

‘What about my father?’

I clenched my fist at the fleeting thought.

If this story were true.

Did my father know about this?

“My mother was an ordinary woman. Not a disaster.”

The Blood Demon said so.

And just like the Heavenly Demon.

With their appearances that did not seem human.

And their overwhelming presence alone made it clear they were not ordinary beings.

As the World Tree said.

Even if the Blood Demon was the master of another world.

It didn’t feel that strange for that reason.

However if my mother was a disaster.

No matter how much I thought about it it was incomprehensible.

Even more so if that were the case.

‘That means I am not human either.’

My doubts about my identity only deepened.

[Your mother is indeed a disaster.]

“So why do you keep asking why you think that?”

[…]

As I pressed for an answer the World Tree fell silent for a moment.

After a brief silence as if choosing its words.

It reached out a branch and gently stroked my hair as if to apologize and then said.

[To be precise she is already the master of a world that has disappeared but this is something you should hear from your father.]

“…What?”

I swallowed hard at the World Tree’s words.

“Are you saying my father knows about this too?”

How long had it been since I uttered the word ‘father’?

Perhaps if I included my previous life it had been quite a long time.

That meant it was a shock.

And.

“So you also… know my father.”

The World Tree also knew my father.

To what extent.

Just how deeply intertwined are we?

[…]

In response to my question the World Tree often fell silent.

Whether it was choosing its words.

I didn’t know the reason but I hated that silence so much.

As my patience reached its limit perhaps the World Tree realized this.

It finally revealed the story it had been holding back.

[It was a long time ago.]

A long time ago by this world’s standards.

[It was when your father found this place.]

“My father came here?”

[Yes he was holding hands with a woman with white hair and righteousness.]

White hair?

Who could it be?

I momentarily thought of my mother but she had black hair and dark eyes.

[How could a human find this place directly? I was quite surprised.]

He came here directly?

How could that be possible?

If it weren’t for the power of the Iron Line I wouldn’t have been able to come here either.

This place was not an ordinary magical realm.

Hearing the truth made it even more so.

[As soon as I saw her I knew. That she was the second disaster.]

To realize she was a disaster means.

The white-haired woman the World Tree spoke of must be my mother?”’