Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy - Volume 03 by Kei Azumi

Author:Kei Azumi
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Hanashi Media, LLC
Published: 2024-09-24T00:00:00+00:00

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During the meeting with the forest ogre elders, as I expected, Tomoe proposed inviting their tribe to live in the Demiplane.

Honestly, I can’t agree with that idea.

Right now, only the master of their tribe could use the Tree Execution, but just like the orcs and lizardfolks had grown under Tomoe’s influence in the Demiplane, I had a feeling that if we brought the forest ogres in, one by one, they’d start awakening that same ability while interacting with Tomoe and her clone. And if someone called me a coward for thinking that, well, they’d be absolutely right. There was no other reason for it.

Just like everyone else we’ve brought into the Demiplane, the forest ogres didn’t seem to have any objections to joining our realm (or what they understand as Tomoe’s divine realm). It was almost settled. And why wouldn’t it be? There’s nothing standing between us. As for me, despite being called a master or a king, I’m really just a figurehead who doesn’t actually do much of anything.

Everyone in the Demiplane treats me like a king, so now I have a lot of decisions to make. But there’s no way I’m fit to be a king in the first place.

To the forest ogres, even though I was just some shady masked guy, Tomoe was a Greater Dragon who had earned their trust long ago. If she told them to come, they’d follow her without question.

But there was no way.

I’m terrified of that Tree Execution. To be honest, it scares me.

I’d been afraid of the Cursed Disease I’d seen at the Rembrandt household, but my anger and all the other emotions I had been feeling back then had dulled that fear. It hadn’t hit me as hard.

This time, the Tree Execution had left me with nothing but pure terror. Maybe it was because I couldn’t heal it, or because I didn’t know the victims personally. Either way, I hadn’t been overwhelmed by my emotions, so I’d ended up focusing more on the ability itself.

It’s not that I found it unforgivable. It’s just that I was left with this cold, creeping sensation, like icy water soaking into my back. A chill ran through me, a discomfort I couldn’t shake, something I can’t even put into words.

It had snapped me out of the lighthearted mood I’d been in lately.

There’s no way I could just accept the entire forest ogre tribe into the Demiplane and say, “Go ahead.”

That’s why I used the fact that Tomoe had put a barrier around their village as a reason to steer the conversation away from a full-scale relocation. There was no need for fancy persuasion; we had the upper hand in the discussion.

Tomoe valued the forest ogres for their agility, combat skills, and their humanoid appearance, and she really wanted to add them to the residents of the Demiplane. She tried her best to convince me, and it seemed like she was surprised by my opposition.

Mio, on the other hand, even though she wasn’t

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