--- That demon has been sitting at the foot of the spirit tree for about seven years.
Seven years.
As I listened to Grandfather Elf --- Sireba (who finally told me her name), I thought about the fact that the elves had been tormented by that demon for a long time, not so long as the time since I was born. I think about that.
I heard that elves generally have a long life span, so perhaps seven years is much shorter than I thought for the elves. However, seven years in which something important suffers is still a very difficult seven years.
As she began to speak, the elves gathered there looked downcast.
She said that the elves and spirits had been eaten by the demons. The thought of our precious beings being eaten by demons was horrifying. I was horrified at the thought of that.
To my immediate right was my contracted griffon, Reimer. The other contracted beasts are around him. All of them ...... are demons, too. I happened to ......... be lucky enough to meet them all and made a contract with them. And I became friends with them. I think we became a family.
I lost my blood family, and I met a family that is not related to me, not even in shape.
But just as there are many different kinds of people in the world, there are many different kinds of demons, and not all of them can be friends with each other.
Of course, we didn't always follow the demon's advice and offer sacrifices from the beginning. The first time I went to the beach, I saw the sunset. But ...... that demon could not be defeated by us."
The elves were not able to defeat it. The demon that the elves could not defeat.
The monster devoured one of our own right in front of us. He could have eaten all of us at any time, and yet he offered us a deal.
Can that demon speak?"
The demons that I have a contract with cannot speak.
I am not sure. ......These demons have telekinesis--the ability to speak to our hearts. It spoke directly to our hearts. We can't let it eat us all. In addition, if we leave the spirit tree as it is, the demon can do whatever it wants to do with it. We cannot leave the spirit tree at ...... as it is. As a result, we ...... had to offer a sacrifice."
The elves cannot defeat the demon. I still do not know how powerful the elves are. I have yet to see the magic they use.
They are an existence that elves, a race that excels at magic, cannot defeat.
To be honest, I had no idea what kind of demon they were.
What kind of demons are those that the elves cannot defeat? I have heard that the elves are a race that is good at magic. ......"
Mr. Oshashio opened his mouth. Ms. Dong made a thoughtful gesture at Mr. Sireva's words.
He said, "They are ...... magic-eating, demonic creatures. They are plant demons, but they eat magic. It eats the magic we unleash on it, and even if it manages to get rid of some of it, it regenerates.
"Feeds on magic?"
I believe that anything with magic power can be food for that demon. That's why he has settled at the foot of a tree overflowing with magical power called the Spirit Tree,.......
I think about the spirit tree, a tree I have never seen before.
It is a tree where spirits are born and spirits grow up. It is very important for the elves. The tree is a very important thing for the elves. I wonder if that spirit will be able to thank me if I am able to defeat the monster. Would I be able to ask her why she said that?
And at the foot of this special tree overflowing with magical power, there lives a being that feeds on magical power. From the point of view of a magic-eating being, a spirit tree overflowing with magic and an elf skilled in the handling of magic would be food for its thirsty appetite.
What if we use something other than magic?
If they are magic-eating beings, I ask, why don't we just attack them with something other than magic?
I ask, "We don't have many other means of attack besides magic. The bow didn't work either.
If we go to ...... with the beasts and the griffons, will they be able to get through?
I don't know.
The elves' means of attack is magic. The actuality that the actuality is that you can't get a lot of these things. This is a problem that can be solved if you can fight with a race that is superior in something other than magic.
But I see, we didn't know that elves were living here. I don't think the elves know exactly where the other races live. Besides, there are more than a few in the land of men who enslave the elves.
I wonder if it is because ......... and most of all because everyone in this group of elves looked down on the other races and the idea of cooperation never occurred to them. Sireba finally told us their names, but she was talking about humans like they were lower creatures. So when they found us, the idea was to sacrifice us. They did not think that we would cooperate with them.
---The beastmen were also wary of me at first, because I was human. Because I am human. They were also wary of Mr. Lan. Because he is human. But now they get along with me. I think that's because I've removed the "human" part of the equation. I think it's because they see me and Ms. Lan that way, not because we are human.
Even the elves now think that because we are "beastmen" and because we are "human" we are "human. I would like to think that the reason they say beastmen are barbaric and humans are inferior is because they only see us in those terms. I want to believe that we can get along with each other if we can get rid of such things.
.........First of all, yes. I think we should first confirm what we can do for each other. Then, we'll ask each other for more information about the demon and work out a countermeasure. We have no idea what kind of magic the elves can do. I am sure that Siréva and the others don't know how beastmen fight either. At that stage, we would not be able to coordinate how we would confront the demons. It may be unwilling, but I would like to know what kind of magic we can use to protect the spirit tree and the spirits that are so important to you and your family.
---- girl and what she can do to get rid of demons 1
(Maybe the girl who is a godchild listens to the story about the demon that torments that elf. (And thinking about many things)