Love Letter From The Future

4. Rynella’s fate is decided by Rynella (1)

Unfamiliar memories dig into the cracks in the hazy mind.

The landscape quickly filled up like dry mud holding water. The pure white sight had texture and volume.

It was the beginning of a strangely vivid dream.

I could feel the scorching sun, the dense forest, the chirping of birds and the stifling humidity. Searching the entire continent, there was only one place with such a climate.

The Great Forest of the Southern Ten Kingdoms.

It was a rough terrain where countless poisonous insects, monsters, and the ruins of ancient evil spirits remained. Even deep inside, there were numerous ‘vampires’ and witches led by her.

There are only two types of people who live here.

Disciplines who self-tormented for training and slash-and-burn people who were expelled from society for some reason made up the entire population living here.

However, no matter how difficult it was to survive, there was always a safe place.

Among those living in the Great Forest, when people who belonged to ascetics formed a group, the place also functioned as a kind of outpost. It was because Daesoorim was too harsh a place to live alone.

And someone else had to protect the Great Forest.

The monsters living in the Great Forest are all strong and cruel. If even a fraction of the monster had leaked into the surroundings, it would have been catastrophic.

Even more so, it would be a big deal if the ‘vampire’, who was said to exist in the deepest part of the great forest, even went out.

Over the past hundreds of years, there have been countless attempts to subjugate ‘vampires’. But each time mankind had to drink the bitter cup of defeat.

That’s how strong it was, and it was also a demon.

A stronger force was needed to suppress her.

The one who took on that role was the ‘great witch’, who was called the national envoy of the ten southern kingdoms.

One of only three Masters on the continent, the Archwitch has guarded the Great Forest for hundreds of years. In that long history, the Archwitch was just quietly retiring.

However, a figure of the archwitch is like the sun that rises in the night.

Its presence alone attracts a lot of people.

Someone comes with a riddle that only the Archwitch can solve.

Some people adored the Archwitch and asked to talk to her for a short time, and some people wanted to become her disciples and live in the Great Forest.

The core beings that made up the safe zone in the rugged Great Forest belonged to the last of them.

Dozens of disciples of the Archwitch form a community, where they receive the teachings of their master and guard the borders of the Great Forest.

In the first place, she was a great witch who did not like to be exposed.

Of course, it was rare to recruit disciples, but once they became disciples, more than half of them would return to the world with outstanding achievements.

To become a disciple of the Archwitch, you first had to visit the Archwitch’s residence.

It was an adventure to visit the abode of the Archwitch located somewhere in the great forest. In nine cases out of ten, it was to the point of turning away or dying.

Even so, countless people aspired to become disciples of the Archwitch.

Then one day, news of the archwitch recruiting disciples for the first time in decades was suddenly known.

Hundreds risked their lives to reach the Great Forest and kneel before the Archwitch. However, only about twenty of them were selected as disciples.

The chosen ones who overcome numerous difficulties and trials and have the chance to become the archwitch’s disciples.

Among them, the person chosen as the great disciple was, surprisingly, the second son of a rural viscount who had no special strengths or weaknesses.

He was a man with black hair and golden eyes.

He was sweating profusely before the block of wood. No matter how much I wiped my forehead, I couldn’t stop the sweat from flowing.

In his hand was a hatchet. Originally, both hands were placed on the bag, which should have been held with one hand, but despite this, the man found it difficult to chop even one piece of firewood.

“Whoa,” the man said, catching his breath. Then he glared at the wood block again with a serious expression, then slammed the hatchet down with all his might.

And a piece of wood bounced off with a click.

In the end, the man couldn’t stand it and exploded.

“… … No, what a piece of sh*t!”

With a swear word, the hatchet was slammed to the ground.

The sound of his panting breath told how much he had been holding back. In fact, it was rare for an academy graduate who was treated well anywhere to suffer the humiliation of not being able to chop a single piece of firewood.

But the man still had excuses.

He immediately let out a sound like a scream.

“Why the hell are you using the World Tree as firewood!”

It was.

The firewood the man had struggled to chop up until now was actually a branch of the World Tree. It was a sight that the elves who had been driven to the north would foam at the mouth if they saw it.

The World Tree, located in the center of the great grove, had its branches spread all over the place. The place where the Archwitch’s abode was located was also one of the places where its branches branched out.

True to its grandiose name, ‘World Tree’ worked as an excellent material.

The leaves of the World Tree had a powerful healing effect and were used as rare magic materials depending on how they were processed. The same was true of sap and branches.

However, only the branches of the precious world tree were used as firewood.

There are so many orphans starving to death on the continent, and it was a truly deplorable waste.

While the man was grumbling like that, an annoyed voice soon came from the side.

“Hey, let’s do it properly… Are you the only one struggling?”

The man’s golden eyes glanced at the epicenter of the criticism.

There sat a little girl, squatting in front of the fireplace, eagerly trying to make a fire with a fan.

Her pupils, with the impressive cone-shaped hat, widened. It meant that he had suffered for a long time already.

Seeing those blue sapphire eyes that were now even bloodshot, the man clicked his tongue.

“Will you catch fire just by staring at me like that? It’s not dry firewood, it’s a world tree.”

“… … I’m still pissed off, but are you getting on my nerves?!”

At the provocation, the petite girl immediately stood up. Then he started growling like a puppy with bristling hairs all over his body.

“Me, I specialize in electrical elements! Of course, this should be done by a specialist in the fire element!”

“Let’s not make ugly excuses. So, would my main armament be a hatchet?”

At the simple man’s objection, the girl lowered her head and only trembled. Soon after, her head was lifted, and her eyes were ferocious.

The girl’s small hands were gripped, and the sound of electric charges resounded.

“Lee, f*cking rice cubs are really… Let’s see, I’m very easygoing, huh? Shall we grill everything from the brain to the peripheral nerves very thrillingly, you bastard… … !”

“I come to Master.”

However, the girl’s threat, which was terrifying just by hearing it, was stopped with a single word.

The girl’s body froze at the man’s carefree voice. Then, with a puzzled look on his face, he stuttered and began to open his mouth.

“Hey hey hey! The baby boy broke… Aren’t you ashamed?! Mu, they told me to do something!”

Unlike the girl who was blatantly embarrassed, the man had an attitude that was even boring. He sighed and shook his head.

“Is it too much of my pride to establish a hierarchy among disciples? It hurts, but you have to accept it now. Sister-in-law, from now on, call it the death penalty and respect it all the time… … .”

“AA AA AA! I can’t hear you! I can not hear you!”

The girl immediately covered her ears and sat down on the spot. Both hands covered and removed the ears, repeating the opening and closing movements. At first glance, it was no different from the appearance of a small child.

The man even looked a bit fed up, but the girl was desperate.

She immediately got up, stumbled over, and said, “Cook,” poking the man’s side with her elbow.

“Well, come to think of it, you said you were also from the academy? hey dude If you were a senior at the academy, you will be a senior forever… Write, where are you trying to match me?!”

“That word, to Master… … .”

“… … Aagh! Whatever you do, that bastard’s master, master, master!”

The man’s mouth fell shut for a moment at the girl’s cry of irritation.

It was as if he was asking me to say something.

The girl did not reject the opportunity.

“Be honest, aren’t you annoying?! I came to be taught as a disciple, do you think I came to play the role of a maid? All I do is clean, light a fire, and prepare meals every day!”

“Hmm,” the man’s hand stroked his chin. It seemed that there was some truth to it.

The girl, who had no way of knowing that fact, seduced the man with a subtle voice.

“So are you, what the f*ck… What kind of idiot is saying that he will use the world tree for firewood? It’s not even the main armament, it’s a hatchet! Isn’t this just bullying?”

No matter how much it was, there was no way that a person like the Archwitch would do that, but the man was a little taken aback by that persuasion. It was because he had been fooling around for too long.

Using the World Tree as firewood, and using a hatchet instead of a sword.

It was an instruction that was difficult to understand in common sense.

As the man’s silence deepened, the girl became more excited and chattered.

“When I look at it, I think that old woman has gone a little crazy after living so long. Honestly, living in this suffocating place for hundreds of years… … .”

“If you live?”

“Surely crazy, throw away… Or?”

The girl, who was about to continue talking giggling at the returned reply, realized that the questioning voice belonged to a woman and shut her mouth.

The bulging blue eyes slowly turned to the back.

There, before I knew it, there was a woman standing behind the man and the girl.

It was a small child with dark hair and light green eyes. At first glance, he looked like he was in his mid-teens, but he was actually a monster among monsters that had been around for hundreds of years.

The continent’s only three masters, everyone respects and fears her and calls her this.

‘The Great Witch of the South’.

The girl’s face began to turn white. Regardless, the archwitch just let out a puff of smoke from the pipe she was holding in her mouth.

The girl managed to squeeze out a trembling voice.

“S-Master… That, so this… Yes, because the death penalty provoked me!”

“Don’t be funny.”

It was a desperate excuse, but the Archwitch only sneered and snapped her finger.

Then, there was a flash, and the field of vision turned white, and then a bolt of lightning struck the ground.

The electric charge that randomly bounced up and down seemed to hint at its power. It was a level that even a high-ranking magician who could handle electric elements could not bear.

A scream came out of the girl’s mouth.

“Kyaagh!”

The girl, who had been screaming for a long time, soon collapsed onto the ground. A musty smell emanated from its body.

Even so, the Archwitch’s reaction was extremely cold.

“… … Tsk, sternly.”

Then, the archwitch’s pale green eyes turned to the man. Even then, the man, who was still in a cold sweat, trembled even when he just met that gaze.

the archwitch asked.

“Do you think so too?”

“… … yes?”

In response to the unexpectedly kind treatment, the man had no choice but to ask in a daze.

The Archwitch didn’t seem to like that. Crackling with the pipe she was holding, she slammed my arm and asked the question again.

“Do you think what you are doing is useless?”

“That, that is… … .”

The man, who could not bear to lie to his master, stuttered and withheld an answer. Then the archwitch snorted once more, as if it was understandable.

With a thump, she snapped her fingers, and the hatchet the man had thrown floated to the surface.

“I’ll show you just once, so take a good look.”

It was around that time that I had a sudden question.

I had a long dream today.

It was so long, the moment I conceived such a thought, my consciousness rose and sank in an instant.

Now, where am I watching this dream?

The floating sight fell. The gradually narrowing field of vision erased the man more and more. And all of a sudden, the sight that fills my eyes is the archwitch and the hatchet floating in the air.

The sight was assimilating.

The man was me.