Chapter 130: The Tree Person

After a slight distortion in space, the environment, which should have been iron-blooded and solemn, dominated by black and red, suddenly changed. What appeared before Vilyric was a brightly colored garden filled with blooming flowers and lush green grass.

“?”

After a moment of confusion, she realized that this was probably another small world created using space techniques.

It seemed that behind that door, there was no room; the door itself was a special transmission node.

Is this where Edith usually lives? She certainly knows how to enjoy herself…

Vilyric looked around.

This space wasn’t very large, covering no more than about ten thousand square meters. The edges were surrounded by a hazy, air-like barrier, giving a vague, dreamy feeling.

Above her, the bright blue sky was just like the outside world, with the sun casting warm light and heat. She couldn’t help but wonder how Edith—or rather, the creator of this place—managed to achieve such a scene.

Below, countless flowers and plants, some familiar to Vilyric and others unheard of, bloomed in abundance. At a glance, there were at least a hundred species. The grass blanketed the ground like a soft carpet, and stepping on it felt quite comfortable.

In the center of the space stood a towering tree with a diameter of at least thirty meters and a height of several hundred meters. The lush shade blocked most of the sunlight, yet fragmented light still filtered down, making it not dark at all.

Instead, it had a dreamy, enchanting beauty.

At the base of the giant tree was a wooden ladder that spiraled upwards, and at approximately ten meters above the ground, there was a wooden door-like entrance on the trunk, seemingly waiting for someone.

It was clear that the kingdom’s guardian and the master of this place, Edith Meikailande, resided within this giant tree.

Vilyric wasted no time, spreading her wings and soaring into the air. In just a few breaths, she gracefully landed in front of the wooden door.

“Is anyone there? I’m coming in!”

As she pushed the door open, Vilyric immediately locked eyes with a gentle and beautiful girl in a golden robe, with blue hair cascading down to her waist, who was quietly sitting at a wooden table waiting.

The girl looked at the black-haired girl with a half-smile, half-teasing expression.

“Oh my, barging into someone’s house without even saying hello first; Miss Vilyric, your style is quite fierce and decisive!”

“Hahaha… Sorry, sorry, I saw the door was open.”

I have to say, although Edith looked only a few years older than a certain princess, this guardian lady had a mature and steady charm about her, reminiscent of a reliable older sister filled with maternal warmth.

Especially since her chest was truly impressive; it gathered more attention than Liliya, who was still in the process of growing up. Could this be the inherited talent of the Meikailande family?

The formidable curve of her golden robe made it hard for the priestess to know where to place her gaze politely.

Therefore, in this casual moment without any serious business, Vilyric felt a bit flustered.

I wonder if Liliya will develop to this extent in the future?

However, Edith was just joking around with the priestess and didn’t intend to dwell on it.

On her other side, a similar wooden chair was already set up, but unlike Princess Mona, there were no lavish desserts and drinks prepared, just two wooden cups and a pot of tea.

Once Vilyric sat down across from Edith, she finally had the time to observe her surroundings.

It was a very simple dwelling.

This was the interior of the giant tree, occupying only about several dozen square meters—there was a hammock, a wooden table and chairs, a bookshelf with a dozen books, a copper mirror, and not even a bathroom.

It made someone wonder how this guardian lady, who had lived for over eight hundred years, usually…

“Miss Vilyric, you seem to be thinking some very impolite things?”

“Eh? Can you read minds? Uh…”

Startled by the sudden thought, the priestess blurted out before realizing her slip of words…

The golden-robed girl covered her mouth, chuckling elegantly, and candidly stated, “I don’t possess such strange abilities, and even if I did, it probably wouldn’t work on someone as strong as Miss Vilyric. It’s just that living long has taught me to read people’s expressions.”

Wow, older women are terrifying.

Seeing Vilyric awkwardly unsure of what to say, Edith naturally laughed off the topic.

“Speaking of which, is there something Miss Vilyric came to consult me about, or did you just come for a casual chat?”

Hey, this girl must be able to read minds!

“Ahem… I suppose it’s just to kill time, but I do have some things I’d like to ask Miss Edith about.”

The guardian lady raised her hand and poured the light green tea into Vilyric’s wooden cup, nodding with a smile.

“Feel free to ask.”

“Alright, let’s start with something not too serious.”

Trying a sip of the green tea provided by Edith, its refreshing aroma immediately spread across Vilyric’s palate, causing her to show surprise and admiration, leading her to exclaim, “It’s really delicious! What kind of tea is this?”

After sipping a few more mouthfuls of the light green liquid, Vilyric reluctantly set the wooden cup down. Initially, she was amazed by its taste, but upon closer inspection, she realized it contained a subtle vitality and vigor.

Although for Vilyric, as a divine being, it was simply a tasty drink, for ordinary people, especially elderly individuals with weakened vitality, drinking this regularly wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say it could prolong their lives.

“Hehe, thank you for the compliment, but this isn’t tea, you know?”

Edith pointed to the wooden ceiling above, which was actually the top of the treehouse.

“It is the essence of life condensed from this child, diluted into liquid form, and it’s what I usually drink.”

The guardian lady smiled nonchalantly.

“After all, I’m getting older, so I need to take care of myself; a surpassing-level lifespan isn’t infinite, who wouldn’t want to live a few more years?”

“I see…”

Ignoring the odd habit of referring to a tree as a child, Vilyric felt curious.

To condense such vitality-infused essence, this tree must indeed be extraordinary… After all, regular trees can’t grow so large, right?

However, she didn’t delve deeper into this topic and instead turned to the content she was genuinely interested in.

“Miss Edith, why do you come here, enduring the gloomy underground to fulfill the role of the ‘Guardian of Sin’?”

If she wasn’t mistaken, according to historical records, one of the original founders of the United Kingdom, Edith Meikailande, disappeared from the public eye as early as the ninth year of the nation’s founding, which was eight hundred years ago.

Among the few founders, only her disappearance or death lacked detailed documentation, and the matter had always been surrounded by various conspiracy theories and interpretations.

Some said that Edith Meikailande was pushed out and secretly killed by the other founders due to differing political views; others claimed that as one of history’s greatest adventurers, she ventured to the world’s edge alone, seeking secrets beyond the world, and never returned.

Even more absurdly, based on the emotional connections between several founders, stories of dramatic love-hate relationships had been concocted, farcical to the extreme, enough to make even a dog shake its head.

   

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