Veel World: The Miracle With Flaws

Chapter 6.2

~Night Arrive~

The tent made by Helen was already standing and at that time Helen was making soup with ingredients that she took out of Storage. Zhel was only able to fall asleep near the tent because Helen ordered him to stay rested, so Zhel just kept quiet and watched Helen work alone.

“Helen... May I help” Zhel asked in a lazy tone.

“Sit's just there... You have to recover properly before we start walking again” said Helen who was stirring the soup.

“I also want to stay here, but I feel anxious about the state of Kon”

Helen stopped because she herself was thinking the same thing, anxious about Kon's situation that they did not know. Plus they could only rely on the creature they thought was the Devil King, considering the previous agreement made them feel disgusted at themselves.

“What can we do?” said Helen who then held the ring on her ring finger.

Helen's anxiety was much greater than Zhel's, of course Helen was very anxious about the fate of her fiance who was now not nearby.

“We can't fight a City... And also our current state—“ said Helen.

“Maaf” said Zhel who cut Helen's speech.

Zhel understood that Helen's anxiety was much greater than hers, and that Zhel had not told her about Zhel leaving Kon alone.

“If only I wasn't naive, if only I hadn't fought the Slime alone... This will not happen” said Zhel who turned his face away from Helen.

Zhel felt ashamed of his own actions, even he felt that he was so naive and dreamed too high.

“No... That's not true Zhel, I'm sure Kon will also do the same” said Helen who then smiled.

Helen was also convinced that Kon would perform the same act as Zhel because the two of them did indeed have somewhat similar traits, hearing that Zhel was back to see Helen smiling.

“Wake up, eat this first” said Helen who then took the soup that had been cooked.

Zhel got up and sat down in his place and took a swig that had been filled with soup by Helen.

“At the moment we can only rely on the Demon King Shadow Monarch, it feels a bit strange until we rely on the enemy right?” helen said with a wry smile.

“I'm not sure” Zhel said as he looked at his shadow from the soup he was holding.

During this time Zhel felt suspicious of all Monarch's actions, especially when Zhel remembered the Monarch's words when in the capital of the Kingdom of Waren.

“He has a lot of information about us, plus he could have emerged from our shadow and killed us... But why didn't he do it?”

“He previously said that the three of us are superior seeds right?”

“True, but a ‘Nice’ Seed for what?”

“I also do not really understand, but what the seedlings mean”

“Hmm I don't understand how to think” said Zhel who then started eating soup in his hands.

Zhel and Helen slowly ate their soup, while thinking about what the Good Seed Monarch had always said to them.

- Seedlings? The seedling is the beginning of a tree, right?

Thinking about the tree, Zhel recalled something.

“Oiya Helen do you remember about the story of ‘Tree of Life’ which from the picture book?”

“Hmm the book? What does this have to do with the Seed that Monarch means?”

“No... I just remember that story... The story of a man who became the beginning of life, I do not imagine how it feels to be a person like that”

“Yes right, being the only living creature... However he became the beginning of the life of all creatures, it felt unimaginable”

the last creature to live in such a vast world, not even plants or animals could be eaten. Think Helen.

~At Else~

“Entah” said Monarch spread her arms like she didn't know.

Ouroboros looked at Monarch with a serious face, but her face did not change because Ouroboros was a Dragon Snake.

“Hmm I still do not understand why you interfere in their affairs, usually you just watch from a distance”, Ouroboros said scoffed.

“You still don't understand ya?”

“Which I know you're just looking for something interesting and watching it”

“It's not wrong anyway... Yet... Over time I was tired of waiting” said Monarch who then showed a smile full of fatigue.

Seeing the rarely seen Monarch's expression, Ouroboros let out a serious expression even though her face had not changed because she was a dragon.

“You... Could you?”

“True... I want to escape the responsibility as The Promiser” said Monarch who lowered his face.

Ouroboros directly stepped on the Monarch with one of her legs, the movement was so fast that even the Monarch could not see it.

“Stupid Basics! What are you saying?! Didn't you promise me you'll live until our task is done?!” said the angry Ouroboros.

Monarch could not move because his body was crushed by the ground and the giant claws of Ouroboros, Monarch could have escaped easily but he felt that the actions Ouroboros had done were not wrong after hearing Monarch's words.

“Ou You know the difference between us? You are the Dragon race, and I am possessed by the human race even though I am this... You can get rid of your boredom by sleeping tens and hundreds of years, but I can't do that” Monarch said.

“So you're really going to go so?!”

“I live with boredom, even if I find something interesting it will be over if it is time... In this world no one is immortal like us Ou”

“So that's why you're so eager to help them?!”

“They are like blunt knives, they should be sharpened as best as possible until they are ready to be used for cutting... That's why I want to show the other side of this world thoroughly to them, it's so that they have something that the others don't have

Ouroboros looked at Monarch seriously, yet she raised her legs and released Monarch.

“Thank you... It's better”

“So you forced them to be what is needed huh?”

“Absolutely... If they had it then I'm sure they could withstand the power of The Promiser, at least they wouldn't have fared like the other 7”

“Are you sure? With just that, they won't be able to beat any of us”

“That power is hard to get, but the experience is much harder to get... I'm ready to wait a long time for that, because I want to be free” as soon as possible

“Free yes... Is death a freedom for you?”

“At least I don't need to think about the fate of the world that keeps my head spinning”

Monarch turned his face and looked back at the projection displayed in front of him, which was being projected was Zhel and Helen who were eating with faces full of anxiety.

“Then Monarch... Do as you please, I will only be a spectator in the Drama you made”

“Do as I please yes... Alright” said Monarch who then lifted part of his lips and formed a smile.

Monarch turned and was about to leave the place of Ouroboros, but he stopped and remembered one thing.

"Ah right too... Ou turned out to be the one who made the story 'Tree of Life' that... It turned out to be me" said Monarch who pointed to himself.

Hearing this Ouroboros whipped the Monarch with the tip of his tail, but the Monarch managed to escape and disappear.

"What did you do to this world while I slept?!!!" an angry shout from Ouroboros.