Wish 5: Partner

I thought I'd go back to when I was a baby...

But now I...

No, but I went back 5 five days before I died?

At this time we were going to town.

Why?

I'm supposed to go back to the beginning when I die and I haven't made a wish yet

That beginning is the time when I was born… No, but the time when my soul settles into the new world.

The beginning for me in this world is when I was an baby.

So why didn't I go back to the beginning...

And back to the time we were leaving the village?

The only answer I can think of is that it has something to do with the skill progression of 'compulsory wish' to 'last wish'.

In addition to the rules of this new world on me.

"Quick, son, the carriage is leaving."

"U-uh, I'm coming..."

I no longer feel that fear of her, why?

….....

a stranger…

It's been a whole day,

And my mother no longer watches me, not even once.

Although she looks at me with the same strange look that I do not feel any fear or threat from her like before.

That look reminds me of the Saint's as she looked at the Supreme Sage from the Second Wish Realm…

She once told me that she would be happy if she could devour him

Well I know she was joking...

Probably…

anyway,

〔Dryad's body〕...

I never knew dreads had skills,

The reason is that when I used 〔Analysis〕 on them

It was only showing their classes and they didn't have any skills.

For a world based on classes and skills only

There was never any way for them to be stronger

Because skills were everything.

For example, just because you're good at singing would that be categorized as a 'skill'

Being talented is a 'skill'

You can use magic, so this is a 'skill' too.

Skills were everything...

Or, better to say, the world was made up of skills only.

The same goes for this world...

Although it is weirder than the first.

So I despised Dryad at first when I learned they had no skills.

Whenever Dryad came to stop me from ruling the world, I would simply kill him.

This continued until 300 Dryads gathered and sacrificed their lives to carry out that Dryad curse on me.

So I concluded, the curse was also a skill...

But they somehow hid it.

Now I know why they don't have the skills...

Because they sacrificed it to their partners.

In addition, it was their partners who used the skill 'Curse of Dryad' on me.

Well I was naive at first.

Then, after going through more than 14 worlds, I made sure that my strength was determined by the skills I had.

Which reminds me of that when I was in the advanced world of Opera

I was making this wish...

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⊕ Compulsory Wish ⊕

knowledge? Science? Greed?

Become a genius scientist, and devour all the knowledge in this world.

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So I became a famous scientist, and I searched for all possible knowledge in science.

Then when I learned by chance that one of the countries is creating a secret virus,

Try to kill me in every way possible

They even used professional killers in the arts of assassination.

And because I was limited in my skills because it took time to activate between each use...

I had a hard time surviving.

Same thing in another magical world.

While magicians used their magic freely...

I was the only one who limited my skills and couldn't use magic like them.

So I feel a little grateful that this world is limited by skills.

….....

Now let's go back to the topic of dryad.

That barrier my mom used

Plus the skill that killed me with it.

Wasn't she supposed to sacrifice her skills to me?

Or is there something I don't know about this strange race...

….....

We have finally arrived at the church.

This time we went to a restaurant to have lunch and some rest.

It is clear that my mother is not in such a hurry as last time.

I think it has something to do with her stopping to watch me.

….....

Morning came and now we are in church

I'm sure the reason my mom suspected me and killed me was skills.

Because I did not inherit her skills, it is simply as if I do not exist for her.

I also thought that the skill of 'Dryad's Body' had something to do with it.

I didn't want to use analysis on new skills

In order not to spoil things.

But I feel it, because my mom's skills are mine now.

….....

Everything is fine now.

I changed my sub job to 'Supreme Mage'

Then I used the skill 〔Deception〕 to show the skills I got from my mom only and added to them the skill 〔Bloodthirsty〕 and 〔Aura〕

This time I added 10,000 mana.

Well the face of that High Priest and High Priest was pitying after they saw that huge amount.

So they consulted the Pope of the Church.

He could easily determine that amount of mana.

And here I noticed, that there seem to be dangerous people like him.

I could imagine his mana was over 50,000 since he could measure the ones I showed without coming here.

I have to beware of it.

Anyway, we went to my mom's hotel to stay here.

Same as last time

I took my status card and she's staring at it for a long time...

However, this time she looks very happy.

I think I made the right choice this time.

"Son, do you want to know my job?"

What a terrifying sentence to say now.

Well does she really have a job now?

"Yeah mom, curiosity is killing me."

Well, curiosity really killed me last time.

"Then before that, I have to tell you who I am and who you are."

I already know that.

Meanwhile she said

"Unmasking"

My mother's wobbly ears appeared

But the strange thing is that my mother's hair is no longer silver...

It turned green!!

I've never seen any dryad have green hair.

It was bright green hair...beautiful as if I was looking at the amazing green mother nature.

"My son, I am of a race called dryad, but I am just a dryad, I am a *High* dryad !!"

*High* dryad??

Are they an evolved race of dreads?

Or are they dryad but more powerful?

"Haha, the questions are clear on your face, son.

Then let me tell you my story and how you were born as my only partner."

My mother started telling me her story.

Some parts I mentioned I had already seen in those memories.

Then I discovered that Dryad has a sole ruler.

That dryad shall be a high dryad.

High Dryad has two jobs, the first is a 'High Dryad' and the second is a random job that he gets from what he has learned in his life.

For example, my mother also has two jobs, the first is 'High Dryad', which she still owns, and the second is the one who sacrificed it to me.

The High Dryad can learn new skills even if he loses them.

Then my mom showed me her status card.

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⁂Name: None

⁂Occupation: ⟦ High Dryad ⟧

⁂Age: 55 years

⁂Mana: 201,800/201,650

⁂Skills: 〔Supreme Magic〕 〔Curse of Dryad〕 〔Disguise〕 〔Void Barrier〕 〔Dryad's Body〕 〔Swordsmanship〕 +15 other skills…

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Damn she has more than 20 skills!!

It was also that barrier skill that suppressed my mana I guess.

It also possesses a large amount of mana...

That explains how she was able to use the skills so quickly that I didn't even notice.

She also told me about the 'Dryad Body' as everyone of the Dryad race possessed this skill.

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⁂Skill 〔Dryad's Body〕:

You are now from Dryad.

And everyone from Dryad will be able to sense you.

The aura of dryad surrounds you.

Dryad's blood runs through your body.

The grace of dryad blesses you always.

Female dryads are attracted to you.

Your constant loyalty partner

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In the end, this was the reason why my mother was always suspicious of me, watching me, and eventually killed me.

But now I'm one of the Dryad race...

"And now you are a High dryad too."

Yes, high Dryad...

high??

"Hey mom, didn't you say there was only one high Dryad?"

"Yes, there is only one female high dryad to be the ruler of the dryad, but even a female high dryad would need a partner, and that partner would also be a high dryad but his lifespan is the same as the lifespan of humans…

While the High Dryad lives for about a thousand years."

If this is what happens...

But I did not agree to be her partner.

"But… you son are a little special, because you inherited from me the job of 'Supreme Magi' and not 'high Maggi', your period of life will be like that of any other dryad."

In other words, the female high dryad has a long life span but the male has a short lifespan and the reason is that there are no supposed to have two high dryads, but since I have not inherited the job of ⟦high dryad⟧, my lifespan has become longer…

Well, I think it would be beneficial for me in some way to have a long life.

"So what do you want to do, will you be my partner?"

I went to sleep and I ignored her.

"You are cruel, son, did you know that I left the rule of Dryad just for you?"

Why do I feel that problems are coming after I mentioned this....

…..

I slept peacefully...

That night I made a three-tiered barrier to sleep peacefully without you coming to my bed under the pretext of a partner...

Then I had a strange dream.

In that dream I was among the stars... In the vast space I sit on a stone chair...

There were seven people in front of me discussing a topic.

But all I heard was

[Finally the last stage is done, isn't it…]

[A sin… a tragedy... a divinity….]

And when I tried to speak, I woke up.

Anyway, my mom was still trying to sneak up on me, so I walked out of the hotel.

I couldn't sleep anyway.

I went to the restaurant to eat breakfast

Then I heard customers talking about a topic

"Do you know what happened to that lord?"

"Yes, I heard that he could not stop the attack of the monsters and the village and all its inhabitants were wiped out."

what ??

village?

"The village of the flute, right?"

No way…

Don't be kidding here...

That village is my village!

My dad is still there!!!