I Became the Weakest Summoned of the Genius Summoner

262 – Small Tree, Even Smaller Grandfather

I was so shocked that I hit my teeth unsightly several times.

‘What are you?’

(Me? I… Um… I don’t know. I had a memory when I first came to this space, but it’s gotten better now.)

‘What does that mean? ‘Since when have you been here?’

(Well, I don’t know exactly, but it doesn’t seem that old.)

‘Well, I see… Then I’m busy so I’ll stop.’

(aa!! Where are you going?! Talk to me!)

‘What are you talking about with a tree that doesn’t remember anything?’

At my words, the small tree slowly crawled to my side, waving its small branches and saying.

(Oh my! I said I don’t remember who I am, but I still have other memories!)

‘Ho… I see.’

I wondered if that would have any meaning since I had forgotten who I was, but I decided to talk about it first.

‘But by any chance… You’re not a grandfather, are you?’

(Grandpa? What do you mean?)

‘No.’

(I don’t know about Grandpa, but I’ve seen little spheres say mean things a few times.)

‘…What?’

(He looked at me and said, “It’s a wood that can’t be used! He must be a bad guy!”)

‘… Okay? Where can I find that sphere?’

Then the tree touched a small branch to a part of the trunk, thought about something for a moment, and then said.

(Maybe if you wait a little longer, you’ll be able to see them! I used to come every time one of my leaves appeared. Look, there are already nine leaves.)

‘Hmm… Are you sure?’

(That’s right!)

Just hearing the voice had the power to make you want to believe it because it was the cheerful voice of a very young girl.

Since I don’t know if I’ll be able to find the old man if I just wander around, I decided to wait here for now.

‘Anyway, there is only darkness here, how do you live? There is no light. It’s not even raining here.’

In response to my question, the tree stretched out the branches that were touching its trunk to both sides and spoke.

(I live on mana! I want to taste the mana leaking out of your body right now, is that okay? Actually, I’m already eating it!)

‘Was mana leaking from my body? Hmm… It’s a very sensitive tree.’

After listening to the story and quietly observing the body, it was actually like that.

It was such a small amount that even I didn’t notice, but it was amazing. It’s not an ordinary tree.

(Rather than that, when I say rain, something comes to mind. Rain… Rain… It feels like something affectionate.)

‘Hmm… Maybe it has something to do with you forgetting?’

(Is that so? Something seems to come to mind, but I can’t remember! Haha! I guess it’s okay!)

It was a very bright tree even though it lived in a place like this without even remembering who it was.

I waited for my grandfather while talking about various things with the tree.

The tree was so cheerful and positive that even though she didn’t say much, her mind felt purified.

What I learned after talking with the tree was that this tree was definitely a person who lived on Earth.

‘If you lived in an island country and you think of an animal with a hopping pouch… It’s Australia, right?’

(Australia?! The name of the place I lived is Australia!)

The tree was gradually recalling her memories as she shared her story with me, but apart from that, she seemed to be very happy to have met someone to talk to.

‘For some reason, it reminds me of myself when I met Tania…’

Her personality is the opposite of that of Tania, who used to be quiet, and this time I was the one listening, but somehow I felt the same way.

At that time, a message suddenly occurred to me.

– We have built a bond with a seed that holds incredible potential!

– Grow seeds and get rewards!

‘?!’

I was once again surprised by the unexpected message.

A seed of amazing possibility? Although it is still small at first glance, it already looks like a well-shaped tree. Anyway, if you raise this guy, you will receive some reward.

A tree looking at me with its small mouth open.

I can feel the soft light of man flowing into the tree.

‘Well, does eating my mana help me grow?’

(Yes! You are so delicious! Stay with me.)

Although the tone was a bit strange, I could see the growth of the tree with my own eyes.

(Wow! The leaves have increased again! This is my first time seeing two leaves in one day!)

As the baby tree danced, fluttering its leaves, a new being appeared in the realm of my senses.

‘That’s the sphere the tree was talking about.’

The sphere was flying precisely towards us, and its movement seemed very leisurely.

‘He moves like an old man from the neighborhood.’

It felt exactly like coming slowly in a zigzag circle.

Hehe~)

[What makes you feel so good?]

The sphere, which had now approached up to a hundred meters, shouted loudly and asked.

But the tree didn’t even pretend to listen.

[Are you still sulking?]

(Hmph! Don’t talk to me!)

‘It’s small…’

When I measured it with my senses, it seemed very large, but when I got close to it, it was so small that it was embarrassing to even call it a sphere.

Even after the sphere, which was about the size of a candy, arrived at the tree, it swung at the tree without even looking at me.

[Hmm- I see you are growing too.]

(Ah! Go away!)

‘The voice is different…’

The way he spoke was definitely the same as what I heard back then, but the voice was different.

[Ah, you’re here.]

I asked the sphere that was finally pretending to know.

‘Are you the grandfather I was talking about back then?’

[That’s right, please take a seat.]

‘Hmm…’

First, I did as I was told and sat down, and the sphere spun around me and said, “Hoo-” “Hmmmm.” “Yes.” I muttered to myself.

– Forgotten ancient sword techniques have been activated.

‘Huh?’

With the activation of the characteristic, the voice of the sphere changed to that of an old man I had never heard before.

The sphere that had been scanning my body for a while settled down in the air in front of me and spoke in a serious tone.

[Once every three days. Visit here You will teach me my swordsmanship.]

‘?!’

I first had doubts about the sphere that said it would teach me swordsmanship.

Putting aside the question of whether a sphere the size of a marble could teach me, I wanted to know the reason for doing so. Because they are connected by characteristics?

I couldn’t contain my curiosity and asked him, and when I heard the answer, I couldn’t help but open my mouth.

[Because I also had a hundred lives. I wasn’t reborn as an outsider like you.]

‘?! How did you know I had that ability?’

I was shocked and asked back, but my grandfather answered as if it was no big deal.

[Your abilities are connected to mine and I have given you various information. So that’s what I found out. That you too have the same abilities as me.]

‘I see…’

[Actually, I have been watching you even before I was connected to the trait. Of course, you could only see it when you entered this space.]

‘Huh… But why didn’t you talk to me then?’

[I also have my own circumstances. Anyway, there is something I felt while watching you for nearly two months.]

‘What is it?’

[Your swordsmanship skills are really poor.]

‘… You speak a bit harshly at first meeting.’

[It is true.]

I was at a loss for words for a moment due to the bombardment of facts, but I didn’t say I felt particularly bad or anything. Since when was I a prosecutor?

There were so many more questions than that, so I asked right away.

‘How strong were you originally? And why are they in such a place like that?’

[It is…]

There were more than one or two things I was curious about.

My grandfather didn’t answer all the questions, but he answered the things I needed to know with great sincerity.

First, he introduced himself as a swordsman who lived in another dimension that no longer exists.

He had the same 100 lives as me, but what was different from me was that his original body was restored and he was resurrected.

‘Sure… Isn’t that true? There’s something not right about being reborn as a monster and growing from scratch.’

Even though I had questions, I took a listening attitude.

[I gained the ability ‘100’ in my later years, but at that time my body was already going down a steep decline. I don’t know why they gave that ability to a living person like me, but it was still useful.]

‘I see…’

[In your world, are you the only one with a hundred lives?]

‘I don’t know about that either. Since some people live seven lives, I wouldn’t be surprised if there were a few more.’

[Seven lives… He must be the incarnation of the Seven Headed Dragon.]

‘?! Do you know about the Seven Headed Dragons?’

The grandfather quietly sat down on the floor and then spoke again.

[I know a little about the Seven Headed Dragons. It’s an evil spirit like ‘Blue Eyes’ that won’t be happy even if you tear it to death. All I know is that they are always fighting to devour the same world. The world I was in also disappeared because of their play. Of course, the Seven-Headed Dragon appeared late and didn’t seem to have any fun.]

‘That’s it?!’

A hundred lives couldn’t have prevented the destruction of the world?

[I think I know what you’re thinking. On second thought, if only I had gotten that ability in my prime. No, if I had gotten it when I was growing up, the ending might have been different. But now it’s a meaningless story.]

The grandfather began to rise from the floor again, giving off a vague atmosphere.

[Let me tell you an interesting fact that may make you aware. A hundred lives. Everyone who received that power was unable to save the world they belonged to.]

‘Yes?! What?!’

This grandfather had a knack for telling shocking stories in a calm manner.

And how on earth do you know that? Is there a gathering of people who have [100]?

[What is 100? Isn’t it an ability given to balance the signs of the world’s destruction? I think so.]

‘Balance…’

[It is an ability given by a being beyond our ability to estimate in order to correct the balance, but it would be a long way to correct a world that is already tilted with just one hundred lives given to one being.]

‘Whoa… So does that mean our world will be destroyed too?’

[It is highly likely, but we cannot be certain. But that doesn’t mean you can’t just sit still, right? You never know. If you were reborn from a human to a skeleton soldier and walked the path of the [Immortal King], You might have a different outcome.]

The King of the Immortals, he even knows that he has entered the path. To what extent is information about me shared?

And why was this heavy burden entrusted to me? I really couldn’t figure it out.