I defeated the Magic Bug King.
I was thinking, “Alright, I can go home now and live a slow life!” but… a rather ominous atmosphere started to emerge.
We are inside the World Tree.
We rescued the Fairy Flower that had been eaten by the Magic Bug King.
The Fairy Flower is the vessel for the fairies.
We successfully rescued it from being taken into the Magic Bug King. The fairies should have been saved too… but…
“T-This is terrible, Mika God-sama!”
“What’s wrong, Oberon?”
Fairy King Oberon says with a pale face.
“The fairies… they won’t wake up…”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
The Fairy Flowers are placed on the ground.
But… indeed, they are withered and dried up.
Hey, Sinri.
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Sinri: Reason why the Fairy Flowers are withering
→ As a result of being contaminated by a special virus mediated by the Magic Bug King, the plants have withered.
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Sinri: Special virus
→ “Instant Death Virus”
“Instant Death Virus”
→ An invisible, microscopic virus. Once infected, it eats away at the cells inside the body.
Every time you try to treat this virus, it adapts. Treatment with drugs or healing magic is impossible.
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“No way… an untreatable viral infection…”
Oberon mutters powerlessly.
The Fairy Flowers seem to be afflicted by this virus.
“This is terrible, Mika God-dono. It seems that not only this flower, but even the World Tree is infected with the Instant Death Virus.”
“Seriously?”
From the location of the throne, I can see the World Tree rotting.
When I had Sinri investigate, it seems the World Tree is also in a dangerous situation, being completely consumed by this now.
“What do we do, Mika…? The World Tree and the fairies are infected with an incurable virus.”
Seira-chan looks frustrated.
She must be feeling mortified that no medicine works.
Oberon is shedding tears.
He’s sad that his comrades are dying.
…I didn’t want my friends to have such sad faces.
“It’s okay, it’s okay. Leave it to me.”
“Leave it to you? Mika, what are you going to do? The virus adapts every time you try to treat it, right?”
Adaptation. In other words, even if I burn it with the Vermilion Bird’s flames, or try to heal it with a Healing Potion, it will adapt each time and become ineffective.
All treatment is meaningless.
Then…
“We just don’t treat it.”
“Huh…? W-What are you saying…?”
“Celestial Robe, Replicate [God’s Invisible Hand].”
I take out the Supreme God’s Celestial Robe from the ■(Box).
I add the effect of the Invisible Hand, which I copied from the Magic Bug King earlier, to this.
“What in the world are you going to do…?”
“I’m going to remove the virus.”
“R-Remove…?”
The Celestial Robe becomes thinner and thinner…
The Celestial Robe can transform into anything. It can become so small that it’s invisible… to the point where it’s about the same size as a virus.
And then, the Invisible Hand.
This has the power to permeate matter on our side.
The Invisible Hand enters the Fairy Flower smoothly…
“If I use the Invisible Hand, I can enter the Fairy Flower. And then, I can directly grab the tiny, invisible viruses inside this flower.”
The Invisible Hand, shrunk to an extremely small size, grabs the viruses inside the cells and extracts them.
“If you can’t treat it, then you just don’t treat it.”
“You’re saying something with a smug look on your face, but what you’re saying and doing is crazy…!”
Seira-chan retorts after a long time.
Well, I think I’m doing something pretty reckless myself.
“I see. If you have the Omniscient and Omnipotent (Internet), you can search for where the virus is in the body. You reach out there and directly remove the virus.”
Luciel says. Well, that’s about it.
“No… even if I hear that, I still don’t get it at all…”
“In other words, she’s removing foreign objects from the body with God Power.”
I remove all the viruses that were inside the Fairy Flower.
“What do you do after that?”
“I’ll put them in the ■(Box).”
I decide to let them sleep inside the Item Box.
I have no intention of using them at all.
I finished removing the virus from the Fairy Flower.
Then… the Fairy Flower glows softly…
And on top of the flower, a cute fairy appeared.
“Fwaa… where am I…?”
“Lycoris!”
Oberon hugs the fairy.
“I’m so glad! You’ve woken up!”
“F-Fairy King-sama…?”
Oberon hugs the sleepy-eyed fairy tightly.
Yeah, good. It seems this method can be used to treat them. (Although it’s not treatment.)
“Well then, let’s quickly finish the rest.”
But removing the virus from all the remaining Fairy Flowers, and from inside the World Tree, is quite a pain.
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Sinri: If you specify the target, I will operate the Celestial Robe.
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Sinriiiiiiiii!
You’re… amazing…!
“Okay, get rid of all the viruses from the fairies and the World Tree.”
When I give the order to Sinri, the Celestial Robe starts moving automatically.
The Celestial Robe, transformed into countless Invisible Hands, enters the Fairy Flowers and the World Tree.
Then, it extracts the Instant Death Virus and stores them one after another in the ■(Box).
“Amazing… I don’t really understand it… but anyway… it’s amazing…”
Oberon mutters, his eyes wide at the scene before him.
“But, even if you remove the virus, the damaged cells won’t heal, right…?”
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Sinri: When removing the virus, I am simultaneously applying the Healing Potion made by Seira. This regenerates the cells.
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“A-Amazing…”
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Sinri: (`・ー・´) Ta-da!
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Thanks to our very capable support AI, the Fairy Flowers and the World Tree are healing rapidly.
And… in less than an hour, everything was back to normal.
There are many fairies in front of me.
And the entire World Tree where we are is now shining beautifully like a jewel.
“Mika God-sama. Thank you very much for saving the fairies this time.”
“Thank you! Mika God-sama!”
Yeah, I’m glad everyone seems to be doing well.
“Thank you, Onee-san☆”
…Hmm?
A small girl with pink hair appeared in front of me.
“Um, who are you…?”
She looks to be in her early teens.
She has pink hair in pigtails.
Her eyes have star-like pupils.
“Haaai☆ I’m the World Tree’s spirit☆”
“Pii-chan!”
Mei-chan, the World Tree’s spirit, comes out of the ■(Box).
She jumps and hugs the new spirit-chan.
“Yo☆ Mei, long time no see.”
“Pii-chan, long time no see!”
The two are laughing together.
Hmm?
“What’s going on?”
“I’m Mei’s older sister☆”
“Heeh… older sister…”
I see, that’s why they seem so close.
“Nice to meet you☆ I’m Pina-chan, one of the World Tree’s spirits☆ Thanks for healing us, Onee-san☆”
I see. This World Tree also has a spirit dwelling in it. Just like Mei-chan.
And I healed this World Tree, Pina-chan.
“Really, thanks for helping us, Onee-san☆”
“You’re welcome. Don’t worry about it.”
Pina-chan smiles.
“Besides, Onee-san is strong. What, are you a God?”
“Yeah! This person… is a God-sama!”
“Eh? R-Really…? I meant it as a metaphor…”
Pina-chan is slightly taken aback by Mei-chan’s words.
“I want to thank Onee-san, but what should I do?”
“You don’t have to thank me.”
“Hee, so modest. I like you even more☆ Then I’ll give you this, Onee-san.”
Saying that, the World Tree, Pina-chan, approaches me.
She puts her hands over my eyes.
“Eh? What?”
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Sinri: The World Tree’s Blessing has been bestowed upon Master’s eyes. As a result, you have learned Illusion Magic.
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Illusion Magic, huh? I’m getting stronger and stronger…
“Thanks.”
“You’re welcome☆”
Well, anyway, I saved the fairies and the World Tree.
Next…
“Oh, right. I have to drive away the Magic Bugs.”
In the first place, I came here to drive away the Magic Bugs that were attacking the Empire.
“So, where are those Magic Bugs…?”
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Sinri: They are coming here in a large swarm to kill the impudent person who defeated the Magic Bug King.
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Seriously…? How annoying…
“That’s when Illusion Magic comes in handy☆”
“Huh? What do you mean?”
“Let’s get outside the World Tree for now.”
As I was told, I used Greater Teleportation to get outside the World Tree.
A large number of bugs are attacking us.
Pina-chan comes next to me.
“I’m going to cast Illusion Magic on those guys☆”
She lightly lectures me on how to use it.
…How nasty.
“Come on, do it, Onee-san☆”
I close my eyes once.
And… open them.
“[Illusion Magic].”
In an instant, the Magic Bugs’ eyes change color.
They latch onto their comrades next to them… and begin to devour them.
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Sinri: Due to Pina’s Illusion Magic, the Magic Bugs mistook their allies for enemies and began to fight among themselves.
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The Magic Bugs devour each other with bari bari sounds…
And… after a while, not a single Magic Bug remained.
“W-What a terrifying ability…”
I shouldn’t use it too much… I was able to easily dispose of the enemy, but still.
“It won’t work on people with strong mental fortitude, or those who have means to break Illusion Magic, though.”
Anyway, with this, the long Magic Bug-related incident was safely resolved.
Ah… that was long. I want to go home and relax soon.