Cheat Awakening

"Now, repeat after me!" Waffle instructed with a serious expression.

"Nice to meet you, Grandpa Tree!"

"Nice to meet you, Grandpa Tree?" Myne's mouth twitched as he repeated the words, feeling extremely awkward. If not for the fact that no one was around to witness this, he wouldn't have been able to say such words aloud.

"My name is Waffle, son of Fenrir, the divine beast of the moon and gravity," Waffle continued his ceremony without a second thought, clearly not as self-conscious as Myne.

"My name is Waffle, son..."

"Sss, Myne, your name is Myne! My name is Waffle! Myne, where is your focus? You're messing everything up!" Waffle quickly interrupted the absent-minded Myne and scolded him angrily.

Hearing Waffle's voice filled with unease, Myne quickly came back to his senses, corrected himself, and offered Waffle an apologetic smile.

"My name is Myne. Myne Fortuna... Ahm, friend of Waffle and Fenrir?"

"Wafuu! Well done, Myne!"

As soon as Myne finished speaking, both his and Waffle's bodies were enveloped in a green light. Waffle couldn't help but exclaim in excitement.

"As expected, we didn't disappoint Mother!"

"Wasn't it a bit too easy?" Myne ignored Waffle, who was jumping around in excitement, and couldn't help but doubt his own life. He had thought the process would be very complicated, but in the end, all he had to do was state his name to receive the blessing of the World Tree. It was so easy that he wondered if he was being scammed.

[ Name: Myne Fortuna

LV: 125 > 143

Race: Hume

Gender: Male

Age: 15 y/o

Occupation: The Hunter. The Son-in-law of the Royal Augusta Family. The Head of the Fortuna Family. The Clan leader of Elysium Seekers (Not Started). The Eternal Friend of Divine Beasts: Fenrir, Jormungandr, Leviathor Nightstalker! The Husband of Aisha Fortuna, Sylphid Fortuna, Madoka Ibligor Galocer (The Hell Dimension Succubus (Middle-Level Demon)), and Velvet Pawsley. The Younger Brother of Maya Filsi (A Tier-Four Wizard.)

Divine Protection of The World Tree: Nature Blessings (NEW)

*Divine Beast's Sacred Protection (Telepathy): Fenrir, Jormungandr, Leviathor Nightstalker

[Skills]

Appraisal・Complete LV4 ( 609/1000 )

Inventory LV3 ( 2893/3000 )

Cut & Paste LV2 ( 273/500 )

Realize LV2 ( 510/1000 )

Unique Magic: Space-Time LV2 > LV3 ( 136/1000 )

Unique Magic・Lightning LV3 ( 628/1000 )

Unique Magic・Sublime Obscurity ( 233/500 )

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[ Money: Platinum Coin ( 1385636 ) Gold Coins ( 65115 ) Low-grade Mana Stone ( 2 ) Low-grade Soul Stone ( 1 ) ]

[ Divine Protection of The World Tree: Nature Blessings

Description: Increases affinity with Nature, and connects the Host's consciousness with the World Tree. ]

The appraisal skill didn't provide much data about the new blessing bestowed by the World Tree, except that it might enable communication with the tree. Myne understood nothing beyond that.

"Myne! Myne! Quickly thank it! Why are you standing there dazed?" Waffle impatiently hit Myne's head and reminded him.

Myne rolled his eyes at Waffle's words. It's not like a tree could understand him, but still, considering the gift, he bowed slightly and thanked it.

To his surprise, as soon as he did that, Myne saw one of the World Tree's branches—probably the smallest one—shake a bit without any wind, as if saying, "No worries." Under his shocked gaze, three green leaves, each as big as half his palm and glowing with green light, gently floated down and landed on his head. Waffle received one as well.

"Leaves of the World Tree! F*ck! Such a rare material, and I got it just like that? I heard from Amy that it can be used in many high-level potions and is an extremely rare material, especially the ones covered in green light. If she knows I have this, she might go crazy with envy," Myne muttered happily.

He put the three leaves into his inventory and looked at Waffle, hoping to ask if he was willing to give his leaf. However, he found Waffle had already put the leaf in his mouth and was chewing it with a pleased expression.

"Sigh, what a waste. This brat really needs a social beating; he has no respect for valuable things," Myne thought, feeling a pang of pain in his heart as he watched Waffle eating such a rare material. But since there was nothing he could do, he simply stopped thinking about it, albeit with a heavy heart.

After that, while Waffle enjoyed himself, flying around and bullying poor birds, Myne began exploring the surroundings. He wanted to see if he could find any rare items. After all, this area had been locked by divine beasts for almost ten years. Along with the insane mana supplies from the World Tree, almost everything extremely rare outside was more common than grass here.

You could even say this place was a real mountain of gold, especially since he had a potion master grandma living with him, who could easily convert those rare herbs and materials into potions of sky-high value.

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Previous Day...

On top of a mountain surrounded by dense clouds, a giant figure wearing full-body golden armor stared at the sunset, sighing helplessly, occasionally muttering as if he were talking to someone.

"Sis, do I have to meet her so soon?"

"What? You promised that you'd meet her! Was that all a joke? Do you want to get beaten? Do I seem so free in your eyes that you dare to joke with me about such an important matter?" Fenrir's loud, angry voice filled Ymir's mind, making him sigh again. He couldn't help but rub his forehead.

"It's not a joke, but it is very complicated... I know I did too much at that time..."

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"If so, then decide right this instant! Believe me, it will be either now or never. I also have to deal with other matters, real, serious ones, and I can't waste all my energy on your drama!"

Sigh, it's always like this. She never listens to anyone. Now, how do I explain that I feel extremely awkward and embarrassed to comfort a little girl whose loved ones I killed? With what face do I apologize to her? No matter how big-hearted she is, there is no way she can forgive me for what I've done. Ymir sighed heavily, not knowing what to say to a certain wolf who was scolding him nonstop.

"Why are you so silent? Were you thinking about something strange just now? About me?" Fenrir, as if she could hear his inner thoughts, asked in a doubtful tone, making Ymir break out in a cold sweat. He hurriedly spoke.

"NO NO no no no, I wasn't thinking about anything, nothing at all..."

"Hmm, is that so... I thought for a fact that you were badmouthing me or something..."

"You're wrong about that! You're thinking too much. How could I dare to badmouth you? I still want to live a few more years," Ymir said flatteringly. But deep down, he was cursing Fenrir's sharp and piercing instincts, which were always the source of pain for all their siblings. Thanks to those instincts, she could always catch their evil intentions, ruining a lot of their fun. At first, they thought it was bad luck, but after repeated failures and getting caught by Fenrir for every little mistake, they concluded that Fenrir might have some kind of hidden talent to see through them, given by their mother, so she could easily deal with them as the captain of their group.

It's all because of that damn fool. If not for that bastard, I would never have fallen into this pit. If only I could have found his soul that day, I would surely take revenge for all the pain I went through because of his mistake.

Also, those fool elves weren't much better than that bastard. God knows why the hell they didn't show themselves before me, and they didn't even try to run away. Instead, they foolishly walked into my attack. And now, thanks to them, I am suffering. Idiots.

The more Ymir thought about it, the angrier he felt.

Because of that incident, not only did I get scolded by everyone, including Mother, and that too in front of their children, destroying all my prestige before them, but I also had to take responsibility for guarding the World Tree and taking care of it until someone else takes my place. This ruined all my cultivation plans, and I got stuck here without any chance to improve my strength.

"Who knows when someone will take my place and free me from this damn responsibility? I still have a life, and I need to do other things besides looking after a tree. If this goes on for dozens of years, I'm surely going to go crazy one day," Ymir muttered, shivering at the thought of his other brothers and sisters enjoying themselves outside, making families, while he was left alone like a rock, sitting in front of a tree and counting days in boredom.

"Well, whatever it is. Anyway, tomorrow, the elf girl who miraculously survived under your special care will be there. Someone will contact you then through the World Tree. If you think you've done something horrible, apologize firmly, alright? Remember, this is the last time I'm helping you with this matter."

Just as Ymir was scaring himself from overthinking, Fenrir's voice brought him back to his senses.

Then, without giving him time to say anything, she disconnected, leaving Ymir in deep thought.