How could one sentence contain such a stubborn personality.
I know that Caspian the human magician was Pelerian’s rival (actually an even more amazing magician than Pelerian).
They were never close enough to call each other comrades.
Though they must have been hostile, somehow it was written that he tried to come save the dying Pelerian.
Why?
“We were not such relations. Never!”
According to Pelerian’s incomplete memories, it’s nonsense.
‘That’s just your opinion, maybe this Caspian person was actually nice? Like an honorable enemy who would save you?’
“Puhah! Nonsense. That bastard was a psycho without blood or tears and full of flaws.”
The fact that he laughs rather than rages suggests it’s true.
Anyway looking at what’s here now.
‘Seems this Caspian person never came here. Or couldn’t come.’
“I see…”
Pelerian’s journal, the golden key, various items remained as they were.
No traces of intrusion either.
What was all this about.
Does this mean we should consider Pelerian still alive?
The journal says death was unavoidable but I’m not sure.
‘By the way, there’s a lot of shocking content.’
“Indeed there is.”
It was a journal recording the world’s secrets.
The most surprising was.
‘That the continent will soon perish…’
“That I gave up on fairy evolution…”
My and Pelerian’s surprising points differed, but.
The reason Pelerian abandoned his lifelong wish was because he discovered the continent would perish, so the tracks aligned.
‘Imperial Palace means that empire right? What’s in their underground garden?’
The journal said ‘The End’ lives and breathes there.
Is End some kind of alias for a monster?
“End refers to monsters that can destroy the continent.”
‘Is it similar to those called Calamities?’
“There are indeed monsters called Calamities.”
Among named monsters, particularly amazing ones are called things like Several Calamities or Calamity of Somewhere.
They say some monsters can actually destroy small kingdoms alone but.
If only it were believable. If there were that many such monsters, wouldn’t the continent have perished long ago?
The power inflation is severe. No different from how even Krillin could supposedly destroy Earth by power level standards later in DragonX.
“But End is different. End monsters will someday destroy the continent. Such prophecies have been passed down in various ways since ancient times. Every sect has received such divine messages.”
‘No matter how strong a single monster is, how could it destroy the continent? Just going from one end to the other would take ages.’
It wasn’t mockery but pure curiosity.
“Though I don’t know what form the End monster will take, End monsters are said to have no limit to growth. They keep getting stronger by endlessly devouring others. Eventually even other monsters become subordinate to End and become its limbs. If that’s true, it wouldn’t be impossible.”
No limit to growth.
That’s totally like me.
‘They’re raising such a monster in the Imperial underground garden? Why did they do that?’
“I wouldn’t know. I can hardly believe it in the first place…”
It was an absurd thing even Pelerian himself found hard to believe.
But Pelerian’s main body, or Pel-body for short, seemed sincere.
Then when exactly is the world supposed to end?
Pelerian’s lifelong pursuit, ‘fairy evolution’.
If he gave up on that, the remaining time must not have been long.
I searched the journal thoroughly.
And found the part with the remaining time written!
「Perhaps, the time given to us… roughly 20 years.」
20 years.
Not a time that could be called short.
By fairy standards, 20 years might be unavoidable.
Fortunately quite a while left.
‘Wait.’
Suddenly realized.
‘Hasn’t 20 years already passed?’
“Uh… you’re right.”
Surprised, I looked at the journal and the sentence continued on the next page.
「…or at latest within 120 years. Oh, inevitable death. Liquor already drunk.」
Sigh. These fairies.
Have we already become mid-apocalypse?
Not sure.
If I ever get a chance to visit the Imperial Palace.
I’d like to meet that friend called End in the underground garden.
Maybe they’re actually a nice friend with no intention of destroying the world.
Though I probably won’t ever meet them.
“Take that key.”
The gold-carved key.
Looking closely, it was hard to even call it a key.
Because it was bent all wobbly, looking like a unique piece of craftwork.
“It’s a Royal Bank key. For a special vault that can never be forged.”
‘You were going to hand this over to that human magician right? What’s inside?’
“I don’t remember. We’ll know when we open it.”
Pelerian said proudly.
What would bank clerks say if I went to the bank, presented the key, and asked them to open the vault?
They’d probably go ‘Aak! A snake!’ or ‘Please take a number first’.
I’ll think about it later.
To be honest.
I had something that interested me more than the world’s destruction right now.
‘Let’s evolve first then think about it.’
“Well, sure, do that.”
After a long time.
It’s evolution time.
==
※Evolution precautions.
-Evolve in a safe place.
-Evolve with gratitude.
-Choose evolution carefully.
No problems with evolution if you mind these three things.
This underground dungeon of Pelerian’s had no issues regarding safety.
Because it was built very sturdily, and covered by the collapsed stone tower above.
I tried to sleep to see my evolution choices and have an exciting evolution.
Because evolution options would appear in sleep.
I’ll pick something good and evolve right away.
Though I told Pelerian this and went to sleep.
“…Sasak!”
I had to wake up startled.
“Why, what is it.”
‘Uh, the evolution method is different from usual?’
The options appearing is the same.
But this evolution wouldn’t end with just a good night’s sleep.
‘It says it takes about 30 days.’
“Hooh, metamorphosis huh.”
‘That’s not it?’
“No, I mean metamorphosis like when insects or beasts change form.”
‘Ah!’
In other words, like caterpillars becoming butterflies and mosquito larvae becoming mosquitoes.
Like becoming a pupa, it takes a whole month to evolve?
“The situation actually worked out well.”
‘That’s true.’
It wouldn’t be easy to spend 30 days evolving out in the dangerous world.
Being trapped underground actually became a good situation.
“I’ll organize my thoughts a bit, you go ahead and evolve.”
‘Shall I?’
Pelerian then slipped into the ring.
Isil in the flowerpot twitched.
‘Want to go inside the ring too?’
With it taking 30 days, Isil would get hungry too.
Stay in the safe spatial storage.
After putting Isil and miscellaneous items in spatial storage, I tried evolving again.
Soon, drowsiness washed over me.
==
「Special evolution conditions achieved」
「Evolution available」
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[From Crystal Crown Python lv50+++]
1.[Little Python Head Wyvern]
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Oh my god.
A chance to change species has arrived.
Literally could become a small snake-headed wyvern.
Maybe because two Wyvern Queens mistook me for their child?
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2.[Crystal Double Crown Python]
3.[Big Head Serpent]
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Oh!
It’s Serpent!
Finally can evolve into a serpent.
But Big Head means becoming a big head?
Don’t want a big head…
Maybe losing the crown if I become Big Head Serpent.
That would be a big problem.
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4.[Little Prince Serpent]
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Meeting the ‘Little’ modifier after a while.
Does that mean becoming small again?
But that modifier somehow feels familiar.
Little Prince, hmm… feels like I’ve heard it somewhere before.
