Prologue
Author: Ryusui
Raw: https://ncode.syosetu.com/n2121hw/1/
Translator: Lilia v4
Editor: Yuriko AYA
Somewhere, there was a vast forest. The widest forest on this planet, called the Spirit Forest. At its center stands a tree overwhelmingly thicker, taller, and greater than the rest. The World Tree, which governs the flow of mana in the world.
The one who manages that wide forest all alone is the Guardian.
The Guardian is chosen by the spirit that dwells in the World Tree, or else summoned from another world. The chosen Guardian then lives an easy life in the forest and watches over it.
Of course, the spirit does not force anyone. It respects the will of the one it has chosen, and if refused, it looks for someone else.
That said, the current Guardian was a little different from the Guardians so far.
She was taken in by the previous Guardian, a mage, became a disciple, and then inherited the Guardian’s role as-is. The spirit did approve, of course, but it is still a different way of being chosen than before.
And one more thing. The current Guardian had a little hobby, inherited from the previous Guardian.
