How to Survive as a Princess in a Reverse Harem Game - Chapter 220

—We still have the Guardian.

—Are we going to lose the Guardian after Brother Pinus? Then all that’s left for us is extinction?

—That’s true, but it’s not like we have any other way. For now, it seems informing the village comes first.

—Damn it! Cursed humans!

Natura glared at Meliana with blazing eyes.

Normally, given Meliana’s temperament, she shouldn’t have just let Natura’s attitude slide.

But now she was in a dejected state, just chewing her lips nervously.

‘Meliana really did do something wrong.’

Something very seriously wrong at that.

At Natura’s menacing momentum, the twin guardians shielded Meliana and met his gaze.

“Mind your words and conduct. How dare you toward Her Highness…….”

—How dare? That human you’re protecting caused all this trouble, and what?

“Excuse me, Natura? Vita?”

I cautiously called out to the elves. The ears of the elf who had been angry perked up and rose. Then they turned to look at me.

“Could you explain what happened?”

—That human ruined everything……!

—I’ll explain.

Vita pushed Natura aside and spoke. It seemed she judged it would be better for her to explain rather than him in his excited state.

—That human set fire to the Nex’s habitat, apparently.

“Fire?”

I looked at Meliana. At the same time, Meliana flinched and avoided my gaze.

I didn’t interrogate her, but given the circumstances, my gaze must have felt like an accusation. But the fact that she couldn’t refute it and was acting like this meant…….

‘No need to confirm separately.’

I was swallowing the sigh that was about to escape when Vita asked Natura.

—But Natura, didn’t you think to stop her?

—You think I didn’t want to stop her? Of course I would have if I’d known! But she suddenly summoned fire from thin air and set it ablaze simultaneously—what was I supposed to do?

Natura ran his hands through his hair in anger.

—If my spirit had been water or earth attribute, I could have at least tried to handle it! But my spirit happens to also be a fire spirit! What was I supposed to do?

—I’m sorry. I wasn’t trying to blame you.

—I know! It’s that human’s fault to begin with! Even this was only possible because we escaped thanks to the legacy Brother Pinus left behind—if not for that…….!

“Legacy? By any chance, was this elf named Pinus dead?”

—Didn’t you know?

“Since he was using his power to hold back the Nex, I thought he was alive.”

—I see. Brother Pinus died a long time ago.

Vita said while looking up at the green protective barrier.

—This is the result of combining the power contained in his soul and the power of the spirit contracted with him. That’s why it’s gradually weakening.

“Ah…….”

To think he was sacrificing himself for his people even in death.

While I admired and felt sorry for that spirit of sacrifice, I couldn’t dwell long on those emotions since resolving this situation came first.

“Meliana.”

When I called Meliana quietly, her eyes, which had been busy hiding behind her guardians and looking away, turned to me.

“Why, why are you calling me?”

“Why did you set the fire?”

“They’re bugs.”

Meliana frowned.

“Bugs should just be burned up and eliminated, right?”

“Do you think the elves didn’t know that?”

“Well…….”

—Human, you’re right! You think we didn’t burn them because we didn’t know that?

While Meliana was hesitating, Natura chimed in. He couldn’t quite calm his excitement.

Well, since extinction was at stake, that was natural…….

‘Excitement is only poison in the current situation.’

Originally, the more urgent things get, the calmer you should be. I know it’s difficult, but you have to accomplish that difficult thing to be able to handle the situation.

Of course, I could be detached because I was less involved than them, but anyway, this was a big deal for me too.

If I couldn’t return to reality until the World Tree collapsed and this world also collapsed?

‘That can’t happen.’

Having steeled my resolve, I took a short deep breath and looked at Vita.