Helmut: The Forsaken Child - H.F.C Chapter 269 (Part 2):

‘Would it be worth gathering the treasures in the Forest of Roots?’

While Helmut couldn’t think of looting the human farm’s treasures back then as he had to be careful of Naho’s attention, now those things are ownerless.

There seemed to be quite a few gold items and swords. Money makes many things easier.

She might not be able to learn more swordsmanship from Helmut, but now that she has a decent foundation, she can train on her own from now on.

After all, Sarah doesn’t aim to become an extraordinary swordsman.

There’s no need for Sarah to earn money by doing dangerous mercenary work like Helmut.

If she hides her identity and settles in a suitable village with Susan, her current skills might be sufficient.

The judgment that she would struggle to live with her current skills was based on the premise of earning money through mercenary work.

Perhaps knowing that they would eventually part ways prevented him from becoming more familiar with this mother and daughter.

‘I was a transfer student, but it would be fine for Sarah to enter the academy at 14.’

With Sarah’s growth rate, by the time she’s 14, she could easily compete for the top spot even at Greta Academy. Helmut could write her a letter of recommendation. It seemed that Ethan Kudrow would continue to be an instructor at Greta Academy. He might even be able to entrust this mother and daughter to him.

What face would Ethan make if Sarah came to him with Helmut’s letter of recommendation?

Would he be happy to confirm that Helmut wasn’t dead?

Or. Helmut couldn’t imagine what face the people of the human world would make when they confirmed his survival.

There were both good and bad relationships, but now he doesn’t know which were which.

What he thought were good relationships might have been illusions.

Helmut was strong and an excellent swordsman. Humans naturally kneel before the strong.

‘They might be rejoicing that I’ve disappeared.’

He had heard that humans sometimes rejoice in the misfortunes of others.

None of the negative stories about humans that Darien had told him had been proven wrong so far. His advice was correct, and Helmut had learned it painfully.

There was only one certainty, but that truth had faded over the four years that had passed.

Helmut probably would never be able to confirm what he had left behind in the human world.

‘I’m the only one who can’t leave.’

A heavy truth settled. That’s probably why the high priests of Lumen didn’t eliminate him on the spot but concluded by sending him to the Forest of Roots again.

Elaga, who had no intention of leaving in the first place, was originally a demonic beast, so she might not care, but for Helmut, who couldn’t find a reason to leave, that fact was still heavy.

‘It’s not like I know how to leave anyway.’

The success in leaving last time was really due to luck. Even with such good luck, Helmut almost died.

‘There’s nothing stopping me from trying a second time when all I have to lose is my life.’

Even if the amount of Vis has increased, it’s useless now that the Seed of Darkness has grown and taken deeper root in Helmut.

Helmut instinctively felt this. It was no longer just a matter of demonic energy retention. Because the Seed of Darkness had become closer to a ‘core’ that Helmut couldn’t afford to lose anymore.

Because humans can die even from a small wound to the heart.

That Seed of Darkness kept Helmut alive and made him stronger, but now it became a restriction again.

He had overcome many trials, but was back to square one.

However, even by his own reckoning, he was a special case.

He didn’t die even after falling into the Forest of Roots as a newborn, met Darien as a master, became strong, and left the Forest of Roots.

‘I survived even when the Seed of Darkness went berserk.’

Although he had Elaga’s help, Helmut overcame one wall because of it.

A wall that would have taken a really long time to overcome if he were in the human world.

All that process at least made him stronger.

‘I wonder how close I’ve gotten to Darien now.’

Darien, whom even a domain ruler couldn’t handle.

It was a fact that remained unknown even when tracing back his memories.

Although he had become stronger than before, being with Elaga, a demonic beast who could handle the strengthened Helmut like a toy, made it even more unclear.

‘What’s important now is them.’

“I should talk to Elaga.”

Sarah looked at him curiously at his sudden words.

“About what?”

“Leaving the Forest of Roots.”

“What? So suddenly.”

Susan’s eyes widened.

“Have you found a way out?”

“There’s no way for me to leave, but there is a way for you to leave.”

Helmut didn’t explain at length. Elaga’s cooperation was needed anyway.

Both for extracting demonic energy and passing through the sacred barrier, they need to go that far, which inevitably means encountering Igrelle, the ruler of the southern domain.

It was unclear whether Igrelle would be so compliant this time.

“Your fate depends on Elaga’s decision, so it must agree.”

Even if it’s not a human farm, Elaga seems to treat them as its pet humans.

Susan and Sarah were accepting this fact willingly. After all, isn’t being a pet human better than being livestock to be eaten?

Helmut had no doubt that Elaga would cooperate in letting them out even if it was reluctant. It had done so when Helmut left the Forest of Roots.

If Susan and Sarah ask, Elaga, being a timid yet generous leopard, will grumble but take them to the Igrelle barrier.

And as the meal was coming to an end, Elaga returned.

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