Dreams To Return: The God Of The Tower
69. Guide the King Candidate (6)

A white-colored crown that looked like it was made of crystal appeared before me. The dusty altar now glowed and energized me to stand up as if asking me to accept the crown in my hand.

All eyes were on this crown as if waiting for what I would do to this thing. It's not that I don't know what to do but I do know that if I wear this crown it means that I can rule over the entire nation of elves and this forest with ease, that way my plan to prevent disaster will be smoother.

Nik walked up to the altar along with the elf princess who turned out to be named Harmony, both of them staring at me with serious and respectful gazes, a normal attitude was displayed by all the elves before the one who held the crown of their king.

"I congratulate you" Nik bowed respectfully as if to praise me for the great achievement I received, along with that everyone looked down respectfully, show their obedience to the new power holder who has been chosen by the world tree. And this makes me unhappy.

"Sir as your master I have a question and you must answer honestly"

"i will answer everything you ask honestly, sir!" he answered my question confidently and did not raise his head.

"How much do you feel obedient to me?"

"I will obey you until the end of my life."

"Then I don't need this"

I do not need this position, my principle is that I will only accept something that I get from my own efforts and not based on the gifts of others.

I realize everyone has their own destiny, and I don't want to change my destiny and drag out more lives to bear the sins I'm about to commit even though they're just illusory figures created by this world. This crown appeared before me not to choose me to be its owner, but to ask me to determine one's destiny.

Nik, one of my most trusted subordinates who died in the fifth round for protecting me, now I will not let that fate repeat itself. Because I have promised not to give up on changing the dark destiny that will happen.

I put the crown on Nik's head, the light came out of the crown and then the world tree shone brightly again along with the thousands of forest fairies that had been hiding for a long time now flying filled the morning sky that began to be illuminated by the sun. The sun showed its figure and together with the light of the world tree both illuminated the forest with a warm and beautiful light.

Nik raised his face which now looked surprised and shed tears, as if he could not believe what had happened to him. He who was originally considered an outcast prince of his people now stands at the highest peak of his own people.

"Sir. w-what does this mean?"

He asked me and I smiled, "His head continues to serve me" as if the light reappeared in the young man's eyes and with a smile he nodded.

"Of course, I will continue to serve you! I swear by my soul!"

Cheers were heard from all the elves along with the morning that came so fast, the tree of the world that was about to die now seemed to be fertile again and dropped dozens of beautiful golden leaves.

And for the first time the elves learned a valuable lesson from the demands of all the tragedies they experienced. That a relationship and cooperation between each other is needed to maintain a nation's order.

With the return of Nik and the world tree back fertile now there is no reason for paar elf to deny the existence of Nik. Princess Harmony and her subordinates were decided to accept their punishment for allowing the light elves to be hunted by humans. Before she was taken to the elven kingdom prison, the princess asked me and Nik to grant her one wish.

"Please abolish the class system in our race."

"You mean you want no more Light elves and Dark elves in this kingdom?"

"I know this is a stupid plea but at least one sata when I get out of this prison, I want all the elves to realize that they are the same nation, he said, no matter how they look and differ"

Nik looked at me and I nodded. "Then I will grant, from today all the elves are one whole entity and all tribal rules that reflect discriminatory attitudes and differences will be corrected"

Cheers were heard from most of the elves, they had long since looked forward to this day. The day that the elves finally started a new rarity. To celebrate this day of celebration and the various dishes served, I was unable to attend the party because my body could not even be moved properly, it seemed like the world tree was also absorbing my body's energy.

"It's beyond expectations..." Fobetor laughed while helping me stand up.

"Haha it doesn't seem like that's what Fobetor meant master"

"Isn't this the first time you haven't lost your consciousness after such a fierce battle? you know I was freaking out imagining having to take you back home!"

"So you're mocking me because I've always fainted after a battle?!"

"Haha!"

Fobetor laughed with Morpheus' smile. The anger that had accumulated in my chest for a moment now faded into laughter. For the first time I wish these kinds of times would happen often. A time when I can really smile and laugh.

But suddenly a voice that only I could hear echoed in my head.

"it's totally beyond expectations, your wise choice surprised me, hero" The unseen figure of the elf grandfather now appeared to appear in astral form and slowly changed its form into a white-haired little boy with glasses and black gloved hands clad in a cane wood resembles the shape of a world tree. "Now I understand why my two brothers trust you"

He smiled and gestured for silence, asking me to just look and listen to him who was now standing a little far away from us. Fobetor and Morpheus seemed oblivious to his existence and he wished that everyone but myself was unaware of him.

"First let me thank you and introduce myself. You can call me Fantasos, one of the three former gods of dreams and also the embodiment of this realm" Fantasos, the owner of the name I had heard that now appeared to him.

He was the god who ruled the dream world with Fobetor and Morpheus. The nicknames for the three of them are the Oneiroi gods, they were the ones who guarded and governed the dream world long ago.

Morfeus is the chairman of Oneiroi, he can change his form into a human being - no one will even know that disguise because he can actually imitate everyone.

Fobetor means fear is the god who mastered nightmares and changed their form into any animal, while Fantasos is the representative of Morpheus, he is the god of dreams that change their form into objects.

"I must admit your knowledge of the gods is so good, hero"

don't call me a hero...

"Haha but that's all that suits you, or am I calling you a wasted hero?"

My eyes moved to the front trying to look like normal trying to distract Morpheus and Fobetor.

You seem to know something about the war I once fought.

"I know all the past of this place. Let me guess for sure the war you're talking about is a war between humans and gods in this place, right?"

What is the cause of the war?

I asked inside my head while outside I was having a light conversation with Fobetor. Starting two talks is hard but I have to hang on.

"Power struggles, human beings who realize that the world can be controlled if they destroy us begin to gather strength and start a war."

"of course it's because I didn't participate in the war back then."

And I'm one of those people, but why don't you hate me?

"Because I honestly hope you're the one who won that war, not the gods"

...[.Connecting]...