Chapter 350 : Silver Eagle
The talking giant silver eagle perching on the tree was gazing at me with interest.
Although its body was huge, the tree branch it was perched on didn’t bend at all.
That’s kinda weird…
Even if the folnir was much lighter than it looked, the branch would bend a little.
While I was wondering, I kept staring at the giant bird and noticed something. I saw a faint green mana surrounding its entire body. I think it’s wind-attributed mana.
Is this bird using some kind of spell to lighten its body?
And… Why does it speak? Is it using a spell to speak as well?
『Don’t be afraid. I won’t hurt you.』(folnir)
Hold on… It’s not moving its beak. And this feeling… It feels similar when I talk to Nicola with telepathy.
It feels like I’m hearing voices in my head.
「Umm… Can I help you, Sir?」(Mark)
『I wanted to see you.』(folnir)
「See me…?」(Mark)
「Say, Mark… Do you understand what it says…?」(Celine)
While I was talking to the folnir, Celine looked at us alternately with a puzzled face.
「Yeah, somehow. I hear its voice in my head.」(Mark)
「I see. I thought you wouldn’t surprise me anymore, but… Geez, you’re really full of surprises. I hear something in my head too, and I know it comes from that bird, but I can’t comprehend it.」(Celine)
It seems that I’m not the only one who can hear the folnir’s voice. But…
「What do you mean you can’t comprehend it? You don’t get what it says?」(Mark)
「I know it says something, but what I heard is just a buzzing sound echoing in my head. It feels a bit annoying, honestly.」(Celine)
Its voice does reach Celine, but she doesn’t seem to hear it as words that she can understand.
「Nicola-chan, how about you? Do you understand what it says?」(Celine)
Celine turned her head and looked through the small window behind the driver’s seat.
I looked through the window too and saw Nicola chilling on the comfy seat in the carriage.
「Umm~ Not at all. It sounds like a quacking duck in my head.」(Nicola)
「I see.」(Celine)
『A… A duck she says!? What a rude child!』(folnir)
Nicola’s words seemed to upset the giant bird.
I’m sorry about my rude sister…
『Hey, you really don’t understand what it says?』(Mark)
『Yeah. I know it’s using some kind of telepathy magic, but I really just hear nothing but quackings.』(Nicola)
Nicola and I talk to each other through telepathy all the time, so I thought she could understand what the folnir said.
It seems that I’m the only one who can communicate with the bird here.
Perhaps the folnir noticed my confused face. It began to explain.
『Most people will feel the same as that woman and that rude girl. They can hear my voice but can’t understand what I say. The only exception is the members of the Walltrail Family. They can communicate with me even though some of them can only hear it as broken words.』(folnir)
「I see. But I’m not a Walltrail.」(Mark)
『Yes. But you are special. I could tell right away the moment I saw you. You’re a rare child.』(folnir)
「Special…?」(Mark)
I’m aware that I’m not an ordinary child, but… Am I so special that I can even communicate with a folnir?
Perhaps Nicola knows something.
『Hey, it said I was special. Do you know something?』(Mark)
『Hmm… My guess is that you understand what the bird says because of your different-world language translation skill. I think Mr. Bird here is talking in folnir language or something, and that skill automatically translates it for you. Not many people can do that. That’s why it said you were special.』(Nicola)
『Different-world language translation skill?』(Mark)
『Yeah. It’s a Gift. Did you forget? My boss gave you that Gift aside from Item Box. (chapter 4)』(Nicola)
Ah, I totally forgot about that…
Now that she mentions it, the old man god did give me two Gifts. Item Box and this translation ability so that I could learn this world’s language quickly.
I’ve spoken this world’s language for nine years so I forgot about its existence…
『By the way, I can’t communicate with the bird in folnir language because I don’t have that Gift. I can communicate with other people because I have knowledge about the common language in this world, but not with folnir language.』(Nicola)
I see. It all makes sense now.
I returned my gaze to the folnir and asked.
「So… Sir? Why do you want to see me?」(Mark)
『You’re the boy who saved my child, aren’t you?』(folnir)
It must be talking about the baby folnir I saved from Darkan.
I see now.
「I did save an enslaved baby folnir a few days ago. Are you its parent?」(Mark)
『Yes. A hundred and six days ago, my child went hunting but never came back. You sent him home safely. You have my gratitude.』(folnir)
「I see. I’m glad to help.」(Mark)
『You are a good human child. We, folnirs, live on that mountain, and as the elder of the colony, I’m responsible for protecting the Walltrail Family. I’ve communicated with them for hundreds of years, but you are the first person outside the family who can completely understand my words. Who are you exactly?』(folnir)
「Me? I’m Mark. I’m… just a child, I guess.」(Mark)
『Just a child? Hahaha! Not just are you humble but you also have a good sense of humor. There’s no way an ordinary human child could save my child from powerful villains.』(folnir)
「Ahaha…」(Mark)
『When I heard from my child that a human boy rescued him, I was surprised. At the same time, I felt anger toward the Walltrail Family.』(folnir)
「Eh? You mad at them? But, why?」(Mark)
『The current Walltrail Family does not have a boy, meaning they were not the one saving my child. My child had been trapped in human settlement. As the people who govern the settlement, they should have rescued him.』(folnir)
By settlement, I think it’s talking about the city.
Tryon is indeed the lord of the city, but it’s not that he knows completely what’s going on in his city.
Now I understand why he looked panicked when we told him that Darkan had been keeping a baby folnir as a slave.
『The head of the first generation of the Walltrail Family who made a contract with me was a competent man. I thought the current one was not bad either, but I seemed to be wrong.』(folnir)
Ugh, now I kinda feel bad for Tryon…
「Umm, he’s not a bad person, and I think he’s a hardworking man.」(Mark)
『Hmm, I can’t deny that. He was a playboy and a slothful person when he was young, but he changed to be a better man. He might be doing his best for his settlement, but he could have done a better job in capturing the evil villains lurking in his territory.』(folnir)
「Yeah, but… Please go easy on him.」(Mark)
『You seem to care about him a lot. Don’t worry. He realized his mistake. He visited me on my mountain this morning and apologized. He also told me about you. That’s why I came to see you.』(folnir)
「I see.」(Mark)
It seems that Tryon went to the mountain right after sending us off.
He must have been thinking of apologizing to the folnir since the day we captured Darkan.
『Actually, I only planned to see you leaving this territory, but now that I know that you can communicate with me, I’m thinking of doing something for you to return the favor.』(folnir)
「Doing something for me…?」(Mark)
I wonder what he will do to return the favor…
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