Side Story - I Married an Elf - 3

“Did you just say ch-child…?”

“Yes, child. You are my child, so I called you that. Come to think of it, this is the first time we’re meeting in this form…”

“I’m sorry, but my mother has already passed away. Even if she were alive, she wouldn’t be this young…”

Hera scratched her head, looking perplexed as she spoke. At her reaction, the World Tree stared blankly, as if dumbfounded.

Watching the situation unfold from the side, Franz burst into laughter with a Pfft-.

“F-Franz? This isn’t a situation to laugh at. The thing you made is suddenly claiming to be my mother…”

“Hera, it’s the World Tree.”

“H-huh?”

“I possessed a wooden doll of the World Tree. I know it’s hard to believe, but anyway, that’s what it is.”

Summoning a god to the Mortal Realm was, honestly, hard to believe. If he hadn’t known about divine power, Franz himself would never have believed it either...