CHAPTER 11: QUALIFICATION TO BECAME A PATRIARCH 1
"Hey, did you hear? The Hagoromo-sama will choose his successor in the next village gathering!"
"What? It must be Indra-sama who'll be the future patriarch! Who else would it be?!"
"You couldn't say so... Indra-sama seems to rather more and more distant and scary than before you know..."
"Yeah.. he is, but He is strong you know! and he is the creator of Hand symbol after all!"
"But, I think if Asura-sama is the future patriarch, the village will be more peaceful..."
By the time Indra and Asura almost reaching their 16 years of age, the village began to full with hullabaloo of the future patriarch of their village. And, while many choose Indra, some of them feel that Asura will be much better in leading them... While, the younglings arguing about that Indra is the strongest... Deep in the oldies subconciousness, especially Hagoromo and Futami's mind... Indra is weak... far too weak than the person that they know... but, can't remember...
Thus, the time's advancing, faster than they realized. It is the time to attend Village Gathering and the time that Hagoromo will choose their future Leader.
""Father!""
"""Patriarch!"""
At the same time as Indra and Asura Salute their Father, villagers also salute to their Patriarch.
"By now, you all must be already know. That this village gathering will tell you, your future leader! The person who will lead you all!"
Told Hagoromo.
"Unfortunately, I still have yet to know... Who will success me, as the next leader of the Ninshuu village..."
The sound of sighing fell on the villagers by the time they hear the word uttered by Hagoromo.
"Father! I don't want to become the next leader, and I too know I have not had the qualification and the knowledge too!"
Shout Asura, While Indra keeps maintaining his silence.
"Even so, not all think like that. There still many who want you to became their future leader, and lead them... Are you want to dissapoint them?"
"I did not..."
Answer Asura Dejectedly.
Although it's true that, he doesn't have the knowledge to lead. It is the same for his father, up until now... all of the village problem, being resolved by Futami... Still, Ninshuu village is peaceful village, none of the problem escalated much. Almost no problem will come in a year, it is only several, and the most troubling problem that happen until today is the thing that happen to Asura's friend, that sell the properties of the village for his own need. That too are not for himself, but for his mother's medicine cost...
"With that reason, I make a Test for the 2 of you..."
Thus, the test started. The two of them needed to conclude Hagoromo's 2 places, that not been fixed... That is the location where the Divine Tree's root fly about.
One had to know first, that when the battle between him and his brother against their mother Kaguya. It took many problem to the world, the problem is make many change... Including, the divine tree roots, that being scattered here and there, at the same time, the damage in the world that change many geographical location of the world... Thus, after the battle concluded, Hagoromo journeyed the world and fixing the damage after the battle, while his brother hamura, accompanying their sealed mother in the moon.
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By the time his journey ended, there's still 2 location. Where he have yet to fix, thus he leave it to his sons as their test. How will they complete it, and how will they fix and exterminate the Divine tree's root, at the same time, what change will they leave in the world?
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Sigh… I don’t understand why they won’t realize that the root of the tree is a bad thing! That is the source of the sickness that took away the life of the villagers! Even Kanna’s mother got sick because of it!
The place that I had to take as my mission is the place where the root of the tree of Origin embedded, and try to grow again. However, the task to destroy the root that left after the battle of Father against grandmother is difficult. As it isn’t meant that it’s hard to destroy the root.
But it’s hard to change their way of thinking in depended on the nectar of the tree, to make the place they lived in have water in it…
Or to be exact, to stop them from drinking the tree of Origin’s water and other’s product created from it…
“But… isn’t that will kill them?”
“Wha… I didn’t meant that taizou! But…”
“I know what you meant… Asura…”
“But, you see… in order to life there must be a sacrifice, and look at this barren land full of rocks… this place is a wasteland that full of rocks, and not only that, the rocks are so hard it’s not possible for them to dig it with their tools you know…”
“Still, leaving the villagers to die like that is… too much…”
“It’s like me Asura… in order for me to bought my mother’s medicine, I had to deceive you and sell the village’s tree in order for me to buy the medicine…”
“But, It’s wrong!”
“… sigh, I know… Indra-sama’s punishment already made me realize that, still… I won’t left my mother alone just because it’s wrong… no matter what I’ll choose to sacrifice something in order to get something… I believe it’s same as the village chief… in order to let more villager live a life that’s not in hunger he choose to sacrifice some…”
I know what Taizou meant… still! Still! I can’t accept that!
I know that what in my mind is something too sweet to happen, that the world is always need to sacrifice others to let others alive… it’s the same as mother’s death… and father’s choice to seal grandma… and… big bro’s choice to leave…. Eh?... but, Indra-nii is not big bro… then who is big bro?...
“Sigh… I know you can’t accept that then let’s seek for another way! Another way to let the village chief allow us to destroy the root of the tree!”
“That’s right… let’s seek the way out!”
Thus I’ve had a bright idea of making a well out of the rocky lands.
Of course, it’s hard as hell, and it took me a week to create a meter high and wide of hole, and that not even letting out water… not even a bit…
However, I’m not disappointed, and continue to dig…
The villagers that see the hardworking me help as the day continue, starting with the village girl Kanna to the others thug and others villager. Then, almost all of the villager help me to dig… ah, I hope the water will come out sooner so we can see the day when the root is vanished…
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I am disgusted… how could they life by sacrificing others?…
Is the others life isn’t as important as they own?.... I am completely disgusted by them…
Even so, I’m had yet to decide them as unworthy, and will try my best to judge what should I do to them, I’m sure that I’ll be faster in completing this task that Father told me to do than Asura.
“fuck off! Don’t you know it’s already hard for us to life here?! And what did you say? Destroying the Miracle tree!? What can you give us?! Sacrificing others? No! they’re not our people to begin with! The Miracle tree has deem them as a food!”
“I don’t want to… but… but… in order to let my child live… I’ll be the sacrifice…”
“I don’t want my father to die… but… but… I can’t be the only one to that kind of privilege… no… I want to have my life in here…”
Disguising myself as a normal traveler only to get thrashed by the villager, no matter what I do… these people are sick… I don’t want to waste anymore of my time here…
Thus, I move in front of the tree and say “I am tasked to destroy this tree, I shall give you a lake of water in exchange for that! I won’t hear any complain and left right away! Decide it in 1 night whether you oblige to my trade or choose to left this barren place with me!”
Saying that, I left the site, and go wasting my time in the night only to see that the tree barricaded by the villager. I had enough, thus I left the village and burn the tree with fire breath, and left a lake full of water with my water skill.
Thus, leaving them there with a dejected look, I arrived in the Ninshuu village, and waiting for my father’s decision while training more, and becoming stronger so I could reach big bro…
eh?
Who is this big bro…