(Heartfelt thanks to 'Lord Lei', 'I Really Am a Bad Person', 'A Li Ao', 'Fleeting Years', 'Rampaging Cop', 'Yan Ai Ai', and 'Rain Liang' for their tips!)
Under the gazes of the villagers, Noah parted the crowd and, with Albedo in tow, walked toward Enri and Nim, who were sprawled over their parents' corpses and weeping bitterly.
"Wah... waaaah..."
Although Enri and Nim noticed Noah's arrival, the grief in their hearts made it impossible for them to stop crying. They could only look at Noah, bite their lips, and desperately hold back their sobs.
Under such circumstances, Noah looked down at Enri and said something.
"Do you want your parents to come back to life?"
Those words instantly turned the space, which had been filled with crying, deathly silent.
Enri's sobs stopped abruptly as well. With tears streaking her pretty face, she raised her head and stared blankly at Noah, murmuring.
"Come... come back to life?"
"That's right. Resurrection." Noah spoke indifferently.
"I have a way to bring your parents back to life."
After saying that, Noah raised one hand.
"Bzzzz—!"
As the space trembled, a golden ripple spread above Noah's hand, spitting out a short staff that fell into his palm.
It was a staff around thirty centimeters long, ivory in color, with gold decorations at its tip. Its shaft was carved with obscure, incomprehensible runes and radiated a sacred aura.
It was none other than the Resurrection Staff.
"Lord Noah?"
Seeing this, the fully armed Albedo spoke in surprise and confusion.
"Could it be that you intend to use a precious magic item for these low... these ordinary villagers?"
From Albedo's voice, Noah could clearly hear her deep incomprehension and doubt.
But that was only natural.
In the game YGGDRASIL, the most important items were things like scrolls,