The reason for Rom's reaction was not because of the tree's reaction. It was because he was surprised by his sudden exclamation.
"Wait! Really? I'm sure I didn't understand what the tree said earlier," he mumbled. "But how was I able to say those words as if I actually understood the tree's words?" This was the big question he had.
He immediately covered his mouth out of self-shock. At this point, Rom was not yet aware of the big change in himself.
After using one of its branches to wipe its nosebleed, the Wisdom Tree looked at Rom again and noticed his sudden silence.
'W-Why did this child suddenly become silent? He also suddenly speaks words I don't understand. A while ago, he has been courageous to try to beat me to get the Spiritual Sapling. But he did not succeed because of my unmatched wisdom,' Wisdom Tree thought in wonder. But it still believed that no one could match it, 'Ah! No matter, no one can beat me,' Wisdom Tree believed so.
"Hey, brat, stop daydreaming!" The tree called him.
Rom looked at the tree again. This time, the words it spoke were very clear to him.
"No, I'm not daydreaming!" Rom responded. But it only causes another damage to the tree.
"Argh!" The Wisdom Tree groaned again. However, Rom's attention was no longer fully on it.
Aside from his sudden understanding of what the mysterious tree was saying, he had other worries. It was about his whereabouts. He could not explain but he had a strong feeling that this was not his original world.
Rom immediately evaluated the situation. "I am sure this is no ordinary occurrence. There is no doubt that in front of me is a talking magical tree. Although there was some gossip about having spirited away, all of those remained as gossip and never been proven…"
"So that means, I may be in another world now like those MLs in the fantasy stories I read. Still, the chances for that to happen are next to impossible. I may be just dreaming at this moment. But there is also little chance for that to happen because everything that is happening seems clear to me…"
"In that case, for me to know my situation, I have to ask this talking tree in front of me," Rom mumbled. "However, there's a big problem. It seems it can't understand my language."
When he turned his attention back to it, he saw that it was as if it was having a hard time standing up. It swayed as if to fall.
"Hmn…" Rom pondered what to do. The tree in front of him was acting weird. It was groaning in pain every time he talked. It was as if it were running out of life. And since he had nothing else to do and he also had no one else to talk to, he still tried to talk to it.
Rom noticed that every time he uttered a word, it caused a weird reaction to the Wisdom Tree. Realizing it, a cheeky idea appeared in his mind.
Then a grin appeared on his face. "Hehe…" he grinned, showing his teeth.
After that,
"Ah, Mister oh wait is it a Miss? Uh, no good. Even its gender I don't know what to call it. Maybe I'll just call it Shiny Tree or maybe just Wisdom Tree."
"That's right! It looks more appropriate to call it Old Tree!"
"Hey, Old tree!"
"Wait. Even if I call it, it doesn't understand me. So it is still useless!"
"Argh! I am running out of ideas on how to communicate with it!"
"Dear God, please help me! The tree in front of me can talk but cannot understand me…!"
Rom continued spouting words, but this time, he did it on purpose. He sounded like he was having the fun of his life.
It was as if an invisible force had shaken the Wisdom Tree from the words coming out of his mouth. It swayed vehemently.
The Wisdom Tree suddenly said while raising a white flag, "W-Wait! I've given up. Oh boy, I really can't understand what you said. Looks like I need many more years to be completely unbeatable…" It sounded so exhausted.
Rom didn't know whether to laugh or cry at the tree's words.
The Wisdom Tree has high pride. And because it was unable to understand the words coming out of Rom's mouth, it caused mental damage to its cherished pride. But Rom didn't know about it. He was just teasing it when he noticed that his words had effects on it.
Nonetheless, he wondered where the Wisdom Tree got the white flag. But that wasn't important now. He noticed one of its branches slowly moving towards him.
"Eh?!"
Rom was slightly taken aback. He retreats slightly.
"Relax. You don't have to be afraid. I have no bad intentions," Rom heard the tree say.
He sighed and pondered. "Hmn…" Rom squinted his eyes as he waited for what the tree was about to do. His guard was already on alert. He could not trust it completely.
If he notices any suspicious movement of the tree, he could run as fast as he could, leaving this place no matter where his feet brought him.
The tree noticed his wary behavior. "Hou, well, that's fine," the tree said. For the tree, at least the human in front of him didn't run away. The Wisdom Tree finally got curious about him.
Just a while ago, Wisdom Tree was sure the child was dead. But suddenly, he stood up and spoke words he could not understand. Nor is it covered by his wisdom. The Wisdom Tree also felt something unusual about him. It looked like something had changed in him.
Rom noticed the voice on the tree was unlike before. Its arrogant tone was gone. He also noticed that something seemed to suddenly bud at the end of the tree branch.
It grew bigger and bigger until it was the size of a lemon and peach-shaped. 'A fruit?' He thought.
Exactly, what bud at the end of the tree branch was a fruit. But it wasn't an ordinary fruit, because it was slightly shiny.
"Don't worry. Take it and eat it. That fruit is the Fruit of Intelligence and will give you the ability to communicate with all living things in this world."
'Wah! This is what I need!' Rom shouted in mind when he heard the tree's words.