Chapter 48 – Village in a Small Forest (2)
The name of the elf standing in front of us with her arms crossed is Sylvia.
Although there are only a few, all the elves I’ve seen have been female, and they’ve all been full-bodied beauties.
But here an exception appeared before me.
Sylvia’s appearance was like a flat cliff, far from being straight and flat, as she was about 180cm tall and about the height of my solar plexus.
Since the bodies of Eli, Yuria, and Lien that I usually see are already above average, Sylvia’s body seems even more different.
If you look at her face, you will see that although she is a beauty, she is more of a cute girl than pretty.
Looking at her ears growing sideways, she is openly advertising that she is an elf…
“What, you! I was thinking that was being rude!”
As I was thinking and looking at Sylvia, she pointed her finger at me and shouted.
Are these thoughts visible on her face?
It’s amazing that you can recognize someone just by looking at their face.
Puck!
“Hey! Don’t point a finger at Jinu!”
“Evil!”
As soon as she saw Sylvia’s actions, Yuria threw a ‘Be quiet!’ At her Sylvia’s head.
“Ugh… I thought her head was split in two…”
Sylvia seems to be in a lot of pain, sitting down and muttering while covering her head from where she was hit.
I don’t know why you’re so picky.
“Hey, Sylvia. Didn’t her head split open?”
“Hey! Take care of your subordinates! I thought you were really splitting up… I’m sorry…”
I looked behind me after seeing Silvia changing her politeness mid-conversation to see Yuria standing there with her fist raised as if she was ready to strike at any moment.
But after that, your tone of voice will come back.
It’s only been a short time since we met, but the situation has already happened many times.
“Anyway, let’s move slowly. All we have to do is move everything back there safely, right?”
“…Okay. All you have to do is move them safely. But is it really possible to do it in 3 days? No matter how fast you can travel by carriage from here to Arestel, it takes 10 days one way?”
She asked, giving Sylvia a worried look.
“Don’t worry, you keep your promises.”
“Of course. I am Sylvia Eileen, the elf of Ar’estel Forest. I will keep my promise unconditionally!”
Sylvia said, hitting her chest with her fist.
Her very meager breasts.
To explain the current situation, we have to go back a few days.
She has been doing a lot of research recently while in Turchen Castle, and thanks to that, she has some knowledge of the surrounding elven villages, but she says that most of them are only inhabited by a few elves.
After discussing it together, she decided to look for a large village rather than a small one.
“Even if we go to an elf village, we should go to the largest place possible rather than the small one. That way, there is a higher chance that there will be more records.”
This time, we decided to spread out and search for each other.
Of course, the premise is that one person and I travel together.
Today I am walking around with Lien.
“I know, but you guys seem really happy to be with me. I can tell you’re happy just by looking at your faces.”
“It’s natural. If it weren’t for my lord, I wouldn’t be here. I wouldn’t even have a reason to live.”
I haven’t heard about Lien’s past yet.
No, I’ve never heard of everyone’s past.
I have asked questions directly, but they have not given me a proper answer.
Even if you ask why, there is no specific answer.
All it tells me is that my past self was saved by my power.
“Just in case, why don’t we go in here too?”
We stopped in front of the Turchen Castle Adventurer’s Guild.
“Is this a place called the Adventurer’s Guild? There aren’t many strong people.”
Lien, who entered the guild, looked around and said.
“It would be natural by Lien’s standards. You’ve seen enough in the arena, right?”
“That’s true, but there is no guarantee that the strong will enter the arena. I didn’t expect it, but when I looked around, there were only those who were weaker than I thought.”
Looking at Lien’s face, I can see the word disappointment on his expression.
I looked around and went to the quest bulletin board inside the Adventurer’s Guild.
While browsing the bulletin board, one word caught my eye.
Elf.
I took the quest paper that caught my eye in my hand.
‘Recruiting top product escorts to Arestel! Remuneration will be decided after mutual consultation. – Sylvia Eileen, Elf of Ar’estel Forest -‘
Ar Estelle.
Among the names I have checked so far, this is a village with a name I have never seen before.
Looking at the quest details, it looks like we need to transport almost a month’s worth of food.
“Lien, have you ever heard of the name Ar’Estel?”
“Um… No. I think this is the first name I’ve ever heard of.”
When we found out about the elf village whose name we had never heard of before, we immediately recognized it and found out that it was a large village with many more elves than the village we knew.
The next destination was decided to be here.
“Ar’Estel, it is said that this is one of the places where many elves live in this world. Are you planning to fly to Minercia right away?”
“I’ve thought about that too, but this time I’m going to go while doing the quest. Anyway, going to that village doesn’t guarantee that there will be definitive clues, so if that’s the case, I’ll just have to wander around there and look for it.”
“I see you are planning to form an elf bond while doing this quest.”
If you leave a good impression with the quest this time, it may be helpful when searching for items later or in a big fight with a demon later.
In particular, someone who has to move this much product at once must be a fairly influential elf.
In times like these, there’s no harm in leaving a good impression.
“Then I decided to do this quest.”
“Jinu, may I make a suggestion?”
I was thinking about finishing our conversation and going to bed, but Ellie suddenly raised her hand.
“From now on, we will be going to the elf village, but from what I have seen so far, I think it would be inefficient for the three of us to travel together with Jinu.”
“Does that mean we should split into two teams and search for them?”
Ellie nodded her head at my words.
“Two people will accompany Jinu, and one will go to Brighton Castle, where we left in a hurry last time, to investigate other clues.”
“Eh~~. I don’t want to be separated from Jinu…”
Yuria came closer to me with a distasteful expression on her face at Ellie’s words.
“I agree with that. You thought the same thing, didn’t you, Ellie?”
Unlike Yuria, Lien folded her arms with a happy expression.
Of course, last time we went from Brighton Castle to Turchen Castle again in a hurry.
First of all, I thought it would be better to search at Turchen Castle, which I thought would definitely contain clues, rather than Brighton Castle.
Unfortunately, it didn’t come out.
What Ellie says makes sense.
If we combine the combat power of the three now, honestly, it would be enough to defeat most armies.
There is no need for the three of them to move around together.
“Of course… What Ellie said is correct. There is no need to all stick together. So how do you plan to divide the team?”
“First of all, we have to prepare in case Jinu gets hurt, so Jinu and I must go in as one set. As for the other one, Lien and Yuria can decide a fair match, right?”
At first glance, Ellie’s words seem very logical.
“Wait! I can’t admit that!”
“That’s right! Where do you sell drugs?”
Yuria and Lien seem to have noticed, too.
“Unni, you suggested that because you wanted to spend a little more time with Jinunim, right?”
“I think if there’s at least one less person, we’ll have more time to spend together.”
Yes.
Obviously, when I go looking for clues, like now, one person will go with me to escort me and the rest will go separately.
There are currently three people, but if there is one less person, the chances of them walking around with me increase.
“That’s too much of an interpretation. Are you saying I was just expressing a logical opinion?”
Obviously not, but it sounds like an extremely sly way of speaking.
I want to believe that it is not.
“Anyway, that’s not possible! To be fair, two out of three people should go!”
Be fair…
“Then how about rock, paper, scissors?”
“Rock Paper Scissors?”
Everyone seemed to have no idea about rock, paper, scissors.
I briefly explained rock, paper, scissors.
No one who heard the explanation seemed very convinced.
“Why does a rock beat scissors? And I don’t really understand why a cloth beats a rock…”
“If you hit a rock hard with scissors, you can just break it?”
“Even a rock can be thrown hard enough to pierce the cloth. And in Yuria’s case, if she injects magic into the cloth, she can cut off the scissors.”
That’s what happens in your world, right?
“For now, think of it as a compatible relationship. Don’t have any doubts…”
The three people had uncomfortable looks on their faces, but they still listened to me and the rock-paper-scissors game began.
And I overlooked it again.
The fact that these are not ordinary people I know.
When three people play rock, paper, scissors, what is the probability of a tie for over 100 consecutive rounds?
This is not a draw with rock, paper, scissors, but a draw with all three players playing the same thing.
I just watched until about the 10th edition, but after the 20th edition, I felt something was strange.
In the world I was in, ordinary people just played rock-paper-scissors based on probability, but these people were doing it completely differently.
These three people change their hands at the end, matching each other’s movements!
Is this the rock-paper-scissors of superhumans?
“Now, wait a minute!”
When I realized there was no point in going any further, I stopped playing rock-paper-scissors.
“Master, why are you doing this?”
“I was concentrating…”
If we continue like this, it is a waste of time.
“You guys keep trying to see what each other will come up with, but we just keep drawing. I don’t think this will ever end, so I thought it would be better to change to something else, so I stopped.”
“So do you have any ideas?”
I thought that this time it would be decided by probability.
“Yes, let’s draw lots.”
This time, I explained what a lottery is.
“Hmm… I guess there is something like that.”
“Usually, the format is to draw lots in order and one person draws a loser, but in a slightly modified version, everyone draws a loser out of three cards once. Then, if only one person gets a loser, that person gets to go alone.”
Everyone was convinced about this.
Then, lots were drawn and the two people who would go with me were decided.
The next day, I headed back to the Adventurer’s Guild to do a quest.
“Hehe, I’m glad. I didn’t want to be separated from Jinu.”
Yuria, who did not pull out the slam, is smiling and wagging her tail from side to side, as if she is in a good mood.
“Under…”
In contrast to Yuria, who expresses joy with her whole body, Ellie has an expression that seems to have all the worry in the world on her face.
Yes.
The person who got the worst yesterday was Ellie!
I learned that a person’s face can turn pale like this the moment they pull out the slam.
Lien laughed so hard behind the scenes when she saw Ellie’s appearance.
She must have looked like someone who had been fooled by her own tricks.
Thanks to this, Ellie is still not in a good mood.
However, since Ellie is the one with the highest adventurer level here, I will first include Ellie when receiving the quest, and after an agreement, I plan to leave Ellie separately and go with Yuria and Lien.
When we arrived at the Adventurer’s Guild, we immediately applied for the quest.
The receptionist readily accepted after seeing Ellie’s rating on her, and we were able to meet Sylvia the next day.
“Hmm… One C-level person and three F-level people? I guess it’ll be okay since there’s a C-level person… But I’m a little uneasy…”
Sylvia looks at our profiles and looks dissatisfied.
“It would be enough for us. Even though she is F-rank, Lien’s strength as she took second place in this arena would have been enough to prove it. Moreover, Yuria here is just as strong.”
“Oh, come to think of it, these two are the winner and runner-up of the arena. I didn’t watch the match, but I heard it was the greatest match ever.”
I think we will be easily persuaded thanks to the arena story.
“But I only believe what I see with my own eyes. Can you prove it?”
The moment Sylvia finished speaking, Lien’s fist stopped right in front of Sylvia’s face.
“I will endure your disrespect for my lord until now. If you continue this further, I will explode your head.”
“Hee…Hee!”
Sylvia couldn’t immediately accept the fact that Lien’s fist stopped right in front of her, and a second later she was startled and landed on her butt.
“Lien, don’t forget our purpose. Are you okay?”
“Oh, no. Is that guy your subordinate? You’re surprised!”
Sylvia stood up, grunted, pointed at me, and shouted.
“This guy, though!”
“Lien, stop!”
When Lien clenched her fist and tried to leave, I stopped her.
But Lien wasn’t the only one she moved.
Yuria passed me and went to Silvia’s side.
“Well, what is it? Even if I glare at you like that, I’m not scared at all!”
Sylvia exclaimed, lifting her heels despite her small size.
“Quiet!”
Yuria stuck her fist into Silvia’s head.
Puck!
“Evil!”
Sylvia, who was hit by Yuria, sat down and covered her head.
“Ugh, I think her head is going to explode…”
“Don’t keep pointing at Jinunim!”
Yuria said, giving off an air that she could hit again at any time.
“That’s it! I’m not going to do this with you, so get away from me!”
Oh my… This is what ended up happening.
“I’m sorry for suddenly hitting you, but as you can see, I can definitely escort you, so think again.”
“That’s it! Get away from me!”
This is something that doesn’t work at all.
Hey, maybe I should take the Minercia first.
We turned around and tried to head back to the hotel.
“I’m already dying because I’m running out of time, but I have to go a day early to move my luggage.”
Sylvia’s low-pitched muttering reached my ears.
“Wait a minute! How long does it take to get from here to Arestel?”
“Did you apply without knowing that? It takes 10 days just to get there! The deadline for sending the goods is the 9th, and I don’t have time to argue with you. So get the hell away!”
I can’t believe this opportunity comes.
“If you leave the escort to us, we can shorten that time.”
