Yotogi no Kuni no Gekkouhime

When Gi sat Serene and Zana on a nearby stump, she really started lecturing on Kamiki with pleasure.

"Shinko is one of our most valuable materials."

Gi waved a bright white tree stick - a divine tree as if it were a knife. As it responds, tree branches are wrapped in blue light, and residual light creates a trajectory.

"What do you say? It's amazing!"

"What?

Gi crushed his back at Serene's answer. If this was a big sword, it would have had a little more of an impact on its appearance, but from Serene's point of view, it just looks like it's wielding a huge glowing bar cut.

"That's right. You're a human being... Okay! Then I'll show you how awesome this guy is."

Gi regained his mind and stood in front of the tree that was growing nearby. It falls into a thinner category than other giant trees, but was still thick enough for an adult to hold it.

"Let's go!

As in response to Gi's call, the branches of Shinki emit a stronger glow. The blue and white light wraps around the branches and deforms into the shape of a shining sword.

"Bimu-sabe!?

"What the hell? Look at that."

Gi sings around his nose, spinning Kamiki with a blade of light like a baton, then grips him back with both hands.

"Whoa, whoa!!

In the mood of tearing, Gi swings through Kamigi on the horizontal giraffe. The next moment, the thick trunk earlier was completely torn apart. The tree shivered and screamed, falling down with a loud noise.

"Oh, this is it."

'Ooh, this is amazing!

"Wow!

Serene was accidentally applauding. Butler also marvels at the power of Kamiki. Not everyone can cut down a tree like this with a single blow in an attempt to have a fancy arm.

"Carrots, no!

"No, I'm an elf………………"

I know you wanted to say it wasn't human work, but since Gi isn't human in the first place, how about that praise? Nevertheless, it seemed to convey that he was being praised for once, and Gi laughed with his teeth out.

"It's a stick, a sword, no, why, cut?

"You idiot, Kamiki is a sword to us."

"You're a fool. That doesn't explain it."

Zana, sitting next to Serene, shrugged as she shrugged.

"Dear Serene, I'll make up for the stupid sheikh. All the trees in the White Forest have magic powers, but they are especially strong among them, branches that can only be taken from trees that have grown over time, and that is the Divine Tree."

"Huh."

Serene had no particular interest in Zana's distracting commentary either. Nothing. Whether the elves use sticks or swords, it has nothing to do with Serene.

"Because Kamiki inherits powerful magic in itself, it can be a powerful weapon if the owner can manipulate it. Just like Gi did earlier."

"I don't like fine control. You're better at Zana like that."

"Well."

Xanah tends her chest well. Gi was a genius when it came to simple magic retention and combat sense, but fine magic control had more minutes on Zana.

'So here we go. That rare arrow that restrained me, it unleashed a magically cured plant. "

Butler remembers that moment he experienced on his own. That's probably not a tree arrow, but an earlier spreading of Kamiki and Yamato. When shooting as an arrow, it was hardened with magic, and by removing the magic remotely, it would have returned to just a spell, and hardened it again.

"Humans do use iron swords, don't they? We don't need that stuff. I have this one."

When that is said, Gi releases the magic of the Kamiki in his hand. The pale phosphorescence disappeared and returned again to just a branch of white tree. Gi says that even in this state, they are stronger than coarse iron.

'I see. Now the elves' life's doubts are finally resolved. '

"With Doyuko?

'We looked around their settlements, but most of the things used were made of wood. If you can use tough wood with excellent water and fire resistance, you won't have to use iron.'

"Yes."

Butler had gained intellectual satisfaction in gaining new knowledge, but Serene duly flushed Butler's commentary. Serene focuses on the search for physical pleasure and is not very interested in satisfying intellectual curiosity. It is more important now than ever to deepen rapport with Gi and build your own future.

"Squishy, I want"

"Am I right? You want Kamiki too?

Let's be more friendly than that, that's what I was going to say, but neither Gi nor Zana took it that way.

"Hmmm...... but hey, you might not be able to use Kamigi with some human magic."

"That's a little good. It's going to be like a amulet."

"I don't know what else to do, just a little bit."

Saying so, Gi took something out of his nostalgia and handed it to Serene. It was a small pure white vertical whistle, to the extent that it protruded slightly from Serene's small hand.

"It's a whistle for signals I use. This guy has a spare, and he's a substitute made from Kamiki. I'll do it to you."

"Ah, guys."

Serene received the whistle of Kamiki offered by Gi. It was Serene's fashion to keep what I could get for free for now.

"Because of this, why don't you give it a try? Serene has magic too, so maybe we can use it, right?

"Ugh, no."

Serene holds the white vertical whistle and concentrates her spirit.

"Ramen, saumen, copenhagen…………"

I had stopped it altogether lately, but Serene starts her own inch chant that she used to chant.

Serene now remembered that because of various events, she had been driven to the corner of a brain cell with little Serene, but because she was born into a magical world, she had a hope of doing something magical.

No matter how much I concentrated my spirit, I couldn't use my magic so I gave up half the time, but now I have the elves Kamigi and Ya. Maybe now, like Gi, he's got a cool magic blade himself.

"Not..."

But the reality was heartless. The Kamigi whistle that Serene has in her hand doesn't even say yes, it just exists as a white whistle.

"Well, you don't have a choice. Because elves and humans hold different amounts of magic..."

"Uh-oh!

Blocking Zana's advice, Serene was furious. This whistle bastard, he said imitating things like letting people have their expectations and poking them off. Serene, exasperated by her vertical whistle opponent, desperately whistled white.

"Princess, nothing has to be so mucky..."

"Ugh!

Even though he gently advised Serene, who was excited, Serene even held the whistle of Shinki. It's a stick, so if you're desperate to get something out of it, Serene was dominated by everything in her brain by such a stupid idea.

"So!

After pouring out his whole body and spirit, Serene finally succeeded in releasing his magic! From the tip of the vertical whistle, a slight pale blade emerged, as if it were a candle fire.

"……… soggy."

Something, pussy. Serene expressed her candid sentiments. Gi emitted a certain stick for a meter, which was quite different from the magic blade that turned Oki into two in one blow. This isn't a beam sabel, it's a beam paper knife.

"Well, you know, what... there's a monster who's not good at it."

"Oh, yeah. Besides, Kamiki has the power to inflict evil magic on itself. So I don't think you have to use it as a weapon."

"The princess doesn't have to have a weapon or anything barbaric. There's always this Butler as the princess's katana."

"Ugh……………."

Everyone spinned their words to comfort Serene, who became half crying, but his kindness was hard on Serene.

"Wow! Gi's idiot! Shin!"

Serene ran off on the spot crying. It's not Gi's fault, but while throwing up a complete eight-win and jealous line.

"Oh, wait, Master Serene! Gi! Because you're good at cutting down trees!

"Huh!? You told Serene to do Kamiki!

Gi and Zana began rubbing their responsibilities against each other, and other elves gathered to hear the noise, making the neighborhood crowded. In those chaotic circumstances, in the end, there was no mention of deepening the rapprochement at the heart, and this occasion was open.

A few hours later, Serene, who chilled his head, apologized to Gi for his cursing, took a long time and managed to tell him that he wanted to "deepen rapport with the elves". Gi and Zana looked at each other and were whispering something but only "think about it" was returned.

Although Shinki's whistle may be kept as a souvenir, Serene was dissatisfied that she did not receive a response to make sure to come back. As a result of that distressing thought, Serene made plans for the future in her brain. The contents are as follows:

① In the meantime, go back to Helifarte and do something to call the Red Dragon

② Next, instruct Alye himself, pretend to be caught by a dragon and have him and his wife transport him to the Elf settlement. I manage to twist the reason I explain to the Red Dragon.

③ Then manage to sit in the elf settlement.

That is all. I didn't think about the "do something" part at the heart. This "do something" always accounts for the majority of the plans Serene comes up with in advance, but he didn't really care because he was fortunate enough to have managed to live with it until now.

Incidentally, I would describe these thoughts as "lucky" or "just hitting the road" in general, but as a serene, I meant to plan.

"Given the relationship between the elves and human beings, there's no other way to respond. It's very rare for things to go very clapping. '

Butler said so and forgiven Serene, who was dissatisfied with receiving an ambiguous reply from the elf, but Serene wanted to return to the Elf settlement as soon as possible, so he was going to make a fait accompli and enforce a debauchery operation anyway.

Then there was nothing notable about it for a few days, and Serene, as usual, was doing everything in his luxury, but it was finally his last night in the elf settlement.

The elves prayed for Serene's return and had a grand party. An evening meal (yuzu) was prepared focusing on fresh fruit, and the elf girls performed a traditional dance handed down to the tribe, focusing on a large incineration. Butler had an interesting observation of the rarely seen intercultural dance, but Serene had only seen the shaky part of Elf's daughter's milk.

Looking at Serene watching the elf girls dance as she ate in, Gi stroked her chest down. Gi, the chief of the family, was anxious to see if the elf-style hospitality was acceptable to humans, but he was worried about this girl.

"Serene, you, you really want to come here again?

"Yeah, hey."

"Hmmm......"

In disguise of indifference, Gi watched the elf girl dance with an apparition, but his head was filled with a human girl sitting next to him.

"(Is he really going to connect with us?)"

Once again, Gi stares at Serene's side, obsessed with milk-shaking dance, with a prying look.

"... the dragon brought this guy here for that purpose?

"What?"

"No, nothing."

Elves worship dragons. I don't know what the dragon thinks, but at least he'll know that fact over there. Of course, just because the elf side worships the dragon as God's surrogate on its own, it's not like the dragon will do anything to the elf against it, nor does the elf want anything in return for it.

"(But what if the dragon is trying to benefit us?)"

Gi circles his thoughts with his hands on his mouth. What if our feelings turned to our prayers and the dragon thought of doing something about it?

What Elf's chief Gi wants, it's a "new breeze". The society of the elves is a society of strength. As a result, Gi, with powerful powers, became young and took on a chief, but unlike previous conservative chiefs, Gi, the young elf, was interested in the world outside the White Forest.

White Forest is vast, of course, but outside of it, there is a wonderful world that Elf has never seen, and he always thought so. For example - the human world.

Gi looks at the spilled iron pan he was wearing on his head - removing the crown and shivering. Gi was very surprised when he saw this object dropped by a previously repelled human adventurer.

For the humans, it is only a used iron pot of pomegranate, but for the elves who rely mostly on wood, the iron making technology is not necessary, so it has not developed, and I have hardly ever seen it.

"Human, or…………"

Gi shrugged pompously so Serene wouldn't notice. Could it be that the Red Dragon sent Serene to the elf in an attempt to fulfill his wishes?

A rare human being who looks extremely close to us, has the power to withstand the White Forest, and, above all, meets the condition of wanting to interact with ourselves - isn't that this girl?

"Well, maybe it's not bad."

Humans are external enemies that invade the territory, objects that eliminate them. The elves who had dealt with the adventurers had the stereotype that humans were such barbaric objects. But watching a girl behave like an elf in their own settlement, they realized she wasn't all that human.

Gradually interact with the humans using Serene as a bridge. That can be horrible, but also very appealing. Because fear and hope always live together when we step into a new world.

Either way, we must return this girl to the humans once and for all. From there on, I'm sure this girl will report herself. Leave it to Serene and you'll be fine. Gi had such certainty. Gi stares narrowly at the girl whose race is obsessed with dancing with her glittering eyes.

It's not just a promise to the dragon, it's a small possibility to show ourselves a new world - if we keep it at all costs, Gi was so determined.

◆ ◇ ◆ ◇ ◆

"Before entering the White Forest, I want to tell you something."

In front of the entrance to the White Forest, Milan turned to the face of the Serene search party. Less than ten people, including Milan, but everyone is elite. The truth is that these five times as many applicants were there, but those with wives and families pulled out as much as possible.

Besides, if we move in very large numbers, we lose control, and in the worst case scenario, we risk being seen as an act of aggression by the elves. Adding to these various circumstances, it was decided to dare enter the White Forest with a minimal number of people.

Milan turns to the warriors who have accompanied him in his selfishness. The application of the Serene search party was made secluded only in the castle. Even with the king's forgiveness, it is only Milan's arbitrariness, and it is far more beneficial to abandon the extreme story, Serene.

Nevertheless, it is surprising because more than dozens of applicants have come forward. Serene is hardly known to exist outside the castle, but nothing in the castle was more famous.

I provide lunch to the Prince almost every day, and I can't help but lean on him as if he were my lover. Selene herself was not aware of it at all, but she only seemed to be so from around her.

"As we all know, from here on out, it's an unknown realm for us humans. The Valvere adventurers seem to be on board aggressively, but the results are not fragrant"

Milan opens his mouth heavily. From here on out, it's completely out-of-town. There is little information about what organisms live in or about the elves.

"I would like to thank wholeheartedly everyone who has accompanied my reckless plan. Some of these people have a family they love and still try to be loyal to me. But there's no guarantee that you can go home alive, including me."

Instead of threats or intimidation, Milan faintly conveys the facts, but the facial expression of the search party remains unchanged.

"We are not adventurers. The purpose is only to search for Serene. As a possibility that Serene is present, the highest is the elf settlement, but we will probably not be welcome. I intend to avoid fighting as much as possible, but I want you to be prepared to do the same."

All of Milan knew how Valvere's adventurers behaved in response to the Elves. It is likely that they are hostile to the whole human race.

"It would be a dangerous journey. If you feel in danger, you may abandon me. That's all I've done to make you strong. If you want to turn back, now is the time."

This was the last confirmation of will for Milan and the final notice. In polar theory, Milan was willing to enter the White Forest alone, but he was not willing to back down to the brave men who had followed him so far.

Confirming that, Milan was at the same time feeling sorry for and dependable. It is highly unlikely that Serene will be where I am going, but this difficulty will be overcome by a selection of elites. Let's believe that now.

"Enter!"

Milan shook off his anxiety, which boiled down aloud, and entered the White Forest.