72. Strange Elf (4)

“… Those words must all be true.”

“Of course.”

It is true.

Although it may sound like a bit of an exaggeration, he perfectly penetrates the inner thoughts of the words Friel puts out of his mouth.

Thanks to my ability, I gave up my relationship with the trustworthy Dwarves, although they are eccentric and difficult to persuade.

The record of trying to capture me as a hukou rather than hand it over even though I went through all kinds of hardships to find a useful elven bow.

Even… As much as I even lost a lot of people I cared for, including my lover, because of their arrogance.

Because there are so many things that happened.

I can guarantee that there are few humans who can understand and convey the elves’ thoughts as deeply as I do.

But still.

I wonder if it was difficult for Ainel to trust my radical remarks.

Ainel did not easily believe my words.

“Do you know what role the Arielt family plays in the Great Forest?”

I shook my head neatly at Ainel’s question.

How could an attendant of a count’s family in the western part of the kingdom, even at the far end, hear about the Great Forest on the eastern border?

What’s more, elves don’t come out of the forest very often, and information about them is limited.

I don’t know anything about the families or the situation of the demons in this world.

“The Arielt family is one of the three families recognized for their authority by the high elves.”

“Speaking of authority… ….”

“The authority to protect and manage the World Tree from a place closer than anyone else, and to share the blessings of the spirits. It is the authority that guarantees the highest position under the high elves who reign as kings.”

Managing the world tree is not enough.

A family that receives the blessing of the spirits once again due to its outstanding affinity with the spirits from the time it was born.

No matter how much you are an elf, how did you smell the spirit that I decided and hid so easily?

There was a reason for everything.

He even pierced his already sensitive nose with the blessing of the spirit. It would be weird not to feel it anymore.

Friel Arielt was a daughter of a more prestigious family than I thought.

“The Arielt family is one of the families that assist the High Elves and manage the World Tree together. It was also a family carefully selected by the High Elves, willing to dedicate their lives to the World Tree with more integrity than anyone else. Do you know what I mean?”

“… Yes, I understand.”

“If you do, ask again. Is what the Arielt family girl said really true?”

Thanks to Friel’s strong back, Ainel seems to be extremely suspicious of my words.

I agreed to Ainel’s question without flinching.

“I don’t know about the rest of the Arielt family, but at least Friel Arielt, who I talked to this morning—”

“Contrary to the popular word of integrity… You openly revealed your sticky greed to me.”

“Inconsistent with the word loyalty, even if it was Cianella’s, she said that if she wanted it, she could get it in any way.”

I paused and exchanged eyes with Ainel.

Eye contact to see through each other’s inner thoughts, not the atmosphere and emotions.

Regarding my words, as a knight, no, as a family head, her eyes were very cold.

That’s why I was happy.

At least it means that you’re not dismissing my words as bullsh*t, and that you’re listening to them properly.

“I would rather Ainel-nim have deep faith in Friel Arielt… I want you to be suspicious and be a little vigilant.”

This situation is facing each other around the table.

A heavy silence hung between me and Ainel.

Seruk.

The child Nell moved her arm and rested her chin on her back, sinking into her own thoughts.

Took. Took. Took.

Then, with his free hand, he tapped the table with a sense of rhythm with his index finger.

When Ainel was deep in thought, she waited for her decision without holding her breath.

Wait a minute, she said, still holding her chin, looking up at me.

“Responsibility for what you said. Can you lose?”

The answer I so longed for.

In the end, Ainel seems inclined to trust my words rather than a deaf with whom she has never had a proper conversation.

Well, it’s not enough to be competent enough to turn the daughter of a giant he gave up into a human being.

She has proven her strength and her loyalty enough to the extent that she has saved her from many of her own crises.

To be honest, if I hadn’t taken my side here, I would have been a bit sarcastic.

‘I’d say it’s a responsibility.’

There won’t be any problems.

Elves are a race that has nothing to lose by being suspicious.

Everything Friel told me was true.

You can just say that you will take responsibility in a plausible way.

“I will.”

After saying that, I held out both of my hands toward her for a moment.

With Nell’s hand resting on her slender chin, as if asking if I could hold her hand.

“Hmm—”

Ainel gave off a low voice, but it didn’t matter.

Contrary to that reaction, she put her own hand on top of mine, as if to try something.

I bowed her head to her for a moment and thanked her.

Then, a soft smile was put on my face.

At the same time—

“Um…… ?”

I put Ainel’s little white hand on her chest.

It’s hard to believe that the hands of a knight holding a sword are so small and compact that, paradoxically, they are full of calluses like a knight’s.

I felt the touch of a hard hand on my chest.

I checked the look on Ainel’s face after shedding a voice of embarrassment for a moment.

Her eyelids, which had been long and narrow, opened.

From her wide open eyes, I could see blue pupils with complex subtle emotions.

I looked at her like that, while she kept her pale smile.

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He said while holding Nel’s hand as he was about to pull it behind her.

“Responsibility… Because all I have is my body. If you want to take responsibility as a body, I will gladly offer you this body—”

I gently removed her hand that I was holding tightly.

Her hand, feeling the throb of life, placed on top of my peacefully beating heart.

Then, it was made to wrap around my neck.

The feel of Ainel’s cold hand rose from my neck.

I held her hand tightly with both of her hands so she couldn’t let go of hers.

“If there is no value in my body, I will gladly bear the weight of my words with my life.”

Just for now, if Ainel wants, she’ll be able to snap my neck with no difficulty.

A knight who is infinitely close to a sword master has monstrous strength even without using mana.

Ainel will do the same.

Do you say that with a smile along with what you did to increase your persuasion?

The child Nel raised the corner of her mouth.

“Ha.”

At the same time as feeling awkward about this situation, she seemed to be enjoying it as well.

“… There must be a reason why Shione was possessed by you. No. Did you try to bewitch me?”

“… Yes?”

What do you mean suddenly in this situation?

When I asked her question with a bewildered face, she laughed blankly, as if bewildered.

“You don’t seem to be aware of your actions.”

Having said that, the child Nel removed her hand from her neck and let out another word.

“Should this be considered extraordinary or ignorant… ….”

Her retrieval I grabbed her chin again with one hand, and the child Nel scanned my face once again.

“I’m going to do something about spirit magic, so stop going to Sione.”

Untwisted her legs, Ainel stood up from her seat.

“About Arielt’s daughter… Please keep your words in mind.”

Fortunately.

I was able to get up from my seat feeling relieved.

* * *

The story with Ainel is over, as long as she has no reason to stay in her dorm anymore.

I came out of her room right away.

Unlike her warm room, the air in the hallway was a bit cold and heavy.

“Whoa… ….”

Since the morning, I’ve been dealing with a b*tch and had an unscheduled stand-up with Ainel, and my mental strength has already been shattered.

Now I’ll have to deal with my master, who keeps bothering me.

What should I do when I’m already so weak?

I shook my head, brushed off my thoughts, and stood in front of the door to the next room.

Shione’s room, no need to knock.

Because it’s obvious that this bastard is sleeping with the door unlocked anyway.

You can just go in and wake up and resume your messy routine.

It was the moment when she opened the door roughly like that and confidently stepped into her room.

“Newat…… !”

What the hell is this English?

Newat.

At the same time I heard a sound that didn’t sound like a word, something collided with me and let’s try to figure out the situation.

“Shione?”

As if she had just woken up from bed, I could see the messy-looking Sione hugging me, utterly embarrassed.

When I stared down at her, Shione must have been very ashamed of the current situation.

Unable to raise her head, only my toes wiggled, then the dodo ran into my bed as if it were running away.

… Why is he doing that in the morning?

I slowly closed the door and entered, standing next to her bed and asking.

“Do you mind if I ask where you were going?”

Shione peeked out from under the blanket and only showed her face.

The fortress is so confident and manly… No, she only tried to look like a woman.

It’s been a while since I’ve seen such a cute reaction, and I felt like I was a little tired.

That’s right, Shione from the days when she was stuck in her blanket like this, only sticking out her head. At least she wasn’t driving to work as much as she is now.

As I looked at Shione with that thought in her mind, she carefully took her luck.

“… Ray, I was going to go find you.”

“You mean me?”

“I hope you’ll be late today… I want something to happen….”

Shione covered half of my face with the blanket.

Shione, who only showed off her eyes and white hair, starts looking at me.

Bastard, you worry about everything.

She felt a certain admiration for Sione’s words, but she couldn’t make out a purely bright smile at her words.

Apart from her worries, everything else has already been blown up.

I thanked him with a weak smile.

“Thank you for your concern.”

At my words, a bright light shone in Shione’s eyes.

“Thank you….”

She hesitated for a moment.

“That… little… how about… Would you?”

Why is her face so red?

What else do you not like about your voice and crawl on the floor?

I took one more step towards Sione.

“Could you say that one more time?”

“That… I said week… “

“… Yes?”

“Ray… Are you aiming for that?”

“Your voice is too low. I will come closer.”

I bent down to close the distance with Sione, who was squatting on the bed with the blanket wrapped around her.

“Now tell me.”

Shione soon let her know her will in my ear.

“… To be stroked.”

… What? Want to be stroked?

Did you have a nightmare?

Why are you asking me this morning?

“… Yes?”

I questioned her once again.

“Profit… !!”

Shione couldn’t stand it and eventually hid under my blanket.

I laughed at Shione’s reaction once.

Looking at her like that, it’s because she has a playfulness of her own.

I said something that seemed moderately funny with an expectant smile.

“If you call me big brother… I will do according to Sione’s will. How are you?”

“… What?”

“I said I would pet you if you called me oppa.”

“Seriously… Is this… ?”

Shione was taken aback and then she was deeply troubled.

Well, I wonder if there is something to think about so deeply with something like this.

Seeing as if it was a deliberation worth more than anything else, he was deeply focused.

It’s hard to say now that it was a joke.

Watching Shione in silence, Shione’s eyes twinkled as if he had made up his mind before he knew it.

“… Brother.”

“Can I ask you one more time?”

“… Brother Ray.”

“Yes?”

“Ray… You really want to die.”

I made fun of Shione in moderation.

I roughly stroked her hair.

Fortunately, Shione, who was growling, started purring again when I pet him.

Shione’s head got out of bed and sat on her chair.

Standing behind her, stroking her and tidying up her disheveled hair at the same time.

Again, Shione started talking to her.

“By the way, Ray. Can you tell me what caused you to come later than usual today?”

“That is… I was late because I was talking to Ainel-nim.”

“With mother?”

“Yes. I had something to do this morning.”

Shione tilted her head.

I slowly answered her words.

“The elf, who saw the power of the spirits I possessed, asked me to become hers.”

Shione heard what I said.

Where did the smiling expression go, and at the same time as killing the expression like a doll.

She tilted her head back and met her eyes with mine, half lifeless.

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“What did you just say?”