It was early, when the dew had not yet gathered, but I did not feel particularly tired.

Thanks to my habit of working out with Stella, I was often awake during this time, so naturally, my wake-up time was set a little earlier than the average student’s.

Rather, the rest of the bed was so comfortable that I even felt like I overslept a little bit.

As I waited for Xian-senpai after getting ready in the lobby of the inn, I started seeing green ponytails at the top of the stairs.

It was Xian sunbaenim who had just woken up from sleep.

“Good morning?”

“yes. How about junior Conrad?”

“I sleep well wherever I am.”

In my previous life, it was only a few years of living in a tent and camping, but I wasn’t so sensitive that I couldn’t sleep even if the bed was changed a little.

“Are you leaving right away?”

“yes. You have to walk diligently to arrive before lunch.”

As soon as we opened the door to the inn and stepped outside, the first thing that greeted us was the cool morning air.

After that, the morning dew that was not yet dry and the dark blue sky immediately after dawn were waiting for us.

Xian-senpai looked around outside the inn and pointed at the distant air with his finger.

“Over there is the forest of the World Tree, our hometown. What you see is the symbol of the forest, the mother world effort.”

“… … .”

“It may seem quite close since it can be seen from such a distance, but even if it is not possible, it is a place that can only be reached by walking for four or five hours. Let’s move diligently.”

As a human representative, I conveyed my conviction to senior Xian, who confidently pointed into the air and spoke.

“I can’t see you, senior Xian.”

If I had to walk for four or five hours in the first place, it would mean that it was at least 30km away, but for me with normal human eyes, it was far out of sight.

“Can’t you see?”

“Yeah, I can’t see it at all.”

“You should wear some glasses, Junior Conrad.”

“Xian-senpai, humans are not elves.”

If humans had the eyesight of elves, all optical glass shops in the capital should have gone bankrupt.

It wasn’t particularly important except for seeing the world tree from this street, so after talking to that point, I moved on with senior Xian.

Perhaps because the day was clear, the silhouette of the world tree appeared faintly from the point of walking for about an hour.

Around the time we walked along the road for nearly five hours in total.

Finally, she was able to arrive at the entrance of the world tree forest, her hometown.

“You’re not getting hit by an arrow right?”

“… What do you think of our people as beings?”

I would have been right in my previous life.

Well, at that time, it was only because the elves were at the peak of their wariness towards other races.

Since I came at the invitation of senior Xian, one of the daughters of the highest elder, I’m sure she won’t be hostile.

Even so, if left unattended, it would only be a matter of time before the racial conflict would intensify.

In the first place, the reason I visited the forest of the world tree was to resolve it, so if it worked out, the controversy could be ended with minimal sacrifice.

While thinking that, I was waiting for Xian-senpai to enter the forest.

On the contrary, she held out her hand to me and urged the other side.

“what are you doing. Not fast enough.”

“Yeah?”

“How wide and complex our forest is. Won’t you get lost walking in without holding hands?”

“Ah, I see.”

There was no road, and the only thing there was a forest where there were trees and mushrooms growing without any countermeasures, so senior Xian’s words made sense.

Hand in hand with her, we entered the center of the forest of the World Tree and moved to our destination, the center of the forest.

* * *

There was a big difference between walking in the woods and walking in the woods.

Although I often enter the Demon Forest, I thought I was familiar with the terrain in the forest.

After experiencing the ‘real forest’ in Senior Xian’s hometown, his perception has changed significantly.

The Devil’s Forest was once a place where students often came and went, and there were also some roads purposely dug by the academy for passage.

The impression that the forest of the world tree is literally nature itself, without even the minimum distance for humans to pass through, was much stronger.

In the first place, they were a species that did not come out of the forest, so there was no need to build a road to the outside.

As I said before, senior Xian was just a special case.

30 minutes to go deeper and deeper into the forest after being led by her hand.

Finally, the senior’s hometown, built in the heart of the forest of the World Tree, appeared.

“Wow… .”

The expression that the impression was new to the elf village in the forest of the World Tree, which he had visited after a long time, was really appropriate.

Although I had visited this village once in my previous life.

It was the first time I had visited an elf village with such a large population and lively atmosphere.

“What do you think? How do you feel about being a human who has visited our village for the first time in 100 years?”

“I am really impressed. Everywhere I look, I just get the impression that it’s amazing.”

It was already widely known that different races have different lifestyles and cultures, but among them, I would like to give one vote to ‘housing style’ as the biggest difference between elves and other races.

The elves living in the forest of the world tree were a common culture of living in houses in a way that other races could not even imitate.

It was natural that the largest tree in the forest of the world tree was the world tree, called the mother tree, but all the trees growing in this forest were as tall and thick as it.

Is growth good because it’s an environment overflowing with magic, or is it blessed with growth because it’s around the World Tree?

The exact cause is not known, but anyway, the fact that there are many trees of that kind has definitely influenced the elves’ dwelling style.

Although cutting down a single tree in the forest of the World Tree is only possible with the permission of the highest elders.

There was no rule against building a house without cutting down a single tree.

The architectural style of the elves created in this way was a tree house that surrounded the entire village.

The inside of a tree trunk is dug out and the shape of a tree is maintained, while the inside is created in the form of a house where people can live.

Normally, a hollow tree would rot and die, but we shouldn’t forget that this is the forest of the World Tree.

In an environment full of mana, a tree that remains hollow and does not die becomes a good environment for high-concentration mana to circulate inside.

As a result, the tree house was completed, where no tree died and the elves’ housing problem was solved.

In previous lifetimes, for some reason, I hadn’t had a chance to see this tree house, but fortunately, it seems it wasn’t too late to visit this time.

“Are you here, Xian?”

At first glance, an elf male who looked about the same age as me immediately approached Xian-senpai.

“Yeah, I’ve been.”

She looked at the male elf across the street and gave a comfortable answer as if she were dealing with a familiar person.

“You have a lot of trouble mixing with other races to accumulate knowledge. Isn’t there a guy at the academy who will harm you?”

“No, there is not. I am worried for nothing.”

“Well, there’s no way there’s a guy with a liver big enough to touch our daughter.”

The male elf gave a satisfied smile as if he was satisfied with Xian’s answer.

No matter how I looked at it, it only looked like a conversation between two men and women in their 20s.

As far as I remember, that young elf man was Xian-senpai’s father.

Almost all elves who lived in the forest of elves had a beautiful appearance, regardless of gender.

Except for when they were very young, most of them maintained the youthful appearance of their prime, so it was virtually impossible to judge their age at face value.

Growing up in this kind of environment from a young age, how could other races with ordinary looks come to mind?

Even now, after the academy was created, there were quite a lot of exchanges with other races, and only elves still insisted on a closed culture, of course, this reason must have been included to some extent.

“By the way… .”

Aldor’s gaze moved from senior Xian to me.

“They said that they might bring a short-lived species with them when they return this time, so they weren’t lying.”

He clearly pointed at me, and as soon as we met, he spat out a disparaging remark that he was a short-lived species.

It was an expected reaction anyway, so I wasn’t particularly hurt.

In the first place, if you get angry at such a trivial thing, you might be kicked out as soon as you enter.

For now, it’s better to show a nice smile to a person who doesn’t have a guard.

Aldor Rudflicka.

Not just Xian-senpai’s father, but also one of the best elder elves in the Elven Forest.

It was because both the former and the latter were undesirable opponents.

In a previous life, he mistook himself for being a young elf and committed rudeness.

I must be careful not to make the same mistake this time.

“A short-lived breed, Dad. What does that mean to junior Konrad?”

“A short-lived species is called a short-lived species. What do you call it?

Xian, did you lose the pride of being a noble elf because you spent too long living among different races?”

“Dad!”

Of course, it wasn’t a very good situation for Xian-senpai to argue with my father because of me.

For now, it was my turn to step in to make things go a lot easier.

“It’s okay, Xian-senpai.”

“Conrad Junior?”

“Because I know that most races are short-lived in the eyes of the elves. Didn’t Xian-senpai say something similar the other day?”

“Oh, no. I didn’t mean it that way.”

“Anyway, it doesn’t matter if Xian-senpai’s father calls him short-lived.

Since I’m fine, senior Xian, please introduce me to my father. I’m new to you, but shouldn’t I be polite and greet you?”

“… OK got it.”

Senior Xian looked at my father’s side at the same time, and then came out from the middle and introduced Elder Aldor.

“Dad, this is Conrad Perdalos. I’m usually a student at the academy that I’m indebted to, and I’m also a 4th circle mage.

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Junior Conrad, as you already know from the conversation, he is my father. My name is Aldor Rudflika. He is also one of the highest elf elders.”

Xian sunbaenim, who showed an almost calm appearance, introduced each other with an unusually flustered appearance.

It was interesting to see a side of her that I don’t normally see, but it wasn’t a situation where I could enjoy such leisure.

“Hello, father. I am Konrad Perdalos, who was invited by Xian Ludflicka senior this time.

As Xian-senpai said earlier, I’m a 4th-circle magician, and with Xian-senpai’s consideration, I visited during the summer vacation to practice magic sensitivity in a good environment.”

Bringing out the ostensible reason for visiting the World Tree Forest with senior Xian, he offered to shake hands with Elder Aldor Ludflica with both hands.

With the utmost courtesy I can express in my head.

He reacts casually despite receiving obvious insults and shows a favorable attitude on the contrary.

He thought that even the most proud elf would have no choice but to accept such a greeting.

“Who is your father?”

“… Yeah?”

“I don’t remember having a son like you under my care, so don’t be arrogant and call me father.

Be polite and call me Elder Aldor.”

“… Yes, Elder Aldor.”

“Tsk.”

Aldor Rudflicka clicked his tongue in displeasure and immediately turned around and walked away, turning his back to me.

The hand that had lost its way in the air lost its direction and had no choice but to come back to my waist.

“I’m sorry, Junior Conrad.”

“It’s okay, it’s not something Xian-senpai should apologize for.”

“I thought my dad was a bit awake, but I guess I was mistaken.”

“It’s okay, really. You don’t have to worry about Xian-senpai.”

Thinking of what would happen in the future, it was a situation where even if I apologized to her, it would not be enough.

Seeing Xian sunbae in trouble with me in front of him, I calmly organized my future plans in my mind.