About two weeks have passed since I came to Alfheim.
We had a full day of practice here.
"Emma. You've been coughing less lately, haven't you?
One day like that.
After lunch, it was time to resume practice, and Kiss asked Emma about her health.
"After all, Kiss, you think so too?
Apparently, Emma was also aware that she was feeling better.
I cared about Emma, too, but I hadn't looked closely until about whether I coughed less often.
Should I say that I am familiar with Emma when I realize such a subtle difference?
"Why not?"
"Because the air is clear... or something? I don't know."
Indeed, Alfheim, surrounded by woods, has beautiful air.
But the area around "Mireille," which is the town of the beginning, is not that bad of an environment.
It seems unlikely to be a factor that will improve the disease you have suffered in the short term.
"Speaking of other things that have changed lately... are you about to stop sleeping with me?
With his arms around him, Kiss said so.
We in Alfheim are allowed to sleep in separate rooms for men and women.
Sometimes, Kiss wants a pillow replacement and she dives into me or Rio's bed, but she hasn't even gotten to the women's room.
So it shouldn't have been here lately either that the heterosexuals, Kiss and Emma, sleep in bed together.
But......
"I don't think it has anything to do with coughing."
Emma's right, it's hard to imagine her health has improved as much as she stopped being with Kiss.
In the first place, it seems Emma's cough has been out since she was younger, so Kiss won't matter.
"... well, I don't know if I'm going to be sleepless anymore."
"Lack of sleep?"
"Hey, whatever."
Emma continued to say "True... because it's nothing" to Kiss as she showed a rushing bare gesture.
If it looks like it, I don't think there's anything there.
But Kiss doesn't seem particularly suspicious, so let's not say anything from me.
"Ma, if Emma's gonna get better, I don't care"
"... I'm sorry. My weakness bothered me."
In contrast to Kiss with a happy grin, Emma created a look of sorrow.
He said he didn't think it was annoying.
"But... Kiss, you always take care of me..."
"Mm-hmm. We're like each other. I've always had Emma take care of me."
"Mr. Kiss..."
... Not quite, Kiss.
I didn't know it would make Emma smile in no time how depressed she was.
"I'm counting on you, Emma."
"Then... shall I continue to rely on you, Kiss?
"Whoa, that's good!
I don't know how you get along, these two.
It's no longer a conjugal air rather than childhood friendliness.
You should get married now. Hi-ha-hoo.
"... hmm?
As she looked at the two and felt mildly jealous, Emma toyed with her fingers at the tip of her redhead, which she knitted into three.
So I noticed that Emma's earlobes had cute decorated earrings.
"Emma, what happened to those earrings?
The earrings didn't look familiar, so I asked Emma.
"This is from the Spirit King"
"From the Spirit King?
"Yes."
I see.
That guy wouldn't be surprised to have these ornaments.
"Ah... excuse me. After all, it was not good to get something that seemed expensive."
"No, it's okay what I got."
It's not earrings, but me and Phil, we've had skills and stuff.
I guess the Spirit King is a nature he likes to give gifts to people.
"How long have you been following me?
"I received these earrings just after visiting Alfheim and have been wearing them ever since..."
"Oh, did you?
"Yes... you didn't notice..."
"Ma... sort of..."
Were you wearing it before that?
It's a minor change, so I didn't notice.
But.
Nothing. I'm not looking at Emma properly.
The magic hasn't happened yet, but I think the magic took a little polishing since Alfheim.
"No, Sin, you're missing something weird."
I got wasted from Kiss.
Easy to make.
I'm a man who doesn't care about details like that.
"But, Kiss, you've never said anything about me wearing earrings either, have you?
"Should I have said something?
"... already! Kiss you! I don't know!"
"Yep...?
You were in a bad mood, Emma turned that way and walked away from Kiss.
Until just now, he said he seemed to get along a lot.
I don't know much about women's minds.
"What, Emma's one... No to Singh, me, did I say something weird?
"Come on?"
Me and Kiss were supposed to haunt our minds over the complexity of our female hearts as we saw what Emma looked like.
…………
And that's what Cooli was looking at us for.
"Oh, my God, you're a coolie. Were you listening to us?
When Kiss asked, Kuri shook his head vertically.
Apparently, he was listening to our conversation.
I wish you would have told me so, then.
Oh, yeah.
"Cooli, do you know why Emma got mad or what?
I asked Cooli.
Then she shook her head vertically on this question as well.
"Really? Then tell me. You can't concentrate on your workouts."
"………………"
Kiss stopped by the coulis and turned her ear.
But there are no signs of voices in the coulis that speak to its ears.
She had a difficult look on her face, comparing me to Kiss.
Speaking of which, Cooli hasn't had an earful punch on Kiss lately.
I don't know what kind of change of heart it is, but if that's the case, let me hear it.
"Look, Cooli. Can you tell me if it was me?
"………………………………"
Thus, before Kuri's eyes, it became like me and Kiss listening in line.
"What's up? Hurry up."
"To me and Singh. No. I don't care which way you say it.
"…………………………………………………………!
Kuri alternated between me and Kiss.
And somehow she blushed and ran in the direction that Emma had left.
"... no to Sin. Did Ku hate us, too?
"Come on......"
Me and Kiss, we got to get our heads upset again.
The next morning, I visited the Spirit King.
"Those earrings have the effect of scattering the owner's mana in the air."
So when asked about the earrings I gave Emma, the Spirit King returned such an answer.
"... why did you give that to Emma"
Mana refers to the energy required when exercising magic and the like, i.e. MP.
And the earrings that the Spirit King gave Emma said they would scatter that MP in the air.
Think normally, that's pointless.
Or it should be an item that only works negatively.
"Sin doesn't seem to have noticed, but Emma's magician propriety is very high. That's enough to corrode yourself."
"? What does that mean?
I decided to hear the Spirit King's explanation.
"Emma seems to be very quick to generate mana in her body, but because she's still young, she doesn't have much mana to accumulate in her body."
"... Really?
"Yeah. So, a mana flooded out of a small vessel can have a negative effect on the vessel itself. Normally, over-generated mana is naturally expelled from the body, but Emma's ability to do so is weak."
…………
Apparently, the Spirit King understands Emma's problems.
I didn't know Emma had such a flaw.
Perhaps Emma herself or Kiss or something has lived without knowing about this.
"That's why I gave Emma 'Mana Scatter Earrings'. If I had that, I'd be able to get rid of the problems she's having."
I see.
Are those earrings an item for Emma to drain overmade mana out of?
"Aren't you feeling better lately, Emma?
…………
I was questioned by the Spirit King and nodded to affirm it.
I can't be caught off guard because I'm usually the one who says stupid things, but trifles and does these things.
Originally, I'm sure he's a great person, so it might be extraordinary to be interested in him.
"Thank you, Spirit King. I'm so glad I brought Emma here."
"I don't want to thank you. Anyway, those earrings were useless to me."
The Spirit King smiled gently there.
"Even so, you've found so much delicacy. I'm looking forward to her future."
…………
I praised the Spirit King earlier, but does Emma possess such amazing qualities?
I wasn't sure what the Earthmen's standards were, so I didn't really care until now.
"Conversely, Liana seemed a little underprivileged by her talent. That's better because I'm more likely to teach it, too."
Emma is highly regarded, whereas Liana is underrated, isn't she?
Well...... Liana has the impression that she is not growing well compared to Emma.
Although it is only, somehow, because it is not purely comparable between a mage and a monk.
"The maximum accumulation of mana is high, but even though you are a monk, it is the neck that is fragile in spirit ~"
The Spirit King sighed and said so.
So you're saying MND is low?
That's certainly deadly as a monk in this world.
"I guess it's ancestral tendencies that make the spirit fragile, so don't say much, Arias"
And all of a sudden, Krall showed up and had a conversation with us.
"You were listening."
"Mm-hmm. I was actually waiting for Lord Singh, but he was telling me something interesting, so I decided to let him join the conversation"
Interesting?
I tilted my neck and urged Claire to continue the conversation.
"Liane Dis Freia, the ancestor of Liana Dis Freia, also had characteristics not found in ordinary monks"
"Characteristics mean mental fragility?
"I don't know. When I met Liane 300 years ago, I doubted my own eyes, too, that such a monk existed"
300 years ago?
You've brought up a long time ago.
The fact that despite being a monk, his spirit is fragile means that maybe the person was a user of damaging heels, just like me.
"You mean Liana isn't blessed as a monk because she inherits the person's blood"
"Well, just compared to Liane, that daughter named Liana has a privileged qualities as a monk. It may be inferior compared to the average monk, but it can also be reinforced with equipment. I don't care enough."
Hmm.
If that's the case, don't worry too much.
In fact, Liana's restorative magic can withstand the battle in action.
The fact that it is raised to a practical area by the equipment is a bit catchy, but okay.
"That's right, Lord Singh. It's time to pick up breakfast."
"Mm, oh, okay"
Did Claire invite me to breakfast?
Then let's be honest with you.
I'm hungry, too.
By the way, it seems the Immortals (undead) don't have to eat.
However, the act of eating is not wasted, and although only marginally, it will replenish energy.
In the case of Krall, they don't have enough energy to replenish it to that extent, but they eat it because they enjoy eating it all together.
"You're going to eat next to me today! Whatever the little elf girls and adventurers say, I won't give in!
"Yes, sir."
As always, Claire seems to want me to take care of it.
Then I'll decide to make a big deal out of it, too, and arn her disgusting bean dish.
I was so evil in my heart that I turned my loving eyes to Krall.