Her eyes were so dazzled that she closed her eyelids.

Immediately afterwards, you're wrapped in a feeling of being pulled all over your body. The sensation of the ground is gone, and it's a strange feeling that feels like a floating feeling when you go down in the elevator from up, down, left and right. I feel very sick.

--After a while, the sensation of the ground returned. I also felt that the light had subsided behind my eyelids, so I held on to Celine and opened my fearful eyes.

At present, there was a large crystal rising. Crystals that are much taller than the back length of an adult are grown here and there so that the elongated crystals branch from the body. It looks like a crystal tree.

A closer look at the large crystal trees revealed that the crystal was not only transparent, but also had a variety of shades, reflecting the light of the sun while swinging a complex glow around.

"Yes, good work. We're here ~"

After a while gazing at the large crystal tree, Celine's voice returned to me.

"Where is this...?

"This is my birthplace, Surtoria."

Untie the arm that had been clinging to your hips all along and look around. It looks like this is a square that opens up in the woods. The grassland spreads around the large crystal trees, and the trees grow to surround it. Is there a river nearby, or is the cool breeze pleasant? This is all the more true because I was in a cave where I couldn't breathe.

Still... I wonder if this is still metamorphotic magic. I didn't know there was such a convenient magic.

Céline threw something away. Is it a crystal with mana in it? When it fell to the ground, it fell on the wind and became dry and white powder.

"What was that?

"This is called a portal stone, and it was taken from the portal crystal there."

Celine points to a large crystal tree. Nicolas then approached the portal crystal and exclaimed as she asked around.

Wow. It's beautiful!

She seemed to be seeing innocence beside her, but with an intriguing voice, she reached out to me.

Wow, this looks like a mana crystal. The subtle difference in hues everywhere is the effect of including various attributes. "

Is it different from Magic Stone?

It's different from that.... maybe it was originally a kind of magic stone, but it was definitely processed by human hands. "

If I can put a mana in the portal stone that I took, I can come back to this place.

I stopped and looked back at Celine's voice. Celine lays her hips on her hands and looks up at the portal crystal.

I wonder if it makes sense to give a mana to the shareholders and go back to the parent stock... Anyway, it's amazing, isn't it?

That's right, it's very convenient.

"Hmm. Well, it's convenient..."

Celine blurred her words as she scratched her cheeks. Is there something wrong with the usability?

"Move faster than that. You don't want to see too many people here ~"

Celine grabbed me and Nicolas and started moving. Even though you're from home, you're kind of strangely snug.

But when I took a few steps, I unfortunately met someone.

"Whoa, who's there!

Long, skinny, blonde hair. Besides, a full-faced man in his twenties stood up to block our path.

If you look closely, the ears are long enough to jump out of the hair. I saw the real thing for the first time following the dwarf. This man must be an elf.

"Ugh, Deal... I can't believe I saw him."

"Oh, isn't it Celine who doesn't have to take a good look at that disgusting outfit? It's been a long time."

Deal and I look at Celine's black dress and bend their lips. But Celine didn't shut up either.

"Hmm, I don't want a guy like you wearing green clothes all year round telling me."

"This is the traditional costume of the village. There is no such thing as a quick word to you. So what happened? I thought I had come to the village for a long time and used portal stones to return. Maybe the adventurer ran away from his life in the family business?... and what about those kids? I can't believe you...."

You finally noticed us. Deal looks at us in dismay.

It's none of your business, isn't it? I'd rather go back to my parents. Can you get out of there? "

Well, wait. It is forbidden to use portal stones to bring strangers into the village. You don't know that, do you? What are you going to do? "

"Even if you say code, there are no penalties. Besides, you're right, I might have been buried alive if I hadn't used Portal Stones, and I'm two guardians. It's only natural that the safety of these children is paramount."

"Ho, ho guardian!?

Deal turned his voice upside down and was surprised. Well, I'm definitely a parent now. I suppose you took it in more sense than that to see the surprise.

"... well, I apologize for breaking the code. If you bring someone with malicious intent, I know what's bothering you. But I assure you, don't worry about them this time ~"

Celine said so, passing Deal's side, and started walking through the woods. We will inevitably move forward with our hands tied together.

I turn around and ask Deal to stand up.

"Hey, that Deal guy is an elf, right?

"Half elf, to be exact."

You mean mixed elves and blood? The book I read at church school didn't say anything about half-elf.

"Hmm, that's right. I've never seen a half elf before."

"Yeah? What are you talking about? You've been watching it every day lately, right?"

Huh?

"Some half-elfs have sharp ears, and others have the same ears as the human race.... and I'm a half elf."

Celine said so, winking with a successful mischievous face.