Elf Tensei Kara no Cheat Kenkoku-ki
Prologue: Firefox
It's been a few days since that fight.
The day after the day there was the battle, the captured nobles were asked to put their aptitude prices on and write letters for their families on their own.
I'm delivering the letter myself to their base. If I'm alone, I can reach their base in one day. The paper uses what was on their load.
To get you to be honest, I showed off one of my lowest identities, and I made it no good.
Even when I send the letter, I sever the tragic corpse as positive in total because I was able to take advantage of it.
Two men from the Earl of the Empire and a VIP named the Viscount's eldest son are likely to earn money. It doesn't matter how much foreign currency there is in the village of Elves.
Still, I haven't heard back, but since I'm out of the deadline of two weeks, there's going to be movement on the imperial side.
If you want to ignore it, I'll kill one from a low-status nobleman at a time and deliver it to your neck, or even the fingers of the Count's two men who think it's most important over there. That way you'll realize this one's serious.
Today, Lucier and I were coming to a glass house outside the village.
The potatoes that we both carefully grew are growing safely. There is no massive outbreak of pests, no disease, and it is reassuring to grow quickly.
In addition to the grain taken from the Empire, the village's food has also been fruitful in hunting this year thanks to the creation of a crossbow, which can be spared a little.
There are as many as 100 kg boars on their own, and there are about 60 kg edible parts.
It means a great deal to the village that the hunting results will be increased.
Even without these potatoes, we can cross the winter, but we'll be ready for what if.
"Thank you, Lucier. If Lucier hadn't been here, it wouldn't have worked."
Not flattery, seriously, that's what I said.
Nevertheless, weeds and worms occur and cannot be easily removed by witchcraft. I have to take care of it by hand with guts every day.
Because of the limited number of seed potatoes, only three potatoes could be planted, but I was still left alone.
Lucier was dedicated to helping me with my other work.
"Yeah, Cyril was trying, so I thought I'd try. Besides, the potatoes were delicious, so I thought I'd eat them again."
Lucier joking a little bit.
But I'm sure that's a shade of light. She sincerely wants to do something for the village at all. And someone who can move it into action.
Some people will take it for granted, but few can actually do that.
"I like that kind of humility in Lucier. I'll give you lots of compliments for Lucier not praising himself. Rarely."
Touching Lucier's head, Lucier swells as she blushes her cheeks.
I just said half happiness, half embarrassment.
"Also, treat children that way. I want you to stop that."
"I'm sorry, but I like the feel of Lucier's hair and I'm going to follow it. Fluffy and exposed. It feels so good."
"Cyril, is that fun?
"Yeah, it's amazing"
"Then I forgive you"
That said, he left me a little weight.
This way, my rough heart heals.
All right, let's get to work today.
"Potatoes, but the stems are turning yellow, so we can harvest them now. You managed to make it."
Seeing the wind move, it will snow in less than two weeks.
Had that been the case, the harvest would have been hopeless.
"Do you want to harvest now?
"Um, the harvest is manpower, so I'll gather people tomorrow. If we get here, we won't be disappointed. I guess we'll all harvest at once and even have a potato festival. I'll show you how to eat the best potatoes in the world."
"The best in the world? I'm so excited!
"Oh, expect me. I love it, too."
Whatever, it's the most consumed potato usage on the planet. Must be the best in the world.
"It's just that if you don't use a lot of salt, it won't taste good."
"Salt matters. Isn't it hard to cook full of salt in this village?
"Soon, I'll be in the village of Firefox. I suppress the land where rock salt can be removed, so if it works, the salt problem will be solved, and I think it will be comfortable to use sea lions and boar fur for replacement, as well as the cold clothes I made."
To do field work, he gathered wives, old men and girls from neighborhoods who were not strong enough to hold many workshops and taught needlework with courage. Thanks to this, the winter essentials that I said blankets and coats are so made that they cannot be consumed in the village.
This is a measure to avoid wasting the village's workforce.
Similar things were made in the village, but the way they were made was so cluttered that they needed to be guided because they didn't look and function well.
... Although I have been asked for advice by my neighbors' wives because of their sewing connections.
Cold gear can be sold at high prices to Ellis, a commercial city in the kingdom of Corinne symbiotic to the east, or used in exchange for fire foxes.
This is part of the process because we need the technique of obtaining foreign currencies more than the village cannot be self-sufficient alone.
There are other things that will truly be the specialty of this village, little by little, available.
"Is that really the only reason you're going to Firefox Village?
Lucier has been saying things that catch him anyway. Is it also something that bothers you?
"That's why... there's more. It is also significant that even though we have been intimate, strong, and targeted for the Demon Stone of Fire before the reign of the Empire, we are still resisting the reign of the Empire. I'd suggest we fight together."
Firefox, as its name suggests, is a species that excels in fire magic. Unlike wind magic, they are fighting each other with the Empire while being a minority because of their superior direct offensive power.
In this world, only races whose attribute compatibility value exceeds 90 dwell demonic stones in their bodies. Only four species have been identified. And any of those races are targeted by the Empire.
Elves - The Demon Stone of the Wind * was ruled by the Empire.
Firefox Demon Stone of Fire * I am able to counter the Empire.
Gnome - Satanic Stone * The Empire cannot serve it because it lives in the ground. Occasionally, a gnome out of the ground is grabbed.
Water essence - demon stone of water * with Gnome except in the water.
Empires target demon stones because even humans can use powerful attribute magic if they use it as a catalyst.
The human compatibility value is a good 40, but if the Demon Stone is used as a catalyst, the compatibility value is multiplied by 20-30. Compatibility 50 tells us that you can use practical attribute magic, and that's where it arrives.
Conversely, it is a human strength to say that all attribute magic can be used as long as a catalyst is available. Other species are strongly interfered with because they are too loved by certain manas to be fortified using catalysts.
"Firefoxes are also persistently targeted by the Empire, so they will think positively. This battle, whether it's just the elves or the fire foxes, will one day lose. We need to work together quickly."
Especially in recent years, there has been talk of a number of bald mountains around the empire due to the consumption of large quantities of wood to make iron, and of efforts being made to secure demonic stones of fire in order to reduce the consumption of trees.
"Cyril thinks a lot, but the truth is, it's not because Cyril's wife, Ku, is here."
Lucier put it in his mouth like it didn't seem funny.
Ku is a mutual friend of Lucier and I. The Firefox girl, but often in the days when the villages were close to each other, she came to this village about her father, who is the village chief, and I rather had many opportunities to go to the Firefox village, so I'm close to a lot of opportunities to fit in that way.
"That's just what my father and Ku's father aptly said at the booze place. Nobody really cares. It's okay. My best is Lucier."
"But Ku is cute."
"I think Lucier is cuter."
I speak to Lucier with a bitter smile.
There was talk of that with Ku, the daughter of the mayor of the Firefox village.
In this world, if you have children between other races, it will be the same race as your mother who will be born.
For this reason, when it is between ethnic minorities, it is customary to incorporate excellent men of other races into son-in-laws in order to avoid blood becoming too thick.
I used to go to the village of Firefox with my father, who used to exchange the boar meat I took from rock salt and hunting, but the village chief there and his daughter Ku liked me.
My father also noticed that my brother was trying to take the seat of the next village chief by any means, and some verses thought that going to the village of Firefox would lead to my happiness.
Most of all, me and Ku were still young, and I had no feelings for love. We think of each other as friends.
"Ku, 'cause you were nine, right? I haven't seen my parents in five years forget about their pardoned daughter-in-law."
"But I've been feeling that way about Cyril for a long time, and Ku might be with me."
Subtle, Lucier gave me a word that could be a reply to the confession, but now the problem with the Empire has not yet been solved.
Think it's wild to dig in there and change the subject.
"It's too attentive. More potatoes now than ever. Full harvest is tomorrow, but let's just harvest one every once in a while"
When I say that, I grab the potato stem that was closest to me and pull it out while avoiding the dirt.
Lucier also smiled faintly for a moment before switching consciousness to potatoes. It's easy because it detects how I feel when I'm childhood friendly.
"Wow, it's full of fruit. Oh, so many small pieces of cut potatoes!
Lucier raised an exclamation.
The stem I pulled out has eleven potatoes on it. The size is also as good as 150g to 300.
"Yeah, it's abundant. The other stems are fat for a good look and will have this much potato on them"
The soil around here is of good quality and quite attentive to fertilizer.
From one seed potato, one or two sprouts appear. The number of thin stems was reduced by sprouts, but still the number of stems is about five hundred.
In my view, there are nine 200g potatoes per stem. Estimates indicate that a 900kg potato harvest is expected, and I can even remember being impressed by the increase of 40kg potatoes so far.
For next year's seed potatoes, even if 100 kg is secured to plant all seven of the glasshouses, we can distribute as many as 4 kg of potatoes per person.
With all this surplus food, you can rest assured.
"Mayor Cyril! It's tough. Um, come on, it's tough!
So relieved, from the village of Elves, one younger, mediocre-faced Elf girl, Conna, rushed over.
It's not normal. It's a rush.
"No way? The Empire has attacked you!?
I'm in a bit of a hurry.
I lost all those soldiers and on top of the busy making up for it, I thought there could be no raid at this time like it would snow in two weeks. Some of the empires are taking turns to be on guard, but I am also concerned that no such reports have come up at all so far.
"No. Well, the people from Firefox Village are here."
I loosen the thread of tension.
To the village of Firefox, I was just hoping to head this way. I appreciate you coming from over there.
"What. I came in a hurry, so I thought about something. I'll be back in the village in a minute. We have to be polite. My house... let me through to the village chief's house."
Even now, I live in a house that I have lived in for a long time with Lucier, but once compared to the one around for the village chief, the luxurious house is also my possession.
Lucier and I thought about moving over there, but we didn't want to leave the house packed with memories. So the village chief's house is separated from the village's proximity and visitor-to-application.
"I can't."
But Konna shakes her head.
"Can't you do that? Is there a reason I can't get through to the village chief's house?
"That's, uh, it's not coming in."
"Won't you come in? What are you talking about?"
More than just asking my questions, I'm starting to get conna cancer started.
"Conna, calm down, take a deep breath. Look, Cyril's not mad, just say the way it is."
Lucier gave me a help boat.
Apparently, I've put too much pressure on you.
"Shh, shh, shh. Yes, I'm calm. Eh. There are so many firefoxes that they can't get into the village chief's house."
"Can't you get in? There's gonna be a room for about twenty people in that house, right?
Fifty-three, sir.
"What?"
I ask back to too many people.
"All the women of Mr. Firefox, fifty-three people came to the village and asked me to help them."
That's what Conna has said when she turns her face bright red with excitement.
Only fifty women want help.
With that word, I imagined more or less.
"Right, okay. I'll be right there. Lucier, Conna and I are going back to the village, and I'm going to hurry back first."
It was a bad thing.
I ran as far as I could, praying that the villagers would be rational.