Doddle, doddle, doddle...

What's that noise?

It's the sound of a waterfall right in front of me.

The location is at the top of the river in the example.

The time is late at night.

It's a beautiful moonlit night with a full moon.

A small waterfall of about ten meters high and low is glistening in the moonlight.

but thanks for the glow, that doesn't seem to be all.

Behind the waterfall - a light is leaking out of the cavity that I was able to hide in the waterfall stream.

I use Physique and π (Aqua) to remove a few waterfall curtains and slide into the cave.

The cave is not even two meters high.

It would be an oppressive space if I were an adult.

I'm less than a meter now, so I don't really care to go back.

The cave looks like a bell cave.

The space with lots of stalactites is chilly.

Temperatures have dropped a little here, not just in the cave.

Apparently, the time I was reincarnated and regained consciousness was in the summer.

About fifty days have passed, combined with the waiting time to get to and from the fort and leave for the Second Village.

So it's time for the season to go back to autumn.

Considering that summer wasn't that hot, it might be a good idea to assume that latitude is about Europe.

Winter can get quite cold.

With that in mind, we head to a light source of pale light.

Even so, it hasn't been that long.

The depth of the cave would be about ten meters.

I feel it for a long time because it's a hand probe through the dim, but it should have been to that extent.

Behind the cave, there was a small space.

It's big enough to feel like I can't breathe when a few grownups stand up.

In the middle of the space, the light shines from above, and there are lots of flowers blooming like Shirotsumegusa.

And in front of it, how many characters are very similar to the ciphertext in the example.

- I already know how to decipher it.

As for the procedure, it's not that hard once you figure it out.

First, contrast and replace emoticons with current magic characters.

By way of example, I memorize the control table, so I can do this right away.

Next, remove combinations that cannot constitute magic.

* (Spread) (diffusion) and L (concept) (concentration) are good examples.

Such an unlikely combination is used to delimit words.

And finally - replace the vowels.

What this means is that, for example, if the object (flame) is used, it is replaced by the opposite attribute π (aqua).

Conversely, pi (aqua) is replaced by pi (flame).

λ (wind) and Ω (gaia) shall also be converted under the same procedure.

This would have resulted in plaintext (normal sentence) being obtained from the ciphertext.

The mysterious emoticon of the example turns out that by this procedure it says "Midnight of the Full Moon, Behind the Falls" in the Marquecto common language.

And the emoticon in front of me is - "Ahead, Fairy Home".

The first cipher alone did not pluck the question of whether it had just been interpreted by accident, but it was definitely because another emoticon could have been deciphered in the same way.

I succeeded in deciphering the cipher the fairy left behind.

"Damn you..."

It took me half a day to flash the last vowel replacement.

If it's just vowels (= four elements), magic is usually activated even if you replace them.

In one place, we realized that the part we had excluded as an impossible combination would work if we changed the attributes, and we tried the vowel replacement rule in a way that was close to total winning.

As a result, I found that the simple rule of replacing it with the opposite attribute seemed to work.

And I succeeded in deciphering it when the sun went down.

The full moon was tonight, so we rushed out of the village chief's house and came upstream of a river that looked like a waterfall.

"This earlier... where?

The sight of light shining on the little flowers is fantastic, but this is the end of the cave and I don't see a way forward.

I looked at the flowers at nothing, then the light source illuminating the flowers - I looked up.

At that moment - strange sensations engulfed my body.

◇◆◇◆◇◆◇◆

As far as I could see, the flower fields continued.

That was to the end of the earth, and the ground that swung like a hill, or as a carpet, was filled with flowers on one side.

And there's...

"Ugh..." "haha..."

Something like a larger butterfly was flying a lot.

I turn a blind eye with half certainty as to who it is.

It emits various colors of light from the body. It has a human shape about the size of a Nantka doll from a previous life.

Dragonfly-like or butterfly-like wings.

Clothes like petals.

Pastel-colored hair.

I don't care what anyone thinks.

"A fairy!

"Yikes!" "Hia!

The fairies walk away from me screaming unexpectedly.

"Human!" "Human!

"Yeah...... haven't seen you in ten years?" "It's been a hundred years!

The fairies were watching me faraway, but eventually,

"- Mr. Human?" "- What?

Two fairies fly by me.

These two look just like each other.

The child to the right is to the left, and the child to the left is to the right with her hair.

Twins or something?

Their eyes sparkled with uncontrollable curiosity.

"Oh, oh... yes, but"

"How did you get here!?" "Did you get here?

"The fairy left it, decrypting the code on the ground."

Meanwhile, I was uncomfortable with something.

but I didn't know right away what was wrong.

"What!? Did you crack that cipher?!? Wow!" "Wow!

"Hey, not so much..."

I try to be humble while I grab my head.

"You're such a free man to truly take such a prank and decipher it!" "I'm a free man!

"It's weird! I mean, it was a hoax. That!

I solved it all day long!

"... So you didn't have an errand for someone who could crack the cipher?

"errands?" "errands?

Twin fairies with their necks tied together.

I regret that I thought you were a little cute.

"Oh, yeah!" "Right!

Twin fairies pound their hands.

"" Your sister said to bring you in when the humans came!

... That's why I was led by a twin fairy to go to the "sister" and do it.

So I finally noticed something strange happening to me.

"... a little bigger?

It's hard to tell because all around me are fairies, but my body is usually like a three-year-old in first grade or so.

The slippery tongue is getting better, so maybe the skeleton and muscles around his face are changing.

"Because it's a fairy town." "So."

According to the two explanations, this fairy home and the dot is a world of half matter, half spirit.

"Humans get younger, they get older."

"Heh."

If that logic makes sense, it would seem good for me to be thirty years older, but is it drawn to the flesh?

... Or that my spirit is causing toddler regression because of what I've been saying for the last eight months or so...

While I was thinking about that, I got to my destination.

It was a log house on a loose hill.

Not a fairy size, but a proper human size.

The twin fairies stormed the door of that log house with momentum.

Byrne!

"" Hey! It's a customer!

I thought of something, but in short, you're too small for the fairies to open the door.

"Thank you, Cecel, Cecela"

Apparently that was the name of the twin fairies.

Inside the log house was a fairy the size of Cecel & Cecela.

Translucent bald butterfly blades are good, but what a blonde twin teddle the hairstyle is.

My face feels like a young lady.

"... cute"

"Nah, nah, nah... Huh!?"

The twint fairy blushes on me by accident.

"Hey, honey, it's lit." "It's lit."

"Uh, already, shut up! I'll talk to the humans. Go away!

"Hey, you're mad!" "Angry!

I'm sure Cecel and Cecela leave, smiling and screaming.

I accidentally sighed in relief.

Honestly, it was hard to hang out with that tension...

"I'm sorry, no offense."

and Mr. Twinthe.

"Oh, no... I think they're good kids"

"Yeah, there's no such thing as a bad boy in this town."

That's how Mr. Twinthe tenses his chest.

"- I'll introduce myself again. I am Melvi. This is Tetertia, the fairy head of Fairy Town."

You mean the leader here?

So you were "sister".

"Am I... No, Edgar Culver"

Unexpectedly, I'm about to say the name of my previous life, and I rush to say it again.

"Yes. A lot of cute people have come along.... Wait a minute"

Mr. Twinthe, once again, Melvi observes me carefully from head to toe, flickering around me.

Melvi, having finished looking, says with a glance at her face.

"This is another human being who suffers from understanding."

That's what Melvi's going to say about what the hell he saw.

I'm curious too, I'll sneak up on Melvi and use [appraisal].

Melvi (from Tetertia Fairy Township - ◆ # % [□...

Huh?

"... hey, you've got a good gut to sneak a peek at the lady's secrets, huh?

Found out!?

"If you're human, you won't notice, but if you're as fairy as I am, you'll find out how to deceive me to that extent."

"No, that, this is..."

to me trying to get blue and make excuses,

"Fine. I didn't mean to offend you."

That's what Melvi said, disappeared behind the log house.

Would I have waited about five minutes?

Melvi, holding a teacup from the back, flies flutter.

"Ha, yes... tea"

"I wish I didn't have to worry"

"I honestly receive people's generosity!

"Yes, sir"

I had my tea up in front of Melvi, who was barely breathing.

"... yummy"

Metaphoric in previous life, it tastes like honey dripping on rosehip tea.

"Yes, that would be nice."

Melvi chuckles when she says so.

I was unconsciously thrilled.

"It's the tea your husband liked. I haven't had any visitors lately, so I haven't had a chance to send them out."

"Your husband?

"It was the master of the original elf who spawned us fairies. Fairies from other parts of the country have been created by another original elf."

Then you were right to describe the whole book of Abaddon magic.

"What about your husband?

…………

Melvi darkens her face and nags.

"Oh, no, I'm sorry. I've heard bad things."

"Yeah, never mind.... Then how did Edgar end up in this town?

It feels blatantly off-topic, but I decide to get on with it.

"I decrypted the cipher the fairy left behind. So, when I went behind the waterfall at midnight on the full moon, there was something glowing and when I realized I was here."

"Huh. I decrypted it."

Melvi peeks into my face looking intriguing.

Um, cute.

"Then I came to confirm rumors in the village"

"Rumors?

"Don't be angry, I want you to listen..."

"Yeah. What?

"... There's been a case of a child going missing in the village of Liberette. Some villagers are making a scene about the fairies."

"What the hell is that!? That's not true. Come on!

Melvi is a van! and tapped the table and jumped up.

... I told you I wouldn't be angry.

"So don't be angry. I also heard that fairies are good, so I thought the rumors were suspicious."

"Well, more or less, what would a fairy do with a human child!

"No, the... Want some?

"I'm not eating it! Excuse me!"

Melvi's anger seemed real.

... Yeah, well, I thought you didn't.

"An example cipher was located close to where the child went missing. Sounds like they suspected it was relevant."

"That cipher is something I leave all over the forest on a regular basis. Ask the fairy to go out to the woods and leave it behind."

"What are you doing that for?

"... it's..."

For some reason, Melvi keeps saying it.

According to The Abaddon Magic Book, fairies can't lie.

So even if there was something difficult to say about the situation, Melvi would not be able to lie and delude herself.

"But is it true? There's nothing in it for a fairy to take the children. In the first place, they weren't made to do that..."

Hmm.

It's not the Robot 3 principle, but if the fairy is a being made by the original elf, it might be natural to have that kind of constraint.

"Well, it's hard to just tell you to believe it, isn't it? Fine, then, stay in this town until your suspicions are clear. If you want to see something, I'll show you."

"I don't doubt it, fine."

"No, you can't. If anyone else is suspicious, take a look."

"But I'm a kid, as you can see. If I stayed out on my own, what would my mothers say?"

"... Speaking of which, you're a child, aren't you? I felt like I was talking to a 30-year-old adult."

Gikri.

"When it comes to time, I don't think it's a problem. Because the course of fairy town time is a tenth of the world outside"

So, even if you stay a whole day, it's only going to be 2.4 hours outside?

Sounds like Dragon Palace Castle.

"For that matter, how dare you get old?

"I don't. Because this is a half-spirited world. It's like you're leaving your body over there."

"Isn't the other half substance?

"Yeah, but it looks like substance time is applied outside. That's what the traveler who came here before said."

So you're just spinning (clocking up) your mind early?

but in any case, opportunities like this are rare.

You said there was a fairy in front of you, but there's no way you're leaving without doing anything.

"... if you say so much, I'll let you stay."

When I said that, Melvi's face glistened.

"Really!? Well, it's a banquet!

With that being said, Melvi left the room to cross her nose.

... I guess the suspicions aren't just pretexts and wanting to make a scene about me.

If I can play with fairies, I don't deny it.

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- Night.

After the fairies' banquet, I was lying on the log house bed.

Of course, I don't sleep because of [hard labor], but I just can't do magical skill-building at a fairy house.

Plus, there are things that bother me.

This log house is obviously for human use.

For human use, or perhaps it was for the first ancestral elf.

But there is no original elf here.

I say it's an ancient species, so it may have been doomed all along, but I feel different watching Melvi.

When Melvi says "master," the emotion that lives in that word is not a yearning for a dead master.

I'm sure your "husband" is still alive.

But you can't let me see you.

The fairies were bright at the bottom, but when the story gets to "Master" and it does, they all turn dark.

Of course, there must be something going on there.

And as a guest who happens to be here, I don't want to do anything to stick my neck in that situation.

Come on, it doesn't look like your husband is secretly kidnapping a villager in the village of Liberette from the fairies' mouth.

So it's not about me being an outsider... it should be.

But I guess Melvi feels like she's holding something in her arms.

I feel like I'm about to crumble from the position of fairy chief and a sense of responsibility in front of me.

My whole life, when I was a salarier, my junior girl was in that condition.

She has since left the company feeling responsible for her failure to do her job, and she hasn't heard anything about it since.

I wasn't responsible for anything, but I felt guilty about not being able to hold my hands up.

Cecel and Cecela also

"Cheer up your sister," "Give her!

He said.

- Tomorrow, let's ask Melvi.

I lie down thinking so, but I don't feel comfortable.

I don't get sleepy at times like this. I resent this body.

When I get out of bed quietly, I leave the house taking care not to wake Melvi, who is supposed to be asleep somewhere in the house.

And take a slow walk through the bright fairy land even when the sun goes down.

The flower gardens go on everywhere, but the only place the fairies live seems to be around the log house.

I found something out there, like an old church.

Even so, there are no roofs, stone walls are crumbling, and it's like a nearer thing to say ruins.

In it, there was a staircase down to the basement.

Next to the stairs, a lid and a wooden plank are broken.

And from behind that staircase, the blue and white lights were leaking out to invite me.

I descend the stairs attracted interest.

At the end of the stairs was a bell cave.

I went a few meters down that breast cave.

"What... this?

What was there was something like a giant crystal.

It's not just crystals.

Behind the crystal, there was someone trapped.

Long white gold hair, clear white skin, elegant body line. And

- The pointy long ears ahead.

"- Initial Elf?

I was reflexively using [appraisal] on the person.

Alphesia Willard Meterlink ("Original Elf 7 Pillars" Sage of the Forest "," Practitioner of Magic Guidance "," Sleeping Princess ")

77 years old (1118 years after time freeze)

Initial Elf

Demigod (a being half-godded by powerful protection from the gods.

State time frozen

Level 92

HP 179/179

MP4519/325061 (25061 + 300000)

Skills

· Mythological

[imitation opening] - (Produce a very small universe.

[Four Magic] Four.

[Magic creature creation] 9 (MAX)

+ [Andu] - (It can be decided that there was only one stage of failure in production.

· Epic

[Reading] Six.

[Spirit Magic] 9 (MAX)

[Space-Time Magic] 9 (MAX)

[Dimensional magic] 5

[Dimensional Prop Creation] 9 (MAX)

[Analysis] 9 (MAX)

[Database] -

[Chanting] 7

[Spiritual unity] 7

- Masterclass

[Demon Prop Creation] 9 (MAX)

[Spatial magic] 9 (MAX)

[Mental toughness] 9 (MAX)

[Solphage] 9 (MAX)

"Guardianship of the Good God +5" (Guardianship of Yo Deln, the god who directs the production. Extremely corrected for the acquisition and growth of production related skills. Unlock World Creation-related Skills. Skill [Andu] is uploaded.

"Guardianship of the Good God +2" (Guardianship of Attiella, the God who directs magic. Medium correction for acquisition and growth of magic-related skills. A huge amount of MP is uploaded.

Become...

What, this!?

- You saw it.

I shrugged myself in the back of my voice.

"- That's right. This is our master"

Looking back, there was Melvi laughing lonely.