Reincarnation into the Barrier Master
Episode 405: Inside the Elves
"... whoa, what the hell?
I was leaking my voice unexpectedly. Because the view stretched out in front of me was beyond imagination.
There was a stunning city there. An unbelievably tidy city in an elevated mountain...... The houses are built with stones piled up, but even though their roofs look so colorful and unharmoniously colored, they also feel that they are actually colour schemed with a meticulous calculation.
I look back and gaze at the meek. It's home to her. Come on, I've been trying to miss you, but surprisingly, her reaction is thin.
"Is that it? What's up? Don't you miss him?
"Not in the memory of a concubine"
"What do you mean?
"Dear Linos, perhaps Mr. Meek is the princess of King Elf. Didn't you hardly ever leave the castle?
"Seriously?
I look back unexpectedly. At the end of that gaze was a huge castle built on a small high mountain.
"First, shall we head to the castle... and that..."
Sidi pulls my arm. When I turned my gaze to see what was going on, there were a few people standing by us, starting with the elf woman earlier.
"I'm here to pick you up"
The elf woman whines in a small voice. I was activating my appraisal skills while listening to that voice. But I couldn't appraise them. Considering you're packed with distance right next to me without getting caught up in my sign detection, maybe you can't use magic here, almost. With that in mind, a cold sweat runs down my back.
"... it's okay, Master Linos"
Siddie smiles at me and talks to me. Somehow, but there was something to convince me that her expression would be fine. I turned back to the elves, put my hand on my chest and broke my hips softly.
"I'm late to say hello. I, King of the Agarta Nation, my name is Bertham Darke Linos. As I said in this letter, Lord Meek, the princess of King Elf..."
"Don't be called that name."
An elf woman says that with her right hand palm pointed at me. I nod bewildered.
"The name Meek is a name that only kings are allowed to call. Call me Princess Janis."
"Ha... ha"
"Meek is fine"
Meek, who was listening to me and Elf talk, speaks up like that. The elf stares at her without changing her expression in any way.
"It's always been called Meek. Now Janice is a pain in the ass. Call your concubine Meek today."
"... it"
"These are the ones who took care of my concubine. I don't care about that."
Are the elves upset by that voice, or have they become silent?
"Um..."
"Guide"
I was about to talk to him, and he gave it back to me in a pretty good eating mood. You don't have to be mad at me...
"Is that it?"
If I had noticed, I would have come to the entrance to the castle. Apparently, they moved it from the earlier location. Walk towards its entrance as the elves lead the way. We'll follow you in advance.
Looking back, I could see the inside of the elf. Apparently, the city is made using a snug slope that could have been done near the top here. The sky is blue, but the city is surrounded by white and sumptuous and you can't see anything. The air should be pretty thin, but so far I haven't felt breathless. What the hell kind of junction is being put up...... My curiosity as a junctionalist comes up mucky.
When the elves entered the castle, it was a huge hall there. Behind it was a large, long staircase, in front of which several elf-like people refrained. They walk straight towards the people.
"Welcome"
As we approach, a man enters from among the elves he had refrained from and bows carefully. He has spoken to us with a bright grin on his blue and white face.
"Master Birtherm Darke Linos, right? I've been waiting for you. I was a little anxious to see if you could come over here, but I'm afraid you can see it. I serve near King Elf's side. My name is Orto."
That's what he said. He bowed to us again, then went in front of the meek and got on one knee.
"I've been looking forward to your return, Princess Janis. I welcome this Orto, the princess, and there is no joy on this."
"Then I'll call you Meek."
Meek opens her mouth with a fed up look on her face. He gave a slightly surprised look, but eventually, he turned his gaze to the elves who brought us here. Silence comes for a while. Apparently, there's a lot of conversation going on in them.
"I see... if that's what the princess would say... But we are under the Princess's command. With all due respect, please forgive me for calling you Princess Janis, as always."
"... on your own"
Not even trying to hide the look on his face that he's tired of anymore, Meek looks out into the castle with Kyolo Kyolo. And he's necked with the look on his face he said he didn't know very well.
"Yeah? You don't even remember this castle?
"This castle is not in my memory"
"What the hell?
I move my gaze to Orto. He nods loudly, slowly opening his mouth.
"You are absolutely right. Princess Janis grew up on royal property. I know you've never been here before."
He explains to us with a satisfied smile.
"Sa, come this way. I'll show you."
Without breaking his smile, he began walking towards the stairs in front of us as he led us.
"Have you talked to our elves?
"No. It's my first time"
"Really? Didn't you have a hard time having a conversation?
"Right..."
"We elves can communicate without talking. Besides, I turned down contact with the outside world for hundreds of years...... More and more people are also suspicious of manipulating words. This time, those who came to pick up the princess chose something of that age, but they still seemed quite nervous, too, in making contact with the outside world for the first time in a long time. There seemed to be many things I couldn't quite tell you for that. Forgive me for my disrespect."
Orto is talking about that while walking. Compared to earlier women, Eli is different. He goes on to say even more without worrying about my surprise or anything.
"When you talked to me from the Fox Temple, I couldn't believe it. Because I already thought Princess Janis was not in this world...... But the fox god could hardly return the princess. A letter from you to the arrowhead that I thought you were lying to me again...... Besides, even Ratgis' wand was repaid. We couldn't believe it too suddenly...... No, the Elves are highly skeptical things. Forgive me. Nevertheless, I could feel the magic of Princess Janis in your letter. Now the princess can believe she's alive."
"Um... When we first went to the foothills of the Philcon Mountains, didn't you notice about us?
Ask Orto a question with Sidi's strange look on his face. He slowly opens his mouth as he looks forward.
"If you say you didn't notice, you're lying. Instead, we initially recognized ourselves as enemies. We were able to get to the foot of this Philcon Mountains. He's all capable, so I thought I'd have to crusade him at all costs. But...... I withheld the attack because I came more closely resembling the princess. We suspected that even the princess was a trap."
That's what he says. He smiles at us. I couldn't find a word to give back, I just had to laugh bitterly.
Then we walked down the maze corridor for quite a while. While I'm amazed at what a big castle it is, Sidi has always had a strange look on her face. And she put her index finger under her chin and started thinking about something. Everyone, starting with me, never noticed how it was...