Rice for Enoch’s Second Expeditionary Unit

The footprints Esmeralda discovered were small enough to round her thumb and index finger.

"Lislis, what's going on? Don't pick it up, okay?

"No. Captain, look at this. There's some kind of footprint."

"What?

The captain also kneels in and checks his footprints.

"This is the footprint of a shoe."

"Right"

Doesn't look like an animal or demon footprint.

Even if it's a human child, it's too small.

"This is smaller than a baby, isn't it?

"Right."

"Lieselotte, do you know what footprint this is?

"This is..."

Liezelotte narrows her eyes and sees her footprints with a rugged look.

"I'm sorry. I don't know."

Traces of small shoes. I'm kind of curious.

Album comes next to me and puts his face close to his footprint.

"E, here, Dwarfno, Footprint Janai?

"D, dwarf, is it!?

"Dwarves are not residents of the fairy tale world."

Dwarves are a clan of clever hands that live in the ground. Just like the Elves, it's a perception of a fairy.

In some areas, they are also known as the Minols.

I, too, had read a book about Dwarves coming out.

It's portrayed as a bigoted, stubborn, artisanal little uncle.

"Little...... uncle?

It reminds me of Dwarf's painting in the picture book, and it hacks.

Could it be that the bandit the investigators saw was a dwarf?

He said he saw it from afar, but he's a little uncle, so maybe he was in close proximity to the guide.

"Captain, the bandit who said he was here could be a dwarf"

"Is Dwarf and I looking like thieves?

"Do you want to look like a thief, you can stretch your mustache all you want, your clothes feel rough, you carry an axe, that's the classic look"

"If I saw you, I might make a mistake."

"Yes."

Dwarves don't like where people are.

If a bandit had lived here, he wouldn't have even gotten close.

"So we need to find out"

"But you hate people, right?

"Fortunately, Unit II has fellow foresters. Maybe they'll respond to the dialogue."

The fellows in the woods are fairies, spirits and phantom beasts, including me.

Mr. Gull, too, may count as one of his fellow foresters, although he grew up in the city.

"Okay. Then let's go ahead with Gal, Sura, and the formation of Lislis riding behind it, Esmeralda, Album riding Stella, and us behind it. Once you discover the demon, Squirrel retreats immediately."

Copy that, sir.

When riding Amelia, the yam had to be folded, so I was asked to carry it to Lieselotte.

Awesome, disgusting, but precious food. Ask her to work hard.

Thus, we follow the Dwarves and our thoughts and our tracks and move on.

The dotted footprints continued deep into the woods.

And an hour later, I discovered a hole dug under a tree.

"This is where Dwarf lives, I see."

There are no signs of tension, such as the junction, which is no different from rabbit or Itachi holes.

I go down from Amelia and try to speak up to the hole.

"Shh, sorry ~. Hey, I need to talk to you."

Are you glad it feels like saying hello to your neighbor?

In the story, I feel like I was speaking out like this.

I'm suspicious because my knowledge of Dwarves is only in picture books.

"Um, sorry."

'I hear you!!

I got a response.

From inside the hole, you can hear the mess and the noise.

Hidden in his face was a blind little uncle with a beard all over his face on his thick brow.

Slowly, come out.

He has put leather armor on his complexion and wears something like a front.

In his hand, the axe was gripped.

This looks like a bandit if someone doesn't know Dwarf.

Definitely. The bandit the investigator saw was a dwarf.

"Um, my name is Mel Lislis from Enoch II Expeditionary Force."

With an elf knight. Fucking demon. '

"There was a family situation."

"What the hell happened?

Dwarves form an agura and listen.

No, I don't care what you talk about me. I didn't want you to be interested.

"Um, leave that alone. Have you been here recently?

'That's right. People have pioneered the place they once lived. This is a place where people don't lean in and live easily'

"I see."

After all, I'm pretty sure the bandit I saw is in this Dwarf.

"Excuse me, this is a land controlled by the state."

"What!? It wasn't managed at all!?

"Huh?"

Anything, it seems that many trees in the woods were dying.

You think the spirits weren't leaning in and were in a state of depletion of magic?

"The eagle healed this dead tree. I've healed a few others with magic. '

Apparently, this dwarf has the power of a tree doctor to cure dead trees.

"Excuse me, don't know, excuse me"

"As Much As I Want To Claim A Gratuity"

I can't believe I was regenerating the forest.

The fact that investigators were carrying daily necessities, which they saw, seems to be a mistake.

He seemed to assume that he was carrying something made by a clever dwarf with him somewhere he bought it.

'It's a material in the woods, and I made a lot of it. Desks on shelves, carriages on plates'

"Yes, that's right."

Listening to you, it doesn't seem harmful. A little bigoted, but a good dwarf.

"So, Captain, what do you want to do?

"You can just report it up there, but the question is if you can believe the story that Dwarf was there"

"So, right"

Oh, my God, he's a resident in a picture book. It's hard to prove it.

"Oh?"

Leezelotte realizes something.

"What's up?

"I like this tree, the extinct Phantom Horn Bird (Ornis). One horn bird is said to be extinct because this tree is gone."

Apparently, Dwarf's uncle regenerated an extinct species of tree.

"Bring back this leaf and you'll believe the Dwarf exists."

I asked if I could bring back the leaves, but they give me a rugged look back.

'It's annoying to say that there is rarity and that weird people get together'

"... we can't complete our mission unless we can prove that Dwarf's uncle is here."

"I don't know that"

"But if we don't make it, a different knight will be sent here."

'That's gonna be trouble. Wait a minute.'

Dwarf's uncle dives into a hole.

He came right back and offered me something.

"It's a Dwarf tablet. Show me this and you'll believe it. '

Placed in the palm of my hand was an object with a letter on the stone board.

Apparently, Dwarf's letter.

"Can I take this?

'I don't need it. It just has a lot of information written about the nuts on the western continent being good. If you don't need it, throw it away.'

"I see."

I think you can tell by the experts, so thank you.

"Uh, thank you so much for your kindness"

'What's so kind? Totally annoying.'

"Excuse me. I don't mean to apologize."

I receive yams from Lieselotte and point them out.

"Would you like to join us for yam dishes?

"Well, that's a fine yam."

"Yeah, I'm sure it tastes good. Would you like to cook here now?

"If that's all you have to say, let's have it"

"Okay."

That's why I decided to start cooking yams.

First, the yam peels and beats.

Shake the salt pepper on the beaten yam, add the single chestnut flour and mix thoroughly.

Place oil in pan and flush dough when warm. Inside, cut cheese was embedded.

Back table, cook until crispy and serve on a plate. Once the finishing touches are filled with powdered chili, the Yam Snack is complete.

"I hope it fits your mouth"

"Umm."

Dwarf's uncle grabbed a freshly baked snack with his bare hands.

Isn't it hot? He looks fine. Maybe the skin of your hand is thicker than a person's.

Carry it straight to your mouth and hit the oats.

The cheese inside stretches out. Dwarf's uncle opened his eyes.

'This is, uhh, good!!

The fabric is crispy and fluffy inside.

The cheese is trout and should definitely taste good.

Dwarf's uncle keeps eating snacks silently.

"Nee, album chanmo, food vetemo ino?

"Here you go. It's ours."

Everyone seemed blinded by Dwarf's uncle's eating.

The album also clings to the earthquake.

"Oisi ~!!"

You seem satisfied, most importantly.

This is how I managed to apologize to Dwarf's uncle.

I also got proof that Dwarf is here, and I'm relieved.

"Elf's daughter. If anything happens, you should come back. '

"Thank you"

Did you manage to have a friendly relationship?

In the meantime, I'm glad the mission seems to be able to be carried out.

With his shoulder loaded down, he was able to return.