Welcome to Japan, Mr. Elf.

About a night in plenty of twilight. One woman appears with the front door open.

I swayed my dark hair to my shoulders in the night breeze, shrinking myself just a little to see if the winter chill had entered my neck muscle.

This is a very normal apartment. It is in Gangdong District and can be reached by bus from the station in minutes of the stuff.

But the fluffy fleece fabric pyjamas, and the large pillows in your chest, can be seen with just a few strange eyes from around you. I was still looking around just to see if he cared too.

Oh, and she snaps her glasses off.

My vision got slightly bogged down, but when I put it on the shelf by the front door, it was now time to lock the cachary and the door.

Fortunately, there is no one in the crossing, and a pompous round moon illuminates her walking fast.

Horrified by the elevator where no one was riding, he regained his fallen pillow and was exposed to the cold wind again when he reached the floor he was looking for.

But to see a hazy look on her face, she's not even that big of a cold for her from the North.

Straight outstretched fingers push a chime in a room.

- Ping-pong ♪

As soon as you press the chime, the door opens and a sleepy looking young man peeps into your face.

Was I promising in advance? I smile all the time and become very natural and half-hearted. Then a girl peered into his face, dressed like a sheep from behind him and in a pyjama that looked warm.

"Wah, there you are, Kaoruko. Wasn't it cold?

"Good evening, Marie, Mr. Kitase. Yeah, I'm perfectly fine compared to Hokkaido this much. Sorry to keep you waiting.

"Good evening, Kaoruko. No, I was just playing a game with Marie. It helped me because I was in trouble with losing a series of battles."

Even if I try to learn to manipulate her, she gets better at it, and the young man gives me a pitiful look. The girl next door, he grabbed his arm like that with gassilli.

"Oh, I'll tell you what, I've never even touched that game before. But I think it's called a combo. I'm pretty sure it felt so good and the area around my waist was creepy."

You see, this is what it feels like, and Kaoruko laughs even though it's too late because she tries to shrug her shoulders, and it's something with a pitiful face alongside a face she seems to be good at.

I was called out to ask for a lift, and when I closed the door, I was wrapped in warm room air. That too, there's a heat-resistant glass fireplace in the room from which the fire waves a short hand.

"Exactly. I'm used to it, too, but it's still a strange sight. But the fire and your stove are warm."

Wearing a slipper with rabbit ears, she crouched and stared, and the glass around her nose clouds as she breathes with the fuzz all over the fire. It's called an eye like sesame grain, it's called a round hand and leg, and I want to stick my finger to touch what this strange creature is.

This is a spirit, to be exact, and they're just a little different from the creatures.

And Kitase also smiled as she received a pillow from her.

"The same goes for the firewood stove, but it's pompous and gentle warmth, isn't it? It's just hard to get sleepy until you're reading a book."

"Oh, you can't go to sleep. If you sleep, you disappear."

Then I took the pillow from him, and the girl said such a strange thing.

Think about it. This room is full of strange things. Both ears of the girl are thin and long shaped, and when things make noise, they slightly point in that direction towards the dust. Hair and eye colors are also unusual, with Kitase and others always following with their eyes. Kaoruko thinks softly that he doesn't even seem to realize this, but it's like a butterfly chasing a flower.

It would also be another unusual ritual to place the pillow Kaoruko brought next to the two lined pillows. But the Elf children look as if they don't care or have trouble keeping their little asses pointed this way.

"This kid would always be utter, wouldn't he? Sleep is very easy for people, so it's really hard when it's caught between fire and Ichihihiro."

Look, when I turn the futon, a black cat appears that sleeps suddenly as if it were a trick.

Kaoruko blew out, not surprisingly, at the way he rounded his body and lined his eyes.

Nevertheless, Kitase, the master of this room, is the one who is most careful not to sleep. Of course the car drive, whether it's in the middle of a boring meeting or a Shinkansen trip, I've been careful since I was a kid.

The cause of that happening is a thing of the past, and Kitase, who doesn't really want to talk about herself, very naturally takes the plum wine out of the fridge. And when I put the glass on the table, the two women took their seats naturally, too.

"Then trust me that Toru will return without much overtime"

"Cheers... you're not. Um, I'll go hang out with Kaoruko when it's late."

"I'm so sorry. I haven't been able to get in touch with Tetsu since just now. I think he's probably keeping his mouth shut so they don't leave him."

From a normal person's point of view, the current conversation makes no sense at all. But it seemed very normal to the three of them, with a thoughtful look on their face, before sounding the sound of a tiny glass.

Seems Kaoruko was secretly thinking about going to bed really quickly already.

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The twigs that were floating perfectly on the water sway.

It was spreading some fine ripples, which eventually sink in full swing.

At the tip of the twig is a thread, and further afield is a fishing rod. But the girl reading the book kept following the letters without feeling such a change at all.

"Marie, I'm pulling."

"Huh?"

Speak up, and Marie will give you a pole. After all, only the bait has neglected to disappear, and Mariabelle, wearing a warm yarn hat, has a face of extraordinary vegetables. To see the look on his face, he seemed to have no idea what had happened.

"Oh, my God, I got the bait."

"Uh, I grew up in an elf forest, and you've been fishing, right?

"If you ask if there is, you're right to say there is."

"... well, I didn't like it"

"No, you're not. I just happened to get the bait this time."

The girl answered very plainly, pointing to a plain dripping thread.

I guess you call that bad. I drank those words and decided to set up a new feed.

Because of this, I want to convey the fun of fishing, but I haven't had a catch at all since earlier, rather I don't feel like I'm feeding the fish.

Looking around, the sky surrounding the lake is white stained and looks like cold weather.

At the end of the pier there is a roofed lounge, which is not only a place to fish but also to enjoy discourse. Because we use it frequently, employees always polish chairs, tables, etc.

"Not cold, Marie?

"Yeah, I'm fine. But I can't just feed him physiologically."

Marie says it's difficult to be wrapped in a blanket and kneeling and faintly dye her breath white. Chapon and I ripple on the water again and then drink one warm cocoa, and the girl drops her eyes on the ancient letters again.

And I was sitting deep in my chair and watching the lake, which was turning into a winter view.

I like fishing, but I don't like it the most when I catch fish. I like it when the wind strokes my cheeks and I spend half my sleep. Walking silently toward the mountains or burying the map one by one must be my livelihood.

As much as that, I guess Kaoruko behind us is looking for a new life.

Keeping an eye on Toru, who puts a cheek wand on the table, clings to the elf language of passing to the Spirit in a tone that I'm not yet used to. There is seriousness in the expression, even when it's an unusual face, and the atmosphere is like that by the oriental brunette.

"Hmm, because Kaoruko likes to come in from shape. I think I spent about two weeks making that triangle hat."

Yes, my husband, who makes tea, has a slightly black eye. As far as the expression goes, I complained, "Do you think it's cosplay?" Then I looked up at the ceiling and it also looked like I was rethinking, "You're not so wrong".

That's how Kaoruko repeats his "call" to fire for about an hour. Speaking of the Spirit of Fire, even Marie, who just came to Japan, is also the opponent who did not serve on the grounds that it is difficult.

"Thanks to the fire. You look so rounded and cute."

"Oh, it's really hard to see. But I think you can understand. The water spirits were in the form of fish, and you would have felt very honest, wouldn't you?

The girl shrugged so, not moving her gaze from the book, touching only her shoulders.

I have been looked after by the Water Spirit many times too. She looks like a fish, and I think swimming with Swiss and following orders is an easy opponent to handle, as she says.

And Toru, who looked asleep, looked back at me.

"Kitase, is it true that Kaoruko has spiritual qualities?

"Uh, I guess. It was a long time ago, but I had noticed spirits that normal people shouldn't see. It seems that Uridora has qualities."

Was that in the summer?

I remember being noticed by ice spirits drifting through the universe like fluffs and jellyfish, and I was in a terrible hurry. He included warm cocoa in his mouth with a convinced look telling him so.

"I see. It's true that the fireplace in Kitase's room was very ordinary, and I didn't see it by fire. But it's lonely that you can't see me alone."

Conversely, I see it, so maybe it's just a little qualitative? No, maybe because I remember Elf, or maybe that's why.

"You'd be used to touching it via me in your case, wouldn't you? So it's easier to see than normal people, and if Toru gets used to it, he can see and touch it... Ah"

Po and the water jump, and the fish swim with pleasure. I thought Marie had reacted to me being fed again, but not at all.

He's already showing up, with fire.

"" "What!?

By the voice of the girl, the three of us keep an eye on each other and look around for where and where. But I couldn't find it anywhere... and there was a shadow moving across the pillar.

The guy stands holding a pillar, slightly peeking into his face. But what does a suspicious wrinkle carved between the eyebrows mean?

"Look, take a look. I'm very alert."

"You mean hard... that's what you mean?

I wonder what else it means.

That's weird. Was my perception wrong? [M] I thought that if I could not use the Spirit correctly, it would become out of control and involve risks such as being burned to the ground.

"No way, isn't that dangerous? It's just fire."

They said that with a strange face, but I have no idea what the criteria are. It's the wind that even Kaoruko, the summoner of the day, doesn't know what to say. So even though I was able to summon the Spirit for the first time, the expression on my face was a grin.

"You're kind of like the first kindergartener I've ever met. Come on, I'm not scared."

The fire does not come out of the shadow of the pillar, even if you call it with a little lip ringing. I don't know, I don't know if it's a lie, but it brings up suspicion.

No one is more skilled than Marie as a spiritual art. Closing an ancient book, she opened her lips slightly tinted to help Kaoruko rush out.

"The hard part lies ahead of us. They won't play if they don't trust me, and they won't even burn me in the bath. But if we don't get tough, we'll start playing soon, so it could be a mountain fire."

Hmm, I see. Is it not only difficult but also intense to migrate?

The load is heavy for Kaoruko, who is being asked for something like the so-called "Kaoruko" but is still not good at Spiritual Language. I'm sure we're still ahead of us to be recognized as masters.

"Yes, do you like cucumbers or something?"

Besides, the cucumber was on the floor, and I couldn't say anything more. "I'm not a river boy," at best.

As Toru and I hammered the exact same line, for some reason Marie pointed her index finger at the fire.

"Take a look. My tail is moving. I'm interested."

Yes? and his gaze as he tilts his little neck, his tail peeking from the other side of the column is shaking faintly to the left and right. The wary frown wrinkles are the same, but I also realize that my little eyes, like sesame grains, are pointed at the floor, not Kaoruko-san.

Even I, who have traveled this world for a long time, said to the way I smell blue, "Is this how it feels to be in touch with the Spirit?" and the thought of rounding my eyes.

But it's also a complicated feeling. Crouching down, I think I envy Kaoruko as much as I can keep talking to him with the same gaze.

Because I thought it would be fun to get in touch with the spirits on a long journey, and I had no qualities at all to say that I had learned Elf in a year.

"Nice, sounds like fun, can't I remember spirituality, too?

"Mmm, I can't."

It was in an instant that she came up with the idea, and I looked like I was going to cry when I got certified. Was that weird? Marie laughed uncontrollably in her stomach and pounded her arm when she pounded.

"Nfu, you're funny. I'll be right in your face."

"I wonder if that's where I laugh. I'm hurt a lot, too."

"You're all right. Besides, you don't have to remember anymore, do you? 'Cause I'll call you in, so you can always play."

Right? And he sees it from a girl clinging to his arm, and he reckons it sure is.

But the couple, who were listening to such conversations, somehow had their cheeks red and their eyes rounded. Toru turns his trembling fingertips to this side and opens his mouth to the wind of a snack.

"What do you mean, we've been together forever?

"Yeah, but we're mostly always together, right?

"Except for the other day at work. But it's nothing strange or anything, right?

Leaning his little neck in alignment, Toru had a "how can you not know" wind with his head for some reason. Until then, the black cat that was round just walked away from the pier, and the hindsight is seeping anger.

How can you react like that? Think looking at the fire that grips the bolt and cucumber at the edge of your sight.

Having been troubled for a while, I finally realized that the couple cared.

"Oh, this is how we learned to speak elf and common language when we were kids. So no matter how much we stay together, we don't fight or anything, do we?

"You, didn't you even realize you'd been plugged into a fight by me? And I didn't just know the common language, I knew the main languages in the West End."

Well, yeah, I reply raw.

... What do you mean they plugged me into a fight?

I always thought you were cute, but I wonder if you did something to make me hate you. Could it have been reluctant to invite him to fish more than once? But fishing is the most suitable for feeling beautiful nature, so if you can remember, you should enjoy the journey...

"Kitase, Kitase, because that's not what I'm trying to say. Uh, I mean, yeah."

Somehow she glances back at Kaoruko beside her, and somehow she nods back. Then I coughed one up and with a nervous look he opened his mouth.

"Why don't you guys get married already?

Come on. We stopped moving while the wind blew.

Well, when I look next to her thinking, maybe I did, and her eyes seem to be responding.

With awkward tricks. "Ya, that's a joke!," he thinks as he sees Toru bewildered.

Yeah, yeah, I was. Me and Marie have decided to get married for a long time, but I don't think I told them yet. No, I did forget to tell him.

When I was discussing what to do, I was sitting right next to Kaoruko until the fire, and I was scouring the cucumbers with the parsley. He seemed to be watching the noon drag, saying "Oh well," and as far as I was concerned, I wondered where it had come from.

When the fire licks the pepper and the fallen leaves, the weak flame burns quietly.

It's a wide second tier, but as far as trails and grounds are concerned, it sweeps the fallen leaves to make it easier to walk. When I lit the dead leaves that became mountains that way, I took delightful warmth this time of year.

"Kaoruko-san, are you getting used to treating me a lot?

"No, not yet at all. This kid won't listen to me at all, and I know exactly what Marie was saying."

It is Lizardman who walks up to it, and he has potatoes in his hand that he has just harvested. Reptiles don't like to adjust their body temperature when it's cold, they sit somewhere on our fire without saying anything, and throw in potatoes for a little while. I was impressed that you were used to it.

What I'm even more accustomed to is Kaoruko saying "Hello (Oro ei)" without saying anything unlike her husband. I stuck the fire with a familiar hand and poked it with a stick to adjust the heat and subtraction, and of course the fire I tried to escape from gets my butt poked next.

Her big eyes turned this way as she dyed her cheeks slightly red.

"Well, Kitase and Marie are getting married, aren't they?"

"I haven't even decided to take the day off. There are still challenges, but we want to say hello to your parents first."

"Really?" she murmured small when she answered calmly.

Kaoruko-san then looks far away and opens her teasing mouth looking at Marie and Toru walking over the pier to this side.

"... I'm surprised you two are calm. I was so worried when I got married, I talked to my parents and friends a lot."

"I was worried, too. Because you're an elf and a human being."

"Talk to me, a lot. Me and Tetsu will work together on anything we can. Kitase is an important reading friend."

With the fire all over my chest, I get a grown-up grin that doesn't fit when it's an unusual face. That was still a calm, girly look, something that only removed a little of my anxiety and worry.

As Marie returns with the bucket in her hand, the sweet smell of potato roasting gradually begins to drift around.

Hiya and Lizardman probably threw in extra potatoes because they realized none of our fishing was there. Husung and I got a disgruntled sigh, but there's nothing I can do about all this. Let's hope you don't have the talent to serve the Spirit.

As the smoke from the fire rose loosely that way, I tasted the rustic delicacy with lots of butter on it.

It's our only secret that a few Lizardmans have rendezvoused along the way and run out of potatoes.