...... This is the "Alchemy of the Nativity". I've heard it's a jewel, but it's ...... big.

It's a hard shape to describe. But the shine and hardness of it. It's just a jewel, I suppose. ...... But was this the right product for you?　Although this is an item that can convert base metal into gold, it still requires a certain amount of magical crystals, and it's not something that the Solo family would want to buy.

''Just the fact that you can have the High Elves' treasures is enough for me.

　The first of the Solo family, or Mr. Solo, the father of Mr. Hetty and Efta, dressed in a shiny silk robe, is talking with the last high elf, the father of Diana.
　This is a room in the town's mayor's house in a town not far from the elven village.
　I was eavesdropping, disappearing under Deanna's spirit magic.

''Then, let me explain the function of it. First of all, you need a sorcerer to use it.
Is it okay for anyone who can use magic?
Someone with some skill in the arts. A demon, preferably one with some skill in the arts. This is my old friend, the demon, Dean.
...... Nice to meet you. I'm Dean.

　A masked, all-black-robed demon tribe. The man who calls himself Dean bows his head.

''Now, I will show you the basic alchemy. I'm going to put base metals into the "The Alchemy". This time we will try it with this white copper coin.

　A man snapped open the lid of The Nativity Star and put in a white copper coin and a magic crystal.
　While the Solo family's father and Deanna's father looked on, Dean began to chant some kind of spell.
　Then, a moment later, he cracked open the lid again.

　Then, from inside, he took out a gilded white copper coin.
　Brilliantly gilded. It's truly alchemy.

It's a true alchemy. ...... It's true. ...... But you wear such pretty gloves.
............

　Mr. Solo says, as if he was suddenly curious.
　Indeed, it's distinctive. Those donkey embroidered gloves (・・・・・).

'The other thing we used to do was to bake bread in our village. In the age of the spirit civilization, the bread is made from the sacred objects used by the gods. And that was only on festivals.
'Pan ......? Can you do that too?
If you'll just give me time. Dean, please.
I'm sorry, sir.

　Dean takes off his gloves and pulls something out of his pocket.

'I'll put the ingredients in.'
'What's that. US ......?
Rice.

　Dean throws the ingredients into The Nativity Star, as if he's half ignoring it.
　He drops it in quickly, closes the lid, and switches it on.

'Ooh ......!'

　A light lit up on the divine weapon and it began to rattle and move.
　It was a movement that hadn't been seen earlier when smelting gold.

''Please continue to wait for a few moments.
So much.

　~ A few moments later.

'Oh!　Amazing!

　There was a beeping sound, and soon Dean opened the lid.
　Inside there was a crispy, delicious-looking bread baking.
　It's a miracle of God.

'It's good to eat. What do you think?
'Mmm!　This is indeed a relic from the age of spirit civilization. It's a cleansing taste.

　The beaming-faced Mr. Solo makes me feel somewhat guilty.
　But this is the man who schemed with the current emperor, pursued Ion, killed Mr. Isaac, and paid off the hunters from Elishe, even though they were in front of Hitotsutsuki. Apparently, he intended to harass Hetty for killing Dida.
　So I'll let you have this level of retribution.
　...... Well, it's simply because they don't want to give you a copy of The Alchemy of the Nativity.

Then, I'll take it. I'd like to continue to be in close contact with the High Elves.
'Hahaha. The next generation is probably a long way off, but I'll be asking for your support when you have another 'special guidance'.

　Deanna's father (not exactly) is quite a raccoon, too.
　There's no next generation.

　And so, the Solo family's father left.
　Believing it to be a treasure from the Age of Spiritual Civilization's "Star of Nativity," he had his men bring in a home bakery that can make bread from rice. It's quite heavy because it includes a power supply unit.

...... Is this a good idea, son-in-law?
'Please don't give me a son-in-law, but it's perfect. Thank you.
Your father was a better liar than I thought he was.

　Deanna, who had turned invisible with me and watched what happened, releases the spirit magic.

''Shamash-san, thank you for your hard work.
No, I'm not very good at this sort of thing. Are you okay?
...... Well, it was somewhat of a dicon, but it was nice and blunt.
''It's just because I look like this. But I didn't expect you to even use gender-changing magic, the Ancient Elves are a terrifying thing.

　Deanna also breaks the spell she cast on Shamash, aka Dean the Sorcerer.
　Gender reversal magic. At first I thought it was nothing, but then I thought it was a possible story considering it was an MMORPG.
　But, well, it turned out to be a nice disguise.

Anyway, there's nothing more to do here, so let's get back. I'm sure everyone will be waiting for you with their heads held high.

　We flew to Deanna's parents' home, or the elven village, with Deanna's transfer magic.
　Deanna, who has become able to use spirit magic to the fullest extent, is an extraordinary genius magician. Normally, it's impossible for her to master spirit magic to this extent without obtaining the vocation of 'spirit magician'.
　By the way, he still hasn't set his vocation yet.
　He's already a "wife", so it doesn't matter, or something like that: ....... Well, life is still a little longer. You can think long and hard about it during the winter months.

　The transition is instantaneous, wrapped in the glowing spirit power.
　The next thing I knew, I was in the square of the elven village.

　A huge, massive, massive tree. At the foot of the World Tree, there were many elves living in the base of the World Tree.
　The Elf Village. It's a paradise in this world with a mountain of beautiful blonde-haired, long-eared women.
　Well, I'm a newlywed, so I'm either disturbed or not disturbed by such things, but that's beside the point.

I'm home!

　High Elf House.
　When I entered Deanna's parents' house, everyone greeted me.

'Welcome home!
How did it go?　I knew he was a bad father?
You should have killed him for the opportunity: ......
'He looked bad ...... or rather, he was just a normal old man. He didn't look like Mr. Hetty.

　Marina, Rebecca and Hetty.

'Thank you, Ayase. It was refreshing to see the last of my meanings too.
Well, that's almost like a prank, if you know what I mean.
...... I would have loved to have played the surgeon.
If you can't do magic, you can't do that magic crystal trick.

　Aeon and Elepippi.

'Huh?　Where's the priest?
"I haven't been in the elven village since I left, jumping up and down with the tension of being here for the first time, boss. I, too, am very excited to be in this unusual place!
Etowah, your hair was all upside down all over your body. I was so impressed to see something so beautiful.

　Etowah and Orica.

　After Hitotsutsuzuki was over, we all came to see the sights.
　Deanna's transferable magic has the ability to transfer up to 10 people at a time, and it's convenient for her to fly anywhere she knows.
　Her special guidance was accomplished, and she came to her parents' home, the Elf's Village, to report her marriage.

　The village of the elves was truly in the forest.
　It really is a forest to the horizon. In the middle of the forest, there was a conspicuously large tree, which I was told was the World Tree. It was as big as the Tokyo Tower, both vertically and horizontally. Both vertically and horizontally. It's not as big as the average tree.

My son-in-law. This is the real Nativity Star. Please take it.
Here's .......

　Deanna's father brings in a large, flat, golden stone.
　It looks like a stone, or a gemstone, or even a plate, depending on how you look at it.

'Now, if you'll excuse me, ...... 'The Book of Truth (The Judgment)'!

　 ---------------------- ...　
[Type]
　Unique Item for Administrator No.7

Name.
　The Alchemy　

[Commentary]
　A smelting gemstone that can only be used by High Elves
　I'll give you the recipe and have the high elves synthesize the items!

[Magical characteristics]
　None　

[Spiritual blessing]
　Immortality ∞　

[Owner]　
　Jiro Ayase　　

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　It's a real treasure: .......
　If only high elves can use it, then that means that if I had given it to my dad in the Solo family, he couldn't use it.
　Well, we have Deanna, so we could use it. And maybe if you unlock Yumegami-san's tablet, you can cheat all you want on alchemy recipes and stuff like that .......
　It's going to be a bit of a global power imbalance, so you may need to weigh yourself down.

''And my son-in-law. I'm sure you'll be able to find a lot more treasures from the age of spirit civilization in this mansion, but I'll give them all to you. Put them to good use.

Are you sure?

I don't even have the power of a High Elf anymore. "I don't have the power of a High Elf anymore, and I plan to spend the rest of my life exploring the world. Well, Nanna will stay behind, so if you have any problems, just ask her.

Well, in that case, I'll take it.

　Both Deanna's father and Deanna become the last High Elves.
　If Deanna had failed her "special guidance", her father would have told her the truth about the High Elves, and decades later, her father would have created a branch body that would be the next High Elf and retired, and Deanna would have played the role of mother to watch over them. And if her father's alter ego failed his "special guidance," this time Deanna would give birth to her alter ego, and her father's alter ego would play the role of the father - and she would be the one to watch over it.
　The High Elves had been doing that for a long time.
　But that will end in this generation. The High Elves are effectively destroyed.

　By the way, "Nanna" is a former High Elf who was Diana's former body. Long ago, Nanna failed her 'special guidance' and her own incarnation, which she gave birth to afterwards, is Deanna. Nanna handed over all of her power as a High Elf to Deanna, and spent the rest of her life as an ordinary Elf herself.
　Well, she's totally young looking for an elf!　Deanna calls her "grandmother" and I wondered what was going on.
　Furthermore, this Nanna is also the High Elf who gave birth to Selene-san. Well, it's no surprise that there is only one male and one female High Elf.

...... But is it okay this time? Maybe they'll get angry and attack you later or something.
'Hahaha. Groom, this is the home of the elves. This is a place where humans are never allowed to enter on their own. You have nothing to worry about.
''Master. There are wards in this place that are thousands of times stronger than the wards put up in your mansion, right?

　Well, yeah. We're warped in by Deanna's magic, which is fine, but it would take a lot of passion to get in there normally.
　There will be a lot of hired elves in the Imperial City, but they're all high elf sympathizers, so it's not like they're going to betray us.
　In the first place, the elves are on the side of the administrators, so it would be reckless for a human to challenge them to a fight.

　After a while, Priestess came back and we all had an elven-style feast.
　Well, I finally ate a caterpillar too, but it was much better than I had imagined, and I felt a bit defeated.


'Well, I guess I should go home now!'

　I'm going to call out to everyone.
　We're done. We've already stayed overnight, so we can't play around forever.
　Or rather, if you use Diana's spirit magic, you can always come back again.
　Even returning home is only a moment away with the clan's perk teleportation magic.

''When we return, we have to prepare for the winter siege. Before winter comes in earnest.
Do we get a lot of snow?　I can't even train you, and you're tame.
...... Hmmm, I'm sure you can't afford that, can you?

　Deanna smiles meaningfully and bewitchingly.
　I was somewhat put off for a while by Deanna, whose tattoos that covered her entire body were gone and she became a real beauty, and I couldn't gauge the distance between us.
　Deanna is a beauty...a 100% do-gooder elf!　It is.
　I'd like to be more excited, but the history I've spent so far is getting in the way, and we haven't even had our wedding night yet.
　We're already married, and it should be natural.
　But winter, huh?
　I don't like the cold.

"Can't you afford it?　Well, ...... we have mirrors in our house, so you won't have to worry about supplies, but when you're closed in by snow,
We already know what we're going to do in the winter, Master.
Really?
Yes, sir!

　Even Marina agrees.
　What are your plans that I'm the only one who doesn't know about that are jammed throughout the winter?

What are you doing with that?
...... and it's ......
We are making a baby!

　Marina replied cheerfully and crisply for Deanna, who stammered.

During the winter months, we are supposed to make babies!　Aha!　I will not let him sleep!　Phew!
Hey, Marina!　It's me first!
I know, Princess. It's a long winter!
'Oh, that's not fair!　I'm ...... me!
Well, me too!
...... I guess I'm the early one in the order.
Can't the bosses be Canaanites?
Mame, how about a maid!
Maid number two is here too!
Ha-ha. That's fun. Let me run for office.

　I was kind of squeezed into a hug.
　I have to admit that it's come to this point. I'm in a harem. I'm a harem bastard when I realize it.

　So many dreams and hopes and hopes.
　I've received so much love that I can't even begin to count, and my life will continue to go on.

'Whoa!　I love you guys!　Guys!　Everybody!　I love you!

　



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＜Epilogue.




Grandma Shamash, read to me again!
Oh, you're supposed to call me Mr. Principal!　And besides, Kyouka is so unfair.　To me and to me!
I want to hear a story about Grandpa!

　When the chime rings and it's recess time, the children flock to me, the principal, to see me.
　Kyoka, Yuri and Ako; all three are my sweet, sweet grandchildren.
　To be precise, most of the students at this school are my grandchildren.
　To be more precise, they are our grandchildren (・・・・・).

　I was asked to read a children's book about him.
　When I read it, I can't help but think of him. Well, there is not a day that goes by that I don't remember him.

　...... It's been more than ten years since he passed away, the man who gave me the greatest amount of happiness when I was planning to live my whole life alone.

　I still think about it like it was yesterday.

　That I sought him out throughout that first winter, replacing him so much that I really didn't have time to rest.
　I still remember that time fondly.
　We were all so ridiculously young.

　It was our honeymoon, so we all went to Helipa Lake.
　It was supposed to be an energetic, energetic, energy-boosting, honeymoon, but we ended up holed up at the inn for a long time, and I remember the genie got mad at him for not achieving his guidance.

　That I went through the mirror and into his world.
　I remember the first time we met, his parents were surprised when they saw us and fell down in a bubble.
　That we got in the car and went sightseeing.
　I was excited beyond my years to see sights I'd never seen before, and all the new things I'd seen.

　That Marina went from being a knight to a special calling, "Sacred Cross", using a drop item from the Hitotsutsuzuki monster.
　And with his knight squad of Dragoons, Paladins, Generals, and Sacred Crosses, he gradually became a force to be reckoned with in the world as well.
　The Knights changed their name to the Knights of Artemis and backed Evta Solo, who was the third son of the Solo family. After starting a railroad business, Efta outlasted his other brothers and successfully became the head of the Solo family.
　Because of this relationship, he didn't expect to really fight the Empire, but his quick thinking and ideas allowed him to pull off a revolution with little bloodshed.
　Ostensibly, he said it was for the people, but it was really for the Aeon. Because he was irrepressibly kind at the end of the line.

　The new country has become a great country.
　A country that was the strongest when it fought, but never fought and had no territorial ambitions.
　He says it's "just a cheat" if you ask him, but the world has really improved.
　Women in knighthood could now be knights, and there was no more persecution based on race.

　He didn't want to stand out, but we, all the women who were associated with him, knew it.
　That he, he was the hero.

　His many inventions. Nation-building. Moral values.
　Especially the value that vocation isn't everything, that people can do what they want to do, which is now taken for granted, but I remember it was hard to accept at first.
　Even Hitotsutsuzuki's strategy has been implemented with a number of new things, and the death toll is almost non-existent.

　The shops he started are now a chain of shops that are commonplace in every town.
　It was a small street market in Elishe, which is now the stuff of legend.

　He left behind more than he can say.

Shamash. Hello?　I haven't had a drink with you tonight.

　I was reading a book to the children when another visitor came into the principal's office with a knock on the door.

'Oh, it's Priestess, isn't it? Sure.
Don't call me that. You'll remind me of him.

　The priest and I have been best friends for literally 100 years since then.
　To be more precise, they are both his wives, so I should call them family.

'Huh?　Are you reading that again?
I'm being pestered.

　The story I'm reading to my children is the story of him and Deanna.
　It's a beautiful story of two people meeting, overcoming all kinds of difficulties, and coming together after a battle at the Hitotsutsuki.
　However, he used to laugh at it, saying "I've never seen such difficulties".
　Incidentally, since this is a book for children, the harem is blurred (・・・・).

'See, hurry up and read the rest of the book, Grandma Shamash!
What happened at the end? What happened at the end?

　I shrugged.
　What happened in the end?　That's a given.

'Yes, yes.
'And so Giraud and Deanna got together. They loved each other, had many children, and lived happily ever after.
　...... You are their descendants, too. You are the descendants of these two people, so be proud to share your love with them, okay?

Yes!

　The children responded cheerfully and walked out of the principal's office.

　The children will surely pass that love on to the next generation in the right way.
　They will love others, give birth to children and raise them as we did.
　They will love others, give birth to children, and raise them, just as we loved him.

　Because love is an eternal (and everlasting) thing.




　The End