Father, we're home!

　The Elf King's office is located on the top floor of King Alheim's Castle.

　The door there was opened and Rifa entered.
　The Elf King was working alone in his office.

''Rifa, you have returned well. You.........are you alone?

　The Elf King had contacted Rifa to show his face once during the period when the magic academy was on vacation.

　The distance between Alheim and the magic academy is not far enough to go back and forth in ten days.

　The only way to get there is to have Harut's transfer magic bring him there.

　So I thought that if I called Rifa, Halt would follow me. But in reality, Rifa came back alone, which surprised the Elf King a bit.

''Everyone seems to be busy, so I had Hurt-san send me in transition and I came back alone.

Yeah, well...

　Has not much progress been made with Hurt?　─ ─ And the Elf King became worried.

　In the first place, the Elf King asked Rifa to show his face because he wanted to make sure that Rifa and Hurt, who would be the next King of Alheim, would be able to have a child.

　The Alheim royal family has no prince.
　There are only Rifa, Rifa's sister and sister - the three princesses.

　Rifa's sister, the first princess, is already married to another royal family. The child born there will become a prince of that country.

　Also, Rifa's sister, the Third Princess, has recently started a relationship with a human boy.

　The ministers also suggested that the third princess be separated from the human race boy for the sake of the heir, and that an elven man be given to her as a son-in-law.

　However, the elven king was hesitant to separate the two because the man was a promising prospect, and above all, the third princess seemed to really like him.

　Therefore, Rifa's son was the most likely candidate to become the next King of Alheim.

　Although the blood of the human race would be mixed into the Alheim royal family, Hurt was the hero who saved Alheim. There would be few who would complain about it.

　Also, in this world, even the children of an elf and a human race do not necessarily make them half-elves.

　If we look at Harto and Rifa as an example, their children could be of the human race, elves, or half-elves.

　If possible, I would like them to have a male of the elven race. Or rather, I'll give them as much support as I can, so I want them to continue making babies until an Elf race boy is born - that's what the Elf King was thinking.

　Of course, Rifa didn't know that.


''Father, I have a favor to ask you today.
"Wish?

'Yes. I need to get into the treasure room where the secret books are kept.

'I don't mind going into the treasury but you're not going to tell me you want to read the treasured books, are you?

I want to read it!

That's a no-no.
Why?

'There are many forbidden books that collect the forbidden arts of this world. Just opening a book can cause curses to flood out of it. It's too dangerous.

Well, I'll be very careful.

No, sir. First of all, you're married to Hurt. You're not royalty anymore. I won't let you read my treasured books.

Oh no...

　In fact, Rifa was still registered with the Alheim royal family.

　If she didn't, she wouldn't be able to make Hurt and Rifa's child the next King of Alheim.

　Rifa may introduce herself as a former (...) Princess of Alheim, but unknown to her, she still had the status of a princess, even if she didn't know it.

　However, the treasured books were too dangerous.
　If Rifa was cursed or cursed by opening the book without a second thought, the survival of the Alheim royal family would be at stake.

　There's also a way to have someone else find the books Rifa wants to read...

　In this era, there was no mage in Alheim that could read the treasured books kept by the Alheim royal family without being cursed.

　No, the Elf King thought that even if he searched the world, there would be no such person.

　The treasured books are ancient relics.

　The book is an ancient relic, and it contains forgotten magic of the very highest order.

　But no one can read it.

　Open the book and you will be cursed.
　And even if you force open the book, there is no one who can read it.

　That's why the Elf King lied to Rifa.
　He was determined to protect Rifa.

''In general, why do you have a secret book?　That thing is only in storage now, and you should rarely need that thing.

That's because...

　Rifa is at a loss for words.
　Tina and even Mai and the others of the spirit race don't know about this alter ego magic.

　I want to create it.

　If that's the case, it's quite unlikely that the hint is written in a grimoire that can be read normally.

　That's why I wanted to check if there were any clues in the treasured book that was written in ancient times.

　That hope was crushed.

　Just when I thought that...

Yoo-hoo!　Rifa, long time no see.

　A wind suddenly swirled in the king's office, and the Wind Spirit King Sylph appeared in the center of the room.

''Sir Sylph-sama!
''Ah, it's been a while. Master Sylph.

　The sylphs did not manifest themselves after Harut and his friends left Alheim.

　Therefore, the Elf King was astonished at the sudden appearance of the sylphs.

''I came because I felt Rifa's magic. ''Just Rifa today?　What about Hurt and Tina?

I was the only one who came home today to run some errands.

Hmm. What did you want to see me about Rifa?

I don't think that's...

　He explains that Rifa has come to ask the Elf King for advice on how to read the treasured books.

　Of course, I don't tell him that it's so that he can have Hurt use his alter ego magic to create a reverse harem.

'Ah, the ancient grimoire kept in this country. It's true that that thing will be cursed if you don't open it in the right way, so you have to be careful.

Master Sylph, did you know?

Of course. Some of the books I gave to the old king. Would you like me to help you open them?

Are you sure?

Yes!　Oh, but if I could open a book, I wouldn't be able to read it. There are a lot of books that even I couldn't understand the writing.

'I think I can manage that. I have people close to me who have the skills to understand it in God's language.

　That was Luna.
　When she was reincarnated in this world from the same world as Hurt, she had been given the skill of language understanding by the Goddess of Knowledge.

'Is that about Hurt?'

No, it's a girl from the tribe who was recently married to Mr. Hurt.

What?　If Hurt is married to anyone other than you or Lady Tina?

'Yes. Eleven women, including myself and Lady Tina, are now Mr. Hurt's wives.

What?
Ha-ha-ha, that's my boy, Halt!

But you have the blessing of Master Sylph to marry Hurt. So, that's why........what, I'm treated better than the other Hult's wife, right?

　It had to be so.

　If he had eleven wives, Rifa might not be allowed to have a number of children - so the Elf King was concerned.

'Jeez, actually.......I hate to say this in front of Sylph-sama, but all of us Hurt-san's wives have received the blessing of the Creation God and have been approved for marriage. Therefore, in terms of blessings, we are all equal.

Yeah, God the Creator is with us.
Oh, yeah, that's cool.

　The sylph flew fluffily and lightly touched a finger to Rifa's head.

'Oh, really!　....Huh?　But you still have that blessing I gave you, right?

　In this world, when a higher being put on a blessing, it was normal for the lower blessings to be overwritten and disappear.

　Despite having the highest blessing in this world, the blessing of the Creator God, Rifa was also left with the blessing of a sylph.

''I was so happy that Sylph-sama blessed me... I consulted with the Creation God when he gave me the blessing, and he left the Sylph-sama's blessing as well.

Really?　Rifa, thank you!　I love Rifa!

　The sylphs hugged Rifa.

You want to talk to the God of Creation?　.........What in the world is Rifa talking about?

　The conversation was so different in dimension that the Elf King couldn't get his thoughts together.

　The situation in front of him where the Sylph, the incarnation of the world tree that the elves have protected in their clan, the Wind Spirit King Sylph, who rarely manifests itself, is embracing his own daughter is also hard to swallow.

　The Elf King, who is desperately trying to understand the situation, is pursued by Rifa.

''Father, if Sylph-sama is here, there is no danger in opening the secret book, right?　........Oh, since I'm no longer royalty, can't you still show me the secret books?

Isn't Rifa a royal now?　As I recall, the Alheim royal family reports to me when someone leaves or enters the royal family, right?　I didn't hear about the Rifa.

'Oh, really?'
No, no, no, it's just that...

　Sweat cascaded down from the Elf King's forehead like a waterfall.


　The Elf King apologized for thinking of Rifa and deciding to leave the royal family.

　And Rifa was allowed to read the treasured books.

''Oh, by the way, even if you can open the secret book, neither I nor Sylph-sama can read it, right?

'Then why don't you just take it to Hurt's and have him read it to the kids who can!　I want to go to Hurt's house too!　So I can take my treasured books out, right?

　It's a secret book because it's held in secret - but there was no way he could say that to the Spirit King Sylph.

''If you're willing to protect your treasured books, Sisyphus-sama, there's no problem,''

All right. I'll protect you!

Thank you, Father, Mr. Sylph.

　After that, Rifa went into the treasure room with Sylph and took out every single one of the treasured books that seemed to be related to altered magic.