A few days have passed since then.

　The dark elven folk are mixed in with the elven village.

　Some of them are injured, but they now have a smile on their mouths, probably because they received generous nursing care.

　It's good to see that they seem to be completely at ease with each other.

'Hi, how are you?'

　The Earth Dragon King peeks his face out of a gap in the ground and says.

　What the hell, this guy.

　I wonder if he is taking care not to surprise the elves in his own way.

''Yeah, well I'm fine.

Yeah?

......

......

　The Earth Dragon King looks at me as if he wants to say something.

　It's not that I want to talk to him, but I don't feel comfortable going on .......

''What?''

No, no.

What the f*ck? Come on. It's a little scary.

...... I gave you the sap, didn't I?

　The Earth Dragon King says in a blur.

　For a moment I'm unsure of what he means, but I quickly remember that I gave Loloa the sap.

'I gave it to him, but what about it?'

Loloa's been begging for me ever since!　And he wants sap for next time!　Paying it forward!

You've been mugged.

　I didn't know that was going to happen. I hadn't even thought about it that much.

　The Earth Dragon King said grudgingly.

''Ugh, there will be less for me. ......

It's okay. You were already trying to destroy that tree to begin with.

'That's it!　This is the one!

　A teary-eyed dirt dragon king.

　You'll want some of it.

''Then we can protect it by force. It's the same dragon, right?

The same dragon has a different class. The earth dragons don't basically hang out and are scattered in various places, but the black dragons are a group of merry men who form a group and even build a village. ......

But you're the king, right?

That's right, but if you buy a fight with a black dragon, they will attack you mercilessly. Their quality and numbers are also very bad.

Why don't you invite your friends over?

...... only gets together once every hundred years, so a lot of them don't even know where they live in the first place.

　There seems to be a lot going on in the dragon.

　Even the suspicious face, which is only partly exposed, can be seen to have sunk into a zoon and naïve state.

But even if you say so, it's not a case of what I should do about it. It's time to say no.

If you can do that, you won't have a hard time. ......

　She sounds like she's already crying.

　She looks really uncomfortable.

　Well, I guess it's too much to ask since she's coming here to work for me.

I'm sure you'll be able to find a way to get the money to come to the guild. And then you can ask me to help you.

Do you mug yourself, Mr. Zied? ......

No, it's more of a job than a mugging.

　His personality is much different than it was at the beginning. It's so much better that I have a hunch that it's no longer replaced with another dragon.

''Well, I'll think about it. Thank you for taking the trouble to listen to me complain.

Good luck.

Mr. Jade.

　You don't even have to look at it to see how shabby it is.

　He dove to the ground with such a pathetic voice.

　Is he going to be okay? The next thing you know, he'll be traveling.

　Then I took a look at the village of the elves all over.

　The smiles on the elves' faces are very happy. The turmoil of the time we stayed here for a while seems to be a lie.

　I felt a sense of accomplishment in my request.

　A sense of satisfaction, I suppose. I felt a sense of satisfaction in my heart.

　And then I went to Sille's house.


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　I finish packing at Sille's house.

　I stood in the doorway as I finished organizing everything into a bag-shaped magic item that held many things.

'You're going?'

　Lana calls out to me.

　When I turn around, Sille is also behind Lana.

　Both of them are looking at me with a somewhat unspoken expression.

''Yeah, I'm going back to the royal capital. You've taken care of me until now.''

'Oh no. Here's the one you've been a part of: ......!　Thank you so much for saving my sister, the elven home, and the dark elves ...... for saving me too!

'It's a request. If you need anything else, send a request to the guild.

Do you have to submit a request to come?

　Lana asks mischievously.

'I'll come over every now and then for sightseeing and stuff. I'll take care of you then too.

　Perhaps Lana wanted this answer.

　Because a work-only relationship is lonely.

　But somehow Lana seems unhappy.

''It's okay to have the Elf's home considered as a second home!　Please come 'home' to this house again.

　He smiles at Nimanima and smiles.

　Maybe it's because he has a face that is still juvenile, but he doesn't have any luster for his words and actions.

'I'll think about it,'

Mmm. Let's just be elves!

　Lana clings to me.

　Let's be an elf, she says, quite outrageously.

　But even her innocence is charming and cute.

　However, if you think about it, it's possible that Lana is much older than me, ...... No, I've stopped thinking about the timeline of elves. No more.

''Lana, you shouldn't bother Jide too much,''

　Sille, who is much older than Lana, is ...... no.

　Sille pulls Lana away from me.

'Did you think of something rude?' Nothing.

　Then Sille says with a smirk.

'The elves will be more peaceful by the time Jide-san comes back, so you can come over whenever you want, as Lana says. We'll make sure you have a good environment to stay in.

You don't have to have a place to stay to have a home!

　Lana mouthed it off pleasantly.

　Without stopping her words, Sille didn't deny it as her face flushed red.

''Well then, I'll come back.

　Jide opens the door with a light wave of his hand.

　Lana and Sille watched his back.