Is the Strongest in Another World a Hero? A Demon Lord? No! it’s a Fairy ~desu! - Chapter 128

11-14 minutes

Return to Ladaria

[We’re going down~]

“”Yes~♪””

“Is that the country created by Aidle and her friends? What a warm and welcoming sight.”

“Ehem♪”

After two days of flying on La Veil, the unique tree domes of Ladaria came into view in the distance. By this point, the snow had stopped falling, and we could see the trees and meadows that had endured the cold of winter.

The only thing that remained in the distance was the Ladaria, and Quad was excited to see it. La Veil thinks that she will probably take off and go for a walk again as soon as she arrives.

Aidle and the others got down after La Veil landed and then used [Concealment]. After that they all started walking on foot from their landing point, in human form; it’s a few dozen minutes walk to Ladaria, but it’s not particularly strenuous.

As we were walking, La Veil once again poked the cheek of Aidle, who was on her shoulders, and said.

“But it turned out to be an odd party, didn’t it? Quad, would you like to join the Fairy’s Banquet?”

“Join? You want Quad to join your party?”

“We would welcome it!”

“Oh, yes! Actually, I was a little jealous of your matching brooches. I’d love to be included.”

“”Alright!””

Quad happily chimes in with a dandy look on his face, and Aidle and Arena both embrace the new party member, leaving Quad literally in a piggyback position.

“Mm, then we can head to the Adventurers’ Guild first. Arena, why don’t we go to the castle and let Forna know?”

“”Un!””

“Oh, I’ll leave Master to you later, I’ll bring Quad to the guild after I bring the two of you over there.”

“Ah~ okay~”

La Veil patted them on the head with a face like a mother, but her eyes were seriously focused.

***

“Uwah, you’re back…”

“It’s been a while. Eh, Lisalee… right now, or rather. Are you working properly?”

“Captain-san will smack me if I don’t do my work seriously, unlike that one sleeping over there, at least.”

“zzZ…”

A dark-haired woman, Lisalee, pokes her partner, Quent, in the head with a light frown at the gate’s jammed door. At first, she couldn’t stop breaking out in a cold sweat when she saw the familiar red-haired woman, La Veil, but now she was able to respond normally as she was speaking to her while smiling.

Then suddenly, Lisalee noticed that [that one] was missing and asked La Veil.

“Hey, where did that pink one go?”

“She’s right here.”

“What?”

“Hello…”

“Wha…!?”

When she leaned over to look under the counter, she saw a little girl with hidden wings standing there with a smile on her face. Her pink hair was bouncing on the ground, and her long ahoge was twitching.

Seeing such an adorable being, Lisalee was greatly shaken but managed to ask, while squishing the little girl’s cheeks.

“…This, this, what is this?”

“Well, we’ve been through a little bit of stuff…”

“A little…this is a little?”

“Well, you know. Anyway, keep up the good work. See you later.”

With that, the pink-haired little girl was carried away by the sky-blue-haired girl, and they left together. But soon after, the little girl came back, tottering along the way.

That made her so happy, and the little girl held out her clenched fist with a big smile on her face,

“Tei!!”

“…Heh?”

“Te~ here~?”

“Oh, yes.”

“I’ll give it to you~♪ Bye bye~~♪”

“Wha? This is… thank you…”

Lisalee looked behind her for a while holding the candy Aidle gave her, then took out a handkerchief and covered her nose.

 (…What an angel…) 

To desperately stop her love from overflowing at the sight of Aidle, who was an angel even compared to the young beastmen. Then, she put a candy ball in her mouth and fainted, overwhelmed and intoxicated by its heavenly taste. She was carried away by her colleague, who woke up…

***

“We~ are back~♪”

“I’m here~♪”

The girl and the little girl arrived at the castle, both of them running at a steady pace through the castle and storming into Forna’s office.

No one stopped them. The people in the castle knew that there was no one as harmless as the girls.

Fornafornafornafornaforna~~~~~!”

*Konkonkonkonkon

“What, what, who? Who’s that knocking? Is that you, Arena? Wait, who is that pink girl over there?!???”

The knocking sound was so loud that Forna was shocked. She was barely able to answer before the two girls dove into her. The large Maurice, who was stationed nearby, jumped along following the dive attack in a fluid motion.

The bundle of three girls was caught by Maurice who used his body to cushion them from the floor.

“Maurice~…why did you suddenly~~I was expecting an emotional reunion~~Well, anyway, welcome back~~~”

“”We’re back~~♪””

Outside the door, Miu was watching the scene with a happy face and a [Recording Crystal] in hand.

Once again, Forna looks at Aidle. The friend she could rely on more than anyone else, had turned into an adorable, unclouded, innocent little girl smaller than herself.

“Forna Onee-chan♪”

“I don’t think anyone would be okay with being hugged by someone saying something like that. I’m 8 years old, and my heart is racing.”

“I feel like I can’t control it.”

“Arena has that feeling too!”

Forna was so happy that she almost lost track of time, but she was the ruler of her country now. She couldn’t spend much time on her own. She has already left Miu to deal with Ojas for a month. She could no longer freely devote her time to a happy moment with her friends.

Sitting up decisively, Forna held the hand of the two of them.

“Sorry. After work today, let’s all have dinner together, okay?”

“”Hai~♪””

The two responded pleasantly, and Arena left with Aidle on her shoulders. Forna didn’t care why Aidle was like that, and thought that La Veil would tell her at dinner anyway, so she went back to her desk and started working again.

***

“Long time no see, bear boy.”

“La Veil-san, it’s been a long time, and I’m no longer shaken by your presence.”

“Well, today I would like to register him as an adventurer, is that alright?”

“Good afternoon, my lady. My name is Quad, and I’d like to make your acquaintance.”

“…a dandy old gentleman!”

Marble sniffled as soon as he saw Quad. Apparently, the handsome old man was a strike for her. Her face flushed red at the polite greeting.

“Ah, hyuhya, uh, hear, here, over here, please!”

“Yes, please excuse me.”

La Veil, who was watching the scene with a happy smile on her face, also requested the other staff members to register Quad as a member of the [Fairy’s Banquet] party.

The guild was inwardly excited by the arrival of the [Fairy Cult] creator god’s partner. Since Galania’s adventurers were also there, they were the center of attention in two ways. However La Veil was well known as a very strong adventurer, so nobody bothered them, they only watched from the side while enjoying their drinks.

“Mhm, you’re back. That was fast, wasn’t it?”

“La Veil-san…who is this guy? The moment he started fighting with the female examiner, the number of this person increased to about 10! All of them suddenly started serving her like a noble, so she was really confused!!?”

“You’re really funny, you know that?”

“She looks a little tired and her skin is not moisturized enough, so I had to take care of her.”

The Quad’s race and character was evident in the way it treated the other party so royally that it made them lose their will to fight. Then Marble also told him, pointing to a part of her own body.

“Do it to me too! My eyes are tired! I have split ends! And my shoulders are stiff too!!”

“We can’t do that right now, because we have to regroup with Master after this. Master should be on her way to the orphanage by now, so as not to interfere with Forna’s work. Well, she’s just going with the flow as usual.”[efn_note] This should be La Veil speaking to Quad [/efn_note]

“That’s right. So I’m sorry that I can’t be of service right now.”

“Sigh, you out of the norms adventurers!”

***

“”Hello♪”””

“””Hello!”””

La Veil’s rule of thumb was spot on. When the two went to the orphanage, they found a mix of young beastmen and human children working and practicing. But when they saw Arena, they gathered around and, seeing Aidle, they turned their attention to her and charged at her. Aisha smiled wryly.

“This girl is Aidle~”

“Eh! Eh. Really?”

“Yes~♪ Oh, Run-chan~!”

“Wow! Oh, Adle-chan?”

Then, Jess, perhaps thinking it was strange that the practice had stopped, came over. Seeing a small pink one he didn’t recognize, he approached her. He was then suddenly pulled in and hugged on the face with her whole body.

“Mugomogo~~~~~! !?!! Bwaha! What the heck are you?? You look familiar, your face and hair color… are you her daughter?”

“No!”

“It’s Aidle, you know?”

“Haah?”

“Jess-san, that’s what I was told as well.”

“…Well, it’s okay. If you don’t have anything to do, you go ahead and relax, blue-haired girl. See you later.”

“”Bye, bye!””

After that, the children started to pass the time by giving her a hug and practicing for the next lecture together… Aidle was doing everything perfectly, even without a proper ego…

Then, around dusk, La Veil and Quad arrived. They said goodbye to the kids, and they all headed for the castle. Today was the first time in a long time that Forna and the others can take a bath together, so Aidle and Arena were even more excited.

“It’s been a while since I’ve taken a bath. I’ll have to give her tail a lot of love.”

“Is it really that wonderful?”

“It’s heavenly to the touch.”

“Oh, I see…”

Miu showed them to the castle, where they were greeted by Forna in the dining room. On the table were a variety of Ladaria dishes, prepared with great skill by the ladies in charge of serving the food.

Forna smiled at them with a childish smile.

“Welcome home, everyone!”

“”We’re back!””

“I’m back!”

“Nice to meet you, young lady!”

The conversation continued over dinner, as some of them couldn’t wait for their meals. Quad told Forna about all the details. Forna felt deeply sorry for Quad when it came to the details of his own life.

When Forna told her personal story, Quad also felt deep sympathy for her. Perhaps it was because they had met each other when neither of them had any friends and had been saved by the same person, but they were able to empathize with each other in various situations.

“I see, that must have been hard for you, Quad-san…”

“No, Forna-dono too. At your age, you have managed to run this country and overcome some painful memories.”

Forna recalled what happened six months ago as she ran her fingers through Aidle’s Ahoge. Aidle was right beside her but busy digging into a mouth full of food.

“Without her, we wouldn’t have been able to do anything. Part of it was for the community, but also because she became an unconditional friend to me… I was happy to rebuild the country.”

“Nfu~fu? Nn~fu~♪”

“…I was happy to be friends with such a lovely person. I did think that I was jealous that she had such power, and I wished I could be like her.”

“Yeah, yeah…me too.”

Laughing again at the funny way Arena was wiping her mouth, Quad caught on and laughed as well.

La Veil, who was watching the scene while stuffing things into her mouth, wasn’t worried, but made sure they were getting along properly, and then buried herself in the sea of food again…

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In the bath after dinner.

Female baths Aidle, Arena, La Veil, and Forna

“Do you have an itch?”

“Nmmm, feels good~!”

“Oh, right there, you’re so good, Forna.”

“No, no. Hiyan! Aidle, don’t touch me there…”

*

Meanwhile, Quad and Miu

“…Well, this is a good one. Maybe I’ll make it next time.”

“That’s good. I’d love to offer you a good place to do it.”

“Oh, thank you for that…”

They were also enjoying it in their own way.