Labyrinth Restaurant

"Who are you right now?

"............... who?

My name is Time, and I'm an elf who works as a wandering painter.

Somehow I felt like it, maybe for the first time in twenty years or so, I put my face on my parents house deep in a secluded forest, but who did what to me by a strange young lady who was at home. She's just like me, knitting three blondes.

Sweet little girl, I want to take it home. Oh, speaking of which, this is the house, it saved me a lot of trouble.

"Oh, it's not time, welcome back"

"Hi, Mom. I'm home."

My mother came out of the back of the house if I was confused by the count with the toddler girl. I haven't seen my face in a long time, but it hasn't changed at all, or I don't think my appearance has changed at all in over two hundred years since I was conceited. It's a fairly youthful category, even if it's an elf with a long period of youth. I may look younger than me if I heck because I'm taller.

Besides, having a mother means apparently this is my home for sure. It's been a long time, so I thought I'd made a mistake at home, but I'm a little relieved.

"By the way, Mother, what about this child?

"Oh, speaking of which, you never met Time. This girl is Lime, your sister."

Oh, my God, it seems I was becoming a sister before I knew it. Elf's birth rate is low to inversely proportionate to his long life expectancy, but I'm sure his father and mother worked hard on it a lot. Goodjob parents.

"Hi, nice to meet you. I seem to be your sister, Time."

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I greeted my first sister, but she hid behind her mother to see if she was familiar. That's good again because it looks like a little animal and cute.

"Here, Lyme, say hello to your sister."

".................. Lyme, nice to meet you"

You're really cute, this girl. He greeted me with only his face hidden behind my mother's back. Sounds slightly familiar to me, but I don't care.

Although I and my mother are rare and sociable, Elves are a species with many people who have a fundamental difficulty communicating. My father is silent, and I guess Lyme is like his father.

Because of their long life expectancy, they have increased their knowledge of nature and various kinds, and although some humans call the elf 'the wise man of the woods', they are basically a familiar and hikikomori-temperamental species. Most of the time I'm just a lousy mouth, not because I'm considerate.

And it doesn't matter. 'The Sage of the Woods' is also an alias for gorillas and orangutans, so it's a bit hectic even though it's a name when they say it to you face to face.

"Yes, Mother, I have a souvenir."

"Souvenirs?

I show you the sole I took out of my luggage bag. I still have more than half of it left because I bought a lot, although I've had a little less because of eating myself on the road so far.

"Look, it's an almond treat called praline."

"Odd!"

When I took out my souvenir, my sister's tension suddenly increased. Lovely.

"Look, it's sweet and delicious."

"...... Mmm!

I gave him one to try and he grabbed it with both hands like a squirrel and ate it crunchy. Lovely.

"Mother, please."

"Oh, delicious. It's been a long time since I've had a proper treat."

Elves who routinely prefer fruit and nuts have many sweethearts. It's just that when you're stuck in the back of the woods, there's a lot of ingredients that you can't get steadily, including sugar, which is almost essential for making sweets, so there's very little chance that you can eat them.

Usually once every few months, to the extent that I can eat a cookie made of honey or wheat, otherwise, when someone out of the woods like me brings a souvenir like this once every few years?

"Yeah, yummy"

I took one too and put it in my mouth but it's still delicious. The bitter, sweet sugar part of the surface goes well with the fragrant almonds in it.

"Here, lime, eat a lot"

"Mm-hmm."

Needless to say, I'm eating without hesitation but it's cute, so fine. For once, I have to make sure I have enough to give it to another house before it's all gone.

It took about two weeks from the labyrinth city to get here, but the flavor still hardly seems to have fallen. It seemed true that it was going to be sunny.

"I also bought some more sugar, so I'll split this up with the villagers later"

That's what I said. I took a big bag of sugar out of my luggage.

"Well, so much white sugar. It was expensive, wasn't it?

"No, that's not what it is."

Although it is still exclusive to labyrinth cities, sugar and spices, which were luxury items, have recently become more accessible at affordable prices. Apparently, the story of the demonic and human worlds that existed some time ago, as well as the story of the labyrinth city, did not reach the village of Elf. I can't help but have little interaction with the outside world, since it is a de countryside in the back of the woods that seems to be established almost exclusively by barter.

I'll talk to you later.

There will be stories accumulating with each other. Fortunately, we have as much time as we can, and let's just relax for a while.

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"... what about my share?

"Hey, welcome back, Dad, long time no see"

"Welcome home, you"

"... Welcome Back"

By the time my father, who was on the hunt, left that evening, the souvenir treats were completely gone. I was distracted by my sister, and my mother and Lyme were conscious of the treats and completely forgot about my father.

There may still be some left to recommend to the other houses, but the figure thickness is not on the boulder enough to go get back the souvenir I gave you once.

"Look, can you lose the sugar? Sweet and delicious."

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I tried to delude myself with sugar, but I couldn't. I have been complaining of dissatisfaction with my gaze silently. My mother and Lyme are also out of sight somewhere awkwardly because they completely forgot about my father.

"... I'll buy it again"

Well, I can't help it if it's gone. Two weeks one way is pretty rough, but I'll try to bring you another souvenir soon. Lime is cute, too.

Speaking of which, the magic formation of the transfer in the Demon King's Restaurant, that was convenient. If I ask you, will you let me use it to get this far from Labyrinth City?