Love Letter From The Future

5. Bread and dagger (10)

The ice shards scattered with a bang.

The soft light reflected and scattered brilliant hues around. If my sensitivity had been sensitive, I would have fallen into a dreamy sentiment for a moment.

However, I did not have time to be stimulated by my emotions.

It was because right after the ice pick flew, the man’s body rushed at me.

It was an unexpected battle.

At first, he was only looking for the merchant who cheated on Emma.

He never intended to fight knife to knife.

It was enough for me to compensate for the cost of the loss. More than that, the part I was interested in was that the merchant was dealing with rare ingredients from the North.

If so, he would be well aware of the trends in the North.

If the conversation didn’t go through, it was fine as it was. It would have been enough if I had educated her so that she would never be able to see Emma lightly again.

But the merchant must have been an elf.

The dagger shot like a flash of clams caused a puncture.

In response, I brandished a hatchet.

Its trajectory was straight and the simplest, but its power and speed were as strong as it could be.

Sparks flew and there was a sharp noise.

It was the sound of the elf’s dagger being bounced off. I put another kick into the elf’s abdomen.

Knock, I felt my feet digging into the elf’s peritoneum.

The elf’s body bent like a shrimp and crashed into the wall with the sound of the wind.

After a thump, the elf’s body slid down the wall.

This has been repeated several times already.

The wizard elf seemed to have a good understanding of Baktu as well. If the lower grade of the academy was the opponent, it might have been possible to subdue it.

However, I was a talented person who was qualitatively different from the idiot.

There was no way he would be beaten by someone who was neither a martial artist nor a magician.

Even so, there was only one reason why I hadn’t seen the end with the elves yet.

I said with a deep sigh.

“Why don’t you stop now? When will I ever kill you?”

“… … All humans are the same.”

Growl, said the elf, showing his teeth as if he were a beast.

His shiny gray hair felt like a mane.

“How did you find me? Is it Imperial Intelligence? Until now, even the professors at the academy hadn’t noticed my identity.”

It was an unexpected fact.

I assumed that if it was enough for me to notice, the professors at the academy would notice, but it didn’t seem to be the case.

Hagiya, the elf had no choice but to be in the middle of the academy.

Elves are enemies of mankind.

It was a bad relationship that had been going on since long ago.

Elves revere and protect nature. On the other hand, humans did not hesitate to use and destroy nature.

Because of that, the conflict between humans and elves had no choice but to have a long history. There were even cases of being attacked by elves while cutting down trees.

The old conflict eventually turned into war.

In fact, winning or losing was pretty obvious.

After the dragons handed down magic, the dominant species on the continent were humans in name and reality. It was a plate that was different from the number of heads.

Humanity has planted the victor’s flag in the great forest, home of the elves.

The elves of the Great Forest had no choice but to abandon the World Tree and scatter.

However, there was no place on the continent that humans had not reached.

Except for one, the northernmost part of the continent dominated by snow and ice.

They had been enemies for such a long time.

Elves didn’t have the chin to like humans, and humans were no different.

An elf lives right next to the academy?

It would not have been strange if he had been immediately arrested and taken away. That must have been the reason the elf was resisting so desperately.

After all, the only option left to him is victory or death.

In that case, it was better to struggle until the end.

It was the look of such determination.

Of course, it was embarrassing for me.

“Even though I belong to the Imperial Intelligence Service… … .”

“I knew it!”

He gritted his teeth as if he knew how to treat an elf.

It wasn’t wrong because I had an academy branch of the Imperial Intelligence Agency under my control. Reporting the existence of an elven spy would also be the duty of a subject of the empire.

However, the reason I was frustrated because I couldn’t do it was that I didn’t have any hostility towards elves.

Only elves living hundreds of years could do that.

Also, the northerners, who had long been in conflict with the elves, must still have their grudges unresolved.

However, other humans had no particular reason to hate elves.

Even if there was a climate of hatred and exclusion, there were definitely people who didn’t have much thought like me.

So I was willing to protect him on occasion.

Surveillance, you can leave it to Neris-senpai, well.

On the contrary, I was a little pleased with his presence.

In the love letter from the future, the existence of “elves” was also mentioned. If that was the case, it would have been faster to consult with the elf.

So I was still dealing with the elves gently.

Of course, blood was slowly pouring out of the elf’s mouth, but my mercy was valid in that his limbs were still intact.

Even that has its limits.

I wanted to leave a favorable impression as much as possible, but if I kept doing this, there was nothing special for me.

“I’ll make one last suggestion, let’s stop fighting and talk… … .”

“Don’t be funny, what tricks!”

That was the elf’s response to the ultimatum.

At this point, I felt a strange strange feeling.

Avian was an elf, but he was also a person who had lived and traded in human society for more than 10 years. It was enough time to dispel misunderstandings about humans.

Of course, even the deep-rooted hatred between the races could not be washed away. Still, he could have realized that there was no need to blindly disbelieve.

But now, Avian’s attitude was strange.

A recklessly hostile and hateful look.

In the end, the peaceful conversation was said to have gone over the water.

I sighed deeply again.

If you want to reject the gwonju and drink the punishment wine, you have no choice but to accept it.

A silent signal went to Avian.

A short glance meant, if you dare, attack quickly.

Avian was so moved by the provocation that he created an ice awl.

The reason he had been talking with me so far seemed to be because he was preparing for this.

About six, quite a lot.

Avian seemed to have an intuition that this workshop was the last.

He crouched down, as if trying with all his might.

And the next moment, a bright blue flash of light 6.

The ice picks fired in order were drawing a straight line. I threw the hatchet as if I had waited.

Pak, Pak, Pak!

The hatchet that shot down one awl showed two changes. While the three ice picks were neutralized at once, I broke through the glittering ice powder.

And an ice pick that flew into the air with an up kick.

The rest of the ice picks were held one by one with both hands. I felt the sudden coldness of my palms cling to the ice.

It was just right for subduing an elf that was rushing in vain.

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Just in time, Avian’s thrust with all his might was approaching.

I exhaled and focused my senses. In the terribly slow-flowing time, I aimed for the moment when the stab and my body intersected.

Round and round, the body rotated.

It was as if Avian’s blow had pushed me away. My hands, which dug into the elf’s arms as if entwined, immediately lowered the outstretched arms.

Pak, and blood explodes.

Avian couldn’t even scream. He should have been feeling intense pain from the ice picks that were stuck in each of his upper and lower arms.

Even this was not enough to neutralize it.

I pressed Avian’s arm down as it was, and kicked my elbow into my knee.

With a groan, the joints were shattered, revealing white bones.

“Quaaagh!”

That’s why I’m going to listen to you sooner.

Warmth returned to his hand and the ice pick slipped. It didn’t matter anyway, since the goal of penetrating Avian’s arm was achieved.

Without hesitation, I punched Evian in the face with my fist.

Kwajik, the bone in his nose sank and Avian’s body floated up.

I didn’t miss the gap, and my body climbed over Avian’s fallen body.

After that, it was one-sided violence.

Knock, knock, knock!

Every time a fist hit his face, white teeth spurted into the air along with blood. With both knees suppressing his arms, Avian was unable to counterattack.

Even though I was controlling my strength, it was like this.

If he had hit it with all his strength, Avian would have lost his life long ago.

After all, Avian was also a creature.

There was no way not to surrender in the face of the threat of life.

“… … He, he (stop)!”

It was a pronunciation that broke my teeth and let the wind flow.

Only then did I stop the fist I was swinging.

Tears welled up in Avian’s eyes.

“Ha, hahog (surrender)! Hey, I’m going to surrender (because I’ll surrender)… … .”

After hearing that, I was able to breathe a sigh of relief.

I wondered what to do if I had to endure to the end.

The power that had been in my shoulders was gone. The relaxed muscles let out the heat of battle and cooled the body.

Avian was sobbing and bursting into tears.

Looking down at that figure, I let out a pitiful voice.

“… … Long ago.”

And that’s it.

Puck, my fist hit Avian’s temple.

Avian’s whole body was limp.

**

A small building attached to the temple, also known as ‘The Sun’s Shelter’.

I came to the saintess’ residence unexpectedly and threw the bloody sack away.

The saintess was just looking at me with stupid eyes.

“… … Please treat me.”

At the words she threw while scratching the back of her head as if embarrassed, the saintess let out an absurd laugh.

Even so, I was very grateful to see him open the sack.

The saintess was basically good.

If there was a patient who needed help, he did not refuse it.

And I soon had to endure the saintess’ bruises.

“Kyaaa! What kind of girl is bloody like this… … !”

Of course, there was no doubt that I was the culprit.

It wasn’t that I was wrong, but that I had nothing to say was the saddest thing.

A sigh escaped from my mouth.

That time when I was slowly trying to reveal the circumstances.

“That’s the case… No, wait.”

Suddenly, there was something in the saintess’s words that caught me off guard, so I had no choice but to ask with a puzzled look.

“… … girl?”

“Yes, girl! No matter how circumstances were, this delicate child… … !”

I immediately snatched the bag from the saintess’s hand. Then he turned the sack upside down and brushed it off.

The saintess shook her head in response to the excessive treatment.

Of course, I didn’t care at all whether it was or not. It was because the fact that I didn’t know was revealed in front of my eyes.

“… … Are you a real woman?”

A girl who wants to become an adult.

I stopped and touched my forehead.

Transformation magic didn’t end there.

Avian was even faking his gender.

Well, that wouldn’t have made my hand feel any less.

Because I am a gender equalityist.

It was the beginning of a strange relationship.