The Elf Is a Freeloader

The next morning.

Sleepy face wellbeing and energetic El.

The two people who looked the opposite were having breakfast in the living room.

Yasushi is a Japanese cuisine, so the breakfast menu focuses on rice and miso soup, grilled salmon and seaweed, other sliced hams, etc.

Naturally, Elle, who can't use chopsticks, eats them looking delicious with a smile as she cleverly unties herself of baked salmon with a spoon and fork.

Yesterday morning, when we stayed, we had a similar menu - cooperation between Yasushi and Aoi - but Elle seemed to like Japanese food a lot.

"With that said, Mr. Yastaka. You said you were going somewhere this morning, right? Where are you going?

"Oh, it's school. Aye and Ryu are in the same school, finally in the same class"

"Gakkow......?

Elle leans her neck wonderfully with the fork against her mouth.

Apparently, there's no such thing as "school" in El's world.

"In this country, children between the ages of 7 and 15 have to go to school and learn academics. It's called compulsory education, and the state decides to do so."

"Hey, from 7 to 15 years old!? It's amazing that all the kids in the country learn academics!?"

Elle's world, which is also among ordinary people, is already a fine workforce when it comes to the age of seven. Especially in rural areas away from urban areas, etc., it is normal to help parents with their work from a younger age.

Moreover, humans are considered adults at roughly 15 years of age, depending on the country, and are even allowed to marry.

Some learn academics with people in the world of El, but for the most part it is a privilege of the rich, such as the aristocracy. Because you have to hire a tutor to study academics.

Although arithmetic and character reading and writing are mandatory in some occupations, such as merchants, they are remembered at the same time as they learn to work.

"Is that it? But didn't Mr. Yastaka say he was 16 years old already?

"Oh. Because I was born in April. I'm 16 now, though?

"You don't go to Gakkow or anything until you're 15, do you? Then why is Mr. Yastaka going when he's 16?

"What I'm going to is a high school... it's called a high school. Elementary and secondary schools that go up to the age of 15 are definitely compulsory, but they're more than high school, they're free will. Though, I wonder if there are few people in Japan who don't go to high school today."

"Heh..."

El sees Yastaka with a pompous look.

I went to school for nine years, even though it was prescribed by the state, and went to another school.

Yasushi refers to himself as a common man, but the fact that he has been studying academia for so long since he was young may mean that he is a person who has been stipulated to hold important positions such as those involving national politics in the future.

With that in mind, Elle looked at Yasushi, who was ready to go to school after breakfast, with a gaze of admiration somewhere.

"Well, I'll be there."

"Yes, please go"

Yasushi and Elle exchange exchanges reminiscent of a newlywed family somewhere.

"I've got a sign switch for lunch, so eat it when you're hungry. I'll give you one of the keys to this house later. If you're in the neighborhood, you can walk away for a little while, but just keep your ears hidden, okay?

"I know. It's okay."

The neighborhood of this house has always known each other.

Tell me about Elle, even if he's a homestay foreigner, this neighborhood won't have a problem.

But it's just awkward when an officer asks you a job question. Whatever it is, Elle doesn't have anything to prove his identity.

When Yasushi gave Elle those fine attention, he removed the translation earrings from his ears and gave them to Elle. You can't just go to school with earrings.

"Well, I'll be there"

"Yes, please go"

He exchanged the same greetings again, and Yasushi turned his back on Elle, who smiled and waved.

Through the front door, through a corner of the garden, open the gate and go outside.

If I thought of it and looked back at the house, Elle would still wave. Yasushi, who waved back to meet it, slowly walked out with one zero stretch toward the high school he attended.

Yasushi enters the classroom at the same time as usual.

When I got to my seat in exchange for greetings with my classmates, Aye and Ryu quickly approached me.

"Good morning, Yasushi. Saturday and Sunday, you've been taken care of."

"Good morning, Yasushi. So how's Elle doing?

"Morning, Ryu, hey. You don't have to worry about Saturday and Sunday. Because I had fun, and Elle seemed to have fun. Then Elle is fine..."

Aye and Ryu gave a surprising look to Yasushi, who clouded his words.

"... No way... something happened to Elle?

If it's true, I want to ask El if something happened. Aye, but there I try and ask El 'to'.

"Actually..."

Yasushi told the two of them about Elle at night.

"Yes... that happened..."

To tell the truth, there is something calming about the two of us that we were snuggling in the middle of the night, but there is no way to be angry because we can also understand Elle's mood.

Ryu also listened to Yasushi with a painful look on his face.

"So why don't you come home again for the weekend? If the two of you come to stay and do it like it was yesterday or yesterday, I don't think Elle will recall a terrible memory."

"Right. Besides, Elle is a real adventurer. Unlike a very normal high school student like us, he'll be extra mentally strong. If we all make a scene, we'll get back on our feet."

"Right. I agree with that, too. I'll be sorry to bother you again this weekend."

Yasushi would like to thank the young familiars for accepting the favor once again.

Then, Yasushi took something out of his pocket and spread it on his desk.

"What is this... Could it be the silver and copper coins Elle had?

Yes. That was a few silver and copper coins that Yasushi had deposited from Elle, as Ryu put it.

"Actually, Elle asked me to. He wants to redeem the silver and copper coins that Elle brings from different worlds for our money. But I don't know where to redeem it. So Ryu, why don't you ask your father?

"To my father? Sure, my dad would have a wide face, so it wouldn't be strange to know one or two of the people who deal with old money."

From the point of view of Elle today, who relies on Yasushi from what to how far, it would certainly be comforting to have the money at hand to spend in this world, albeit a little.

It is also possible that this coin from another world will have an unexpected high price.

"Okay. I'll blur the source and ask my father. Besides, my father himself collects Western antiques. Maybe my dad will buy it out."

"Oh, please. I did a lot of research online, but I just didn't know the value of silver or copper coins from around the world."

"That's right. But even if it's not worth it as currency, it might be worth it as silver or copper, so in the worst case scenario, you can sell it that way."

When Ryu received the coin from Yasushi, he wrapped it in a handkerchief and carefully tucked it in his pocket.

But.

These few coins will greatly branch out the fate of Yasushi and Elle, but God forbid they should know.

After finishing the ham sandwich that Yasushi prepared for me, Elle decided to take a walk around Yasushi's house.

Yasushi also told me that I could walk around a little bit if I was in the neighborhood of the house, and most importantly, the weather is beautiful today.

Cheerful and warm, the wind across shallow marshes such as "farms" that spread across the road in front of the house is really pleasant.

Elle went outside wearing an example ear-covered knitted hat on his head and sandals that were on the front door.

Lock the front door like you were told, push open the gate and go outside.

There is a narrow driveway in front of the Akatsuka family, and the cars come and go from time to time.

Elle walked out relaxed as he accompanied the driveway, sending an interesting gaze at the motor vehicle driving away relatively slowly in front of him.

"I've felt thin since I came to this world, but this nihon is a very wealthy country."

I squeal, not telling anyone, looking around.

The roads are all beautifully paved, and I hardly find any garbage.

The town of Prius, where El was based, was a big town, but there was raw garbage thrown down in the corner of the main street, or even the manure, carcasses and man-made manure of small animals that inhabited the whole town when they went behind a dim alley, rolled fine.

Furthermore, in alleys and corners of streets, job-ridden floaters sat apathetically, but such sights were not seen in this town.

In the world of El, there were as many children sold into slavery out of poverty, but I heard that trafficking in human beings was forbidden in this country. On the contrary, they are educating all children throughout the country, and the cost is close to free, except for some actual costs.

One of the most surprising things is that the state guarantees a minimum of life, no matter how poor you are without a job.

Unless you are a wealthier country, you will not be able to spend money for the common people so far. From Elle it is all incredible from what to what.

Elle, who slowly walks down the farm road running between the fields, looked uncommonly at the farmers working on it, but there was nothing to speak of.

She looks like a foreigner. Not many Japanese would dare speak up, even though they don't know if the words make sense.

Elle observes the flora and fauna he sees for the first time, such as ostriches swimming through waterways flowing by the farm and tampons blooming in the garden.

Curiosity and exploration of rare things is one of the drivers of adventurers.

"If you think about it, you can't come to another world."

I've come to different worlds, so I do have anxiety.

I don't know how to get home, and I'm speechless. But there is also an interest in this other world, the same or more.

It would of course be thanks to you Yasushi that she became a little more positively conceived that way. In particular, Yasushi lets me live in my own house for free and even take care of my meals and clothes, not having a decent amount of money on top of strangers.

"One day, I'll have to thank Mr. Yastaka"

With that in mind, Elle wonders what he would be able to do for him.

I would be able to help myself prepare and clean meals, etc.

I've never even seen this ingredient before when it comes to cooking, but if you even tell me how to cook it, I'm sure I can handle it.

I'm a little confident in laundry in particular. She is one of the spiritual users, especially the "water user", who has a high affinity with the water spirits. For this reason, it will be able to help you when it comes to using water. And fortunately, this country seems to have plenty of water.

That's what Elle thought as he saw the water strewn out on the fields that spread around him.

But there are things that bother me.

This world is incredibly neglected by El.

When they "wizards" use magic, Mana pays for it. Everywhere in the Elles world. That's what I can barely feel here.

I haven't tried it yet, but I would hardly be able to use magic in this world. Even if it could be used, the power must be greatly attenuated and the duration halved.

Furthermore, I can't feel the power of the Spirit in this world. There is also the possibility that the Spirit itself does not exist in this world.

"When the Spirit doesn't exist, you might want to think that magic is impossible for me as a spiritual user..."

So, say what you can do for your health with something other than magic.

Think of it as this while walking with your neck tilted.

Speaking of possible things, it was still the provision of labour in terms of life. I also thought about working somewhere, but I wouldn't be able to do it now that I'm speechless.

Then again, all Elle can think of is a service using his body.

And so she stopped walking.

"Or use your body...?

What she unintentionally imagined was, of course, "physical service at night".

Yasushi is also a healthy 16-year-old man. That kind of desire would be natural. Speaking of 16-year-olds, they're usually married in El's world, and some of them are already kids.

"Chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi, chi.

Indeed, Yasushi would not impose "physical service at night" on Elle. If he feels that way, it must have extended to when we slept together last night.

"... so, but... if they ask me to do that..."

If Yasushi asked Elle for it.

Will I accept him then, or reject him?

Elle couldn't make a clear decision about it, about herself.

Meanwhile.

A foreign girl, who suddenly stopped on the farm road and turned bright red and shook her head, was looked at strangely by those who were farming.