The Elf Is a Freeloader

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What a creepy silence was sitting in the Akatsuka family's living room right now.

After Elle burst out of the strip halfway panicked.

"Something" affixed to Yasushi's face left the World Bathroom as he bounced like a ball with Po Bin Po Bin, following Elle as he jumped out of the stripper.

Obviously you came with her from the Elle world "something". It seems to be an organism from where it was acting autonomously, but somehow it comes from a fantastic world. I don't know what kind of irrational existence it is.

Worst of all, there is a risk that this ecosystem will be seriously affected.

He was Yasushi, who hastily tried to chase that "something," but remembers that he was bare, hurrying to get dressed before leaving the bathroom behind.

When Yasushi went out into the hallway, he didn't see "something" already.

Still, Yasushi, who felt like "something" had gone after Elle, decided to go to Elle first.

I knew from the footsteps that she had gone upstairs. If so, Elle will probably be in his room.

Shortly after that, it would be a lie to say that I can't resist face-to-face with Elle, but I still can't leave that "something" behind.

Besides, it's possible Elle knows what it is.

With that in mind, Yasushi went upstairs. I came all the way to Elle's room, wary that there might be that "something" around there.

".................. El...... are you there? It's me... can I have a moment...?

"Ya... Yastaka...?

Speaking as I knocked, I heard a creaking voice somewhere across the door.

"A lot...... well, can't we talk about it because I need to ask...? You don't have to worry about that..."

When Yasushi said "about earlier," there were signs of something moving across the door and little screams.

Apparently, Elle remembers the sight earlier. Yasushi, who found out about it, gets really creepy.

"Well then, I'll be waiting in the living room... will you come when I calm down...?

"Hi-ha, hi-ha!! Shh, I'll be there in a little while, just wait...... whoa!!"

Yasushi returns to the living room once he feels signs that something is moving in the room.

Waiting there for a while. Elle, whose face turned bright red, came into the living room with a snack.

And the scene leads to the beginning.

Honestly, Elle was wondering how she had acted like that.

Yasushi and Elle sat face-to-face at a table for meals.

In fact, in front of Yasushi, Elle, unable to look him straight in the face, was desperately thinking about the cause.

Elle is an adventurer. To date, I have repeated my adventures with two members: two men and two women.

It consisted of two men and two women, but there was nothing else romantic between them, and there was no physical bargaining. Of course, as a companion, I felt friendship and solidarity, as well as trust.

Repeated adventures with such companions sometimes lead to camping together or sleeping together in the large room of the Inn.

That's when I saw my buddies naked pretty well.

Everyone dresses in front of their friends when they stay in a camp or big room. In the first place, when you are camping or something, it is only by yourself that you change clothes or something other than danger.

Naturally, Elle also sometimes dressed in front of fellow men, and sometimes we all took a water bath together in the river or something.

Whether you like it or not, you are completely unwilling to expose yourself to skin, but if you are an adventurer, everyone should be like that.

I mean, Elle is used to seeing men naked.

Yet, as soon as I saw Yasushi naked, my head turned white.

I didn't know what to do, and as a result, I ran away screaming.

Sometimes I knew what was affixed to Yasushi's face, and that would never have been dangerous.

If that was dangerous, I must have acted to protect you.

I am confident that I can make that degree of judgment.

So why, have I accidentally escaped?

This is how Elle's thoughts were repeated in grandeur.

At this time, she was unaware.

That the reason I panicked was not because I "saw a man naked" but because I "saw you naked.

It wasn't until a little later that she realized it.

How long have you been silent?

When Yasushi saw Elle, he thought he had to exchange words.

On her shoulder, I finally realized that something colorless and transparent was dangling. Thanks for the colorless transparency, I didn't seem to notice it until now.

Unexpectedly stare at it seriously and over Elle's shoulder.

Definitely. That's the "something" I put on my face then.

After careful observation, the size is roughly about clenching. It has a slightly crushed teardrop type.

I know that even you who are not interested in fantasy or games - I've seen it many times on TV CM, etc. - would it be easy to imagine the color of a classic sticky mass monster at the beginning of a famous RPG as if it had been made transparent from blue? If not, does this "something" have shapes like eyes, mouth, etc., like a classic monster?

"Hey, hey, El? The guy on that shoulder...... what the hell is that?

Yasushi pointed at me and "something" shivered as I sifted to react to it.

"Huh? Oh, that? Pi, when are you on my shoulder?

"Pi, pi, pi... kun...?

When Elle offered his palm in front of his shoulder, the strange life form called Pi Jin jumped right over its palm.

"Yes, this child is the spiritual pi of water whom I made a covenant with."

"Of water... Spirit...? Hey, are you a creature...?

"Hmmm...... technically, you're not a creature. Is it the most correct expression to say that a lump of water with will…"

In the world where Elle was, the power of the Spirit was everywhere.

Apart from the four famous spirits - the Spirit of Fire, Water, Earth, and Wind - every spiritual power existed everywhere, including the Spirit of the Tree and the Spirit of Light and Darkness.

What used the power of such spirits was the spiritual magic used by the Elles spirits.

But the power of the Spirit is not universal in everything. For example, at the bottom of the sea the power of the Spirit of water is strong, but the power of the Spirit of fire and the Spirit of the wind is barely extended. Behind the cave the power of the spirits of the earth and darkness is strong, but the power of the spirits of the wind is barely extended. In the desert the power of the Spirit of fire and wind is strong, but the power of the Spirit of water and the earth is little, etc.

In places where the power of such a particular Spirit is not extended or weak, it is not possible to use spiritual magic that helps that Spirit.

For this reason, spiritual users make covenants with certain spirits to take their spirits with them. That way you can use spiritual magic about the spirits you have contracted even in places where the spirits are weak.

The Spirit that Elle had covenanted was the Spirit of water. Especially now that Elle's strength makes a pact with the One Spirit.

Spirits who do not usually have something called flesh, when they enter into a covenant with spiritual users, collect their elements to shape the flesh at the beginning of the tentative.

Now the Spirit of Water, which El named Pi-kun, is also collecting water to make a provisional first body.

"This world has very little power from the Spirit compared to the world I was in, so Pi-kun is very weak... so he put it in a water bag with clean water to restore his strength."

During the day today, she left the water bag in the sink as it was after replacing it with a new one while Yasushi was at school.

"So, that water spirits...... is it? He said he was weak, but are you okay now?

"Ha!! The size is a little smaller, but it seems to be okay now. But the water coming out of this swidow is so beautiful, I thought it would heal sooner..."

Kokon, and Elle tilting his neck.

The water coming out of the tap looks beautiful, but that blends in karki for disinfection and many other things. Of course, although in such quantities as not harmful to the body, it may not have been compatible with the water spirits.

When Yasushi vaguely thought of that, Elle once again mentioned something fantastic.

"Now, even in this world, it's water only, but you can use magic!!"

"Magic...?

"Ha!! Oh my God, I'm a spiritual... because it's also a water user!!"

Proudly proclaiming so, Elle put water in the glass from the tap and placed it on the table.

"You watch. What do you want?

In response to Elle's will, the water spirits on his shoulders shook plumply.

When the pounding, and the water in the glass boils, the water floats into the universe fluttering as it is. And swirl fluffily around El and Yasushi as they change shape slowly as they do like bubbles in the water.

A piece of water breaks up into several droplets and drifts through the living space. The sight is very fantastic, including El, who manipulates the water.

Yasushi was unexpectedly bewildered by it.

Eventually, when the water gathers in one again, Po and I head back into the glass.

"Phew. After all, magical powers are going down here. I'm going to spend more of my magic than I thought."

That was what I had previously expected. There are few manas in this world that can be a source of magic. As a result, the power of the Spirit of the water had also been attenuated, and Elle's magic had overall declined in power.

But Yasushi heard little of Elle's words.

Fantastic sight I saw earlier. That burns in the back of his brain and he can't leave.

Countless droplets glitter in the light of fluorescent lamps. The droplets coloured the girl who manipulated them, making her so dazzling and radiant.

Yasushi remained stubborn for a while until he shook his shoulder at Elle for wondering.

Takashi Hagano inadvertently heard his sister's voice from outside the room as she missed the daily fantasy online novel.

"Hey, brother. Your father's calling. Okay? He told me to come to the study."

"Ooh. I'll be right there."

I checked the time on the clock and the time was past midnight. I had dinner, studied the midterm exam for a while after I took a bath, and I put Keri on that around 10: 00.

Then I connected my computer to the internet, as usual, and two hours seemed to pass within reading my favorite fantasy novel.

When I got out of the room, I saw my sister trying to get into my room.

"It's time for you to go to bed, huh?

"Yeah. I'm going to bed now. Good night."

He drops off his sister as she exchanges greetings and enters the room, and Ryu heads to his father's study.

His father seems busy working here these days, he doesn't hold meetings, meetings, consultations, etc. everywhere besides his normal working hours, and he only comes home after the day after day after day after day.

"Apparently, my father could have gone home a little early today."

I guess calling Ryu at this time after midnight meant he was home before midnight.

Ryu and his father - no, they are good friends with the whole family. Though there are constant minor fights and arguments with her sister and sister, Ryu cares about her family.

It was a pleasure to have a father who seemed busy day after day at all, given his father's health.

Ryu's house is quite large. It is a family heirloom of a famous family that has been around this Nikken-shi city for a long time and is also famous for being a bourgeoisie.

Walk down the long hallway for a while and arrive at his father's study.

Lightly knocking on the heavy door of the study, I immediately heard my father's voice from inside.

"Is it Ryu? Come in."

In response to his father's voice, Ryu opens the study door.

A father's study with a large bookshelf on the left and right walls. The contents of the bookshelf are really cluttered, some specialties about work, and for some reason comics are mixed.

Dressed to turn his back on Ryu, who entered the room, his father, on a desk placed in a study, seems to be humming his computer in some way.

"Welcome back, Dad. So what can I do for you?

"Oh, I'm talking about this coin you asked for before."

Looking back over his shoulder, his father spread a few familiar pocket coins on his desk.

Coins from different worlds who had been asked by Yasushi - or, to be precise, by Elle, who had passed through Yasushi - to examine their value by their father.

"Oh? Maybe, you know what it's worth?

Ryu earnestly expected it to be a little expensive for Elle.

"No. Speaking of results, I didn't know what it was worth. But... this coin. This is something that doesn't exist in this world... isn't it, Ryu?

The father rotates the chair and turns towards the son for each body.

The father's gaze on his son is not something warm for his family, but something extremely sharp, like for his work partner.

Ichi Hatano, the incumbent mayor of Nikken-shi, turned such a gaze to his son.