The Elf Is a Freeloader

The midterm test was also successfully completed, the following Sunday.

At a time slightly past 11am, the Akasaki family's call rang.

Time almost as promised. Yasushi, who thought it was time to come, goes to the front door, unlocks it and pushes the door open.

"Hey, Yasuki. Good morning."

"Good morning, Yano."

Visiting the Akatsuka family was a man in his thirties named Yano. Of course, Yasushi knows him well.

He is a man who serves as the secretary of Takashi Hagano's father, the mayor of Koichi Hagano, and has faced each other many times before.

Beyond the gate, visible over Yano's shoulder, is a single car. Indeed, Yasushi remembered that it was a minivan called Verfire in Toyota. It is the private car of the house of the Hagano family Takashi.

Ryu is sitting in the passenger seat of that minivan, waving when he notices Yasushi. In the back seat, he also looked like an aye.

Apparently, before he came to the Akatsuka family, he stopped by Aoi's house to pick her up.

"By the way, Yasushi-kun. of example…"

"Ah, yes. I'll be right there. Hey, Eloo."

"Vada eelu"

If Yasushi spoke to the house, there was a voice of Elle who responded to it.

It sounded "I'll be there soon" to Yano, who is earringing for translation, but it is a language that doesn't make sense.

Elle's appearance is on top of a turquoise blue tank top, an off-white cut saw shirt. Bottom is light blue hem cuffed cropped trousers.

And the usual ear-covered knitted hat on the head. It's time for the temperature to get higher, so it might be hard to wear this knitted hat forever.

Yano was unexpectedly bewitched by the beauty of Elle, who emerged from the back of the house, but when he returned to me, he rushed to invite Yasushi and Elle to the car.

"Well, shall we go? Our teacher... Mayor Hagano is waiting for you at City Hall."

From the Akatsuka family to Nikken-shi's city hall, it's about a 15-minute drive away. However, until Yasushi and the others arrived at the city hall in Nikkei City, a lot of things had happened.

For the first time, Elle gets in a car that's called an automobile.

Or so I thought, if I got on it, I'd say, "Huh. I can't believe how many sofas you have inside...... it's like a small room!," and take an intriguing look in the car.

Experience actually running in a car and be surprised again at how much faster than you expect it to be.

As he dived through the elevation near Metro Nikkan Station on the way out, Elle, who saw a train running on the elevation, made a scene when a giant warcraft was running all over town.

From Yasushi and Aai's point of view, Elle's reaction was so smiling, but it was a series of surprises if you try to make it the El of the day.

Eventually, the passenger car carrying Yasushi slips into the city hall parking lot.

"Come on, we're here. The mayor is waiting. Please, come here."

City Hall is also closed on Sundays and unpopular. The main entrance was also closed, and Yano directed you to the general entrance dedicated to the staff on the sidelines.

Still, the place is the only place. Next to the passage, there is a packing of guards, some of whom look like guards.

But that's just the mayor's secretary, and Yano walks into City Hall on a facepath.

The guards stared at him, and Yano followed him into City Hall, feeling uncomfortable.

When I go inside, I can see if it's holiday work or not. They send a strange glance at Yasushi, who came into City Hall to say it was Sunday.

But when he finds out it's Yano, the mayor's secretary, who's leading them, he goes back to his work on whether he thought it was some kind of student event or not.

Yano leads me through City Hall. Yano led you to a room with a plate called the "Mayor's Office".

"Go ahead, there's a mayor waiting inside."

Diving through the door Yano opened for me, there was a middle-aged man waiting inside.

He is a gentlemanly man with a middle-bodied, tall, expensive suit.

"Hey, there you are. Long time no see, Yasuki, Aoi. Looking good and above all. And..."

The man, Hagano Ichi, the current mayor of Nikken-shi, smiled and gracefully broke his hip when he caught Elle in sight.

"Welcome to my Nissan City. As mayor of this town, let me extend a heartfelt welcome on behalf of our citizens to the visitors of our homeland travellers."

After hearing Mayor Hagano's words, Elle replies in Japanese, smiling and following.

"Here we go, Shicha. Watta, ellura zafira filasilura imas in elf. Elle and Denkku Sai"

"Oh, you're pretty good at Japanese, too. Okay, sweeten up to your words, Mr. Elle. Please sit down first. Sure, I hear you like tea better than your son. Let me get it ready right away. What would you like?

When Yano mentioned the beverages of his choice, Yano left the mayor's office once to prepare them.

Sofa and table for conversation, placed in the mayor's office. One of them is Mayor Hagano taking the initiative to lower his back.

Elle sits down opposite the mayor, next to him, Yasushi. From Elle and Yasushi, on the couch on the left, Ai and Ryu lined up and calmed their hips.

"Thank you so much for your time at City Hall today. I could have set up a seat at my house or at Yasushi-kun's, but I still thought it would be appropriate to meet him at this city hall, given what's to come. Well, Mr. Elle. No one else has asked you to come here like this. I would like to ask you to lend your help to the future development of our Nissan City."

Mayor Hagano looked directly at Elle from the front and cut him out so with a serious look.

Currently, Yasushi wore translation earrings.

Since it is supposed to be a conversation between Mayor Hagano and Elle, if the two of you get there, the communication of will will will be smooth, which is why I don't fully understand the conversation between the two of you.

Of course, Mayor Hagano's words alone are largely understandable, but they still won't be complete.

As a result, Yasushi was to enter the position of "interpreter". That way, Aye and Takashi can also understand the exchange between Mayor Hagano and Elle. Of course, the mayor's approval is attached in advance to this.

"Yanggui-kun, Aoi, and Ryu. When you first heard of Nikken-shi, what did you associate with him?

The three of you suddenly looked at each other, never expecting to be told the story.

"Even you guys, who have lived there since you were kids, don't immediately come out with anything dizzying that way. No, not just you, but the vast majority of the citizens."

As the incumbent mayor put it, there are few famous things in Nikkan City.

With four university colleges and universities in the city, some citizens call it a school city, but that's also never uncommon in national terms, and there are several attractions such as Iwasaki Castle site and Aichi Ranch, but it's still hard to say major at national level.

There are no famous hot springs, so many people gather for famous professional golfers when the tournament takes place on the Japanese golf course.

"There's nothing equally remarkable about industry, is there? In the first place, Nikken-shi was a town that had developed since the opening of the Metro Toyota Line, and until only about thirty years ago, it was full of fields and mountains."

It is a city of Nisshin that has developed as a residential area with direct access to large cities and Nagoya. Premises are still under development and new houses and apartments are being built everywhere.

"Indeed, we will continue to develop enough as a bedtown. But something more as far as I'm concerned... I want to generate something nationwide out of my town. That's what I always thought. For example, if it's a nearby city, Nagoya Castle, TV Tower, Nagoya Rice (Mei) … There are several things that everyone associates with in an instant, such as the Sino-Japanese Dragons and the Nagoya Grand Pass. As mayor, I want to create something just for Nikken-shi. And you want to do it, but you also want to expect economic benefits."

Mayor Hagano sifting the hot valve. But Yasushi and I don't know what the mayor intended.

development of this town and El, a visitor from different worlds. I wonder how that ties together.

"Well, here's the question again...... what do you think is the most energetic industry in this country today?

You gentlemen face to face again. of high school students, but I was aware that the Japanese economy was not so active today.

The performance of any industry is inconceivable. Only a very limited number of companies and industries are performing right shoulder to shoulder. Especially since that's not a big deal compared to the peak season.

"Even in such situations, a creature called a human being is a source of funds for what he likes. I believe that the most important of these is the so-called geek industry… the subculture industry."

Of course, this industry isn't as fragrant as it is temporarily, Mayor Hagano added.

"Still, this industry has bottomless power. I want to use that power to develop this town… and I want to use it."

Mayor Hagano goes on to flatten out the slightly leaking truth.

"There are practical examples of anthropomorphizing the province present on the Chita Peninsula in Aichi Prefecture and making it a cute girl...... a huge gain by making it a so-called adorable character, and there are precedents for the town that set the stage for popular animation gaining over 100 million economic benefits"

"Hey, Dad! You're not going to show Elle!?"

A strange thought turned his head Ryu blocked his father's words.

In a cage like a zoo, El is making a rare beast look good. I associate such a sight with neither Yasushi nor Aoi.

But the father lightly denies his son's bullet.

"Naturally. There's no way you could do such outrageous things. What I'm thinking might be similar to 'local idols' or 'local idols'"

"What the hell is your little father trying to do with Elle working with you?

I can't read Mayor Hagano's thoughts.

To that question, the mayor grinned with a grin and a really refreshing smile.

"What I'm thinking is I'm excited about the town."

"Town Interested...?

"Yes."

As Mayor Hagano rose from the couch, he walked to the window and looked from there to the streets of Hinjin.

"Right...... what about catchphrases like this?

Mayor Hagano looked back to Yasushi indoors. He mouths that tagline confidently.

"'Nikken-shi, the town where the elves live'... What do you say? It's easy to understand and really good, don't you think?