The Elf Is a Freeloader

Yasushi and the others take the subway from the Tsuruma Line to the Sakura Passage Station and approach Nagoya, the destination.

In the process, there was also a gradual increase in the number of people in the subway.

"After all, you were right to switch to the Sakura Line at your place, weren't you?

"Right. Switching to the Higashiyama Line in Fumimi is closer to Nagoya, but the Higashiyama Line is a mess. I'm not used to the subway. It's a little tough on El."

As Ryu and Aye put it, the interior of the car was certainly starting to get crowded, but there was still room.

However, even on holidays, there is a good deal going on between Higashiyama Station and Nagoya Station. As a result, Yasushi decided to switch to the Sakura Line at your location, avoiding crowds.

Still, as we approach Nagoya, the number of passengers keeps increasing.

El looked at such an increasing number of passengers with interest.

"Hito, I'm kidding you."

"Not yet. More to come."

"Madda, is that Fumus?

"That's right, El. The city of Nagoya, which we're about to go to, is one of the largest cities in the country."

"That's why there's so many people here."

Hearing your words, Elle gave a convincing look.

It is the same in this world and in the world where Elle was, that people gather in the big city.

If people get together, they also gather goods and other objects. If we gather things, we gather more people for them.

This world is much richer than the one I was in. I guess there are a lot more people in this world who get together for it.

But this prediction of Elle at this point was half hit and half off.

That's because the number of people gathered in a city called Nagoya far exceeded Elle's expectations.

People, people, people even looking at the right.

People, people, people, even if you look to the left.

Before countless people flowing through their left and right, Elle could only stand flat.

"You're surprised how many people there are.

"Ha Yi. I got a kick out of it.

To the voice of Yasushi called from behind, Elle responded to squeaking as she looked left and right over and over again.

"Even the wonto, the wonto, the wonto, the wonto, the wonto, the wonto. Bikuri. And..."

Elle looked up overhead. The sky you're supposed to see there feels very narrow.

Countless giant towers lined up.

Its towers, made of stone with no joints, are similar in colour, but subtly different when looked at closely. Some of them are brightly colored towers, and the windows of the countless pieces of glass affixed to the surfaces of each tower - El has learned about the glass - are glittering reflecting the light of day.

Of course, there was a tall tower in Nikkan City, in front of the station, etc. where people lived - the apartment - but still not as many as I see now.

"Well, let's go buy a swimsuit first, as first planned."

In the words of Aye, Yasushi nodded and walked out.

What they were aiming for was a twin-like tower that stood out among all the tall towers.

"Ko, between this and the U, is that a yes?

"That's right. This is the destination… a special swimsuit store on the 10th floor in the Central Towers"

"Or is it true that you don't want to get caught?

"He said he'd be mad... that's not true, is it? As a department store, I want a lot of people to come in."

In response to Yasushi, Elle tilted her neck.

In the world of El, a tall tower is most likely a research facility made into a residence of a high-ranking magician.

Naturally, valuable magical materials and research results are stored there, and my husband, the magician, hates outsiders to keep that secret.

It is only natural that powerful guardians, such as the Golem, are placed inside the tower, and stepping into the tower at will also means death.

In other words, in Elle's common sense, a high tower is an extremely dangerous place.

Yet there are indeed many people free to enter and leave the tower in front of them. Naturally, there's no sign of a guardian moving.

"Yari, this is No-kai, Fushigi Ooi"

With all that whining, Elle followed you into the tower, the Central Towers.

On a people-wave, escalators are used to keep rising inside the department store.

Your purpose is on the 10th floor, so we plan to go there first.

Along the way, with the automatic ascending escalator in sight, there was also an act of Elle complaining of danger to your health.

Anything, there was a trap similar to this in a once dived underground labyrinth (dungeon), and a deadly trap was set at the end of the floor moving automatically.

"Ya, Pa, and Wu Kankin! Here, su in wona!

"No, because it's not a trap. He's just an escalator."

"Chi Gau! Konosaki, oh Shi Aya Lu! Oh, Shi Na no Soko, Yari freshly ah! No, Me!

"'Cause it's okay. Here."

Take Yasushi's arm and finger Elle, desperately complaining of danger, those whom Ryu ascends in escalators one after another.

"Huh? Nobody's gonna fall into a pit, right? It's just a moving staircase."

"Ugh, Goku Kaida...?

As Ryu told me, many people put their feet flat on that moving staircase and go straight up quietly.

Naturally, there is no trap ahead of the escalator, and people will take over the escalator further or go for a destination on that floor.

"Wona... it's a..."

"Right? So there's nothing to worry about."

Yasushi told me, and it's time to put my foot on the escalator, Elle. But I don't seem to know when to put my feet down, and I get grated.

"Look, El. Grab it."

I grabbed it by the arm that Yasushi offered me and managed to get on the escalator this way.

"Ooh. Ugoku Kaida, you bastard!

Elle's pale eyes gleam with curiosity as she clings to hold your arms.

"No, I don't know, the first time I took Elle to I-ON (Aion), it was because I used the stairs to avoid people. I should have explained the escalator then."

Yasushi remembers the day after he first met Elle, when he took her with him to a suburban supermarket.

"That's right, Mr. Yastaka. This or La, I'll O'Booe."

"Right. Of course, Ryu can teach you more and more things."

If we looked down at Ryu and Aoi standing a little below us from ourselves, it seemed that we had heard the conversation between you and Yasushi and they all stuck out their right thumbs.

"Ha Yi! Nice to meet you, Shione."

To the strange Japanese to which Elle replied, Yasushi raised his voice and laughed at each other.

The space, which would be the event space on the tenth floor, was blooming with color-picking swimsuits.

Of course, they come in a variety of designs and sizes, not just colors. This number of swimsuits on display is clearly a rolling word.

How many swimsuits are on display? Yanggui, Ryu and Elle had a stunning view of the sight.

The only aye that has seen this sight in the past is approaching the swimsuit that is sold flat.

"What's going on? Why don't you come over here and pick a bathing suit?

Turning around the three people standing up. Aah.

"Yes, no... even if they tell me to choose..."

"... you know?

Yasushi and Ryu look at each other with troubled expressions.

Unlike underwear, there's nothing like trouble in the eye, but there's never been a woman's swimsuit before.

For those two, you can't possibly choose a swimsuit or anything like that.

"Oh, we'll see our own swimsuits..."

"After that, even Hands is peeking... let me know when you're done shopping"

Incidentally, there is also a swimsuit for men in the corner of the special sales office. Although the number is very small compared to that for women.

"Oh, really? Too bad."

Aye sighs deliberately with a prankster look on his face somewhere.

"These swimsuit outlets are even fitting rooms for couples?

"Huh...? or for couples......?

If you ask me that, I can see a couple and a pair of love-like men and women everywhere in the store.

"Hey, Ryu. You're imagining something weird right now, aren't you? For example... a couple of men and women go into one fitting room and change their clothes... right?

Aye smiles and stabs the nail at the unexpectedly exposed Ryu.

And Ryu gets stuck in words, too, just because the point was in the middle.

"Something about a couple fitting rooms doesn't mean you two go in and get dressed. The man has to wait outside and change into a swimsuit in the fitting room only for the woman. It's creepy standing in front of a normal fitting room with only guys, right? So there's a fitting room for couples in the corner and back of the special sales room."

"Heh. You know more about that, Aye"

"To tell you the truth... I'm a recipient and seller from someone I know, too"

Aye showed his tongue as he said so.

In the end, only Aye and Elle remained at the swimsuit store, and Yasushi and Ryu decided to kill time elsewhere until the two shoppers had finished.

It would be a lie if you told me that you two weren't interested in buying any swimsuits, but they would show off that swimsuit shortly.

"In the meantime, where are we going?

"Oh, me, I want to go to the bookstore. There must be a new issue of Lanobe out there."

After the swimsuit office, Yasushi and Ryu go straight up to the other floor and aim for a bookstore on the eleventh floor.

"No, how'd it go?

"Oh, is that a novel I borrowed from you? Hmmm...... Personally fantasy is a bad idea after all...... but have you learned anything about elves and goblins?

Recently, Yasushi had begun reading fantasy novels and comics little by little, borrowing from Aya Ryu.

The reason, of course, is because I was interested to hear from El about the other world.

There are naturally many differences between the elves that appear in the novel and the ones that are real. For example, an elf who appears in a novel borrowed from Ryu can have big tits if he does it for some reason, but the actual elf is really slender. From what Elle has told me, Elves in the Els world are all skinny and not bad for big titted elves etc. At least, they didn't have one in El's hometown.

"Well, a novel is a preposterous novel, a product of fantasy. Neither the author who writes that novel would have thought we were meeting a real elf. Look, why don't you write a novel? interactions with real elves, etc. Maybe you'll take it, huh?

"Stop me. Because I don't have any talent."

While answering that to Ryu, Yasushi thought in a corner of his head that it might also be interesting.

If you're practicing writing a sentence, you can do it now. It will surely make sense to leave some way of meeting visitors from different worlds: El.

While seriously thinking about keeping a record of her encounter with Elle, Yasushi walked away alongside Ryu for a bookstore on the eleventh floor.