The Elf Is a Freeloader

"Hey. Aren't you crazy lately?

"I knew you'd think so, too?

In the corner of the classroom, Ryu and Aoi were talking to each other in a whisper.

Their gaze is directed toward Yasushi, who sits in his seat. Right now, Yasushi is just sitting there, doing nothing, with a blurry look on his face.

"... it's like you've lost your soul."

"Did you even have a fight with Elle?

"I hope to that extent..."

Aye looks worried about you.

"I guess... it must be an example dagger..."

"I guess so."

A dagger with the power to cross the world that led Elle to this world.

It was Mayor Hatano, Ryu's father, who got the dagger, but he gave the dagger away to Elle comfortably and free of charge.

The mayor said, Elle took care of a lot of things, so that seems to be a thank you.

To be honest, Mayor Hagano would also like Elle to continue to do more 'Mr. Elf', but he didn't exactly mention that now that Elle might be able to return to his original world.

"By the way, with that dagger, can Elle really go back to the original world?

"I don't know? Honestly, you don't know until you try, do you?

"That's... fine, isn't it dangerous...?

"Oh. Clearly, that's a form of betting."

Indeed, Elle came to this world with the magic of a dagger. But there's no guarantee that you'll make it home safely this time.

I'm sure the dagger has the power to cross the walls of the world, but there's no guarantee anywhere that the world will only have these two things: your world and El's.

The other worlds do exist. But maybe there are several different worlds that exist in parallel.

If that's the case, even if you cross the world with the magic of a dagger, it doesn't necessarily lead to the world where Elle was.

Of course, there's no chance you'll make it home safely. Outreach, it could lead to a world where Elle was once.

But that doesn't make it easy to try.

Because you may be flown into a new third world, and the magic hidden in your dagger may be finite.

Because I'm aware of that, Elle didn't do anything to make the dagger feel safe either.

"What are you going to do...?

"This is all our problem..."

Does Elle intend to return to his world? Or are you still going to be in this world?

What if Elle made the choice to return to his world?

What is Yasushi going to do then?

Aoi was thinking about it, dressed up in good health, worried about it.

And.

Aye had not noticed that Ryu stared silently at himself looking at Yasushi.

Recently, Yasushi naturally noticed that Elle was watching the example dagger as long as he was free.

To be honest, Yasushi doesn't want Elle to go back to his world. But I understood that it was merely his self who told her that.

Everyone would prefer a place where they were born and raised. I don't even have to confirm that.

So Yasushi is going to laugh and drop him off when Elle tells him he's going back to his world.

That day. The day Mayor Hagano showed El the example dagger.

Yasushi to Elle, and Mayor Hatano to Ryu to exchange their opinions, and the use of a dagger was soon to be dropped off.

Just because you used the magic of a dagger, there is no guarantee that you will be able to return to the original world sooner or later, and if you do poorly, you may end up in a completely different third world.

Because that was the conclusion we all came to after consulting each other.

Elle was also convinced of that conclusion and soon promised me that he would not use the magic of a dagger.

But then it was. As long as Elle had time, he started looking at blurry daggers.

Seeing Elle like that, Yasushi guessed that she still wanted to go back to her original world, too.

So.

That's why he decided.

If El wants to go back to the original world, he wants to agree fully with it. Trying to cooperate with anything you can.

For example, even if that's the end of the thought that's holding in his chest.

"Well. What's the matter..."

Alone On the way home from school, Ryu told no one but one.

"I just want to move things around somehow... but if I suck, I get extra twisted, and if I leave it alone, it boils down over there and over here..."

Relationships between friends that have become completely intricately intertwined lately. He wants to clean it up somehow.

Regardless, that includes his own intentions.

"Steady, my dad got me something extra..."

If his father hadn't even gotten that dagger, things wouldn't have stuck to this point.

No, it would have been like breathing not far away, but this shouldn't have gotten complicated either.

"A little more time would have brought those two thoughts together..."

Had that been the case, they wouldn't have bothered so much either.

"... I hope I manage to get out of my current state..."

The current state of three friends each stuck in a trail.

Anyone can, if you can get out of there.

Maybe the two of us who stay at once can figure it out.

"Do I have to use a slightly forceful hand?"

What Ryu is trying to do would be mere self-righteousness.

From the three friends, it could be an extra favor.

Still.

Still, he wanted to do something about his current state.

I naturally realized immediately that there was something wrong with Yasushi.

I know why, and I know almost exactly what Yasushi's truth is today.

Maybe she'll be gone.

It would never be unlikely that she would choose the choice of returning to her world now that she was unsure but found a way back to her world.

If, when she makes that choice. What is Yasushi going to do?

No way, you wouldn't say you're going to go to another world with her. I'm serious enough about you to be a fool, so you shouldn't make the choice of going with her until you throw away everything in this world.

If so, I push my thoughts to death and drop her off with an impossible laugh. Probably that.

In a way, this is an opportunity for Aye.

I also understand what Yasushi thinks of her. Without her, it may not be difficult for her to enter the gap in your heart.

But.

But I don't want to be such a humble imitator.

At any rate, I want to get his mind squarely. That was Amy's untrue feelings.

What should be done to do that? I'm fully aware of that too.

"... confess, let's do it. To Yasushi."

To be clear, the chances of winning are thin even if I confess now. Still, I don't want to be doing anything like this anymore.

"But..."

Second, the words of love (meow), a friend, are revived in the back of Aye's brain.

─ ─ If you're going to confess, just hold him naked...

As soon as I remembered the word, it turned bright red with the sound of a blurred face.

"Mmmmmmmmmm I can't............!! That's all I'll ever be able to do...... Huh!!"

In my own room, where no one was, it was a dull smell.

He also looked at the example dagger before realizing it. Elle realized that.

"............... Also, I did it..."

Place the dagger in your right hand on the table.

"Than I thought for myself...... the world over there...... I'm missing my birthplace...... eh, you do say 'homesick' or something in this language?

With the means of going home in front of us, I guess I'm feeling extra keen on wanting to go home.

Elle thinks that as he slowly runs his fingertips on the dagger he puts on the table.

"The world over there and the world over here... I wish I was free to come and go..."

Maybe it's possible with the power of this dagger.

But it was too dangerous to be sure of that.

As Ryu and Aye put it, there is no guarantee that the other world will be the only two worlds of you and the world of Elle.

Plus, the magic and finite possibilities this dagger possesses.

If you use the power of a dagger to cross the world, and that's the third world you're a stranger to, and that runs out of dagger magic.

It's not something I know what kind of harsh situation to put me in.

Indeed, Elle has come to this world of strangers. But luckily, I met someone named Yasushi there. If he hadn't been the first person we'd met in this world, there might not have been a peaceful life like this.

Given that, come on, it was Elle who didn't want to rely on the power of a dagger.

But.

But it's also true that there are untrained in the home world.

Some danger is known, dare to challenge it, as well as the temperament of the Elles adventurers.

What the hell should I do? It has been Elle who has been plagued with such things for the past few days.

At that time.

A smartphone that was accidentally in my pocket signaled an incoming call.

Remove your smartphone from your pocket and confirm your opponent is Ryu.

Keep your smartphone on the phone, tilting your neck no matter what. Then, from beyond the smartphone that hit my ear, I heard a person who was not Ryu.

"………………………………………………!?"

Hearing the voice, Elle's heart beats hard.

─ ─ I like Elle.

Though it sounded a little harsh, it was definitely the voice of Yasushi.