The Elf Is a Freeloader

Kang (Yasu) Gui (Did) take the National Highway 153 eastward. The two bicycles run refreshingly along a relatively flat path, although there are quite a few ups and downs.

Along the way, Elle was either shaken by the surrounding sights or remained excited.

"Shh, wow... I've never seen a path this wide... and it's paved with properly small, black stones... hey, Mr. Yastaka? A lot of short grass of length grows beautifully in a shallow swamp... but what's the point of that?

"It's a staple crop in this country called rice."

"Comes...? I've never seen a crop grow in a swamp like that before... Yastaka!! Oh my God!! There are so many warcraft I've never even seen, they come this way without rows!! Awesome number!!"

"No, Warcraft... that's an automobile. It's like this bike. It's a ride for people."

"A man's vehicle...... does that mean a warcraft taught for riding? But I don't see a rider that should be on top for that...?

"No, so..."

Aye, who was running a little behind the two of them, though I don't understand Elle's words, from her attitude and your answers, guess what the conversation was all about.

"Oh, I promise you. I knew if you were a resident of the fantasy world, you'd be lying if you didn't react like this. Yeah, yeah."

And he had a strangely pleasant look on his own.

On the front left hand side of the two bicycles riding the three of them, a large building was seen.

"Oh, there's a big building... but could it be a lord's mansion or something that will fit around here?

"No, no. That's our destination. There... I'm going to buy Elle's clothes and stuff at I-ON."

"Oh, what a big building like that is a store!?"

A store called El's Sense is mostly an outdoor store. Of course, there are merchants who set up stores, but such stores are often rich shoppers, such as aristocrats, and ordinary people do not use them first.

Common people like Elles used it in outdoor stores lined up with markets and such.

Besides, all the houses I had seen by the time I got here, and all the houses that Elle had never seen.

There are many similar houses lined up, or many small houses in one large building.

Not so big in itself, but still far more houses are built everywhere than the houses in the town of Prius, where El lived.

There are a lot of unfamiliar buildings besides the houses, and according to what I've heard from Yasushi, they seem to be various stores and restaurants.

It can be said that such stores, restaurants, and so on have different exteriors in that store, and that there are many colors used, and there are no two of the same stores. Some of them had a very similar appearance, but according to Yasushi, they are called "chain stores".

Of course, I don't understand what makes El a "chain store".

While we were having such an exchange, the bike arrived at the large super I-ON.

Three people park their bikes in the wheelbarrow and walk to the entrance to the store.

But.

"... Yastaka... hey, haven't you seen anything from me, people around you...?

Sometimes today is Saturday, and I-ON was showing a lot of buzz.

Students like family and health. Some of them look like couples. This is the only cinema around here, so there will be a lot of guests there for you.

Most of those customers look at Girosilo and Elle. No, what they're looking at would be her long, pointed ears. Though some of them are purely bewitched by her beauty.

"... it looks like we should buy a hat and hide our ears."

"Right."

So the three of them first rushed into I-ON looking for a store that seemed to be selling their hats.

The first line that succeeded in buying an affordable knitted hat to make Elle's ears less noticeable decided to take a slow look around inside I-ON.

"Wow, wow!! Shh, wow!!"

Numerous stores inside the building and countless people crossing the building. And colorful products lined up in stores. Of course, those are just things Elle has never even seen.

Elle, who opened her big eyes even bigger and even more her cheeks flushed with excitement, glanced around, forgetting to close her open mouth.

"Ko, is this, is it all a book...? And besides, I have a lot of books with the same content... and I can't believe it!! Yes, there are so many books with colors on them... Ugh, wow, the paintings depicted in this book, so exquisite..."

In front of the bookstore inside I-ON, Elle is excited to take the books that were lined up, checking inside for more excitement.

"Maybe Elle likes books?

"From the looks of it, maybe it is."

Currently, it was aye wearing translation earrings. I'm going to buy Elle's clothes, because I decided that it would be easier for women to choose clothes together, give advice, etc.

Yasushi, who has no earrings, is asked to interpret Elle's words from Aye.

There is naturally no printing press in El's world, so all books are handwritten copies. So books are all expensive.

"Look, El. I'll buy some clothes first. I'll buy you a book later...

"Me or what?"

"Oh? Because Yasushi was going to pay for Elle's clothes, wasn't he?

"Well... this happened on the edge of something too... you know, you're gonna have to, right? Luckily, I have some money because I work part-time..."

"I'm going to give you a little, aren't I? Not you, but this is on the brink, too......................... but nice. Yasushi can buy clothes and stuff..."

"Huh? At the end of the day, my voice was low and I couldn't hear you very well, did I say anything?

Yasushi accidentally overheard the bad words that cut his butt off.

"Nothing, it's nothing. I just envied Elle for more new clothes"

"Is that what this is all about?

"That's what it is. Girls."

I tell you so with a clear face. Hey, Yasushi smiles unexpectedly.

"Well, thanks for taking the time to hang out with me today, and I'll buy you something, too."

"Huh? Yes, okay...?

Yasushi nodded to Eagle Deep and showed it to her.

"Fine. But there's only one thing, right? And nothing too expensive?

"Ugh, yeah!! Yay!!"

The aye that thumps and rejoices, twirls and spins on the spot. Turning a sunny smile to your health, he approached Elle early enough, still immobile from the front of the bookstore.

"Sa, el! Let's go shopping! Let's start with underwear!!"

"Why from there?!?"

"Because if you don't buy underwear first, you can't even try it on when you buy clothes, can you?

Though I do think Aye is right, he was just the one Yasushi didn't want to accompany to go shopping for underwear.

The two separated from Yasushi, who somewhere appropriately murdered time, first asked the clerk to measure Elle's size at a specialty underwear store - while she looked surprised that Elle was not wearing underwear - bought some that fit her body and then quickly wore the underwear she had just bought, then headed to the store where she was handling women's clothing.

Along the way.

"Oh, you know, Mr. Aoi..."

I pulled the hem of my sticky and aye clothes as Elle shyly moaned.

"What's going on?

He leaned back into Aye's ear, and Elle whispered something to you in a whisper.

"Oh, oh, you wash your hands. Then this way--"

Aye's leg, which tried to lead Elle to the ladies' bathroom, suddenly stopped perfectly for some reason.

"Hey, hey, El? I ask you something weird... you've been washing your hands since you came to this world... what's wrong? No way. This is the first time, isn't it?

Two girls stopping in a corner of the I-ON aisle and whispering something to each other in a whisper. It would be a lot different from the end. But the two of us couldn't afford to turn our attention to that.

"Well, that's... earlier this morning at the back of Mr. Yastaka's house garden... dig a hole..."

"in the garden ahhhhhh!?"

Aye, who almost shouted by accident, hastily blocked his own mouth with his own hands.

"Well, because... I don't know where in the house I should be... and when I'm doing adventurers, that happens all the time..."

If the profession of an adventurer who often works in the open - at least that's how Aye recognises it - then it will certainly do so a lot. Sometimes they'll be camping, and there can't be public toilets or convenience stores there like Japan is today.

That's why I don't know how a looking girl like Elle can dig a hole in the garden and get it done there.

"I wish I had asked you..."

"Well, that's... Mr. Yastaka in the evening, no sign of waking up at all..."

Precisely because of certain circumstances, Yasushi passed out, but I was too ashamed to tell Aoi about it.

"So someone wouldn't have seen me...?

"I think that's okay. It was when the area was still dark..."

I know I don't have to worry about someone seeing me, and Aye only zeroes a little sigh of relief.

"Anyway, you can never go outside in the future, can you?

I made sure Elle nodded. Aye, once again, leads her to the ladies' bathroom.

"When I get to your wash, I'll explain how to use it."

"How to use......?

"Yeah. I don't think you know how to use the hand wash in this world. And I'm sure you'd be surprised. You know, a washing ceremony, a toilet seat heater, a washlet, in that sense."

"Huh? Huh? Bit, surprise......?

afterwards.

One of I-ON's ladies' restrooms echoed the surprise of a girl from another world.

After breaking up with the ayes, Yasushi took a peek around several bookstores and shops that were likely to attract interest, and then came to the food corner upstairs where he also had his own break.

By the way, more than an hour has passed since Yasushi broke up with the two of them.

The food corner a little before noon was quite crowded, but still managed to secure one of the tables for four, and when Yasushi emailed Aoi where he was, he stumbled out his favorite smartphone to distract them from the shabby hands until they arrived. At that time.

"Is that you, Yasushi? Isn't that Yasushi?

A familiar voice sounded in Yasushi's ear.

If you look up from the screen of the smartphone you were peeking at, there's the person you expected.

An even length exceeding 180 cm. A neat look that gives a refreshing impression gathers the gaze of the opposite sex just standing there. Secondary and high school students, some of them university students or socialike women, were now turning their gaze to him.

His name is Takashi Hagi, another childhood friend of Yasushi and Aoi.

"Ryu, why are you here?

"Why, because I was free? Is that what you are... ha-ha, maybe, with Aye?

With a slight grin, Ryu took the liberty of lowering his hips to your opposite seat.

"Sure, Aye is with you..."

"Hey 'too'?

Ryu leaned his neck strangely.

To the best of his knowledge, Aye is the only girlfriend of his age that Yasushi is close to.

Of course, there are other friends of the same sex, but when Yasushi is with a man friend other than himself, Aye has rarely been with him.

So, Aye's friend is with you?

Ryu thought so, but when you have friends of the same sex, you don't act with Yasushi.

So, who the hell is with us?

"So who are you with?

Ryu, who didn't get an answer in the end, honestly decided to ask Hayashi.

"... right. You can tell me. But don't ever inadvertently say anything about this, okay?

"Oh, what? Did you start doing something funny like that?

To Ryu, who rides himself out with some exciting expression, Yasushi went on to explain in turn what happened between last night and today.